WHEELING - Sept. 25 - Wheeling Jesuit University's new coach, Jay Sothoron, announced their Fall 2008 and the regular season schedule for 2009. The Cardinals opened up their fall season with a their annual Alumni Game Sept. 20, They will continue "fall ball" when they travel to Baltimore, Maryland for the Genesee Valley Tournament. The WJU official website is still under construction, but their tentative schedule can be found here on the Master Calendar page.
     Coach Sothoron came to WJU from St. Mary's Ryken HS in Leonardtown, Maryland where he helped coach the team to a 71-22 record in five years. Click for more details on LaxPower

MORGANTOWN - Oct. 5 - Jeannie Dreisbach, University High's Girls Head Coach, has been working with US Lacrosse and the WVU Women's Lacrosse team to set up a women's officiating clinic in Morgantown. The clinic will be in conjunction with the WVU Women's Almost Heaven Fall Ball Tournament Oct. 25 & 26. There will be a classroom element of the clinic on Friday night. More details on fees and times will be posted here.

WVU WOMEN'S - ALMOST HEAVEN FALL BALL TOURNAMENT
Mylan Park
Saturday, Oct. 25 - 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, Oct 26 - 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Teams confirmed: WVU, Penn State Behrend and Elon.
Changes in schedule and or teams will be posted here

MORGANTOWN - Oct. 24 - The WVU Women's Lacrosse Club Team will be hosting their ALMOST HEAVEN FALL BALL TOURNAMENT at Mylan Park, near Morgantown this weekend. Games are 11:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday and 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Sunday.

MORGANTOWN - Oct. 31 - West Virginia's only post collegiate team, Da Lazy Lizards, will be competing in WVU's Mountaineer Invitational Lacrosse Tournament (MILT) at Mountaineer Field this weekend. Da Lizards faceoff at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday against either Slippery Rock, George Mason, or the WVU Alumni. Their other games are at 2:00 and 4:00 p.m.. The team will return to action on Sunday. The Sunday schedule will be determined by their play on Saturday.

CHARLESTON - Nov. 4 - A parent/daughter meeting will be held Thursday at George Washington High School to see if there is enough interest to form a girls team at GW. They have permission from their principal, permission to use the field, a coach, and two faculty sponsors. If the Lady Patriots do field a team, they will bring the number of girls teams in the state to six.

FAIRMONT - Nov. 18 - The WVSLA Girls coaches will hold a scheduling meeting on Sunday, Dec. 7 at 2:30 p.m. at the Pokey Dot in Fairmont. Coaches are reminded to find out the special dates at their respective schools: prom date, spring break, band functions, etc.

SHEPHERDSTOWN - Jan. 12 - The Shepherd University men's lacrosse club is up and running again under new leadership. The new club president is Charles Warhurst. CWARHU01@shepherd.edu

INTERNET - Jan. 15 - LaxPower is now listing the WVSLA teams on their own computer ratings page. The boys teams can be found at http://www.laxpower.com/update09/binboy/rating96.php. The girls team listing is not quite up-to-date at this time, but will be corrected soon.

Tammy Shriver/Times West Virginian
Fairmont's Morgan Cain tries to get past University defenders Marley Baker (20)
and Heather Burns (22) in the 2008 WVSLA Championship game.

WEST VIRGINIA NEW US LACROSSE CHAPTER
BALTIMORE, MD. Jan. 19 - The West Virginia Chapter of US Lacrosse was granted provisional status at the annual US Lacrosse National Convention held this weekend at the Convention Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Jeannie & Jeff Dreisbach, University High lacrosse coaches and WVSLA Board members, were notified that the formation of the West Virginia Chapter had been approved at the Chapters Leadership Conference on Friday morning.
       Jeannie Dreisbach, who took the lead in getting the WV Chapter's paperwork together, said "We still have a lot of work to do to get the chapter running properly. US Lacrosse has provided us with a great deal of information to go through. It will take awhile to get it out to the members in the state."
       She continued, "We hope that others who are interested in promoting lacrosse throughout the state, will contact us and assist us in this effort. For this chapter to work, we cannot be the only ones taking a leadership role".
       Four George Washington High School coaches were also in attendance at the convention. Head Coach Steve Odekirk, Sam Sutton, Brad White, and Phil Wright all took advantage of the many coaching clinics that were available.

