Sportskool offers on demand cable programming including lacrosse fundamentals with Jay Jalbert and Jesse Hubbard April 13, 2004

Safety a more urgent issue April 13, 2004
by Dave Rahme, Post-Standard

Lacrosse program challenged (pdf) April 12, 2004
Baltimore Sun
Growth: With 1,722 boys and girls participating, the Howard County Lacrosse Program is having growing pains.

New Orleans lacrosse players are sticking with it April 1, 2004
The Times-Picayune

County tackles pinch in play fields March 30,2004
The Oregonian
As a result, several studies have been started. One is counting baseball and soccer players. Another, ordered by the Vancouver/Clark Parks and Recreation agency, will tally sports fields and note where more fields could be squeezed in. And because no one acts as sports czar, coordinating what teams play where and when, the parks agency will look at that need, too. Then the commissioners will know how to respond to parent complaints.

US Lacrosse Camp Scholarship Program Announced March 18, 2004
DUE DATE: applications should be postmarked or faxed no later than April 15th; Eligibility for the program is based on financial need; Scholarships are listed by chapter, but applicants may apply for any scholarship available.
Application Download and Camps Listed

Felons found coaching amateur youth sports (pdf) March 6, 2004
The Seattle Times

Read the Seattle Times series March 6, 2004
In a dark side of the growing world of girls sports, 159 coaches have been reprimanded or fired for sexual misconduct in the past decade. And 98 continued to coach or teach — as schools, the state and even some parents looked the other way

Religion losing to youth sports on weekends Feb 17, 2004
Boston Globe
The national obsession with weekend sports is changing the way American families spend the Sabbath.

MLL Baltimore Bayhawks and Mark Millon team for Breakers Youth Lacrose Club targeting youth ages 11-14 (pdf) Feb 16, 2004
Supplementary coaching for youth participating in recreational leagues

Lacrosse grows in South Orange County Feb 15, 2004
The Orange County Register

Lacrosse coach hopes to bring his sport to Craven, Carteret Counties Feb 6, 2004
Havelock (NC) News

Leading the way to leadership (pdf) Feb 3, 2004
Newsday
Second Annual Nassau County Leadership Conference was held recently at Adelphi University in Garden City. The theme, "Student Athletes as School Leaders: Leadership On and Off the Field."

Level 1 girls’ and boys’ interactive online coaches education courses are planned to launch by April 1, 2004 Feb 3, 2004

US Lacrosse Youth Festival and All-Star Game changes Feb 3, 2004

Team Charlotte Lacrosse jumps Charlotte youth and high school lacrosse to top levels with organized travel and tournament teams Jan 28, 2004
Team Charlotte Lacrosse will provide top level games and tournaments for travelling teams in 4 levels

New group proposed in Kingston, Ma. to maintain and plan events on existing and new sports fields Jan 25, 2004

Charlotte-Lake Norman, NC Youth Lacrosse Sign Ups Jan 25, 2004

Men's High School Coaches Committee of US Lacrosse issues statement rejecting National Development Program in lacrosse Jan 19, 2004

LaQuinta team looks to expand lacrosse Jan 19, 2004
Plam Beach, The Desert Sun

Kids hopping onto treadmill of competitive athletics Jan 19, 2004
San Francisco Chronicle
Sports-training centers springing up all over the Bay Area

Baby boom in wealthiest place in U.S. Jan 16, 2004
Philadelphia Inquirer
The average sale price of a dwelling is $2.9 million. Joining the club - which is mandatory for residents - costs $100,000. Youth sports and schools now de rigeur

Youth lacrosse in Hawaii!! Jan 13, 2004
Throughout North America lax fans wish the Aloha Youth Lacrosse Association the Best of Luck and Good Fortune as they embark on their 1st season. (When's the first Jamboree?)

Youth lacrosse growing rapidly in Western North Carolina Jan 12, 2004
Asheville Citizen-Times

Beamon Youth Sports Advocate Jan 9, 2004
Eden Prairie (MN) Sun
70 percent of the players who start out in any given sport quit – or are weeded out – by the time they are 13 years old.

