LACROSSE in WEST VIRGINIA
2013 NEWS - SUMMER


Wheeling Park's Seth Scatterday #8 (lower left) with Pittsburgh Select in Annapolis

ANNAPOLIS, MD - June 16 - Wheeling Park's Seth Scatterday played with the Pittsburgh Select team at the Hogan's Summer Exposure Tournament when they won the high school varsity "A Bracket" in June. PSL was 6-0 in a pool of 20 other teams. Their victories were over teams from Baltimore, Northern Virginia, and Georgia. Click for more at the Pittsburgh Select website.

DURHAM, NC - June 28 - Wheeling Park's Drew Scatterday attended the Duke University Lacrosse Camp on the Duke campus, home of the 2013 National Lacrosse Champions.  The camp took place from June 24-28 with only 200 select campers in attendance. While at camp, the players worked out with current Duke players and members of the Duke coaching staff, including John Danowski who worked out extensively with the goalies and defenders all through camp. Chuck Scatterday, the Wheeling Phantoms Coach and proud father, reports that it was a great experience for Drew and he can't wait until next year to participate again.


Drew Scatterday & Duke Head Coach John Danowski


MINI CAMP IN CHARLESTON

CHARLESTON - June 27 - Capital's Asst. Coach John Barry, with the help of players from Mars Hill College, hosted a mini camp this week at Capital High. The camp ran from June 24 to June 26, 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. Mars Hill's Ryan Hermann, Jamie Reazer, and Zach Tomkinson stressed the fundamentals of lacrosse to the players from Capital and George Washington. Coach Barry hopes to host the camp again next summer and add a second session for middle players..


Country Roads PT Helps Raise $1,300 for Cancer Awareness


From Left: Coach Jon Cain, Sarah Topardo, Derek Falkenstein, Breanna Pacoe, Monica Falkenstein,
Adrianna Constable, Maddie Stevenski, Mike Barkley, Ryann Moore.
FAIRMONT - The Fairmont community helped the Fairmont Senior Girls Lacrosse Team raise $1,300 this year for cancer awareness. Country Roads Physical Therapy contributed to the great cause too by making a donation, as well as purchasing LAX FOR THE CURE t-shirts for staff members at their East and West Fairmont Clinics.
       Senior head coach Jon Cain and several members of The Polar Bears visited the West Fairmont Clinic this week to thank Falkenstein and his staff for their contributions. "We were very happy to help Coach Cain and his team raise money and awareness for cancer," said Derek Falkenstein, DPT and co-owner of Country Roads Physical Therapy. "We look forward to being involved again next year."
       The Polar Bears are committed to making a difference both on and off the field. For more information on how to get involved next year during the Third Annual Lacrosse Against Cancer game, contact Coach Cain at USMCBrig63@aol.com.
       All of the certified licensed physical therapists at Country Roads Physical Therapy are committed to providing the highest quality of care, with a hometown friendly service. Country Roads has four locations: East Fairmont, West Fairmont, Buckhannon, and Wheeling. For more information, please visit www.CountryRoadsPT.com.

SUMMER CAMPS & CLINICS in WEST VIRGINIA

July 15 - 19
Quantum Lacrosse Camp (Charleston Area)
Shawnee Park - Ages 13 - 18

July 22 - 26
Sporting Elite - Custom Lacrosse Camps
Morgantown Area
WVU Rec Center Field - High School Boys

July 23
Charleston Area Girl's Youth Lacrosse Clinic
Trace Fork, South Charleston - Ages 8 - 14

July 23 - July 24
Charleston Area Girl's High School Lacrosse Clinic
Trace Fork, South Charleston - Ages 14 - 18

July 27 - 28
Quantum Lacrosse 7v7 Tournament (Charleston Area)
High School & Middle School

July 28 - 31
West Virginia Wesleyan Girls Lacrosse Clinic
Ages 10 - 18

Aug. 25 - Nov. 16
Quantum Lacrosse Classes (Charleston Area)
2 locations

LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA - July 24 - University High's Shane Thompson will be representing West Virginia in US Lacrosse's annual Champion All-American Showcase at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Florida starting today. Ninety players from 30 states will play in a four-team round-robin with a championship game and a consolation game. The championship will be broadcast live Friday at 7 p.m. on ESPNU.
Thompson will be playing on Team Spirit and coached by Alan Rotatori, Grafton HS Coach, Grafton, Mass, and Chris O'Dougherty, Eastlake HS Coach, Sammamish, Washington (also MLL's Vancouver Stealth). You can follow the action on Twitter @USLacrosse #2013AAS.
UPDATES:
First game: SPIRIT 10 - FREEDOM - 9
2nd & 3rd games not reported by USL
Consolation game: FREEDOM 16 - SPIRIT - 9



Charleston's Adam Sutton, Jake Stern, John Fenwick and Nick Driggs spending quality time
with Paul Rabil at this summer's Millon Lacrosse Camp at Ohio Wesleyan.
The boys confirm that Rabil's shot is as fast as they thought it was.

BUCKHANNON - Aug. 18 - The West Virginia Wesleyan Women's Lacrosse Team hosted an overnight girls camp this summer, the first ever overnight lacrosse camp in the state. Bobcat head coach Karli Brentlinger reported that there were 15 campers and 6 staff members. View full story.

SHEPHERDSTOWN - Aug. 18 - The Shepherd Women's team were recently notified by the NCAA that they were the statistical champion for scoring offense in the NCAA D2 with 17.31 goals per game! View full story



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