And his wife played (and helped to win two DI NCAA championships) for Princetons womens lacrosse team when they both attended the university in the early 2000s. Growing up in the Tar Heel state, Coach Lowrie proved a quick study, learning lacrosse in middle school and soon earning status as a North Carolina all-state attackman at Durham Academy, along with helping to secure two state championships. My son loves this sport and that love was nurtured substantially with this league., It was my sons first experience with touching a lacrosse stick and he absolutely loves it. However, with Coach McGurn, theres no need for a grill. However, with Coach McGurn, theres no need for a grill. Kicking off on June 4th, the Summer League promises an exhilarating experience, with ten mens teams and four womens teams showcasing their skills on the field. I loved the skill, speed and physicality of playing lacrosse as a child, and it all comes back to me now working with the Surge community to grow the game here in the south. Being a GMSAA member is an honor for both the member programs and the league. Also of note: a term paper on the rise of lacrosse in North America starting with its native American roots, which provides him the league trifecta as a coach, player and scholar. Day Job: Managing Partner, Edge Capital Partners Later at Hampden-Sydney College, he headed things up as team captain, and later played club ball on the New York Athletic Club B team. 3. Over the years, his sons have kept him busy serving as a volunteer coach with NYO baseball and football leagues, as well as their travel circuits. ", In Rumson, New Jersey, Coach Jones attended Woodberry Forest School where his midfield mojo earned him 1st Team All Prep. To be sure, Thomas Lowman has been especially good for Greater Atlanta Christian's boys lacrosse team since being moved from his normal position on defense to the long stick midfielder position at the beginning of his sophomore season in 2019. First three weeks of fall practice, each member school may participate in an intra-squad practice with any GMSAA member program. After a decade-long retirement, Wall now moonlights as a ringer on the Broken Arrows Old Guys Club Lax Team. He was an All-Onondaga County LAX honorable mention pick his senior year. Having coached youth lacrosse in Atlanta now for over eight years (from 1st grade through 8th), hes a great example ofgetting the sport without necessarily getting the trophy. Beginning Monday, August 1, 2022, any student may practice in full pads and practice may not last longer than two (2) hours in full pads: (a) A student must have participated in three (3) conditioning practices . At NYL he brings the same dedication, enthusiasm and discipline to the boys that he discovered with sports as a studentathlete himself. These days, he still tapes up to play locally with Southern Empire, and flies off to Masters tournaments wherever an attack guy is needed. Since 2008, Northside Youth Lacrosse has served as the fastest growing youth lacrosse rec league in all of Atlanta, if not Georgia. Coach Krohn has played for numerous club teams in Baltimore and Atlanta, in addition to community coaching at Centennial and St. Pius high schools. Lax love lured him back to the fields in the winter of 2018, and the Surge is better for it. Day Job: Keeping his wife and two dogs happy. You can rent gear from us or purchase gear directly from retail sporting goods stores and used gear shops like Play It Again Sports. 6. Georgia Middle School Athletic Association Inc. FOOTBALL PRACTICE Football practice may begin Sunday, July 24, 2022. Learn about opportunities in your area. In the 80s, he started a lacrosse program at Christ School in North Carolina and coached the JV -B team (The Killer Bees) at Woodberry. At the University of Maryland, while he did not play, Chris supported many friends who played at the college level. Over the years, NYL has coached boys from over 30 different schools both ITP and OTP! RT @OfficialGHSA: WANTED: More officials! He continued his game at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY. Keeping on in the Empire state, Byrne attended Geneseo College, played club, and eventually became the leading scorer in the SUNYAC league. Marist School. Since then, hes played club ball, been elected to various All-Star teams and awarded MVP honors throughout his 30s, 40s and 50s in cities spanning Los Angeles to Lake Placid with all 247 team pinnies to prove it. Please send ASAP so we will have the correct contacts for the year. There, he won three conference championships, served as team captain his senior year, clinched all MSA B conference honors as an attackman and wasselected for the annual North/South All-Star game played at historic Homewood Field. Lax love lured him back to the fields in the winter of 2018, and the Surge is better for it. ", Coach Kopelmans sports experience in high school and college focused primarily in the wrestling arena, but lacrosse factored heavily in his youth at many summer camps in the Mt. Coach Edwards is a recent NYL recruit by his long-standing NYL coach bro, Dennis Edwards. Day Job: Head of Education & Government Alliances for Workday, an enterprise cloud leader for financial and human resources Where do the teams play? will host both Mens & Womens Lacrosse leagues. A 7-Week Season Packed with Excitement Our Lacrosse League runs, Atlanta, 4/14/2022 The Atlanta Lacrosse League is excited to announce that registration for the highly anticipated Summer Season is officially open. Coaches Test will be available toward the end of Spring. At Ohio Wesleyan University, his superior attack play lauded him as: a 4x College All American; the 1998 Attackman of the Year; and the 1998 Iroquois National Player of the Year. Everything about Coach Collinson says southern: He grew up in Stone Mountain; went to Woodward; went to Furman; then went to GA Tech. MINI STIX RULES. 