Cheating rampant in sports Jan 4, 2004
San Diego North County Times
74 percent of parent respondents feel that performance-enhancing drugs are a public health problem; 390,000 10- to 14-year-olds have taken performance-enhancing substances. A similar survey conducted by Blue Cross and Blue Shield in 1999 showed no respondent under 14 years of age had consumed these substances. Thus, it appears that people are taking performance-enhancing drugs at an increasingly younger age.

Hamilton-Wenham Youth Lacrosse U11's and U-13 Win the 1st Annual National Youth Lacrosse Tournament Jan 3, 2004
YLUSA.com Lax News Submission
GOT NEWS? Send it along. We want to know about lacrosse in your area!

Sunday school vs. kids' sports-a growing rivalry Dec 25, 2003
The Christian Science Monitor
Youth leagues have grown by 400 percent in the past 25 years, creating a schism between sports and the Sabbath. Increasingly, priests and pastors nationwide are lamenting that too many pews sit empty on account of sports.

Hundreds ineligible to play in Mt. Prospect park district Dec 25, 2003
Journal-Topics.com
The Mt. Prospect program requires that both parents (or legal guardians) of the participating child must attend a one-time PAYS session (which costs $5 to attend) that includes a video presentation, a speaker from the park district, and the parent(s) signing a code of ethics.

Ex-youth coach loses bail, is sent to prison Dec 24, 2003
Inquirer

Fingerprints on the ballfield Dec 23, 2003
SAFETY: After a molester becomes a coach, parents say background checks should be mandatory.

Potomac Chapter schedules boys, girls and coaches clinics and Spring Cherry Blossom Festival Dec 15, 2003

Anaheim Storm NLL team announces Youth Team Dec 11, 2003

North Carolina teens and parents getting good looks in lacrosse Dec 9, 2003
by Gerald Goulder, editor YouthLascrosseUSA.com
NCHSAA varsity lacrosse sanction within 2-3 years

Main Line schools to hold forum on youth sports Dec 8, 2003

Greensboro LaxFest announces dates for 2004 Dec 7, 2003
June 11-13. Hard to find 12 & Under and 10 & Under brackets are included

Building a program Dec 7, 2003
by Chris Sweet
Successful coach outlines a sucessful program

CT youth officials training scheduled Dec 4, 2003

US Lacrosse Names 12 Youth Award Winners Dec 2, 2003

Gait led High School National Developmental Program announced Dec 1, 2003
128 teams to rank players

Mammoth announce youth super stick skills contest, open to ages 13-18 Dec 1, 2003

Beyond the Games Series: Costly family affair Nov 25, 2003
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Tracks how one family spent almost $10,000 on youth sports

Western North Carolina Youth Lacrosse starts December 6th Nov 24, 2003
New youth program in Asheville area will serve 5 high schools, 4 middle schools

Suburban Philly school system may add middle school lax Nov 22, 2003

North Middlesex Youth Lacrosse fundraiser huge success Nov 22, 2003

Marblehead youth lacrosse team enjoys national success Nov 21, 2003

Youngsters pumping iron Nov 21, 2003
Wilmington News Journal
Is this a good idea at 12 years old?

Wanted: Youngsters who want to play lacrosse in Dayton, Ohio
Dayton Nov 20, 2003 Daily News
Despite lacrosse hotbed in Columbus, less than an hour away, Dayton is just ramping up

Sites, dates set for US National Team Youth and Player Clinics Nov 20, 2003

SI article on youth sports a must read for parents Nov 20, 2003

NC Lax Coaches Clinic this Saturday Nov 15th Nov 11, 2003

Officials Clinic at Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, NC on Sunday Nov 23rd (pdf) Nov 11, 2003

Sentencing delayed for lax coach convicted in boys Philly youth lax sex scandal Nov 11, 2003

