Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. Major League Lacrosse yesterday announced the rosters for its annual All-Star Game, which is set for July 8 at Papa Murphy's Park in Sacramento, Calif. New York Lizard Joe Walter earned his league-leading ninth selection to the game, followed by teammate Paul Rabil's eighth. Denver and Ohio had seven players selected, most in the league by a team. US Lacrosse members can purchase discounted tickets to the game.
2. Almost on cue, MLL All-Star Marcus Holman scored five goals, including this game winner, and added two assists to lead the Ohio Machine to a 16-15 overtime win at Boston. The win moved Ohio into a first-place tie with Denver at 5-2.
.@MarcusHolman1 buries the OT #GWG - @MachineMLL defeat @BostonCannons 16-15 at Harvard Stadium #BOSvsOHIO https://t.co/oJkK8D7Df4 pic.twitter.com/ASdyL0Spn6
— Lax Sports Network (@LaxSportsNet) June 23, 2017
3. The new Women's Professional Lacrosse League will help to develop leaders, according to founder Michele DeJuliis.
4. Inaugural St. Bonaventure men's coach Randy Mearns is excited to build a winner at the small private college in Western New York.
5. Over at USLacrosse.org, more on the Lacrosse Communities Project that was unveiled at a press event in Albany, N.Y.
What We’re Reading
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The Michigan Daily has a little more on the situation new Wolverine men's coach Kevin Conry inherits in Ann Arbor.
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The Baltimore Sun continues its "review and preview" series with a look at the Stevenson men.
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The Murray (Utah) Journal asked a local high school, which once fielded club lacrosse, if it will bring back boys' and girls' teams in the wake of the state athletic association announcing its sanctioning of the sport effective 2019-20.
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The Hutchinson (Minn.) Leader profiles the sister act that got the town's high school program off to a fantastic start over the last few seasons.
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More sisters. The Daily Gazette of Schenectady, N.Y., highlights Shenendehowah High School sisters, separated by a school year, that have committed to play at Syracuse
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More Syracuse. Orange alum and MCLA tournament director Matt Holman has been named the general manager of Team Uganda, per kawowo.com.
What We’re Watching
Let's LaxCon. Lacrosse's largest educational event, hosted each January by US Lacrosse, features a talented speaker lineup comprised of many of the sport's best coaches and officials. Highlights from Ohio State and Team USA U19 men's coach Nick Myers' session at LaxCon 2017 below. How can you apply his points to your team?
What’s on Tap
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The venerable Vail Lacrosse Shootout gets underway Sunday in scenic Colorado, and Paul Ohanian will have more on a well-known lacrosse organization that will celebrate its 25th anniversary at the event.
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Matt DaSilva will have a follow-up on Colorado's western neighbor, Utah, the flagship university of which announced last week its addition of a varsity men's lacrosse team.
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Four games tomorrow in Major League Lacrosse, including the Twitter Game of the Week featuring Chesapeake at Ohio at 7 p.m. ET.
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