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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.

The VIS Lacrosse Tournament Selection Committee has announced the tournament brackets for all three divisions. The tournament will kick off on Tuesday, May 13, and culminate at the 2008 VIS Championship Lacrosse Weekend May 16-17, at St. Anne’s-Belfield School.

First round (games to be played at the higher seed, Tuesday, May 13)
#1 Norfolk Academy v. #8 Episcopal HS
#2 Collegiate v. #7 Paul VI @ 4:00pm
#3 St. Anne’s Belfield v. #6 Flint Hill @ 5:30pm
#4 Woodberry Forest v. #5 St. Stephens / St Agnes @ 4:00pm

Semifinals (games to be played at St. Anne’s-Belfield School, Friday, May 16)
1/8 Winner v. 4/5 Winner @ 5:30 pm
2/7 Winner v. 3/6 Winner @ 7:30 pm

Final
@ St. Anne’s-Belfield School, Saturday, May 17 @ 5:00 pm

First round (games to be played at the higher seed, Tuesday, May 13)
#1 Highland v. #8 Christchurch School
#2 Covenant v. #7 Walsingham
#3 VES v. #6 Wakefield
#4 Bishop Sullivan v. #5 Nanesomnd Suffolk

Semifinals (games to be played at highest remaining seed home field, Thursday, May 15 or Friday, May 16)
1/8 Winner v. 4/5 Winner @ TBD
2/7 Winner v. 3/6 Winner @ TBD

Final
@ St. Anne’s-Belfield School, Saturday, May 17 @ 2:30 pm

First round (games to be played at the higher seed, Tuesday, May 13)
#1 Seton School — First Round Bye
#2 Blue Ridge School — First Round Bye
#3 Roanoke Catholic v. #6 Miller School
#4 Trinity Meadowview v. #5 Fredricksburg Academy

Semifinals (games to be played at highest remaining seed home field, Thursday, May 15)
#1 Seton School v. 4/5 Winner @ TBD
#2 Blue Ridge School v. 3/6 Winner @ TBD

Final
@ St. Anne’s-Belfield School, Saturday, May 17 @ 12:00 pm

STAB advances to the VISAA semifinal on Friday, May 18 at Episcopal High School in Alexandria. Game time is 5:30pm.

The Virginia Independent School Athletic Association kicks off its 2007 Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse Tournment today, with first round games scattered across the Commonwealth.

Locally, third-seeded STAB takes on Bishop O’Connell at home, at 6:15 in the Division I Tournament, while fifth-seeded Covenant School travels to Flint Hill in the Division II tournament.

The lacrosse season is in full swing, with teams from the University of Virginia, area high schools, and middle school teams all seeing action. Wednesday’s UVa Women’s match against William & Mary is “Cavalier Orange Night“: Anyone wearing orange gets in for only $3. Also, Saturday’s game, when the Cavalier Women take on #8 Princeton, is “Girl Scout Day“. And even if you’re not a Girl Scout, hot dogs, popcorn, and small sodas can each be purchased for $1 at the concession stand.

Note: Coaches, please email results to webmaster@cville-lax.com.

The 6th Annual Albemarle Lacrosse Jamboree is scheduled for the weekend of March 23rd. Teams from 5 states will take part in 3 days of lacrosse games and scrimmages. Friday will feature full length events while Saturday and Sunday will be in the Jamboree format of 1 hour events.

This year the Jamboree is being sponsored by Bones Lacrosse and Davenport & Company, LLC.

Current Schedule (as of 27 February 2007)
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The Covenant School last week won the Division II Championship at the Independent Schools Lacrosse tournament at Chirstopher Newport University. Scott Shepherd, a long stick middie for Covenant, was named the Division II tournament MVP — a first for any player at that position. The Charlottville Chapter of USLacrosse and cville-lax.com congratulate the Covenant team and Scott Shepherd for their achievements.

In other news from the tournament, the Collegiate School defeated Norfolk Academy for the Divison I Championship.