Portland region Youth Sports Foundation Fundraiser Saturday night Nov 11, 2003

Anti-arson project is aimed at young (pdf) Nov 11, 2003
Sun
Signed pact with county seeks to stop curious kids from becoming criminals

Duke announces two women's clinics: 2nd Annual Women's Lax Clinic for grades 7-12 January 31, 2004 and 1st Annual Rising Stars Clinic for grades 1-6 February 4, 2004 Nov 7, 2003

Youth sports aren't all about winning Oct 16, 2003
Opinion, Sioux City Journal
Parents, Coaches fail in youth sports

How to coach youth sports Oct 16, 2003
San Francisco Chronicle
Author decries era of poor sportsmanship

Kroenke, Sports owner active in giving to youth sports foundation Oct 15, 2003

Making after school special Oct 11, 2003
Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia Lacrosse for youth program started by Philly businessman

Michigan HS Athletic Assn Exec Dir addresses state of HS sports Oct 10, 2003

NC Chapter Co-Sponsors 1st Annual NC Lacrosse Coaches Clinic Oct 10, 2003
Saturday November 15, 2003-NC State University

King County (Seattle) Washington makes $500,000 in youth sports grants Oct 10, 2003
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce

Freemont, Nebraska Community Foundation funds 4 new youth sports fields
Arlington Youth Sports: $10,000 for the Arlington Youth Sports Complex Project. This is a project to build four ball fields, a concession stand and a walking trail around the complex in Arlington. The Walker Fund will provide $7,000 of this grant and the foundation $3,000.

Youth athletic training becoming big business (pdf) Oct 6, 2003
Sun
Opportunities for coaches, too

Indoor sports centers springing up filling demand for endless seasons Oct 2, 2003

Use of emergency medical equipment growing Oct 2, 2003
by Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer

Want to save a life Oct 2, 2003
by Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, kept Vance High lacrosse player Adam Quilty alive for 19 minutes after the Charlottean suffered a cardiac arrest in March 2000. A portable defibrillator -- also called an automatic external defibrillator (AED) -- was able to shock his heart back into rhythm.

Grants available from US Lacrosse Oct 1, 2003
Youth Equipment Grants, Positive Coaching Grants, Coaches Travel Clinic Grants

Youth "Game Termination" rule for fan behavior Sept 26, 2003

In a state of lacrosse nuts, the diehards battle for glory at the Ocean City Classic Sept 24, 2003
by Kostya Kennedy, Sports Illustrated

Teen killed in punching game July 28, 2003
San Jose Mercury News
Please protect teens from stupid risks of injury

Charlotte's Providence Day School One of NC's Hottest Summer Camp Operators July 27, 2003

Triathalon Camp inspires "Iron Kids" July 27, 2003
Contra Costa Times
"I'm doing it to get in shape for lacrosse." says fifth grader

Running with a Big Stick July 15, 2003
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Lacrosse players better after inaugural season; No public high school teams, yet; Gwinnett County in suburban Atlanta starts to play in recreational league

Community chooses artifical field to gain field space; be able to use field for more youth sports July 13, 2003

Tennis taking a hit from lacrosse growth; kids want to play lax (pdf) July 13, 2003
(Sun)

New youth league in Massachsetts gets respect, fields from Rec Department July 12, 2003
(Editor: would that all of us could be so fortunate!)

Are kids outgrowing baseball? July 11, 2003
(by Adam Rittenburg, Chaicago Suburban Daily Herald)
1987-2000: Kids ages 12-17 playing baseball plummeted 47%, and trend is accelerating

Louisville: Lax is hot July 6, 2003
(by Josh Cook, Courier-Journal)

Charlottesville youth lax storng-wins gold at Darlington July 2, 2003
(Daily Progress)

Lacrosse gaining new fans in Asheville, NC June 23, 2003
(Citizen Times)

From deerskin to Mainstream June 12, 2003
(by Patty Paugh, NJ Star-Ledger)
Lacrosse spreading over the suburbs and field seems clear for more growth

