Please join us for an evening of family fun at our second Annual Algonkian Lacrosse Picnic.

Friday, May 18th, 2012
5:00 - 8:00 PM
Lake Fairfax Park, Reston

Catering will be provided by Chick-Fil-A Chicken and Papa John’s.  Please pre-order chicken sandwiches and pizzas via Algonkian website.  Cutoff for food orders will be 5/15/2012.

http://www.algonkianlacrosse.org/Store/Store.asp?id=5983&n=&org=algonkianlacrosse.org
BYOD – Bring Your Own Drinks and coolers

Both food caterers are represented by Tribe parents this year to assure quality and timely delivery.

We will have an ice cream truck visit.  Two ice cream tickets will be handed out to families with a minimum food order of $12.  Additional ice cream tickets will be sold during the event.

There will be music, raffles and LAX scrimmages.

by posted 05/10/2012
 
Loudoun Rec Lacrosse Festival
May 19-20 @ Harmony MS, Hamilton

All GK2, U9 Rec, and U11 Rec will participate in the first annual Loudoun Rec Lacrosse Festival on May 19 and 20 at Harmony MS (Hamilton, VA).   

May 19:  GK2 and U9 Rec round-robin of 3 games throughout the day
May 20:  U11 Rec Playoffs

Schedules are available through coaches.

by posted 05/08/2012
 

by LaxPower.com posted 04/03/2012
 

Player Increase Highlights US Lacrosse Participation Survey

BALTIMORE, April 3, 2012 - More than 680,000 players participated in lacrosse on organized teams in 2011, according to the 2011 US Lacrosse Participation Survey, released today. The figure resulted from an increase of roughly 60,000 players from 2010, the largest one-year increase in the total number of players since US Lacrosse began tracking national data in 2001.

More than half of the total players compete at the youth level (age 15 and below), but every segment of the game is showing continued growth patterns. Lacrosse has been one of the nation's fastest-growing team sports for more than a decade, and that trend continued in 2011.

At the youth level, the US Lacrosse survey reveals more than 360,000 players on organized teams in 2011, an increase of 10.9 percent over the previous year. The number of high school players topped 275,000 in 2011, an increase of 7.8 percent.

The number of collegiate players (varsity and club) grew 4.6 percent to more than 33,000. Major League Lacrosse, one of two professional lacrosse leagues, has added expansion franchises in Charlotte, N.C., and Columbus, Ohio, for the 2012 season, and thousands of players continue to participate on the field at the post-collegiate level.

Beyond the sheer participation numbers, lacrosse continues to grow in terms of exposure. Led by the ESPN family of networks, nearly 100 collegiate and professional lacrosse games will be broadcast nationally this year, with scores more streamed on the web. CBS Sports Network and NBC Sports also will air games in 2012.

The sport also is highlighted through print and Internet vehicles, led by Lacrosse Magazine, which is read each month by the more than 400,000 members of US Lacrosse.

The US Lacrosse Participation Survey is produced annually to monitor participation at different levels of the sport across the country. This survey counts only participation on organized teams and does not include leisure-time play of lacrosse.

The primary source of data for this report is provided by the 64 US Lacrosse regional chapters. Each chapter reports participation data at the youth, high school and post-collegiate levels. Significant data also is obtained from US Lacrosse membership records, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the National Federation of State High School Associations, and LaxPower.com.

The full participation survey is available in PDF format by  clicking here

by posted 03/26/2012
 

Rec League Schedule

For our new Rec League teams, the game schedule will be as follows...
 

• Saturday, March 31
• Saturday, April 14
• Saturday, April 21
• Saturday, April 28
• Saturday, May 5
• Saturday, May 12
• Saturday, May 19 - Multi-Game Festival

Individual Team Schedules have been posted.  To access them, on the TEAM menu above...