VIENNA - Jan. 26 - Ohio Valley University, located near Parkersburg, has a men's club team! LAXinWV has just been informed that OVU has been around for four seasons. We hope to have more info available for the OVU page soon..

BUCKHANNON - Feb. 14 - Reminder: Mandatory US Lacrosse Rules Interpretation meeting for girls coaches & umpires Sunday, Feb. 15 at 2:00 p.m. on the campus of West Virginia Wesleyan College. The meeting will be an the Hyma Auditorium, which is located on the first floor of the Christopher Hall of Science. Parking is available in the oval in front of the chapel. If you need further directions, please go to their website, www.wvwc.edu

PITTSBURGH - Feb. 16 - The Allegheny Lacrosse Officials Association (ALOA) has extended an invitation to all WVSLA Boys Coaches to a rules meeting that will be attended by all the officials of the ALOA and all the coaches in the WPIAL.
       The WVSLA coaches are not required to attend like the WPIAL coaches are. but the coaches in the WVSLA are invited to attend if they wish to.  They will be going over rules and other issues that is helpful to discuss with all the coaches and officials in the same room.
       The meeting is Wednesday, February 18, 2009, at 7:00 PM .in Room 152 at Brashear High School in Pittsburgh, .590 Crane Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15216.

MORGANTOWN - Feb. 27 - The WVU Lacrosse Club will host a Children's Hospital benefit tournament March 7 & 8. The team will host two of the state's men's college club teams, Marshall University & West Virginia Wesleyan College. The tourney will also include Frostburg State University & California University of Pennsylvania.

FAIRMONT - Feb. 27 - Fairmont Senior's girls head coach, Jon Cain, has set up a preseason scrimmage tournament for boys and girls teams. The Polar Bear Meltdown Lacrosse Tournament will be held Saturday, March 14 at Fairmont State University & East West Stadium. The girls teams will play at Fairmont State, while the boys teams will play at East West. Teams that do not require Proof of Insurance of their players must provide a signed release. FSHS are preselling t-shirts and are taking orders now.

CHARLESTON - Mar. 2 - Capital High will be fielding a boys team for the 2010 season. Phil Wright, one of the founders of the Charleston YMCA program has gotten permission from the CHS principal to start up a team. He said there is a possibility of a Capital girls team if a coach can be found. Wright, a Naval Academy grad, helped the George Washington program last season. The addition of a Capital boys team to the WVSLA would give the league twelve teams, with four in the Kanawha Valley.

BRIDGEPORT - Mar. 3 - The WVSLA continues to grow! Bridgeport will add a girls team for this season. They will be applying as an associate member and will be looking to schedule games. As they get organized, Jim Mullen, the boys coach, will be the contact.

FAIRMONT - Mar. 10 - The Polar Bear Meltdown Lacrosse Tournament schedule has been set for Saturday. Go here for both boys and girls schedules.

FAIRMONT - Mar. 14 - Morgantown beat University 1-0 today to win the final of  the first Polar Bear Meltdown Tournament held at East-West Stadium. University had gone undefeated through bracket play and semifinal, going 5-0, which included an earlier victory over Morgantown. Then the Mohigans switched to a zone defense in the final which proved too tough to crack for the Hawks. Morgantown's lone goal came from sophomore Kelvin Morris, who scored unassisted.
       Morgantown's girls team was also victorious today. The Lady Mohigans beat Fairmont's girls team to win the female side of the tournament held at Fairmont State University.

MORGANTOWN - Mar. 19 - Sad news to report: The University High boys team lost one of their statisticians this week when Alexa Pollitt was killed in a car crash on Monday morning, on her way to school. Mass will be held at St. Francis on Friday and a candlelight vigil will be held at the school next week.

BUCKHANNON - Mar. 19 - The 2009 season has officially gotten underway. Fairmont Senior, defending WVSLA Girls Champions, warmed up on second year team, Buckhannon-Upshur with a 19-4 victory. The Polar Bears were led by senior Morgan Cain with 5 goals.

