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Coaching Convention

The Forward Lacrosse Coaching Convention is Wisconsin’s largest lacrosse educational event EVER!

DATE AND TIME

Sun, February 18, 2018   12:00 PM – 4:00 PM CST

LOCATION

Kettle Moraine High School
349 North Oak Crest Drive
Wales, WI 53183

With Headliners, Team USA Attackmen and Marquette Assistant Coach, Ryan Brown, and 2-time Big East Champion starting goalie from Marquette University, Cole Blazer. Other special guests include local Division III coaches from Illinois Wesleyan University, MSOE and more. The event features local successful High School coaches from all three Wisconsin conferences, as well as representatives from High School governing bodies and advisory groups such as; Wisconsin Lacrosse Federation and Wisconsin Lacrosse Coaching Association.

Similar to the US Lacrosse Convention in Baltimore, this event will be formatted in an educational “session” style which will be tailored to all audiences interested in learning more about, coaching, program development and general lacrosse knowledge. Attendees will learn:

  • New coaching methods to help individual players achieve better performance and better team cohesion.
  • Coaching theories that apply to a wide variety of scenarios.
  • Strategies to give coaches and players the edge during competition.

This event offers knowledge from some of the best coaches the area that can be easily implemented into any team or program.

Utilizing both on-field sessions with live demonstration from local High School and Youth players, and classroom sessions designed for idea and discussion based sessions tailored to both coaching as well as program development. Built into the day will be opportunities for Q&A with presenters along with opportunities to network with other local coaches in order to strengthen our lacrosse community.

Since multiple sessions will be going at once, we will be recording all of the sessions and giving access to those who attend. There will also be a booklet with each session’s information, such as drill diagrams and key points.

Tickets are available at the link below 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/forward-lacrosse-coaching-convention-tickets-42476277690

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State Tournament Changes

The Wisconsin Lacrosse Federation is announcing the restructuring of Boy’s High School postseason.

While still consisting of two tournaments, the Division 2 designation will be dropped.  All Wisconsin boys varsity teams will be eligible for the Championship Tournament with the top 20 teams seeded into the Championship Tournament.

Those teams not qualifying for the Championship Tournament will be invited to play in the Wisconsin Invitational and have the ability to opt out should they choose to do so.

The top 20 teams in the Championship Tournament will compete in a five round playoff culminating in the Championship Game at 7:30PM  Saturday, June 9th.

The Finals for the Invitational will be held at 4 PM on June 9th with both games will be held on Schneider Field at Carroll University.

“This change will create a more competitive Championship Tournament, particularly in the early rounds,” said WLF President Erin Ennis.

“The seeding committee can now take into consideration the strength of each individual team without regard to program size or school designation. But more importantly, we still retain the opportunity for every high school boy’s program to participate in the postseason should they choose to do so.” Ennis said.

The seeding committee will meet on May 23rd with the tournament brackets and invitations issued the following day.

This marks the first major change in the boy’s state tournament structure in eight years.

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Tryouts for the WI National Girls Youth & HS Team

WI National Lacrosse Classic Tryout Saturday, January 13

9:00am – 12:00pm 

Uihlein Soccer Complex

7101 W Good Hope Rd

Milwaukee, WI 53223

Tournament to be played  – National Lacrosse Classic Tournament – July 16-19, 2018   Frederica, Delaware

Youth Team 2022/2023 (7-8 graders)  

The National Lacrosse Academy provides a holistic approach to educating middle school players on specific sport skills, human performance, sport psychology, nutrition and sportsmanship.  The Academy youth teams are each assigned an NCAA coach for the tournament and go through skill clinics and tournament games with that coach.

Register for youth:  http://www.nationallacrosseclassic.com/events/wisconsin-girls-21-22

High School Team 2019/2020/2021 (9-11 graders)

The National Lacrosse Classic enables student athletes with an opportunity to gain exposure to the college admissions and athletic recruitment process. Due to NCAA regulations the high school girls do not have a clinic/skills portion of the event.  The HS team will be coached by two WI coaches.

Register for HS:  http://www.nationallacrosseclassic.com/events/wisconsin-girls-18-19-20

Wisconsin 2017 HS Team

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Superior Girls Program joining WLF

The Superior, WI girl’s lacrosse program is joining the Wisconsin Lacrosse Federation effective this 2018 season as an independent club.

