Boys equipment rentals will be available for Beginners this Saturday. ("Beginner" boys are defined as any boy who has not participated in a Spring lacrosse season) Considering our record turnout, we fully expect to run out of equipment. If you expect your son playing lacrosse beyond this Spring and/or attending Summer camps, we suggest investing in your own equipment (see the FAQ on our website)
Rental Amount: $75 for the Spring Season
Security Deposit Amount: $200
Date: Saturday, March 13 @ 10:30am (BEGINNERS ONLY)
Location: Extra Space Storage , 45925 Woodland Rd, Sterling
Across Cascades Parkway from Claude Moore Parko
Do not go to the office; Walk through the gate, back 4 rows of units to #4059
At Noon, if any equipment inventory remains, Returning players are welcome to rent.
For rental and security deposit checks, please make them payable to ALGONKIAN LACROSSE CLUB.
NOTE: This does not apply to U7 Boys playing non-contact lacrosse... Equipment is required for U9s, U11s, U13s and U15 boys.
Dominion HS Indoor Clinics The Dominion High School Lacrosse teams will be hosting FREE indoor lacrosse clinics over the next few weekends. The March 6th clinic are designed for Beginner youth from Sterling considering giving lacrosse a try this Spring. The March 13th clinic is intended for parents who will be coaching the Algonkian Tribe this Spring.
Dates:
Sat, March 6th from 3:30 - 5:30 PM (Beginner Youth)
Sat, March 13th from 3:00 - 4:30 PM (Coaches)
Location:
Clinics will be held INDOORS at Dominion High School
What to Bring?
Just a lacrosse stick (if you have one). If not, we'll have loaners for first time players to use. Activities will utilize soft pink balls, so there is no need for additional equipment.
Middle School Girls
For the first time, Algonkian will be fielding U-13 and U-15 Girls. If you know anyone any 7th or 8th Graders who might want to play in high school in a few years, this will be a great place to start. We encourage girls playing other sports to give lacrosse a try!
Anything Else?
Invite a friend! The clinics should be a lot of fun, providing the opportunity to meet lacrosse players and coaches from our area.
Stop in at our welcome table for...
Additional Information
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Purchase Starter Sticks
Online Registration
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO CHECK BACK REGARDING MINOR SCHEDULE CHANGES!
Great seats are still available to all three lacrosse events taking place at M&T Bank Stadium in 2010:
NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships, May 29-31
The NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships are returning to Baltimore for 2010 and 2011. The event features championships in Divisions I, II and III. In addition to the actual lacrosse games, the weekend will be full of fan-oriented excitement including the first-ever NCAA Youth Lax Day on Saturday, May 29th, youth lacrosse clinics, interactive sponsor fan zones, tailgating and hospitality opportunities and community-oriented initiatives. Reserve your tickets today or call 410-261-RAVE (7283) and become part of lacrosse history! Follow NCAA Lacrosse on Facebook!
Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic, March 6 – The Konica Minolta Face-Off Classic has become a tradition to start the lacrosse season. In 2010, it does so with a new matchup – Notre Dame vs. Loyola – to join with Maryland vs. Duke and Johns Hopkins vs. Princeton. Buy now or call 410-261-RAVE (7283) and don't miss out on your chance to be part of this tradition!
Smartlink Day of Rivals, April 17The Army-Navy game brings passion and the Johns Hopkins – Maryland game is for more than just backyard bragging rights. Together, these two intense rivalries showcase some of the best action college lacrosse has to offer. Come experience the excitement for yourself and reserve your seats or call 410-261-RAVE (7283) to the Smartlink Day of Rivals!
Special Offer – For fans who would like to buy lower level tickets to both the Face-off Classic and the Day of Rivals, save 50% off of the regular price and receive a one-of-a-kind Baltimore Lacrosse t-shirt for each package purchased while supplies last. Click Here to download the order form for this limited time
offer. If you have any questions or would like to reserve tickets by phone, please call 410-261-RAVE (7283).
