North Carolina and Brown, two schools who both played in the 2009 NCAA Tournament, traveled the width of the nation Saturday to meet in the first-ever San Francisco Lacrosse Fall Classic at historic Kezar Stadium in Golden Gate Park. The Tar Heels prevailed 13-5 over the Bears but the biggest winner on the day was BAYS, the Bay Area Youth Sports Foundation.
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The NCJLA is announcing Directors for the 2010 season.  Stephen Dini will head the new team as Executive Director, Kristine Wollam will serve as Director of Girls Lacrosse and Karoline Platt will serve as Director of Boys Lacrosse.  The new directors will begin their duties immediately. 

Mr. Dini comes to the position with a long history of involvement in Northern California Lacrosse.  He has been a coach, administrator and player for 24 years.  His early associations with NCJLA began in the 1990s and included coaching, league development and board membership.  He served as the NCJLA Board President for 2 of the 5 years he was a member of the board. In addition Mr. Dini has professional experience running athletic departments and fundraising as well as professional skills from the world of finance and development.  Mr Dini will also be employed as the Head of Men’s Lacrosse at Notre Dame de Namur University.

Ms Wollam began coaching girls’ lacrosse in 2003 for an NCJLA girls’ club team.  This led to involvement with NCJLA as a girls’ delegate where she assisted in planning and developing girls’ lacrosse.  When she returned to school for her Masters in Kinesiology and a focus in Sports Psychology, she also took a job as Head Coach of the Novato High School Varsity Girls team. 

Stanford women's lacrosse standout Lauren Schmidt was one of 24 players selected to the U.S. Developmental team following a two-day tryout at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County last weekend.
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Resident of Danville, Leo was born June 27, 1968 to parents Sophia and Fred Hartford. He passed away in his sleep while in Hawaii on July 28, 2009 after a too short, but hugely successful life. Leo is a local legend in his hometown of Novato, and graduated from Novato High School in 1987 where he starred in football and lacrosse.
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Franchise leaves San Jose for Everett, Washington

San Francisco, CA – June 3rd, 2009 – Nine Bay Area high school lacrosse players have been named to the US Lacrosse Secondary School All-American Team. Players, who are nominated by their coaches and supported by their respective leagues, were voted on by a committee of Northern California lacrosse coaches and league representatives.

US Lacrosse Secondary School All-American Team:

• Jon Chee, Senior, Berkeley High School (Bay Shore)
• Kevin Downs, Senior, St Ignatius College Prep (Independent)
• Rob Emery, Junior, St Ignatius College Prep (Independent)
• Carlton Fisher, Senior, St Ignatius College Prep (Independent)
• Billy Mattimore, Senior, St Ignatius College Prep (Independent)
• Robert Mull, Senior, Acalanes High School (DFAL)
• Nick Richards, Senior, De La Salle (EBAL)
• Kyle Riddle, Senior, Amador Valley High School (EBAL)
• Ross Rudow, Junior, San Ramon Valley High School (EBAL)

“We are extremely proud of the 2009 All Americans,” said Greg Angilly, Nor-Cal Chairman for USLacrosse Secondary School Division. “They are outstanding young men on and off the lacrosse field and represent the best of Bay Area lacrosse.  Their talents on the field further display the continued growth of the sport of lacrosse in our region.  These young men earned the respect of their teammates, opponents and coaches and we wish them well in their college careers.  We are equally proud of our Academic All American’s who represent the best and brightest in their respective classrooms.”

Also receiving awards were the following players and coaches:

2009 Nor-Cal Region USLacrosse Secondary School Academic All American’s

• Kevin Bowles,  Sir Francis Drake High School
• Clinton Morris,  Granada High School
• Will Pritchett,  Piedmont High School
• Jeff Totten, Acalanes High School

2009 Nor-Cal Region USLacrosse Secondary School Man of the Year

• Matt Hill, Clayton Valley High School

2009 Nor-Cal Region USLacrosse Secondary School Coach of the Year

• Bob O’Meara, De La Salle

2009 Nor-Cal Region USLacrosse Secondary School Assistant Coach of the Year

• George Pereira, De La Salle

US Lacrosse will make their official announcement in early July.

NorCal 1 Girls went undefeated in the USL National Tournament. NorCal beat Washington 15-6 for the division title. The team scored 82 goals in 6 games.
Coached by Amy Harms, Jen Lee and Michele Uhlfelder, the team had 7 returning players from the 2008 squad.

