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ACAC has announced the dates for their Summer Lacrosse Academies, including, in a first for Charlottesville, an overnight Lacrosse Academy. All camp days include sport instruction, indoor/outdoor play, speed and agility training, and an hour of swim time at the Adventure Central Waterpark.

The Girls Lacrosse Academy will run in two sessions, June 9-12, and July 14-17, from 8:30am to 4:30pm. This Academy is for girls aged 9-14.

The Boys Lacrosse Academy will run July 7-10, with a second session July 21-24. This Academy is for boys aged 9-14. There will be an option for a 3 day - 4 night overnight camp; campers will participate in the day camp, then spend the evening swimming at the Adventure Central Waterpark, playing indoor lacrosse in the Arena, and then spend the night in “The Big Room”. Camp tuition for overnight campers includes all meals.

There will also be Half-Day Boys Lacrosse Academy, for boys aged 8-12. This Academy will be held August 4-7 and August 11-14, from 8:45am - 1:00pm.

The ACAC Boys Lacrosse Academy is directed by Al Sadtler, founder and director of the Seminole Lacrosse League, and 2001 Inductee into the Virginia Lacrosse Hall of Fame. The coaches of the academy are Hunter Price, Jim Loffredo and Richard Little. The coaches will provide a high level of instruction and skill development for all positions, video analysis and plenty of indoor and outdoor game time.

The ACAC Girls Lacrosse Academy is directed by Al Sadtler and coached by both Jennifer Harris,of the Blue Ridge Lacrosse Club, and Nancy Haws, Head WAHS Varsity Coach. This Academy provides a high level of instruction and skill development for all positions, video analysis and plenty of indoor and outdoor game time.

In addition to lacrosse, ACAC will also host Summer Sports Academies in Basketball, Volleyball, and Field Hockey. For more information and a listing of camp tuition fees, download the brochure.

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The ACAC Lacrosse Academy will be sponsoring two travel teams for the summer of 2008; each will participate in three tournaments, all within a three-hour drive from Charlottesville. The cost per player is $350. Players must commit to our 3 tournament schedule. The ACAC teams will not begin practices until mid May so as to not interfere with Y and BMSL practice and game schedules.

That fee includes the 3 tournaments, and team swag (and a great time).

The teams — U13 and U15 — will participate in three tournaments:

• Summer Exposure, Annapolis MD, June 14 - 15
• Summer Getaway, Alexandria VA, June 21 - 22
• Summer Sizzle, Baltimore MD, June 19 - 20

Tryouts for the travel teams began last weekend. They will continue this Sunday, March 2nd. Tryouts for the U13 team will run from 11:00am to 2:00pm; for the U15 team, from 2:00pm to 5:00pm. Players will be evaluated by our entire acac lacrosse coaching staff throughout the two sessions. The sessions will include stick and situational drills as well as indoor game time. Points of emphasis will be teamwork, stickwork, attitude and athleticism.

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Western Albemarle HS Team 2: 6-0
Brian Carew
Matt Galvin
Brenning Greenfield
Lars Pettygrove
Max Pfeifer
Mack Schwoebel
Sam Schwoebel
Jerry Walsh
Lee Winslow

Coach: Hunter Price

Max Pfeifer (Western Albemarle HS)

On Saturday, January 26th, eight teams will enter the Arena at ACAC’s Adventure Central and battle for the Championship in the inaugural Indoor WINTER laXgames. The winners will be presented with the “Cville-lax Cup”, for display at their home school over the next year.

Play will begin at noon Saturday, with teams representing the Blue Ridge School, a combined CHS/Miller School, Rockbridge, the first of two Western Albemarle teams taking the floor. A second round, beginning at 4:00 pm, will see Albemarle, Monticello, STAB, and a second Western team competing. Play will resume Sunday at 10:00 am.

Saturday Session 1
Noon: CHS v. Rockbridge
12:30: WAHS 1 v. Blue Ridge
1:00: Blue Ridge v. Rockbridge
1:30: WAHS 1 v. CHS
2:00: WAHS 1 v. Rockbridge
2:30: CHS v. Blue Ridge

Saturday Session 2
4:00: STAB v. AHS
4:30: Monticello v. WAHS 2
5:00: STAB v. WAHS 2
5:30: Monticello v. AHS
6:00: Monticello v. STAB
6:30: WAHS 2 v. AHS

Sunday
10:00: WAHS 1 v. STAB
10:30: Blue Ridge v. AHS
11:00: Rockbridge v. Monticello
11:30: CHS v. STAB
Noon: WAHS 2 v. Rockbridge
12:30: Blue Ridge v. Monticello
1:00: CHS v. AHS
1:30: WAHS 1 v. Monticello
2:00: Rockbridge v. STAB
2:30: Blue Ridge v. WAHS 2
3:00: WAHS 1 v. AHS
3:30: WAHS 2 v. CHS

The X-Games have nothing on Charlottesville. The weekend of January 26th, five area high schools will compete in the ACAC Lacrosse Academy’s inaugural “indoor WINTER laXgames”. Indoor lacrosse is a fast-paced, phrenetic sport, played in a basketball court-sized arena.

The team with the most wins over the course of the laXgames will take home the “cville-lax.com Cup” for display at their school over the next year.

The laXgames will take place at ACAC’s Adventure Central facility on Four Seasons Drive. Adventure Central is the home of ACAC’s Lacrosse Academies, which provide specialized instruction and agility training to boys and girls in both middle school and high school. ACAC also presents Sports Academies in Field Hocky and Baseball, run by some of the top coaches in sport.

The tournament format will feature squads playing four on four plus goalies, with games running a pair of 12 minute halves. Teams will consist of eight players/two goalies; substitutions will be allowed at the six minute mark. The first tournament session will run from noon to 4:00 pm on Saturday with a second session from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The Sunday session and awards presentation will begin at 10:00 am and conclude by 4:00 pm.

High school programs that have committed to the laXgames include Albemarle High School, Charlottesville High School, Monticello High School, St. Anne’s-Belfield, and Western Albemarle High School (two teams). A limited number of additional slots are available; coaches need to contact als@acac.com or 434.242.6583 before next Tuesday to register additional teams.

The tournament schedule will be published the afternoon of Wednesday, January 23rd.