3790 Ashford Dunwoody Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30319-1899 (770) 457-7201 Directions; Directory; Sitemap; An Independent Catholic School of the Marist Fathers and Brothers . Growing up in Richmond, Coach Hamilton began play with Geronimo LAX from 1st 6th grades, then throughout his years at St. Christophers School and travel lacrosse for Code and Militia LAX leagues. The league is designed from the ground up to give every player the chance to play, learn, have fun and celebrate the sport. (Note: No limitation is placed on activities defined below as AIR, BAGS or CONTROL contact. In February, 2019, Coach Thomas was honored as Man of the Year by the Georgia Chapter of US Lacrosse. A true LAX lover, hes been a dedicated community coach since 2007 with organizations including MAYLA and North Atlanta High School as well as serving as a travel team manager with C2C Lacrosse GA. After high school, Hamilton went south to Auburn, where he started on its reputable club team (scoring second for goals and points) then ricocheted back north to UVA where he played on its club team for the next three years. The middle school teams will practice at J.P. Moseley Park. At New Jerseys Mendham High School, he was recognized as a 1993 All American. Good luck and GO SURGE. He played there from 6th grade through high school, where the team won three state championships while this middie earned 2nd Team All-State; 1st Team All-State; and scored an All-American title his senior year. Dedicated to developing lacrosse players in Atlanta and around the Southeast, Thunderbird Lacrosse provides club teams, clinics, leagues, and unique experiences for athletes as well as training and support for youth and high school coaches. His enthusiasm for play has resulted in an impressive run: community coach for youth sports over the past 14 years in soccer and baseball as his older children cycled through those leagues. Lacrosse Middle School Boys. 1. In college, he continued his football career at Washington & Lee University, where he served as team captain and All Conference nose guard his senior year. The youth-centric elite league with everything youd expect from Atlantas top-ranking rec league. Schedule: March 5th - Week 1 March 12th - Week 2 Read More New Website Online But back to Josh, no slouch himself. Lacrosse is a brotherhood that teaches you life lessons and cements lifelong relationships., Coach Edwards is a recent NYL recruit by his long-standing NYL coach bro, Dennis Edwards. Versus 9:00 AM Home Trinity Christian Lions . At Auburn University, his midfield mastery grew to include 4x All-Conference, 2x Offensive MVP, Player of the Year, Conference MVP Offense while again serving as his teams captain. Enough said. ", The simple recipe for writing a bio is taking its steak and making it sizzle. I volunteer to show kids that hard work and fun can go hand-in-hand. At New Jerseys Mendham High School, he was recognized as a 1993 All American. Today, he still plays with mens league LAX.2002. While we strive to compete successfully, my first priority for the boys is that they have a great time enough to fuel their desire to participate in team sports for years to come., Lacrosse has been a part of Coach Krohns life for nearly 40 years. I coach this great sport to give back to the game that continues to give me so much., Floridian Coach McLaren is a natural sportsman, with a Notre Dame soccer recruitment to prove it. ", Back in the day, most 5th grade boys in California shared a similar deficiency with those in the south: little to no lacrosse. This Spring, the A.L.L. At Gonzaga High School he played basketball and tennis. 3. Soon thereafter, Cornell University nabbed this stand-out attack man, and in 1988 the team made it to national runner-up in the finals. The US Lacrosse National Convention is an outstanding venue to experience "the largest educational and networking opportunity in the sport of lacrosse." The CA Lacrosse Convention is a great local opportunity to learn from some of the best coaches in Northern California and invited speakers. Scores & Schedules - Pace Academy is a co-educational, college-preparatory day school serving 1,115 students in grades Pre-First through 12 in Atlanta, Ga. These logistics help explain why, in the 80s, he skillfully played four years of NCAA DII lacrosse at Syracuses LeMoyne College as both a Defender and LS Middie, with a program thats collected five DII National Championships. Paul and his crew share the same passion I have for teaching kids the fundamentals of the game so they grow up to love it and succeed at all levels in their playing careers.. Practices and home games take place at North Atlanta High School turf and grass fields, Sutton Middle School turf field and various school and park fields as needed. He played club at Clemson then bounced back to Atlanta where he served as an assistant coach at HI for several seasons, and has worked at St. Martins School for four years with a beginners lacrosse clinic offered by the school. A sly recruitment move for sure, as this was the