Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Saskatchewan Rush (1-1) played their first home game since Game 3 of last season’s championship. They won that game on June 9, 2018 by the score of 15-10 and last night hoisted their third championship banner in four years before taking on the expansion San Diego Seals (1-2). After the banner was hoisted, rings handed out and the celebration concluded, there was…
Justin Ivey, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Week One : 1-2 Week Two: 2-1 Week Three: 3-2 Season Total: 6-5 Keep it positive. In week three of NLL action I got ABOVE .500, although barely. I did not foresee the low scoring Calgary win against San Diego and I most certainly did not
Justin Ivey, Correspondent New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome© Photo Credit Cover Photo: Justin Ivey On Friday, December 28, 2018 The New England Black Wolves (1-1) hosted the defending champion Saskatchewan Rush (0-1) in front of 6,445 fans at Mohegan Sun Arena. The Rush were opening their season after winning their third Champion’s Cup in four years. The team returned MVP Mark Matthews, Ben McIntosh and signed Robert Church…
Justin’s Picks Week Three 12/28/18 & 12/29/18 Week One: 1-2 Week Two: 2-1 I was able to reverse my fortunes last week and reach .500 early in the season. The self confidence boost was much needed. Now comes the real test. There are five games in the NLL this week, four on Friday and one on Saturday. Can San Diego stay hot? Will Philadelphia get their first win? Read on…
Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome In this week’s only NLL action we saw the Rochester Knighthawks play host to the Saskatchewan Rush in must win game two in a best of three series for the NLL Championship. In game one at the Sasktel Center, the Rush took a commanding win over Rochester. However, in front of 9,174 fans at the Blue Cross Arena, the Knighthawks had…
Tom Coyne, Lacrosse Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome Lacrosse is awesome, especially this time of the year. The NCAA lacrosse Final Four occurs on Memorial Day weekend, and if you have cable TV you were able to watch some of the greatest lacrosse of the year. Right from your favorite couch everyone was able to tune in on this great holiday to watch the 2018 NCAA Championship game between Yale and…
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome On Sunday May 13, 2018, the Saskatchewan Rush defeated the Calgary Roughnecks 15-13 in the Western Division Semi-Finals at the Sasktel Centre in Saskatoon. There were 11,568 fans in the arena in support of their 10-4 Rush. Calgary has not defeated the Rush in their eleven meetings since the team moved to Saskatchewan, and the streak
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome The Calgary Roughnecks (8-10) finished off the season dropping a tight game on the road to the Saskatchewan Rush (14-4). Final Score: Rush 11—Roughnecks 10. As expected from these two teams it has been the action has been back and forth. The game’s first goal to (90) Ben McIntosh catching Calgary’s (35) Christian Del Bianco off balance for the over…
Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday April 7, 2018 the Saskatchewan Rush (12-3) hosted the Colorado Mammoth (10-6) at the Sasktel Centre in Saskatoon. Tragedy struck the night before when the Humbolt Broncos, a junior hockey league in the small town of Humbolt suffered a horrific loss the night before. The Rush dedicated this game to the family; friends and players in a show of…
Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday, March 24 the Rochester Knighthawks (7-7) traveled to the Sasktel Centre to take on the Saskatchewan Rush (11-3) in front of 14,811 fans. The Rush have already punched their ticket to the play offs but were looking to avoid losing to the Knighthawks for the second time this season. On February 17 the Knighthawks beat the Rush in Rochester…
Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome In front of 14,057 fans at the Sasktel Centre on Saturday night, the first place Saskatchewan Rush (10-2) hosted the last place Vancouver Stealth (1-11) in a West Division battle. Also in attendance for the game were the Minnesota Vikings cheerleaders. The Stealth started quickly and kept it close in the first quarter, but by halftime the Rush took control. Even though they have…
Christopher Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday, February 17, the Rochester Knighthawks (4-6) played host to the Saskatchewan Rush (8-2) at the Blue Cross Arena on Native American Heritage night. The Knighthawks were looking to build on last week’s win over the Swarm but faced a tall task against the team with the best record in the NLL. In the end, they proved they…