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As of 8am, the fields at Darden Towe Park appear to have soaked up last night’s rain without a problem; for the most part field conditions are good. Therefore, the Seminole Lacrosse League games scheduled for Saturday, June 24, 2006 will be played as scheduled.

Sunday, June 18
12 Noon: CSLL – Maroon v. Blue
1:00pm: CSLL – Gold v. Red
2:00pm: CSLL – Green v. Orange

Monday, June 19
6:30 – 8:00pm: Boy’s Seminole League Practice

Tuesday, June 20
6:30pm: CSLL – Red v. Maroon
6:30 – 8:00pm: Girl’s Seminole League Clinic

Wednesday, June 21
6:00pm – 8:00pm: Charlottesville Women’s Summer Lacrosse League
6:30pm: CSLL – Orange v. Blue

Thursday, June 22
6:30pm: CSLL – Gold v. Green
6:30 – 8:00pm: Girl’s Seminole League Clinic

Friday, June 23
6:30 – 8:00pm: Girl’s Seminole League Clinic

Saturday, June 24
9:00am – 10:30am: Seminole League Boys Games, 4-10 year olds
10:30am – 12 noon: Seminole League Boys Games, 11-13 year olds
12 Noon – 1:30pm: Seminole League Players Games

Sunday, June 25
12 Noon: CSLL – Gold v. Blue
12:30pm: CSLL – Orange v. Maroon
1:30pm: CSLL – Green v. Red

Playoffs are scheduled to begin July 18. This is subject to change if depending on the number of rainouts during the regular season. Follow cville-lax.com for updates during the season.

Update, June 27: Due to a conflict with a Seminole League Clinic, the Blue v. Maroon game originally scheduled for Thursday, July 6th has been pushed forward a day and will be played at 6:30pm, Wednesday, July 5th. This change is reflected in the schedule listing above.

Update, July 6: In order to make up games that were postponed due to inclement weather on July 5th, the following changes have been made: The July 12th game is now Green v. Red. On Thursday, July 13th, Maroon now plays Gold; the Green v. Orange game is unchanged. And on Sunday, July 16, the games are Green v. Blue and Gold v. Red.

Teams for the 2006 season were selected last night. Play begins Sunday, June 18th at Darden Towe Park. Complete rosters are available after the jump.

If you mailed an application but your name does not appear on a team, please come to Darden Towe Park at 12:15pm on Sunday to receive a team assignment. A limited number of team openings are available; if you have not sent in an application but would like to play, come to Darden Towe at 12:15pm.

If you have been assigned to a team, but have not yet paid the registration fee, be sure to bring it to the field with you. You will not receive a jersey if you have not yet paid the registration fee.

The first weeks’s schedule is set. Please arrive at the field 15 minutes prior to game time. Note that weekday games will begin at 6:30pm; this is a change from previous years.

Sunday, June 18
12 Noon: Maroon v. Blue
1pm: Gold v. Red
2pm: Green v. Orange

Tuesday, June 20
6:30pm: Red v. Maroon

Wednesday, June 21
6:30pm: Orange v. Blue

Thursday, June 22
6:30pm Gold v. Green

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Due to heavy rain this morning from remnants of Tropical Storm Alberto, the fields at Darden Towe Park have been closed for this evening, June 14th. Therefore, Wednesday’s edition of the Seminole Lacrosse Clinic is cancelled. Thursday’s clinic will be held as usual, beginning at 6:30pm.

Thursday’s clinic will feature a visit from perennial Seminole favorite Doug Bartlett, who has been the head lacrosse coach at VMI for 21 years.

Bartlett, who currently ranks 13th amongst active Division I lacrosse coaches with 127 career wins, has had a host of major accomplishments since taking over the program in 1986. In 1992, Bartlettâ??s Keydets went 9-5 and were ranked in the Top 25 national lacrosse poll, becoming only the fourth team in VMI history to achieve that feat. A few years later, the 1995 VMI team also went 9-5 and once again received votes in the national poll.

The Charlottesville Women’s Summer Lacrosse League will play on Wednesday evenings at Darden Towe Park in Charlottesville. Play begins June 21st and runs through July 26th, from 6pm to 8pm each evening. The league is for women who are rising 9th graders and above; there is no maximum age limit.

The cost of the league is $40. Players who wish to participate should bring a completed application and the registration fee to Darden Towe Park. All players must be members of USLacrosse. An application form will be available on cville-lax.com soon and will also be available at Downtown Athletic and Dick’s. For more information, contact Lindsay Neese at 434.466.4223.

[Report from Bob Crist]

I know that for some of you, the season has been over for a few weeks, but I thought that I would just give you an update of how the CAYLC U-11 team did this past weekend. Please keep in mind, that this is the first year in history that Charlottesville has sent a U11 team to these summer tournaments.

The team traveled to Greensboro, North Carolina this past weekend. Their first game was against Lake Norman, NC on Friday night. The team took an early lead and looked very comfortable in an 8-0 victory. Saturday morning, the team played the host Greensboro team and picked up a 10-3 win. In the afternoon, Charlottesville played the Winston-Salem All Stars and won 11-4.

The big game was on Sunday morning as the team played the All Stars from Charlotte. Both teams were undefeated in the tournament, and the Charlottesville parents noticed that the kids from Charlotte were, on average, much bigger than our kids, but our kids ended up doing very well against them. We took an early 1-0 lead and then found ourselves trailing 3-1. We scored a second goal just before halftime to draw the deficit to 3-2 at half.

In the second half, CAYLC’s goalie Alex Janssens, made a great save, but the ball still trickled in by an inch or two to give Charlotte a 4-2 advantage. After that, it was all Charlottesville, scoring 3 unanswered goals, and basically controlling the ball for probably about 90% of the rest of the game. Following the final horn, with a 5-4 victory, the boys did their own little “doggie pile” of 10 and 11 year old boys in the middle of the field. It was awesome!

The other age groups from Charlottesville also did very well, as well. Special thanks need to go to Brad Haws, Dick Abidin, Austin English and Michael Cross, who coach the U11 team. The team now travels to Cockeysville, Maryland this week for one more tournament before calling it a year.