2010 Spring registration is now open. You've probably noticed that our website has a whole new look, which includes a new registration system. Along with a number of new features, it provides the ability to access and update your contact infomation and preferences.
Registration Details...
Timeframes
Early Bird Discounts ($25 off U-9 and older) - 12/1/2009 thru 1/14/2010
Standard Registration - 1/15/2010 thru 2/28/2010
Late Registration - 3/1/2010 thru 3/15/2010
We strongly encourage families to register sooner, as opposed to later. Early registration allows us to plan for the Spring more accurately... order Uniforms, arrange for Coaches, Budget for Equipment, etc. We would much rather have parents register early and charged less!
Registration Requirements
New this year, there will be two components to your child's registration...
This structure was put in place in order to reduce costs, insure our players, as well as provide additional benefits associated with the greater lacrosse community. Both memberships have been integrated into our registration system, so signing up should be pretty easy.
NOTE: Many players are already members of US Lacrosse. For these players, as long as your membership is current through June 30, 2010, you are all set. (This can be confirmed via the USL Lookup integrated into our registration process)
Age Groups
The Tribe will be fielding Girls and Boys teams at the following age groups...
Girls
Boys
Under 7 (Non-Contact)
Under 7 (Non-Contact)
Under 9
Under 9
Under 11
Under 11
Under 13
Under 13
Under 15
Under 15
Note: 6 year olds have the option to play either U-7 or U-9.
Where to Go...
Select Home > Register Online frommenu selection to the left.
Whenever the NCAA issues a report documenting the net revenue of sports across the country, there are always two inevitabilities: Football and basketball make gobs of money, while almost everything else is in the red.
You name it, and colleges lose money on it. In a list examining the athletic departments of 119 Division I schools, 15 of the 17 men's sports the NCAA examined lost money. Baseball and track and field were the most costly, and even fencing had a median loss of $114,000. Only basketball and football were profitable, but they don't bring in enough cash to offset the money-draining volleyball and wrestling teams of the world.
The combined annual profit for football and basketball (using median figures) was about $2.5 million. But if you take the median profits of every sport the NCAA documented, the typical athletic program lost almost $4 million. (And that doesn't include women's sports—all 19 the NCAA examined lost money, including basketball.)
Baseball teams are a particularly substantial financial drain largely because these programs offer nearly as many scholarships as basketball and travel as much as football teams. Another major problem is attendance. Some of the most prestigious football programs welcome 100,000-plus fans to home games. Meanwhile, last year when San Diego State had pitching phenom Stephen Strasburg—the No. 1 pick in the 2009 MLB Draft and widely considered one of the best prospects ever—the team averaged 1,012 fans per game. That's not to mention television contracts. Major networks aren't exactly lining up to broadcast the national gymnastics championships.
But in the end, if your basketball and football teams rake in wins, your school will rake in cash. The Florida Gators' cross-country and swimming teams, among others, lost $4.6 million last year. Football and basketball? They pulled in a gaudy $49.4 million.
Boys LAX Rules Revisions Focus on Pre-Game Management and Risk Minimization
INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Beginning next season, boys lacrosse players must wrap their fingers around the handle of the crosse during a faceoff.
This clarification of Rule 4-3-4 was one of nine changes made by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Boys Lacrosse Rules Committee at its July 14-15 meeting in Indianapolis. These changes were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors.
“Fingers may not touch the head of the crosse,” said Kent Summers, NFHS assistant director and liaison to the Boys Lacrosse Rules Committee, “and further, a player must wrap his fingers around the handle.”
In other changes, Rule 2-1-1 now clarifies the penalty and procedure if a team fails to have a properly equipped goalkeeper at the beginning of the contest. The new entry reads: “A team shall begin the game with at least 10 players and must have a legally equipped goalkeeper on the field at all times or it forfeits the game.”
“The rule was put in place last year, but the penalty was not clearly stipulated when a team started a game without a properly equipped goalkeeper,” Summers said. “It is now more clearly stated.”
