Category: lacrosse

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Who was University of Virginia athlete Yeardley Love and what happened to her?… – The US Sun

YEARDLEY Love was recruited to one of the most elite NCAA varsity women’s lacrosse teams at the University of Virginia.

As a first-year student, she met and fell in love with another elite athlete, George Huguely, a member of the University of Virginia’s men’s NCAA varsity lacrosse team.

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Yeardley Love playing lacrosse in a photo from 2008Credit: AP:Associated Press

Who was Yeardley Love?

Yeardley Love was a seni…….

Syracuse.com’s 38 best Central New York high school sports photos of 2022 – syracuse.com

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse.com’s photographers blanketed the courts, fields, rinks and courses of Section III in the calendar year 2022.

The result was thousands of outstanding pictures. We sorted through them to come up with some of the best:

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Beyond the Box: The Wild, Wonderful NLL Ride of Rhys Duch – insidelacrosse.com

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Healing smiles: Notre Dame student-athlete starts nonprofit to help kids battling cancer – ND Newswire

Casey Doyle, Maxim Manyak, Ian McMillan and Kevin Lynch pose by a fire truck.

Three years ago, 10-year-old Ian McMillan of Granger, Indiana, was battling leukemia at Beacon Children’s Hospital. Today at age 13, he is officially cancer-free. 

While his diagnosis and years of treatment brought pain and fear into the lives of Ian and his family members, it also revealed some of the best qualities of the human spirit, created…….

Downingtown East gives top seed Garnet Valley a tough battle in district semifinal – PA Prep Live – papreplive.com

Downingtown East’s Owen Lammy picks up yards in the third quarter. (Nate Heckenberger – For MediaNews Group)

CONCORD >> Downingtown East gave No. 1 seed Garnet Valley all it could handle for three quarters in their District 1 6A football semifinal Friday evening, taking the lead three times and never trailing until 8:55 was left in the contest.

“The physicality …….

Google Doodle Celebrates Indigenous North American Stickball – USA Lacrosse Magazine

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, today’s Google Doodle celebrates Indigenous North American Stickball, a predecessor of modern-day lacrosse that originated with Indigenous peoples of the Southeast.

Google commissioned artist Marlena Myles for the Doodle. A citizen of the Mohegan and Muscogee (Creek) nations and member of the Spirit Lake Dakota tribe, Myles depicts three different versions of stickball in her art, inc…….

FCIAC boys lacrosse going to tiered scheduling for competitive balance – CT Insider

The FCIAC voted recently to change the boys lacrosse schedule for the upcoming 2023 spring season to create a more balanced schedule.

The league will be divided into two tiers with Darien, New Canaan, Greenwich, Staples, Ridgefield and Wilton playing in Tier 1 and McMahon, Westhill, Stamford, Trumbull, Norwalk, Danbury, Ludlowe, Warde and St. Joseph in Tier 2.  

“The new scheduling format is not much different than …….

Xavier University’s women’s lacrosse team hosts UC Bearcats for first-ever game – WCPO 9 Cincinnati

CINCINNATI — Xavier University’s new women’s lacrosse team took to the field for the first time and hosted the University of Cincinnati Bearcats for an exhibition game Saturday morning.

It’s the Musketeers inaugural season and the first exhibition game they’ve played as a team. After the game both teams also held a joint kids clinic.

“This is the day we’ve been planning for awhile, and I just can’t believe it’s happening,” sai…….

61st Annual La Crosse Oktoberfest underway – WEAU

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WEAU) -Day one of the 61st Oktoberfest in La Crosse kicked off Thursday night with the brightest event of the weekend, the Torchlight Parade.

More than 75 floats, clubs and marching bands paraded down the northside of La Crosse. Festivities continue Friday with the downtown and northside fest grounds open with live music and carnival rides. The fest grounds will be …….

Athletes Unlimited Announces $30 Million in New Funding – USA Lacrosse Magazine

Athletes Unlimited Announces $30 Million in New Funding

PHOTO BY KAIT DEVIR / ATHLETES UNLIMITED

Sam Apuzzo finished second on the individual leaderboard this season.

Athletes Unlimited — a network of professional women’s sports lea…….