• Select Boys or Girls
• Select Recreation League
• Select the division (K2, U9 or U11)
• Seelct the individual team name(ex. TRIBE Boys U9 Rec1)

Once posted, that will allow you to see the each week's opponent, game time and location.

by posted 12/02/2011
 

by LaxPower.com posted 08/31/2011
 

HS Lacrosse Sponsorship/Participation Rates

Lacrosse at the high school level has grown over 100% just since 2001 and is continuing to expand rapidly while most other sports are not. In fact, lacrosse remains among the top three fastest growing sports among those that are in the top 15 in popularity. And, for the first time ever, girls' lacrosse has cracked the top 10 in number of participants, with almost 75,000 players at the schools covered by the NFHS survey.

by posted 08/08/2011
 

2012 HS Boys Lacrosse Rules Changes Create New Requirements

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — The current 10-second count to return to the goal area in high school boys lacrosse will be eliminated beginning with the 2012 season.

The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Boys Lacrosse Rules Committee – at its July 12-13 meeting in Indianapolis – also clarified rules regarding offside situations and a “Get it in/Keep it in” command for game officials. All rules changes were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors.

Rule 4-15-1 regarding advancing the ball into the goal area was expanded to describe three situations. A team shall bring the ball into the goal area within 10 seconds 1) after crossing the center line with possession, 2) after initially gaining possession in the offensive half of the field, or 3) after regaining possession in the offensive half of the field following a defensive possession. This change eliminates the need for players to continually “get a touch” in the goal area every 10 seconds.

“This change allows teams to run their offense more efficiently and simplifies the counting requirements for officials,” said Kent Summers, NFHS assistant director and liaison to the Boys Lacrosse Rules Committee.

In Rule 4-11, “a team is not considered offside if a team with too few players at either end of the field has not gained an advantage because the player(s) in question are off the field of play.” The official should withhold the whistle or flag in this situation, and observe how the potentially offending player re-enters the game.

“The team has not gained an advantage in this situation, and, in fact, may be at a disadvantage by having too few players on the field,” Summers said. “If the team with too few players gains an advantage by delaying the substitution, then an illegal procedure foul rather than an offside foul has occurred.”

In Rule 4-34, the committee adopted the “Get it in/Keep it in” command for officials to use in two situations involving offensive possession. When the ball is outside the goal area, the official verbally announces “get it in,” forcing the team in possession to advance the ball into the goal area within 10 seconds and keep it in. The “keep it in” command forces the team in possession to keep the ball in the goal area. The two “Get it in/Keep it in” situations are “Under two minutes remaining in the game when the game is not tied,” and “Stalling.”

See the complete article at Inside Lacrosse.com

by Preston Williams posted 04/08/2010
 

Lacrosse is a boom sport at Washington area high schools

Westfield outfielder Ryan Sweet could hear the spirited din from the lacrosse field behind him, guys yelling, running, colliding. Sounded like fun. Meantime, he idled in center field, glove on hand, watching his pitcher retire batter after batter with nary a ball hit his way.

High school lacrosse teams like West Springfield (in white) and Loudoun Valley have reaped the benefits of the sport's growth in the Washington area. (Richard A. Lipski For The Washington Post)

It was time for a change. So just before the baseball season began last month, Sweet, a senior and returning starter for a team that went 21-2 last year, traded in his cap and glove for a lacrosse stick and helmet. "I'm having a blast," said Sweet, a defender. "Lacrosse is everything I had hoped for." Sweet is far from alone in his attraction to a sport called the fastest game on two feet. For years now, lacrosse has been considered the hot sport in the Washington area, and it is showing no signs of cooling off. Loudoun County's youth league participation has about tripled in the past seven years, said Mark Loving, president of Western Loudoun Lacrosse, one of four youth lacrosse clubs in the county. The Charles County school system in Maryland added lacrosse last year. Montgomery County added junior varsity lacrosse in 2008. Wilson this spring became the first District public school to field a team. Virginia began crowning state boys' and girls' champions in 2006. "It felt like I was just standing there," Sweet said, "killing grass."

More high school teams are having to make cuts. Langley had 100 hopefuls try out and crammed 69 boys onto its varsity and junior varsity squads. The area is producing more top-tier college players, with Loudoun becoming more influential; two seniors there are bound for two-time defending NCAA champion Syracuse.

Cabell Maddux, founder and owner of MadLax, a youth lacrosse enterprise that runs camps and sells gear, said that in 1999, his organization fielded the only all-star travel boys' lacrosse team in the Washington area. Now he counts more than a dozen.

See the complete article at The Washington Post