The rules committee also identified “Failure to have a properly equipped designated goalkeeper” as illegal procedure in Rule 6-5-2t.
In 2010, the NFHS wants to ensure that enforcement of the current check rules is closely followed. A portion of Rule 4-16 was rewritten to state that “Body checking of an opponent in possession of the ball or within five yards of a loose ball or when the ball is in flight within five yards of a player is legal.”
Also revised for the 2010 season was Rule 6-3-2f, which now reads: “Hold the crosse of the opponent using any part of the body.” This revision makes “locking down with his arm or any other part of the body” over a defender’s stick illegal.
Four of the nine rules revisions are major editorial changes. Rule 4-3-1 was changed in order to establish possession of the ball if a period ends with one of the teams being a man down due to a penalty. The rule gives possession to the team that would have been awarded possession after the penalty or entitled to possession by a play-on. If neither team has a man advantage, the next period will begin with a faceoff.
Another major editorial change was approved in Rule 4-6-3a, which now states: “In the case of a loose ball declared out of bounds, the location of the restart is determined by the point where the ball broke the plane of the boundary line.”
Rule 4-9-2k was changed to clarify procedure in Rule 5-4 Situations D and E. The rule clarified the situation if a player adjusts the strings or crosse in any way before an official has inspected the stick, and how this situation would be handled.
Finally, the rules committee added a new sentence to the first paragraph of Rule 7-3: “If the ball has crossed the end line prior to the penalty occurring, the ball shall be restarted at that spot.” This makes any simultaneous foul (either live ball or dead ball) have the same restart location and clarifies last year’s original change to this rule.
In addition to the nine rules revisions, the committee also established five Points of Emphasis for the upcoming season: 1) pregame management and risk minimization; 2) enforcement of current body check rules; 3) reminding players and coaches that, although the NCAA has revised stick specifications beginning with the 2010 season, the NFHS stick dimensions have not changed; 4) stalling; and 5) crosse construction.
Boys lacrosse had 88,596 participants in 1,984 schools during the 2008-09 season, according to the High School Athletics Participation Survey conducted by the NFHS.
NOTE: NVYLL Boys play by a slightly modified set of NFHS rules.
2010 Final Four Tickets On Sale!
M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore - May 28-30, 2010
The collegiate lacrosse Final Four is returning to Baltimore in 2010! If you have never attended a Final Four weekend, its as good as it gets.... the tailgates, the colors, the camaraderie and the best men's collegiate lacrosse has to offer over Memorial Day Weekend.
The general public sale will begin on Tuesday, June 16th through TicketMaster online, by phone or any TicketMaster location OR by calling the Baltimore Ravens Ticket Office at (410) 261-RAVE (7283). Tickets are sold as an All-Session Package, which includes a ticket to all three days. There are no single game tickets available until the week of the event, if tickets are still available. We are expecting very large crowds and encourage fans to order tickets early. All seat locations are reserved seating.
Boys and Girls Tribe teams made their first appearance in the NVYLL Playoffs last weekend. All seven eligible teams qualified for the playoffs, with 4 teams coming away with wins. For the tournament, Tribe teams had a cumulative record of 7-6.
Playoff Highlights
Boys U-11B
The undefeated (8-0-1) Boys U-11B survived an early scare, then put together their two best games of the season.
Saturday in Round 1, the Tribe jumped out to an early 3-0 lead against our friends and ex-teammates from Ashburn. Someone forgot to tell Ashburn the game was out of reach and the Bandits showed a lot of character chipping away, ultimately taking a 4-3 second half lead. The Tribe answered the call, came roaring back with 2 goals and won the game 5-4.
In Round 2 on Sunday, the Tribe ran into a solid team from Manassas. Algonkian came out strong, executing their 1-3-2 Motion offense with precision, scoring on a number of pretty feeds to cutting midfielders. The team had solid defensive effort, both goalies were incredible, and the attack did a great job riding hard. After jumping out to a 4-0 halftime lead, the Tribe cruised to a 6-2 win.
