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From Jim Loffredo, US Lacrosse Charlottesville Chapter President:

Hello Central Virginia Coaches,

Your local US Lacrosse Chapter will be hosting a US Lacrosse Level 1 Coaching Clinic on Saturday Feb. 26th at STAB school. This is an amazing opportunity for coaches of all levels in our area. For more information on Level 1 Coaching Clinics and Level 1 Coaching Certification please visit
http://www.uslacrosse.org/cep/index.phtml

This Clinic is normally $65, however, with the help of the local Chapter we have the price for US Lacrosse members in our chapter at only $45. You can register for this clinic at

https://secure.uslacrosse.org/i.cfm?a=cm&ID=A2A2DCB7-9D96-7D4E-BEC6A55F8DD13D6E

More information on this clinic will be sent out in the near future. However, there is a limit of 40 coaches allowed at this clinic, so please sign up early. Lunch will be provided. This is an amazing event, don’t miss out!

Any questions contact Jim Loffredo
laxjack3@yahoo.com

From USLacrosse.org:

US Lacrosse has announced the dates and locations for its 2011 Lax Fests. The festivals have expanded this year to include three age groups: U-11, U-13, and U-15.

The CASL Soccer Complex in Raleigh, NC will host the Southeast edition of Lax Fest on June 17-19, 2011. Packages, including meals and lodging, are available on the US Lacrosse Website.

Six UVA Men’s Lacrosse players were selected to the 2011 preseason All-America team by Face-Off Yearbook. Junior attackman Steele Stanwick and senior midfielder Shamel Bratton both landed on the first-team. Junior attackman Chris Bocklet and senior midfielder Rhamel Bratton earned third-team honors, while sophomore midfielder Chris LaPierre and senior goalie Adam Ghitelman were named honorable mention.

Preseason ranked #1 Syracuse had three players named to the first team. Virginia is ranked #2 in the preseason polls behind the two time defending NCAA champs. 

To read the full list of preseason All-Americans, click here.

To read the press release on the honors from the university, click here.

UVA was also honored with its second consecutive Mad Stache Trophy as the top earner (over $11,000) in this year’s Mustache Madness fundraiser for the HEADstrong Foundation. Read more here.

Richard Little recaps the Covenant U-15 Team’s weekend at the Fairfax Fall Brawl over on covenantlacrosse.blogspot.com.

Covenant advanced to the semifinals by taking down Lynchburg’s EC Glass in a Braveheart OT thriller before falling to Monticello. Read the entire story here.