high schools lacrosse coach as well, and he apparently knew athleticism and talent when he saw it. The fact that I am able to help kids while coaching my favorite sport is a true gift. Day Job: Director, Global Listings, New York Stock Exchange, Surge really emphasizes the critical elements of a youth rec league: learning how to succeed as a team and having fun.while also improving individually as a player., A Syracuse native, Coach OLeary started playing lacrosse the moment he could hold a stickbut that play changed after moving to Atlanta as a high school sophomore in 1987, before anyone here could spell lacrosse. Instead, he parlayed his athleticism to football at Pope High School as QB and Free Safety. Later at Army and West Point, Hayes was a four-year Varsity starter. Hes the youngest of four brothers (who all played the sport), while his dad founded his communitys youth program (Chester PAA Lacrosse) and ran it for 10 years. 7th grade GMSAA wins He got his first stick at age four and began playing youth lacrosse in the 3rd grade. Memphis-bred, Coach Mealor picked up his first lacrosse stick in the sixth grade and cradled it right into Memphis University School one of the Souths initial full-fledged lacrosse programs for boys. Day Job:Director of Information Security, Childrens Healthcare Atlanta Lacrosse Nike Lacrosse Tip: Teaching Isolation Movement (ISOs), Purposeful Overloading Select 3 colors of cones for this lacrosse offensive plays. When he moved to Atlanta for business school, Coach Armentrout quickly got involved with the growing Atlanta lacrosse scene by coaching the Emory lacrosse team for two seasons. But not Coach Roby. At Iona Prep in New Rochelle, New York, Coach Hofstetter enjoyed the enviable distinction of, While not a New York state law, growing up in Corning (that is, Seneca Indian territory) does require most every boy to carry a lacrosse stick by the time he can walk. At the University of Richmond, he stepped back from being a full-time student athlete; instead opting for more casual play with club ball. Lacrosse players and families are simply the best. Coach Newberry grew up in Atlanta obsessed with thatother spring sport which he played through college. Follow @GeorgiaSwarmLAX. Now new to Atlanta, he continued to do what his own history repeated: Stay aligned with outstanding lacrosse. Surge coaches love and honor this sport. Day Job: Pediatric OrthopedicSurgeon at Emory and Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta Senior year added Team Captain to his list of notables and his playing days continued full-throttle at Rochester Institute of Technology. ABLA has an established box league, utilizing 3 local venues with over 60 boys' teams participating this season. Whether with Team Snap, emails or announcements on the field, our coaches,commissioners and director provide on-going communication throughout. At Nassau Community College, this middie chose LAX as a student athlete, and helped his team catapult to the 2000 & 2001 NJCAA National Championships, earned 2002 All-American honors, and served as team captain. It started in the suburbs of Baltimore as he grew up as part of the Bel Air Rec program and continued through high school asa varsity letterman at The John Carroll School. Our first week is March 12th! Coach Edwards later played club ball with Overlea and Perry Hall in Baltimore and has been coaching youth lacrosse consistently ever since. Later at UNC Chapel Hill, he gave his game a rest and started swimming, later graduating as an All-ACC. At Ohio Wesleyan University, his superior attack play lauded him as: a 4x College All American; the 1998 Attackman of the Year; and the 1998 Iroquois National Player of the Year. Besides coaching boys, this committed maniac even finds time to coach his daughters team at Atlanta LAX Club. A devotee of the sport, many high school summers were spent coaching at U of Wisconsins hockey clinics. 4th-5th Grades $179. When it comes to sports, Coach Scotchie is our Renaissance man. Enter Coach Hogue: a lauded player throughout k thru 12, then a recruit to Bucknell for Attack/Midfield. In high school, Mealor graduated as an All-State midi, All-American selection and as team captain. Of note: Coach Houlihan is the eldest of 20 cousins, most of whom he played with or coached while growing up. After a decade-long retirement, Wall now moonlights as a ringer on the Broken Arrows Old Guys Club Lax Team. Today, he plays withMiddleburys alumni team at Vails LAX Shootout and othersuper masterstournaments. (For our lacrosse historians, Irondequoit is located in what was big Iroquois Indian Territory; hence, another Surge coach from the motherland.) He served as team captain and helped the Tigers snag two conference championships, along with competing in the NCAA tournament three times. In fact, before high school he and a group of friends established their own recreational league to learn and study the sport! After Notre Dame, he coached youth travel soccer for many years, then continued that with his own boys until (drumroll) he was introduced to lacrosse a few years back. Day Job: Senior VP, Sales at Tradeswell, an e-commerce software company, I was fortunate to learn the game at a young age in one of the hotbeds of lacrosse Upstate New York. The Georgia Middle School Athletic Association (GMSAA) is a residence based middle school lacrosse and footballprogramwith more than 4,500 student-athletes. Versus Lumpkin County . He got his first stick at age four and