| SYF Lacrosse Programs - 2010 |
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Registration is closed for Spring 2010.
Travel teams - Middle School and Elementary Boys !!!
For 2010 all SYF middle school teams will be travel teams competing in the CONNY Lacrosse league with other towns in Fairfield County as well as some New York and Northwest CT towns. The teams are established based on age, not grade, consistent with CONNY and US Lacrosse practices. For more information on the CONNY league, visit its website at www.connylacrosse.org. Practice begins the week of April 5. SYF will offer the travel teams listed below with the coaches.
Boys
U15A Dan Malloy Jr. (generally grades 7/8)
U15B Taylor Keating / Jason Tucker
U13A Eamon Doonan / Jon Kenyon
U13B Tommy Rich / Merrit Nesin
U13C Merit Nesin / Tommy Rich
U11 Mike O'Connor (generally grades 4-6)
U 9 Pete Hansen (also known as Bantam)
Girls
U15 Amanda Gerich
U13 Michele Osario / Ashley Turzer
Middle School Boys
Practices start the week of April 5 and will be held 2/3 days per week. Game and practice schedules are posted on each team's home page.
Middle School Girls
Practices start the week of April 5, and will be held 2/3 days per week. There are two girls teams that will be divided up based on age and skill levels. Both teams will be part of the CONNY girls league, and are expected to have in excess of 10 games each.
Elementary Boys and Girls
The season runs from March 28 to June 13. This is the third year for SYF's elementary boys program and the second year that we are offering a girls program. The program is an instructional one in Stamford. However, for more advanced players there are also U11 and U9 travel teams for 2010.
For further information on Middle School lacrosse contact Bob Cavaliero at
For further information on Elementary lacrosse contact Mike O'Connor at mikeoco@me.com
All middle school and elementary students who live in Stamford are eligible to participate in the program, including students who may attend private schools outside Stamford. Non-Stamford residents that attend a private school located in Stamford are also eligible.
| The game of Lacrosse |
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Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the United States. although until recently it has been slow in broadening its base of players in Stamford. It is a fast paced game that is a combination of basketball, hockey and soccer. Lacrosse is played with a stick, the crosse, and a ball that is a bit smaller than a baseball. Players scoop, catch and throw the ball into a small net at each end of the field. Anyone can play lacrosse - big or small. The game requires and rewards coordination, quickness and agility, not brawn. Long sprints up and down the field with abrupt starts and stops, precision passes, and dodges are routine. It is played on a field approximately the same size as a soccer filed, and there are 10 players on the field for men's lacrosse and 12 for women's lacrosse. Similar to hockey, there is checking in men's lacrosse, but not the women's game.
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