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Coach Dejon Hush and his Lake Washington boys hosted Ian O’Hearn’s Mercer Islanders to finish their three-games-in-five-days gauntlet against the top teams in Washington. The mere thought of Purple Kangaroos battling Snails (you didn’t know that, did you?) is enough to get me out on a blustery Monday night, so I [...]
Continue Reading →Playoff lacrosse was in the air and SoundLacrosse highlighted two games with postseason implications. In Division Two, we visited the first game of the season between the top two teams in the Metro – South conference; Seattle Prep and Garfield. Prep sits on top of the conference, sporting a 9-1 record although still smarting from [...]
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Morning breaks on Day Three of the Northwest Invitational and there’s a lot of good things happening. Mainly, the Roanoke is closed. But Mercer Island’s cadre of tireless volunteers are sweeping , cleaning, setting up and getting ready for a last push. Teams are warming up at the two island fields and there’s a little [...]
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Northwest Invitational – Day Two
And with Day Two the Northwest Invitational got into full swing. The Seattle Chamber of Commerce provided the weather again on Saturday, which led to happiness and much cheer along all the sidelines. There were 11 varsity games on the docket and 75 lbs of ribs on Dave’s BBQ, the [...]
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SoundLacrosse recently sat with the coaches of Puget Sound’s top programs and discussed the state of Washington lacrosse. What resulted was a spirited discussion about how to grow the game, WIAA sanctioning, club teams, and Washington’s national standing.
In attendance were Ian O’Hearn, Mercer Island, John Baumann, Bellevue, Brandon Fortier, Issaquah and Dejon Hush, Lake [...]
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Games of the Week, by McNutty
Blanchet at Garfield
Monday night saw a nice doubleheader for die-hard Puget Sound lacrosse fans. The opening game was held at the Genesse Park field , as the Garfield Bulldogs, favored by some as this year’s D2 champions, finally open league play against the Blanchet Braves. Blanchet is [...]
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BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. – Cody Bernstein connected on the go-ahead goal with 3:23 remaining in the game as Lake Washington hung on to down Bainbridge 11-10 to open the 2012 Washington state boys high school lacrosse season at Bainbridge Stadium. “My kids played really hard and they understood their roles,” said Lake Washington Dejon Hush, [...]
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SEATTLE – Prep lacrosse gets underway for the 34th season in Washington state this weekend with boys state finalist Bainbridge Island taking on Lake Washington on Friday and rival Mercer Island, the 2011 state champion, on Saturday.
The Spartans, which have won six straight season openers dating to 2006 including a 15-8 win over the Kangs [...]
Continue Reading →Lacrosse is known as the fastest sport on two feet, because a transition from one end of the field to the other can take less than three seconds, and a shot on goal can rip at over 100 mph. One way of ‘capturing’ the speed of the sport is by actually slowing [...]
Continue Reading →Okay, we all know it rains in the Pacific Northwest. But I’m starting to grow gills. The constant downpours of the past few weeks have turned natural grass playing fields into mud-wrestling pits and even at the nice stadiums, fans are forced to huddle under giant umbrellas. I guess it could be [...]
Continue Reading →First game of the season, featuring Dejon’s debut as a head coach and also his return to Bainbridge. McNutty’s article on Walax mentioned Dejon’s new up-scaled fashion look, but I was also impressed with the team’s “magic bus.” Wow! Visit the Game Gallery.
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