Chris Vale, Kaitlyn Cup Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome Last November 2016, I reported on a spectacular event that a young lacrosse player, Kaitlyn Cooke was undertaking. She, with the help of friends, family and the teaching staff at the high school she attends put together a tournament of professional players to help fund the program in the hopes of seeing lacrosse at her high school, Monsignor Percy Johnson. The tournament…
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome There was a disturbance in the force on Saturday January 28, 2017. It was Star Wars theme night in Calgary as the visiting Colorado Mammoth came to face the Calgary Roughnecks in a rematch, last weekend the Mammoth lost to the Roughnecks 14-11 in regulation time in their home arena. With this victory, Calgary wins the best of three game…
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome The New England Black Wolves (1-3) notched their first win of the season in their home opener against the Buffalo Bandits (1-3). It was the first meeting of the two teams since Buffalo swept New England in the division finals last year. Fans came out to see this tilt and it was announced in the third quarter that this…
Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome This week the Rochester Knighthawks (2-2) would travel to their neighbors of the north where they would take on the Toronto Rock (2-1) for round number two at the Air Canada Centre in front of a crowd of 10,817. The first meeting between these two teams the Rock would take the win in demanding style, however this time around it would…
JJ Seaward, Beat Writer Saskatchewan Rush Lacrosse is Awesome The defending NLL champions would continue to build momentum at home on Friday January 27, 2017 in front of 14,502 screaming Rush fans, as they would cool down the Vancouver Stealth (2-2) with a final score of 16-12. In the victory, Robert Church scored four goals, Jeff Cornwall posted a hat trick, and Mark Matthews would record eight assists to contribute…
JJ Seaward, Beat Writer Saskatchewan Rush Lacrosse is Awesome The Saskatchewan Rush would return to championship form in front of 15,007 screaming Rush fans as the team raised the 2016 Champion’s Cup banner to the Sasktel Centre rafters. They would go on to defeat the Rochester Knighthawks 16-8 on Saturday night January 21, 2017. Mark Matthews would set the tone for the Rush as he would finish the game with…
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome The Buffalo Bandits (1-2) hosted the Vancouver Stealth (2-2) at the Key Bank Center where the hungry 12,903 Bandits fans were hoping for a victory upon their return from the short road trip. Boy did they get a treat. Buffalo played like a completely different team in this contest and it paid off. Final Score: Bandits 21—Stealth 15.
Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome On Friday January 20, 2017 the New England Black Wolves (0-3) headed down south to Infinite Energy Arena in Atlanta, Georgia to face the red hot Georgia Swarm (3-0). Even though the Swarm have been playing extremely well, they still can’t pull the fan base they need and would only see 2,386 fans on hand. Too bad for those who didn’t see the…
Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome The Colorado Mammoth (2-2) hosted the Calgary Roughnecks (2-1) in front of 12,735 screaming Mammoth fans Friday January 20, 2017. The Mammoth were hoping to keep their home field record against the Roughnecks perfect, but it just wasn’t in the cards. The Mammoth had defeated the Riggers at the Pepsi Center in the last four
Chris Vale, Beat Writer Six Nations Lacrosse Lacrosse is Awesome The new Arena Lacrosse League started their season on January 7, 2017. The Six Nation Snipers in their first season were looking to show the hometown fans just how good their team is. But it wasn’t in the cards as they lost a tough game to the Oshawa Outlaws. But Saturday night January 14, 2017 was a completely different story. …
Chris Crane, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome The Buffalo Bandits (0-2) played host to the Georgia Swarm (2-0) at the Key Bank Center in front of a crowd of 13,915. As Buffalo looked to gain their first win of the season the high powered Georgia Swarm had different plans as they would defeat the Bandits 18-14.
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome The Calgary Roughnecks (1-1) traveled to Langley, BC, to take on the Vancouver Stealth (2-1) on Saturday January 14, 2017 after coming off of a disappointing home opener and needed to turn things around in game two. The Stealth returned home on a high after beating the Colorado