Di Miller, MLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome We went one-on-one with former MLL star and face-off guy #22 from the Boston Cannons, Craig “Scrappy” Bunker about lacrosse; his career; and retirement from the MLL. We’ll go over our questions and Craig’s answers along with things that can be instrumental in a young athlete’s desire to play lacrosse.
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…
DENVER MEN’S LACROSSE NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 5, 2018 Denver senior faceoff specialist named Denver’s third finalist in the last two years for prestigious award OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (DU/Senior CLASS) – Senior faceoff specialist Trevor Baptiste (Denville, N.J.) has been named a finalist for the 2018 Senior CLASS Award, the organization announced on Thursday. Fans are encouraged to vote for Baptiste now through May 14th by clicking here….
Chris Crane, Beat Writer Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday, March 31 the Rochester Knighthawks (8-7) hosted the Colorado Mammoth (10-5) at the Blue Cross Arena in front of 6,228 fans on Cradle for the Cure night. Colorado, currently second in the West Division, have already locked in a spot in the playoffs, but have a chance to overtake the Rush for first place. The East is still very…
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday March 31, the Calgary Roughnecks (6-8) would make their first trip to the cost to face the Vancouver Stealth (2-13). The Langley Events Centre was filled with 3,363 faithful Stealth fans in the hopes of seeing their teams playoff chances stay alive. Calgary would halt any chance for a Stealth playoff run and became the third team to…
Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome On Friday March 30, the Colorado Mammoth (10-4) headed east to face the Toronto Rock (7-7). Air Canada Centre was packed with 10,288 Rock fans that were ready to watch their team roll over the Mammoth. Unfortunately for Toronto, they couldn’t stop the second toughest team in the league. Colorado led the series against Toronto 7-1 going into the game and…
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…
Di Miller, Beat Writer Colorado Mammoth Lacrosse is Awesome On Saturday March 24, 2018 it was a very special night at the Loud House. How ironic that the great John Grant, Jr., #24 would have his jersey retired on the 24th day of the month. The house was packed as 15,541 Mammoth fans would come to watch one of the best players of all times be presented with a golden…
Marcelo A. Sagüez, Beat Writer Calgary Roughnecks Lacrosse is Awesome It was Superhero Party Night at Scotiabank Saddledome and the Twitter Game of the Week. The Calgary Roughnecks (5-8) hosted the Toronto Rock (7-6) in front of 12,097 screaming Riggers fans. Both teams came into the game with a “W” the weekend before. At this point in the season, every win is more significant, and one step closer to
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome Less than 24 hours after the New England Black Wolves (6-7) lost at home to the Buffalo Bandits, they visited the Georgia Swarm (7-7) for their second game of the weekend. The Black Wolves were looking to rebound after a blowout loss to Buffalo, and the Swarm were hoping to climb in the standings of the tight East Division. …
Justin Ivey, Beat Writer New England Black Wolves Lacrosse is Awesome The New England Black Wolves (6-6) hosted the Buffalo Bandits (7-7) on Friday in front of 5,378 fans at Mohegan Sun Arena. The Bandits came in on looking to end a four-game losing streak, and the Black Wolves were looking to rebound after a loss in Toronto last week. Shawn Evans returned to New England for the first time…
Tom Coyne, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome The last time the Buffalo Bandits (6-7) played the Georgia Swarm (6-7); they were at home in February and won big over the Swarm 19-8. Sunday March 18, they had to play away at “The Hive” in Georgia where 3,863 fans were buzzing on Hero Night. The Swarm needed this win but so did Buffalo. A win for Georgia would get them out…