The 2010 edition of the Overlake Outdoor Team Fall League starts September 18th and runs every Saturday through November 13th on the Overlake School turf field.

All games start at either 11:00 AM, Noon or 1:00 PM and will be 12 minute running clock quarters. Teams previously committed to the Fall Ball season include Skyline, Issaquah, Northshore, Lake Washington, Mukilteo, Lynnwood, Woodinville, Eastside Catholic, Snohomish and Eastlake. Registration for the Skyline Fall League team is on the Skyline website and fees are $75 per player. You will need to have a current Lystedt concussion form on file with SLC and a valid US Lacrosse membership.

Skyline laxers grades 9, 10, and 11 are eligible along with rising Skyline bound freshmen (graduating 8th grade in the '09/'10 school year). Sign-up priority is given to current Sophmores - Seniors then incoming Freshmen will be added as space allows. There are no practices and unlike the highly flexible Summer Ball schedule which anticipates some vacation & camp conflicts, players who commit should plan on participating each Saturday.

Shot of the MLL All-Star Game!!

This shot was sick! MLL All-Star Stephen Berger's diving shot on goal....Wow!

Overlake Summer League Is Underway - Still Time To Join The Fun

The 2010 Overlake Outdoor Summer Team league started June 9th and there is still time to join in the fun!! You can see the Complete Schedule Here and you can Register Here.

The summer league @ Overlake is a great opportunity to play with your Spartan teammates in a more informal league format which combines rising freshmen with current Skyline 10, 11 and rising 12th grade players. The team is run by the upper classmen at each game. If you are in town we do expect you to show up and play but we also expect you to miss for vacation, camps, and other formal league play.

Here is the skinny: The 2010 edition of the Overlake Outdoor Team Leaguestarts June 9th and runs every Wednesday through July 28th on the Overlake School turf field.All games start at either 5:00, 6:00 or 7:00 PM and will be 12 minute running clock quarters. Teams playing in the 2010 season include Skyline, Issaquah, Northshore, Lake Washington, Mukilteo, Lynnwood, Woodinville, Eastside Catholic, Snohomish and Eastlake.

Registration for the Skyline Summer League team is on the Skyline registration website and fees are $75 per player. You will need to have a current Lystedt concussion form on file with SLC and a valid US Lacrosse membership. Skyline laxers grades 9, 10, and 11 are eligible along with rising Skyline bound freshmen (graduating 8th grade in the '09/'10 school year).

Fire up you mouse and click into some great summer laxin!!

2010 Washington State Boy's Championships

Washington Boy's State Championship games are today!

Make your way to Seattle's Memorial Stadium for an exciting evening of Lacrosse starting with the the Division II Championship at 5:00 PM and Division I Championship beginning at 7:30 PM.

If this is not enough Lacrosse you can fire up ESPN2 and start your day with the NCAA College Lacrosse semifinal matchups starting at 1:00 PM.

Stuck in Fargo - follow the games on the Walax Twitter feed.

Join Stealth Standout & Skyline Spartan Coach Hartzell at the Key!!

A message from Kyle Hartzell and Kyle Sorenson of your Washington Stealth...

IYL Players, Parents and Friends

We've had an amazing season! In our first year in Washington, we won our division and earned the #1 seed in the NLL playoffs. We beat the Minnesota Swarm in the first round on Saturday, and now we're getting ready to take on Edmonton in the semi-finals. As players, we feed off of the energy you've been giving us all year by your awesome support at Comcast Arena. And this Saturday, our game comes to KEY ARENA in Seattle for the first-ever professional lacrosse game at The Key!

Making this year even better for us has been the close relationship we have developed with Issaquah Youth Lacrosse and Skyline Lacrosse Club. We have truly enjoyed working with the players, coaches and parents of these great programs this year. We thank you for your support and hospitality, and we really appreciate that we have had the chance to work along side the coaches to help build lacrosse in the greater Issaquah area this season.

We would love to see all of you at The Key this Saturday. Plan to come and cheer us on to victory and the NLL finals! Pack The Key on Saturday and make it ROCK!

Tickets: Go to http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103365425482&s=130&e=001BPCQZ0yLoyWu-oOCQ7MLBwl80AIuJXnjf6S-PbY01y_H8HDXHdJBJe5EacpikJAejb6lYifIs4B1Kys-fNmYzvDklySIaxqH-5ZnunJO-2z19bVi7mmHDQ== or call 1-822-MY-75-TIX

Thank you!

Kyle Hartzell #18
Kyle Sorensen #11


P.S. From IYL: Be sure to identify yourselves as part of IYL when you buy your tickets! There are also some great offers that come with Saturday's tickets. For one, you get 25% off at Breakaway Sports through May 15 with your ticket stub from Saturday's game. Think about it: The discount on a head or shaft will pay for your ticket!

Skyline JVC Banks 6-3 Win in First Matchup with Issaquah

The Skyline Spartans JVC team played to a 6-3 win over Issaquah in the first matchup between the two programs. The rain alternated between heavy and torrential for a great evening of aquatic lacrosse.

Skyline Spartans JV Rock Seattle Prep 19-6

Skyline Spartans JV rocks Seattle Prep for a 19-6 Win. Spartan Varsity doubles it up with a 12-3 win. All Skyline!