Mar. 18, 2009 - 6:30 pm
FAIRMONT SENIOR             11    8    =    19
at BUCKHANNON-UPSHUR    3    1    =    4
GOALS: F - Morgan Cain 5, Georgette Ball 4, Hannah Nagowski 2, Krissy Bodnovich 2, Allie Fetty 2, Laura Sansalone, Becca Cain, Alex Mascaro, Tessa Gardner.
ASSISTS: F - Bodnovich 2, Mascaro 2, Nagowski, Fetty, Sansalone.
SAVES: F - Kacci Skinner 8. BU - n/a.

CHARLESTON - Mar. 21 - West Virginia University's men's lacrosse team will be making an appearance at West Virginia Power Park Grille on Friday, April 3. They will be having dinner and a meet and greet with the public and high school and middle school lacrosse players from the Kanawha Valley. This event is to help promote the sport in the Charleston area and the Kanawha Valley. This is a free event and anyone interested in lacrosse or in meeting the Mountaineers in encouraged to come out on that evening.
       After dinner at 6:30 p.m., the management at Power Park has agreed to allow the players to go out and throw the ball around on Power Field. This includes the local middle school and high school players. The Power Grille will also have their concession stand open to the public.
       This is an excellent opportunity for the public to come out and meet the West Virginia lacrosse team and see a wonderful venue at the same time. The public is encouraged to talk to the players and take pictures. West Virginia lacrosse is eagerly looking forward to this event to promote the sport of lacrosse in West Virginia.
       For further details or questions contact Coach Flip Green at 304-292-0188 or flipgreen@comcast.net

MORGANTOWN - Mar. 26 - The West Virginia University Lacrosse Club team will host the U.S. Naval Academy's club team on Friday, Mar. 27 at 8:00 p.m. WVU's Coach, Flip Green, says that fans must enter the stadium through the South West tunnel across from the Caperton Indoor Practice Facility. There will be plenty of parking in the lot.
       The Mountaineers will also host Miami of Ohio on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.

WHEELING - Apr. 10 - The Linsly School surprised University High last night with a 13-4 drubbing. Already ahead 3-2 in the second quarter, the Cadets went on a seven goal run before the Hawks could add another tally in the fourth quarter. The Cadets were led by seniors Chad Chervenick, with 4 goals, Michael Sacco, with 3 goals and 3 assists, and Alec Holloway, also with 3 goals. According to Linsly coach, Eric Fries, "This game meant a lot to them. They were with the program when it started."

CHARLESTON - Apr. 19 - University High was surprised again yesterday by second year team George Washington. This time the result was different with the Hawks coming out on top with a 5-4 sudden death victory. The GW Patriots led at the half 2-1. Goalie, Roman Tarantini, kept the Hawks in the contest with 5 saves in the first quarter until the offense was able to control the ball a little better. University hasn't been able to get it's offense going lately, scoring only 9 goals in two games.
     GW increased it's lead to 3-1 in the 3rd quarter with a goal by attackman James Josephi, assisted by middie Jordan O'Dell. University's leading scorer, Josh Dudley, was able to score unassisted with 7:40 left in the 4th quarter to tie the game. He scored again at 2:01 to take the lead, this time assisted by Kris Lankford.
     The Patriots weren't done though. The Hawks lost control the ball on offense allowing GW to put together a fast break with attackman Gardiner Smith feeding Josephi for his fourth goal with 1:30 left. Dudley came through for the Hawks by feeding midfielder Nick Strouse, who was able to put it in the net with only 58 seconds gone in the overtime.
    University (4-1 WVSLA) followed up their narrow victory over GW (2-4 WVSLA) with a 8-4 win over first year team Herbert Hoover (0-4). The game, also played at George Washington's stadium, was Herbert Hoover's fourth game of the season.

FAIRMONT SENIOR RULES LACROSSE IN WV !

GIRLS
FAIRMONT SENIOR - 11 / MORGANTOWN - 9
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BOYS
FAIRMONT SENIOR - 9 / MORGANTOWN - 8
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WVSLA PLAYOFF BRACKETS

WVSLA End of Season & US Lacrosse Meeting
Saturday, May 30 at 2:00 pm.
Pokey Dot Restaurant - Fairmont