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Knighthawks Shake Off Early Deficit & Steamroll the Desert Dogs 3/7/25

March 8, 2025

Christopher Crane, Correspondent Rochester Knighthawks Lacrosse is Awesome© Photo Credit: Di Miller The Rochester Knighthawks (7-7) shook off an early four-goal deficit to steamroll the Las Vegas Desert Dogs (3-10) in a commanding 21-13 win Friday night March 7, 2025, at Lee’s Family Forum in Henderson, NV. Despite Rochester falling behind 4-0 in the opening minutes, the Knighthawks quickly turned the tide, launching an unstoppable offensive surge that saw them…

Las Vegas Snags First Win of Season in Albany – 1/4/25

January 5, 2025

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© MVP Arena in Albany, New York hosted a lacrosse game on Saturday night that meant more than just the game on the field. The Tucker Out Lymphoma and Cross Out Cancer cause were on full display with NLL initiatives and there was no better game to do it. Shawn Williams, coach of the Las Vegas Desert Dogs, and his son Dyson Williams (3G, 2A),…

Boushy Scores Seven, Hannah Nets Six as the Rock Beat Desert Dogs – 3/1/2024

March 2, 2024

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Shawn Palmer, Toronto Rock Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Toronto Rock (9-2) travelled to the West Coast this weekend for a couple big road games. Friday night they played in Las Vegas, and Saturday they continue to San Diego. This was the first ever game against the Las Vegas Desert Dogs (4-7) for the Rock and some of their faithful fans joined the team to cheer them on in Sin…

Vegas Held All the Cards in the First Ever Match Up Against Rochester 2/25/24

February 25, 2024

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Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Scott Cordaro In the first ever meeting of the two teams, the Rochester Knighthawks (3-6) played host to the Las Vegas Desert Dogs (4-6) on Casino night at Blue Cross Arena. The Knighthawks would be fueled by Connor Fields 6-point night (3g, 3) and another strong performance by Joe Post at faceoff winning 16/24 (66%). Las Vegas would…

The Rush Kept the Desert Dogs on a Short Leash 12/15/23

December 15, 2023

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Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Mike Kirschbaum The Saskatchewan Rush (1-2) headed to Michelob Ultra Arena on Friday December 15, 2023, to take on the Las Vegas Desert Dogs. The Rush have quite a few new players on the roster after multiple pre-season trades of some of their veterans. Zach Manns was picked in a trade with the Toronto Rock sending Mark Matthews to…

Balanced Offense Leads Firewolves to Season Opening Win in Vegas – 12/1/2023

December 2, 2023

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor Lacrosse is Awesome© The Albany Firewolves (1-0) traveled to visit the Las Vegas Desert Dogs (0-1) on Friday night for both clubs’ season opening game. With a lot of new faces on both sides, this game was expected to come down to the wire and the back-and-forth affair was exciting. Albany did not lead the contest until the first goal of the fourth quarter, and even then,…

Desert Dogs Chase the Knighthawks from the Pound Who Drop Second in a Row 3/25/23

March 26, 2023

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Christopher Crane, Rochester Knighthawks Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: S. Rosenthal This weekend’s NLL action had the Rochester Knighthawks (9-5) traveling out West to take on the Las Vegas Desert Dogs (5-8) at Michelob Ultra Arena for Tucker Out Lymphoma Night. This was the first ever meeting of the two teams as well. Rochester would be looking to bounce back from last week’s overtime loss against the…

Warriors Blow Out Desert Dogs to Claim Season Series – 3/11/2023

March 13, 2023

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Las Vegas Desert Dogs (4-7) hosted the Vancouver Warriors (3-9) on Saturday night in the rubber match between the two West Division foes. In the previous two matchups this season, in back-to-back weeks, the home team won a close game. The third and final regular season matchup did not follow the same script. The visiting Warriors led almost from start…

Kells Closes the Door on the Roughnecks Giving Vegas Win No. Four 2/23/23

February 25, 2023

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Shawn Palmer, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: S. Rosenthal The Calgary Roughnecks (7-4) visited the Vegas Desert Dogs (4-5) on Friday night February 23, 2023 for their first ever matchup. Vegas comes in winning two games in a row while Calgary has won four in a row. Vegas jumped out to a 6 -1 lead in the first quarter only to see if disappear in the…

Desert Dogs Extinguish Firewolves in Albany 2/18/2023

February 19, 2023

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Justin Ivey, Co-Editor and NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© The Albany Firewolves (2-6) came into Saturday night’s game against the Las Vegas Desert Dogs (3-5) having lost three straight games and hoped to turn the fortunes around at home. The defense hasn’t necessarily been the weak cog, as Doug Jamieson (33SV) continues to play at a stellar level. Rather, the offense has been struggling to find consistency and Las Vegas…

Mammoth Luck Runs Out In Vegas 2/4/23

February 5, 2023

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Di Miller, Colorado Mammoth Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: Candice Ward On Saturday February 4, 2023, the Colorado Mammoth (4-3) headed to Michelob ULTRA Arena to face the Las Vegas Desert Dogs (2-5) for the first meeting ever of the two teams. The Mammoth had just come off an exciting but grueling victory the night before against the Georgia Swarm (0-5) in a close contest that went…

Desert Dogs Take a Bite out of the Warriors For First Franchise Victory 1/20/23

January 21, 2023

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Di Miller, NLL Correspondent Lacrosse is Awesome© Featured Image Photo Credit: S. Rosenthal In a rematch of last weekends contest, the Las Vegas Desert Dogs (1-4) would play host to the Vancouver Warriors (1-5) at Mandalay Bay Arena, in Vegas on Friday January 20, 2023. The crowd wasn’t what you’d expect given all the hype with the newest team to enter the league but the Dog House was still loud…

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