Sunday evening, the boys entered the Championship game pitted against 10-1 Herndon-Reston. Playing their best lacrosse of the season, the Tribe jumped out to a 4-2 halftime lead, holding Herndon-Reston's high powered offense in check. Herndon-Reston pecked away at the lead, scoring the game tying goal with a few minutes remaining in regulation. The 5-5 game went into overtime with the Tribe dominating play early, but unable to put the ball in the back of the net. Herndon-Reston took advantage of an Extra Man opportunity, scoring the winning goal late in the first OT and coming away with the NVYLL Championship. A super effort by both teams.
Congratulations to the Boys U-11B Tribe on a tremendous 10-1-1 season!
Oh and we'd be remiss not to mention the U-15A Boys... or should I say...
THE 2009 NVYLL
BOYS U-15A (SMALL) CHAMPION ALGONKIAN TRIBE!!!!
The 8-1 U-15A Boys entered the season with the goal of being the best of the three ex-Eastern Loudoun Lacrosse clubs at the U-15A level. Achieving that goal during the regular season, the Tribe's sights got more ambitious... How about winning the whole dang thing?
In Round 1 Saturday morning, the #1 seeded Tribe took care of business, handily defeating Manassas by a score of 13-3.
Round 2 Saturday afternoon, Algonkian was matched against a very strong and determined Braddock Road club. Although the game was close throughout, the Tribe pulled away in the final minutes to win comfortably 11-8.
Sunday afternoon... Showtime. The opponent, Fort Hunt... the only blemish on the Tribe's 2009 record. The boys were pumped up and ready for the challenge! The game started slowly with both teams trying to poke holes in each other's game plans when the Algonkian drew first blood 3 minutes into the game. It was a hard fought battle, but as the game approached its conclusion, the Tribe found itself up 7-1 with two minutes remaining. As the clock wound down Ft. Hunt managed 2 late goals, but when the horn sounded, the Algonkian Tribe claimed a championship! It was truly a team effort, highlighted by flawless goal keeping, a tenacious defense, a midfield that refused to let up, and an attack that was determined to make sure history did not repeat itself. Every player on the 16 man roster contributed in this effort.
Boys U-15A completed the season with an 11-1 record, scoring an average of 10 goals a game (the most of any boys team in NVYLL at ANY age group!)
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FIRST NVYLL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM!!!
The Tribe Completes a Strong Inaugural Regular Season
Every Eligible Team Qualifies for the NVYLL Playoffs!
It was a good weekend to be a member of the Tribe...
U-11B Girls made history with Algonkian's first playoff appearance ever
We had 4 Regular Season Division Champs...
Boys U-15A (Small)
Boys U-15C Northwest
Boys U-11B Northwest-Blue
Boys U-11C Northwest
All seven Tribe teams eligible for NVYLL Playoffs qualified! And our U-9 Girls and Boys did a great job at the NVYLL U-9 Fun Day today. Overall, not too shabby for a first year program...
Come out and support the boys teams this weekend. The First and Second Round games will be on Saturday, June 6 and (hopefully) NVYLL Championships on Sunday, June 7. Reference NVYLL.org and/or AlgonkianLacrosse.org for times and locations.
You name it, and colleges lose money on it. In a list examining the athletic departments of 119 Division I schools, 15 of the 17 men's sports the NCAA examined lost money. Baseball and track and field were the most costly, and even fencing had a median loss of $114,000. Only basketball and football were profitable, but they don't bring in enough cash to offset the money-draining volleyball and wrestling teams of the world.
The combined annual profit for football and basketball (using median figures) was about $2.5 million. But if you take the median profits of every sport the NCAA documented, the typical athletic program lost almost $4 million. (And that doesn't include women's sports—all 19 the NCAA examined lost money, including basketball.)
out of reach and the Bandits showed a lot of character chipping away, ultimately taking a 4-3 second half lead. The Tribe answered the call, came roaring back with 2 goals and won the game 5-4.
