31/10/11 16:35
Registration now open and will continue until December 15th
· Carrollton Lacrosse is open to boys in 5th grade through 8th grade
· The season will run from early January through mid-April
· We hope to field at least two teams in this our second year of play. One team will be for older boys (7th & 8th graders and some 6th graders) and the other team will be for younger players (5th & 6th graders)
· We will play teams Gulf Coast region schools and clubs
· All lacrosse practices will be on Tuesdays and Fridays from 6:00pm to 7:30pm, and will be held at Avenger Field next to Children's Hospital
· Games, scrimmages and tournaments will be played on the weekends (Saturdays and/or Sundays)
· Players are responsible for providing their own equipment
· Lacrosse will not interfere with Winter Baseball and boys can play both sports
· Questions and requests for more info can be directed to Doug Mills at lacrosse@carrolltonboosters.org
Fall 2011 Lacrosse
28/07/11 16:03
As we prepare for the second year of Carrollton Lacrosse, the Fall Ball series of practices will be expanded. The extra practices will allow the returning players to hone their skills and will provide an opportunity for new players to learn the fundamentals prior to the start of the season in January 2012.
Beginning Tuesday August 23, 2011, Carrollton Lacrosse will practice every Tuesday from 6:00pm to 7:30pm at Avenger Field next to Children’s Hospital. There will be 18 Fall Ball Tuesday practices, concluding on December 20, 2011. The cost for Fall Ball is $40 per players (to cover the cost of lacrosse balls, additional nets and goalie equipment). There is no on-line registration, just sign-up at the first practice.
Fall Ball practices are purely voluntary. Your son does not have to participate in any or all of the Fall Ball practices to play lacrosse in the spring. This is simply an attempt to advance the skills of the boys prior to the opening of the season.
Carrollton Lacrosse is open to boys in 5th grade through 8th grade. Our goal is to field at least two teams for the 2012 season – a developmental team and a more advanced/travel team. Like last season, all of our games will be played against other middle school aged teams from the area. The number of teams Carrollton can field will depend upon the total number of players. We are actively recruiting new players, so please contact the lacrosse commissioner, Doug Mills (lacrosse@carrolltonboosters.org) if your son is interested in playing lacrosse.
Returning players should bring all of their equipment to Fall Ball practices. New players will have the opportunity to “try things out” before making the commitment to purchase equipment. We will want everyone in full gear by the end of September so we can scrimmage and accelerate the action.
The hope is that most of the returning players and new players will be able to work Fall Ball into their schedule. It will make them much better players and Carrollton a much stronger program. If we can enter the 2012 season with 18 practices under our belts and the fundamentals out of the way, we can spend a lot more time in the spring on advanced techniques and teamwork. See you at Fall Ball.
Doug Mills
952.9056 Cell
619.5063 Work
899.0403 Home
lacrosse@carrolltonboosters.org
Beginning Tuesday August 23, 2011, Carrollton Lacrosse will practice every Tuesday from 6:00pm to 7:30pm at Avenger Field next to Children’s Hospital. There will be 18 Fall Ball Tuesday practices, concluding on December 20, 2011. The cost for Fall Ball is $40 per players (to cover the cost of lacrosse balls, additional nets and goalie equipment). There is no on-line registration, just sign-up at the first practice.
Fall Ball practices are purely voluntary. Your son does not have to participate in any or all of the Fall Ball practices to play lacrosse in the spring. This is simply an attempt to advance the skills of the boys prior to the opening of the season.
Carrollton Lacrosse is open to boys in 5th grade through 8th grade. Our goal is to field at least two teams for the 2012 season – a developmental team and a more advanced/travel team. Like last season, all of our games will be played against other middle school aged teams from the area. The number of teams Carrollton can field will depend upon the total number of players. We are actively recruiting new players, so please contact the lacrosse commissioner, Doug Mills (lacrosse@carrolltonboosters.org) if your son is interested in playing lacrosse.
Returning players should bring all of their equipment to Fall Ball practices. New players will have the opportunity to “try things out” before making the commitment to purchase equipment. We will want everyone in full gear by the end of September so we can scrimmage and accelerate the action.
The hope is that most of the returning players and new players will be able to work Fall Ball into their schedule. It will make them much better players and Carrollton a much stronger program. If we can enter the 2012 season with 18 practices under our belts and the fundamentals out of the way, we can spend a lot more time in the spring on advanced techniques and teamwork. See you at Fall Ball.
Doug Mills
952.9056 Cell
619.5063 Work
899.0403 Home
lacrosse@carrolltonboosters.org
Carrollton Lacrosse
28/07/10 12:23
The fastest growing sport in America – lacrosse – is coming to Carrollton Boosters. For the 2011 season, Carrollton Boosters will field a boys’ lacrosse team to participate in the New Orleans Middle School League. The team is open to all boys who are in the 5th, 6th or 7th grade. The team will be developmental – teaching all of the fundamentals of lacrosse – but also competitive in that we will play games against other teams and enter one or two area tournaments. This is not an intramural league (yet), so all of our competition will be against other clubs or school teams. There are eight existing teams (club or school) in the area, so we will have plenty of opponents to play.
A series of demonstrations of lacrosse will be held in September and October to give everyone – parents and boys – a better idea about the sport. While there are several high schools playing lacrosse in New Orleans, and the college games are on TV now, many in New Orleans are unfamiliar with the sport. My thought is that once you see it played, you will fall in love with the sport. It combines all of the best parts of soccer, basketball and hockey with the hand/eye coordination skills of baseball and results in THE FASTEST GAME ON GRASS!
Almost everyone entering the Carrollton Lacrosse program will be a novice, so a great deal of instruction and coaching will be required. We will have a number of former college players and others who will serve with me to teach the boys the fundamentals and begin the process of creating a competitive team. It will not all happen in the first season, but we look to establish Carrollton Boosters as a premier lacrosse program in the near future.
Registration will take place in October/November 2010, and a series of “fall ball” practices will take place between Thanksgiving and Christmas to begin the training process. The season will begin after New Years, and our first game will be in early February. We will likely play 10-12 games in the 2011 season.
As with Carrollton Booster football, each player will be required to provide their own equipment. For lacrosse that includes a lacrosse stick, helmet, shoulder pads, elbow pads and lacrosse gloves. The boys play in athletic shorts and cleats. We will have more information about ordering equipment available as we get closer to the season.
Once the season begins in January 2011, we will practice twice a week at Avenger Field, next to Children’s Hospital. The field has lights, so we will be able to practice in the evening. All games will be on Saturdays and all games will be local. Last year, most of the middle school games were played at Tulane University.
Check the Carrollton Booster website for updates and key dates for the program. If you have any questions, please contact me (information is below).
Doug Mills
Carrollton Lacrosse
504.952.9056 Cell
504.899.0403 Home
douglassmills@gmail.com