It's time to start planning for the Spring and Summer season as the King of Spring returns once again. We have a lot planned and it promises to be another memorable year.
Registration for Spring Lacrosse is now open, with a March 18th registration deadline. Registration is on-line only. To register, go to the "Registration" tab on the left side of this site. Information about time, location, and cost is also available at the Registration tab.
We have also posted a tentative schedule of tournaments we plan to attend this summer under the "Tournament Team News" tab listed above. Planning is also under way for the Webster Classic. Anyone interested in helping out should contact Tournament Director, Peter Bird.
Plans for the Box improvement project are also moving forward. Right now, we are cutting and sizing pieces of turf so it is ready to be installed when the weather permits. Response to our Box advertising and Friend's of Webster Lacrosse has been positive but there is plenty of room left on the Dasher Boards. We hope to have enough funds left after installing turf to make
additional improvements such as bleachers or a scoreboard. We could use volunteers to help with fundraising for the box improvements.
On March 6, 2010, we will conduct our annual Equipment Audit. All Club equipment, including tournament jerseys must be turned in by that date. If you have any Club equipment that needs to be turned in, contact your Program Director or our equipment director, Mike Deisenroth. Also, if your little guy isn't so little any more, always remember that we are a charitable organization. If you want to donate some of your old equipment, your donation is fully tax deductible.
We will be holding a coaching clinic on March 20, 2010. We will cover the basics, the fundamentals, and coaching philosophy. We will cover aspects of "positive coaching." We hope to have the scholastic coaches there to share their input. If anyone has a background in basic first aid, we would love to have you give a brief block of instruction. We wrap it up with a Q&A session to discuss the big picture. No experience is necessary.
Spring is not far away. The high school kids are hard at work with preseason training and it looks like we will have two strong teams again. Some of the seniors are making plans for college lacrosse after this season and a few are even hoping to play at the Division I level. A few of our Club alumni are already making headlines before the college season has even started -- Schroeder graduate Grant Catalino has been named a preseason All-American at the University of Maryland and Thomas graduate Jake Zeigler has been named the team captain at Jacksonville University in their inaugural season in Division I. Both are recipients of the Club's Gary Crandall Memorial Scholarship.
As always, we are happy for these kids but are reminded and humbled knowing that their success is just a "side-effect" of what we hope is our Lacrosse Community's deep commitment to learn and teach the "Medicine Game." We measure success by involvement. Our club is only as strong as the passion of our volunteers. Get on board and enjoy the ride. It is a lot of fun. GO WEBSTER!!!!
"Winter, slumbering in the open air, wears on its smiling face a dream... of spring. Ciao."
-Bill Murray, "Groundhog Day" (1993)
Thanks for the Help this past Saturday. We got six rolls of turf prepped and ready, only 12 more to go.
Thanks to Ron Blaessig and sons, Jon Riek, Al Balcaen, Jim O'Neil, David Gulisano, Mike Stacy, Jim Hutton and son, Herb Erhardt and son, Tom Przybylowicz, Mike Diesenroth
On February 13th, many of the boys from the K-6 Grade Winter Program participated in our annual Webster Lacrosse Day at the Blue Cross Arena. The day started early for the 5-6 graders where they geared up for a fast paced morning scrimmage on the Blue Cross Arena turf. Before the 2pm Knighthawks game, many of the K-4 graders ran onto the field for player introductions and the National Anthem. At halftime, the 3-4 graders geared up for an exciting quick scrimmage in front of the Knighthawks fans. Many thanks to the parents and coaches who helped to make this day a fun success!