2009 Pacific Nor Cal Team for WDNT:
Bannon, Madeleine* (University)
Bauer, Samantha (St. Francis)
Brown, Maggie* (Menlo)
Burke, Amelia (Redwood)
Chavanne, Erin (Davis) 
Farr, Hannah* (St. Ignatius Prep)
Halsted, Heidi (St. Ignatius Prep)
Hinds, Rachel* (St. Ignatius Prep)
Hubbert, Katherine (Presentation)
Mack, Rachael (Davis)
Olson, Hayley (Granada)
O’Mahoney, Molly (St. Ignatius Prep)
Ozer, Rachel* (Campolindo)
Pratt, Charlotte (Burlingame)
Rogers, Jessica (Granada)
Seclow, Alexandra (Miramonte)
Silva, Kathleen (Pioneer)
Southgate, Emma (Menlo)
Walsh, Erin* (Miramonte)
Wilkinson, Victoria* (Sacred Heart Prep)
*Returning players on 2008 Pac Regional Team

Coaches:
Amy Harms, St. Ignatius Prep
Michele Uhlfelder, Bay Area Wave
Jen Lee, Menlo School

Mill Valley Ca, May 12 2009, KRON-4---- Sportscaster Vern Glenn  is turning his mic on the future college scholar-athletes of tomorrow by producing recruiting videos of the promising high school athletes of today.  “If a coach or scout cannot see a player live, then a recruiting video is an excellent first impression.” Says Glenn, “ It is an important tool for any pro-active parent or high school coach wishing to get their scholar-athlete noticed by a Div-1, II, or III school.”

Click to view a recent Video of Maddie Bannon, University High School Lacrosse Player

Player of the Year:  Katie Moran (Senior)-UC-Santa Barbara
Attacker of the Year:  Laura Boland (Junior)-Lindenwood University
Midfielder of the Year:  Krista Shaw (Junior)-Santa Clara University
Defender of the Year:  Lindsey Hudek (Junior)-Colorado State University
Goalie of the Year:  Renee Eligio (Sophomore)-Santa Clara University
Rookie of the Year:  Christine Porter (Freshman)-University of Colorado
Coach of the Year:  Tom Hopkins-University of Central Florida

2009 WDIA All-Americans - First Team

Attack
Laura Boland (Junior)-Lindenwood University
Ashley Antoon-Algieri (Sophomore)-UC-Santa Barbara
Gracie Binder (Sophomore)-Santa Clara University
Ashley Gaume (Senior)-Colorado State University
Midfield
Katie Moran (Senior)-UC-Santa Barbara
Krista Shaw (Junior)-Santa Clara University
Katie Nepil (Junior)-Colorado State University
Maggie Aker (Junior)-UC-Santa Barbara
Lisa Long (Senior)-Colorado State University
Hayley Wheeler (Junior)-UCLA
Defense
Lindsey Hudek (Junior)-Colorado State University
Monora Seth (Junior)-UC-Santa Barbara
Sarah Herscovici (Senior)-Santa Clara University
Jesse Hogan (Senior)-University of Florida
Goalie
Renee Eligio (Sophomore)-Santa Clara University
Amanda Shapiro (Senior)-Lindenwood University

2009 WDIA All-America - Second Team

Attack
Jody Weisenhorn (Junior)-University of Colorado
Sarah Strock (Senior)-UCLA
Natalie Galvin (Junior)-University of Georgia
Deidra Spillane (Junior)-UC-Davis (Tie)
Samantha Lutz (Junior)-UC-Santa Barbara (Tie)
Midfield
Michaela Battiste (Senior)-University of Michigan
Cherice Mahal (Senior)-University of Minnesota
Bethany Kotun (Junior)-University of Georgia
Amber Lister (Junior)-Unversity of Colorado
Julie Baskind (Senior)-University of Michigan
Kristen Lorow (Senior)-University of Central Florida
Defense
Rachel Monheit (Senior)-University of Colorado
Selina Eadie (Senior)-UC-Santa Barbara
Heidi Knoblock (Senior)-University of Georgia
Katie Veile (Junior)-Lindenwood University
Goalie
Danielle Wertz (Junior)-University of Georgia
Casey Bates (Senior)-University of Maryland

Eleven Stealth players scored a goal and fourteen registered a point as San Jose cruised to a 20-16 victory over the Portland Lumberjax in the Rose Garden Arena.  Tyler Richards made 40 saves in goal for the Stealth, who play the winner of the Calgary/Colorado game in the West Division Finals.

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The San Jose Stealth are set to face the Portland Lumberjax in the West Division Semifinals this weekend.  The Stealth captured the #3 seed in the West with a 7-9 overall record.  2009 marks the third straight postseason appearance for the San Jose Stealth, and the fourth since the team moved to ...