Previously, the program was a member of a Minnesota association but restructuring in Minnesota lacrosse programs forced the move.     “One of our bigger challenges is our location so we’ll be looking to book multiple games over the weekends.” Said Rob Downs, Superior Girls Coach.

This will be the 3rd season for the program.

Anyone looking to book games can contact Rob Downs here

 

 

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Newest Board Members

The Wisconsin Lacrosse Federation announces the newest members elected to its Board of Directors.  Each position is a two year term and each year half of the board is up for reconsideration.

Leading the WLF as President will be Erin Ennis.  Former Head Coach of the Arrowhead boy’s program, Ennis has most recently served on the board as the Coaches Director and was the WLF person of the year in 2015.  He replaces Randy Kohn who will stay on the board in an advisory position as Past President.

“I’m looking forward to the next two years of growth on behalf of all the programs and future programs in the state”, said Ennis.

Also new to the WLF Board this year are

Chelsea Mueller – Secretary

Tom Truttschel – Girl’s High School

Robin Buckley – Boy’s Youth

Paul Espinosa  – Coaches

Rich Pruszynski – Sportsmanship

Re-elected to their current positions are

John DeVries – Boy’s Officials

Lisa Kirkpatrick – Events

Toni Wizner – Girl’s New Programs

The newest board members will be installed at the next WLF Board meeting in September.

 

 

 

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Wisconsin Lacrosse Needs You

WLF Board Nominations are Open

The Wisconsin Lacrosse Federation is looking for nominations for its Board of Directors for the upcoming elections. This is an excellent opportunity to give back to the sport and have an impact on the governing body of lacrosse in Wisconsin.

Nomination Form

 

The term for each position is two years. Current positions up for elections are:

  • President – Executive Position
  • Secretary – Executive Position
  • Girl’s High School Director
  • Boys’ Youth Director
  • Coaches’ Director
  • Boys’ Officials Director
  • Events Director
  • Sportsmanship Director

The description of all board positions can be found here

Besides the duties of the position there are 4 board meeting per year. Two in person and two via conference call.  More information and the nomination form can be found by following the button below.

The Wisconsin Lacrosse Federation was established in 2001 as the state chapter for US Lacrosse, the national governing body of lacrosse. The WLF oversees boy’s and girl’s youth and high school lacrosse and promotes lacrosse played at all levels in the State of Wisconsin. Nearly 7,000 boys and girls play youth and high school lacrosse across Wisconsin.

Nomination Form
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2017 Boys All State Honors

2017 Boys All State Honors

All-State

Ian Edwards                       Junior                   Attack                  Verona
Johnny Langenfeld           Senior                   Attack                  Marquette
Kevin Maxey                      Senior                   Attack                  Wauwatosa
Quintin Arnett                   Junior                   Defense               Arrowhead
Matthew Kuhn                  Senior                   Defense               Marquette
Dmitri Roth                        Junior                   Defense               Hudson
Adam Kasper                     Junior                   Goalie                  Madison Eastside
Jacob Cieszynski               Senior                   Midfield               Wauwatosa
Erik Horman                      Junior                   Midfield               Appleton
Jordan Schmid                  Senior                   Midfield               Kettle Moraine
Nathan Kapp                      Sophomore         Specialist               Middleton

All-American

Quintin Arnett                  Junior                   Defense               Arrowhead
Jacob Cieszynski               Senior                   Midfield               Wauwatosa
Ian Edwards                       Junior                   Attack                  Verona
Nathan Kapp                      Sophomore         Specialist               Middleton
Kevin Maxey                      Senior                   Attack                  Wauwatosa
Jordan Schmid                  Senior                   Midfield               Kettle Moraine

All-Academic

Eric Drake                           Senior                  LSM                      Waukesha
Conner Finnegan              Senior                   Midfield               Madison Westside
Aaron Keech                      Senior                   Midfield               Brookfield
Evan Ryser                         Senior                   Defense               Wauwatosa
Jordan Schmid                  Senior                   Midfield               Kettle Moraine
Noah Ven Roy                   Senior                   Midfield               Mukwanago

Bob Scott Award

Tanner Gornick                 Senior                   Attack                  Hudson

Coach of the year

Bennett West                    Sauk Prairie