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Dialed In: Your Lacrosse Fix For Friday, Aug. 25

August 25, 2023
Matt Hamilton
Rich Barnes

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

1. There’s a growing lacrosse movement in Long Beach, California.

The Los Altos Family YMCA, with help from two USA Lacrosse clinics, is getting sticks in the hands of children all over the Southern California city. Matt Hamilton with more on an area to monitor as the sport continues to grow.

Click here for the full story.

2. Our Way Early Top 25 rankings continued Wednesday with Nos. 10-6.

MEN

This group features a few teams that are building out of the doldrums, including young and hungry Syracuse. Each team figures to have a shot at Memorial Day Weekend, and many for the first time in decades.

More here.

WOMEN

The women’s list features a few mid-majors who believe that 2024 could be the year they break through, and a powerhouse in Maryland hoping to return to glory.

More here.

WHAT WE’RE READING

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

Former Tufts great Jack Boyden is headed to Charlottesville.

Why not throw it back to this showstopping moment?

WHAT’S ON TAP

  • We’re down to the top 5 in our way-early rankings countdown. See who comes in at Nos. 5-1 in our premature assessment of the 2024 Division I men’s and women’s lacrosse landscape.

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