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Illinois High School Lacrosse Forum Online
Posted 3/2/2010 9:14:34 PM
by Jamie Considine
Everybody likes to talk about high school lacrosse. The Illinois High School forum at LaxForums.com was, until last year, one of the most visited forums in the whole nation for high school lacrosse. Alas, some misbehavior by a few got the forum shut down for the rest of us. Luckily, an angel has come to the rescue.
John Suprock, a Hinsdale Central lacrosse parent, and some friends created a new forum at illinois.eamped.com which is entirely dedicated to Illinois High School lacrosse. You can get online and discuss the season for every level of play (Frosh/Soph, JV, and Varsity). You can create your own forums and start your own discussion threads. IllinoisLax forums even has a section dedicated to off-season travel teams.
The new forum site is making efforts to prevent abusive or offensive content by recruiting moderators with star power. Jake Deane, defenseman for the Chicago Machine, head coach at Glenbrook South, and founder of True Lacrosse, will be one of the moderators. Rumor has it Rich Martin, president of the IHSLA and president of Lacrosse America, will also be haunting the forums. Their message? Keep it clean or get out. There's nothing wrong with pounding your chest about your team, just don't make it personal.
Enjoy!
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Loyola Visits Collins
Posted 2/20/2010 12:19:47 PM
by Coach Wilhelmi
Loyola came bearing gifts to Chicago's west side. Through the patience and generosity of the Loyola players and five members of their coaching staff, Collins' team swelled from three members to 16.
This unprecedented gesture was lead by Martha Forsyth and the board of Loyola Lacrosse, Coaches Rob Snyder, Mike Feuer, Brian Rynes, and staff, and a donation of two practice goals and defensive/goalie equipment from Lacrosse America.
Collins will host the Ramblers again in April for a follow-up visit. I hope our team improves enough to be worthy of the generosity shown by our new friends.
To the Loyola players, to whom this would have not been possible... you can't play basketball. Have a great season!
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IHSA Sanctions Lacrosse
Posted 10/14/2009 9:03:37 PM
by IHSA
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors approved a recommendation at its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, October 13 to adopt an official State Series for the sports of Boys Lacrosse and Girls Lacrosse beginning with the 2010-11 school term. The official IHSA lacrosse season, State Series and State Finals will be contested during the spring semester.
The addition of lacrosse will bring the total number of boys and girls sports contesting state championships to 15 apiece, while the overall number of IHSA sports and activities will grow to 43.
“The goal of the IHSA is to provide quality interscholastic opportunities for students in the state and the Board recognized that the addition of boys and girls lacrosse helps support that mission,” said IHSA Executive Director Marty Hickman. “The Board’s decision was consistent with the procedures used when adopting several other recent sports and activities, including water polo and journalism.”
The Board did create a contingency that 65 boys lacrosse teams and 40 girls lacrosse teams must be registered to participate in the state series by the February 1, 2011 spring sport deadline in order for either sport to crown a state champion in 2010-11. According to the IHSA Emerging Sports List, there are currently 65 schools fielding boys lacrosse teams in the state and 40 fielding girls lacrosse teams.
Even if the contingency prevents the inaugural state series from occurring during the 2010-11 school term, Hickman reiterated that the Board’s decision on Tuesday will only help the sport’s growth in Illinois.
“The Board felt it was important to put contingencies in place to preserve the esteem of the tournament and crowning a state champion, even if it has the possibility of delaying the start of a state series until beyond 2010-11. Regardless, we feel like the IHSA’s endorsement of the sport will help bring more legitimacy to club and intramural programs around the state and that many more schools will field squads in the coming years.”
Currently, 17 other state associations crown champions in boys and girls lacrosse.
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2010 IHSLA Conferences Realigned
Posted 10/4/2009 2:30:30 PM
by Jamie Considine
Beginning in the 2010 season, the lacrosse conferences will be rearranged to better match the IHSA conference alignment. This realignment will usher in a new Chicago Public Schools Conference and a Catholic Conference. The Chicago Metro Conference will be eliminated.
Each team will be expected to play at least five of their games within their conference. Non-conference games will be scheduled after the conference game schedules have been finalized.
The new conferences will be as follows:
Central Suburban (CSL)
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Deerfield HS
Evanston Township
Glenbrook North
Glenbrook South
Highland Park
New Trier
Mid Suburban (MSL)
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Barrington
Conant
Fremd
Hoffman Estates
Palatine
Schaumburg
North Suburban (NSL)
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Lake Forest
Lake Zurich
Libertyville
Mundelein
Stevenson
Vernon Hills
Warren Township
Grayslake Central
Grayslake North
West Suburban (WSL)
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Hinsdale Central
Lyons Township
Oak Park River Forest
York HS
Glenbard West
Chicago Public Schools (CPS)
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Lane Tech
Lincoln Park
Mather
Northside Prep
Taft
Harlan Academy
Collins Academy
Chicago Academy
Orr Academy
Catholic Conference
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St. Viator
Nazareth Academy
Notre Dame
Benet Academy
Marian Catholic
Montini Catholic
Marmion Academy
Saint Ignatius
Saint Rita
Loyola Academy
Fenwick
Saint Laurence
Mount Carmel
DuPage Upstate
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West Chicago
Wheaton North
Naperville Central
Naperville North
Wheaton Warrenville South
Waubonsie Valley
Neuqua Valley
St. Charles East
St. Charles North
Geneva
South Suburban
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Homewood Flossmoor
Sandburg (D200)
Lincoln-Way
Minooka
Lemont
O'Fallon Township
Champaign Centennial
Independent
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Belvidere
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