Sterner hopes lacrosse sticks with Forks kids June 10, 2003
(by Dave Duquette, Express-Times)
Lehigh Valley youth lax coach's youth teams will feed region's future high school teams

North Carolina Lacrosse Family Honored at STX/Greensboro LAXFEST June 8, 2003

STX/Greensboro LAXFEST brings teams from through North America for a weekend of fun lacrosse June 8, 2003

North Carolina Chapter announces April 29, 2003
2 teams for US Lacrosse Youth Festival; try outs and practice schedules

Keys to Successful Team Play for Youth Lacrosse--Players and Coaches (by Roger Davis, Triad Youth Lacrosse Association) April 12, 2003

Ranks of Lacrosse Teams Swell in Atlanta. An Ancient Game is the Hot New Thing January 23, 2003

The NYSPHSAA will host a boys and girls lacrosse coaches clinic Jan. 31, beginning at 8:15 a.m. at SUNY-Cortland's Corey Gym. Men's coaches John Desko (Syracuse) and Dave Urick (Georgetown) will be featured, along with women's coach Jenny Graap (Cornell). Registration is $70 at the door. For information, call 518-439-8873. January 22, 2003

2nd Annual "Colorado Lacrosse Day" Boys & Girls Youth Player Clinics, Coaches Workshop, Parents Workshop, Umpire & Referee workshop, Positive Coaching Alliance Workshop. February 2, 2003 University of Denver Details January 22, 2003

US LACROSSE ANNOUNCES YOUTH EQUIPMENT AND PCA WORKSHOP GRANT WINNERS--Youth Equipment Grants to 14 programs across the country. Seven US Lacrosse regional chapters and three additional youth programs will benefit from PCA Workshop Grants, awarded by US Lacrosse in conjunction with the PCA. January 14, 2003

US Lax Camps and Inside Lacrosse giving away a Free Camp every month during
the lacrosse season -- The first free camps being giving away are: * No Limit Lacrosse Camp * Bill Pilat’s Roanoke Lacrosse Camp * Tom Marechek Lacrosse Camp January 14

Game's growth is sticky situation; Lacrosse: A regional pursuit has turned into a big-time rat race, with kids eschewing other sports for offseason camps, chasing the few scholarships available Jan 10, 2003

SI For Kids attempts to target a market Dec 19

Potomac Lacrosse Chapter Coaches Clinic Sunday January 26 Dec 16

New England's Largest Coaches Clinic By Indoor Lacrosse in Springfield--Sat Feb 8th 2003 Dec 16

New York AED Law Saves Life; Automatic Electronic Defribrillator--Does Your School Have An AED On Hand? Dec 8

Growth spurt: Lacrosse flourishes ahead of schedule in SW Virginia. Few figured youth lacrosse would be as hot as it is here in so short a time. Nov 24

Tampa Youth Sticks Lacrosse Having Impact in Florida Nov 5

The "Goalieman" Announces New Clinic Schedule and New Mo-Powr Stick (for Non-Goalies) Oct 19

Lacrosse in Greensboro, NC is Catching On-Big Time ; Try your hand at game of lacrosse Aug 26

Mark Millon Lacrosse Camp Reviewed July 21

Old North State Lacrosse School Exemplifies Teaching Camp July 6

YLUSA.com Lax Guru Sounds off on Youth Lacrosse Tournament Team Stacking; Implores Coaches to Stop Cheating June 29

War for the South: Prototype Lax Camp of the Future June 29

Dixie Top 150 Camp Awesome June 24

YLUSA.com at the Duke Lacrosse Camp June 23

Positive Coaching Alliance: Teaching Parents to Honor the Game February 8

YLUSA.com Contributing Columnist Billy Hook on Starting a Youth Lax League January 21, 2002

Boston Youth Lacrosse Program Receives Lacrosse Only Field-Donor Leases Hospital Land

US Lacrosse Stick Loan and Program Grants