began playing youth lacrosse in the 3rd grade. League management software by LeagueApps. Head over to our dedicated Shutterfly here: https://atlantalacrosseleague.shutterfly.com/ Feel free to download and share any images you want. Because seasons vary, you will be instructed each fall and spring as to where your activity will take place. ", At Iona Prep in New Rochelle, New York, Coach Hofstetter enjoyed the enviable distinction of lefty attack for four yearsand achieved the schools all-time scoring record. Today, he still plays with mens league LAX.2002. I love the sport of lacrosse because it is very physical and high energy and I enjoy supporting my sons teams. The teams will play an 8 game schedule and have up to 4 travel games. Middle . In addition, Coach Hamilton was selected to lead the 2022 C2C GA Elite lacrosse team for two seasons, garnering numerous wins and championships. Atlanta - June 14th MIDDLE SCHOOL in Top of the Bay Events. Lacrosse League. Recruited by Georgetown University, Peters powerhouse team took part in the 1999 Final Four. Register early to ensure a spot on a team. This is my second year being an assistant coachI can now do more than shag balls. Eschewing his previous involvement in soccer and track, he joined Montgomery Bell Academys first rag-tag lax team that MBA would field for its junior school. responsive organization that develops and, promotes the sport by providing services to. Interviews, Video. I enjoy watching kids learn,improve and have fun in a sport I enjoy tremendously. Follow @GeorgiaSwarmLAX. (For our lacrosse historians, Irondequoit is located in what was big Iroquois Indian Territory; hence, another Surge coach from the motherland.) Classes are held during the day, specifically designed to the homeschool community. At Auburn University, his midfield mastery grew to include 4x All-Conference, 2x Offensive MVP, Player of the Year, Conference MVP Offense while again serving as his teams captain. At Princeton he was a Division 1 rower. Hes been coaching with the Surge since his son started playing in first grade. Registration opens May 12th. THE ATLANTA SPRING LEAGUE ALLOWS MIDDLE SCHOOL, YOUTH & MINI STIX PLAYERS TO COMPETE EACH WEEK IN THE METRO ATLANTA AREA. This season we're using TeamSnap to manage our teams and registration. Day Job: Executive Director, Atlanta Beltline Partnership As a dad, he made sure his own boys followed his lead, which further motivated this middie to become a Surge coach as well as coach elite travel team ball with C2C Lacrosse GA. Day Job: Vice President, Global Marketing, UPS I want to pass along the knowledge and love of the game to youth in Atlanta here with the Surge.. Did he play lacrosse? Day Job: Author and head coach of Tommy Newberry Coaching, a business and life coaching service for entrepreneurs He taught us how to appreciate, respect, and love the game and he was instrumental in shaping my successful lacrosse playing days. A native of Westchester, New York, Coach Carter came to Atlanta with an arsenal of lacrosse accolades. Currently, Coach Scotchie brings 18 seasons of youth sports coaching (including lacrosse) to the Surge, and for that (along with his storied background) we are grateful. After Notre Dame, he coached youth travel soccer for many years, then continued that with his own boys until (drumroll) he was introduced to lacrosse a few years back. We ask that you tag us, The Atlanta Lacrosse League has announced the schedule for the upcoming 2023 Spring season. Beyond the extensive prep & building costs, our upkeep fees continue, along with an 8-year escrow earmarked to fully refresh the existing field in 2027. He has community coached for several C2C GA Elite teams, is a long-standing NYL board member and has served as Commissioner of the leagues Bantam and Lightning divisions. Continuing on as a defenseman, he was named an All-American at Mountain Lakes High School where the team won two state championships, and boasted a 48-game winning streak. As a face-off middie in high school, Coach Lynn was a three-year varsity starter and lead his team in ground balls each season, resulting in multiple All-Star awards. For me, coaching is a great vehicle to reach kids andhelp them understand teamwork, respect for others and the importance of using all of your talents every day. Middle school started things for Coach Peters who played his first lacrosse game in 8th grade as part of the Mountain Lakes, New Jersey rec league. He opened the door for MLL talent to headline local clinics in Atlanta, including the first Thompson Brothers NLL clinic here in 2015. ", Growing up outside of Charlottesville, Virginia, Coach Daniel started playing lacrosse at age 15 shortly after his football coach put a stick in his hand and suggested he give it a try. This resource offers technical dance training for ages 7 - 18. He served as team captain and helped the Tigers snag two conference championships, along with competing in the NCAA tournament three times. Pennsylvania was the state of play for Coach Mosss initial foray into lacrosse. At Princeton, that team champion title followed him for two years in 1994 and 1996 as the Tigers twice seized the hard-fought NCAA Division I National Championship. My #1 goal as a coach is to instill the same sportsmanship and enthusiasm that he provided to his teams. A transfer to Long Island University/CW Post secured a 2x semifinalist team distinction in the state championships.
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