Spartan JV thumps Northshore 15-0

The Spartan's Junior Varsity team took it to Northshore JV with a 15-0 win.

Skyline Lacrosse 2010 Season Opens Tonight!! Be There!!!

Tonight Skyline Lacrosse kicks off its 2010 season with its first league games, against Northshore. JV game starts at 6:15; varsity at 8:00; both games are in the stadium at Skyline.

Northshore is an important early matchup for the Spartans. Picked to finish 5th in Division I by West Side Lax (http://www.westsidelax.com/
Washington-High-School-Boys-Lacrosse-Association-2010-Division-I-
Preview), Northshore is led by brothers Taylor Wisman and Foster Wisman, both picked as pre-season all-state candidates (http:// www.whsbla.org/Sunday%20Stroll/2010%20Stroll/2010%20DI%20Preview.htm). Taylor (no.11) is a do-everything senior middie who finished in the top four in goals (second), points (fourth) and ground balls (third) in the division last year. Foster (no. 22) is also a middie, and as a sophomore last year had 42 points and 27 ground balls while missing two games to injury. Senior attackman Jake Dosett (no. 19) is another scoring threat, with 35 points last year. Coach Steve Wisman was the 2008 coach of the year, when Northshore won the Division II title. In 2009, Northshore finished sixth in their first year in Divison I, just ahead of the seventh place Spartans. In their only matchup, Northshore defeated Skyline 15-7. Northshore did have some significant graduation losses and several players also moved to the new Woodinville Division II program which started up this year.

Come cheer the Spartans on to victory tonight! Rain or shine!

Everett Hearld Online Poll - WA LAC WIAA Sactioned? Vote!

The Everett Hearld's online site HearldNet is conducting an online poll and the topic is dear to Washington laxer's hearts: Should the WIAA add Lacrosse as a Sanctioned Sport?

Let's get out the Lacrosse community and make our voices heard ! Click here to vote in the HearldNet Readers Poll.Lacrosse proponents have repeatedly brought WIAA sanctioning to a vote only to have the fastest growing sport in Washington (and America) shown the door. This year their are two Lacrosse proposals before the WIAA Representative Assembly. One to add Lacrosse for girls at the middle school and high school level, and a second to add Lacrosse for boys at these same levels. The WIAA Assembly will vote on these proposals when they meet on April 23.

Vote in the HearldNet Poll and help create a data exclamation point!

If you would like to learn more about Lacrosse and the WIAA, take a look at the excellent piece created by the Washington High School Boys Lacrosse Association: Why Isn't Boy's Lacrosse a WIAA Sanctioned Sport?

WSU Shutters Lax Program for 2010 - Huskies Now Playing CWU Wildcats

UW Huskies vs CWU Wildcats

The "Lax Apple Cup" match between the UW Huskies and WSU Cougars scheduled for February 20th has been replaced by a UW - Central Washington University Wildcats matchup. The Huskies/Wildcats matchup is same time/same place - Feb 20th at 7:00 PM at Eastside Catholic School.

We still have Dogs & Cats playing together and this should be some great regional college lacrosse! Be there!!

Apple Cup LAX in Sammamish: UW Huskies vs WSU Cougars

UW Huskies vs WSU Cougars

Put the Apple Cup of Lacrosse on your calendar!! The University of Washington Huskies face off against the Washington State Cougars @ 7:00 PM on the Eastside Catholic School stadium turf Feburary 20th.

This is a free event!! Do not miss this opportunity to watch some spirited college lacrosse!!

Washington Stealth Inaugural Season Opener this Saturday!!

You have played against him on the turf, now come watch Bloom & his Stealth teammates rock the box at our Washington Stealth season opener this Saturday, 9th January!! Stealth ownership have brought professional lacrosse to the Pacific Northwest and it is our turn to step up and show our support by attending this inaugural season opener!!

Tickets can be purchased by calling 1-877-MY-75TIX. Directions to the arena and game info can be found on the Stealth Website.

Stealth General Manager Doug Locker has this message for all WA LAX fans:

"We need your help to make the first Professional Lacrosse Game in Washington a huge success! I am making a personal appeal to each of you to help spread the word and encourage those you know to attend the season opener this Saturday night at 7:30pm vs the Colorado Mammoth. As you know its important that we kick off the season with a huge bang and we need everyone to come out for this game to not only show our area that we can support lacrosse, but show the NLL that Washington lacrosse is behind their team."

Get your tickets and get in the game!!

Coach K - New Year Message

Hello Skyline Lacrosse Players,

I trust everyone had a pleasant holiday break and are now ready to get to work!

Captains will soon be reaching out to you with practice schedules and additional conditioning opportunities and I trust that you will all realize the importance of attending these sessions. I can tell you that come March I will expect everyone to have done the stick and skill work necessary to be ready for the season. I will not be using practice time on skill progression as that is the responsibilty of individual players. We will be introducing new systems both offensively and defensively and will not slow down because some players did not approach the season with the same level of commitment as others. Everyone within this program should be well-versed on wall ball drills and techniques and can look at various web-sites to learn more interesting wall ball drills....
(http://www.kudda.com/ comes to mind as a good resource)

Please make sure you are working on your stick continually over the next couple of months and anyone who was on varsity last year should probably have 2 heads that they can reliably catch and pass with.
I'm very excited for the start of Captains practices and trust that you are too.

See you on the field,

Coach K