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Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world.

1. Tehoka Nanticoke, the latest Six Nations sensation at Albany and known producer of lacrosse goals gone viral, was the subject of all sorts of adulation Sunday after scoring a one-handed between-the-legs goal against Johns Hopkins during the Headstrong Foundation’s Colleluori Classic  at Boys’ Latin School in Baltimore. Nanticoke made Blue Jays defenseman Jack Rapine slip, froze two adjacent defenders and then surprised goalie Brock Turnbaugh with his tricky release, skipping the ball off the turf and into the net.

Among Tehoka admirers on social media were lacrosse legends Lyle Thompson, Paul Rabil, John Grant Jr. and Mark Millon.

The goal came in at No. 2 on the Top 10 segment of  ESPN’s “SportsCenter.”

Here are some unofficial scores from this weekend’s various fall ball events via media reports:

Cornell 12, Michigan 10
Denver 25, Limestone 10
Hartford 9, Lehigh 9
Hofstra 6, Bucknell 5
Johns Hopkins 21, Albany 13
Johns Hopkins 10, Army 9
Loyola 15, UMass 10
Loyola 16, Rutgers 12
North Carolina 11, Ohio State 9
Penn State 10, Hofstra 9
Penn State 10, Lehigh 5
Rutgers 19, UMass 7
Villanova 13, Navy 6

2. Kara Cannizzaro, who led North Carolina to the 2013 NCAA women’s lacrosse championship and became the sport’s first player to be nominated for an ESPY Award, is returning to Chapel Hill as the Tar Heels’ director of operations.

3. Zoe Stukenberg, the reigning Tewaaraton Award winner, has joined the star-studded Loyola women’s lacrosse coaching staff as a volunteer. Stukenberg made her coaching debut this weekend, with the Greyhounds hosting Denver, Maryland and San Diego in fall ball action. After graduating from Maryland with a 4.0 GPA as a biological science major, she currently lives in Baltimore and teaches biology at a city public school. Stukenberg joins Maryland legends Jen Adams (head coach) and Dana Dobbie (assistant) on the Loyola sideline.

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4. The Western Kickoff, an Adrenaline Lacrosse event and a qualifying tournament for US Lacrosse Nationals (12U, 13U and 14U age groups) that was scheduled to be played over the weekend in Sunnyvale, Calif., was canceled due to unsafe air conditions created by the Northern California wildfires.

WHAT WE’RE READING

  • Syracuse unveiled a statue honoring Roy Simmons Sr. and Roy Simmons Jr., coaching icons who combined to lead the Orange men’s lacrosse program to 543 wins and eight national championships from 1931-1998.

  • Adam Epstein of Quartz, an Atlantic Media-owned digital global business news publication, urges America readers looking for an alternative to next summer’s soccer World Cup to turn their attention to the world lacrosse championship.

  • The Peterborough Lakers celebrated their Mann Cup victory with a parade down George Street. An estimated 1,500 fans watched a 17-vehicle procession Saturday.

  • Decorated first responders Terry Dooley and Brendon Drew discovered a shared bond in lacrosse and the power of sticks replacing scars. 

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

You mean besides Tehoka loops?

Well, there was also this hilarious segment during the Big Ten Network’s “BTN Tailgate” featuring analyst Anthony “Spice” Adams as he went one-on-one with Maryland women’s lacrosse goalie Megan Taylor.

And while some may question the necessity of fighting in the National Lacrosse League, known brawler Bill O’Brien of the New England Black Wolves took a blogger to school on the subject.

WHAT’S ON TAP

We’re renewing our annual Best of Lacrosse (#BestOfLax) series with 2017 finalists in 10 categories revealed over the next two weeks. Look for fan polls on Twitter and capsules on uslaxmagazine.com.

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