Rhino Orange

Who: The team will be open for any players that have just completed the 7th or 8th grade in the 2012-2013 school year.

Competitions: Rhino University: July 17-21 @ Linfield College  Adrenaline Shootout: July 26-28 @ Sonoma State University, California

Tryouts: Sunday, June 9th 3:00pm-6:00pm at OES

Rhino Blue

Who: The team will be open for any players that have just completed the 7th or 8th grade in the 2012-2013 school year.

Competitions: Rhino University: July 17-21 @ Linfield College, and 2 separate play days versus Seattle area teams

Tryouts: Sunday, June 9th 3:00pm-6:00pm at OES

Rhino Rippers

Who: The team will be open for any players that have just completed the 5th or 6th grade in the 2012-2013 school year.

Competitions:  Rhino University: July 17-21 @ Linfield College  Adrenaline Shootout: July 26-28 @ Sonoma State University, California

Tryouts: Sunday, June 9th 3:00pm-6:00pm at OES

Rhino Overnight Academies:

Flagstaff, AZ- Overnight Academy
When: June 23^rd-27^th, 2013
Where: Northern Arizona University
Who: Boys 5^th- 12^th grade

Rhino Full Day Academies:

Louisville, KY- Half Day Academy
When: June 10^th-13^th, 2013
Where:Champions Park
Who: Boys 3^rd-12^th grade

Boise, ID- Half Day Academy

When: July 8^th-11^th, 2013
Where: Fairmont Park
Who: Boys 3^rd-12^th grade

Watertown, NY- Half Day Academy
When: July 15^th-18^th, 2013
Where: Jefferson Community College
Who: Boys 3^rd-9^th grade

Bend, OR- Half Day Academy
When: July 22^nd-25^th, 2013
Where: Big Sky Park
Who: Boys 3^rd-12^th grade

Cazenovia, NY- Half Day Academy
When: July 29^th- August 1^st, 2013
Where: Cazenovia College
Who: Boys 3^rd-12^th grade

Rhino  Summer Field League Details

Who:

Youth Boys: Players entering 3^rd-5^th grade

Middle School Boys: Players entering 6^th-8^th grade

High School Boys: Players entering 9^th- 12^th grades

Girls: Players entering 7^th-12^th grades

When: Sundays from 12pm-2pm June 16^th, 23^rd, 30^th, July 7^th, 4^th, 21^st

Youth & Middle School players: 12pm-2pm

Girls & High School Boys: 2pm-4pm

Where: OES- 6300 Nichol Road, Portland, OR

Cost: $199

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2013 Rhino Summer Academy Lineup:

Louisville, KY- Half Day Academy
When: June 10^th-13^th, 2013
Where:Champions Park
Who: Boys 3^rd-12^th grade

Pebble Beach, CA – Overnight Academy
When: June 16^th-20^th, 2013
Where: The Stevenson School
Who: Boys  5^th-12^th grade

West Linn, OR- Full Day Academy
When: June 18^th- 21^st, 2013
Where: Mary S Young Park
Who: Boys & Girls 3^rd-12^th grade

Flagstaff, AZ- Overnight Academy
When: June 23^rd-27^th, 2013
Where: Northern Arizona University
Who: Boys 5^th- 12^th grade

Carolinas (Rock Hill, SC)- Full Day Academy
When: June 24^th-27^th, 2013
Where: Manchester Meadows
Who: Boys 3^rd-12^th grade

Boise, ID- Half Day Academy
When: July 8^th-11^th, 2013
Where: Fairmont Park
Who: Boys 3^rd-12^th grade

Syracuse, NY- Half Day Academy
When: July 8^th-11^th, 2013
Where: Location TBD
Who: Boys 3^rd-12^th grade

Bozeman, MT- Full Day Academy
When: July 15^th-18^th, 2013
Where: Adam Bronken Sports Complex
Who: Boys 3^rd-12^th grade

Watertown, NY- Half Day Academy
When: July 15^th-18^th, 2013
Where: Jefferson Community College
Who: Boys 3^rd-9^th grade

Bend, OR- Half Day Academy
When: July 22^nd-25^th, 2013
Where: Big Sky Park
Who: Boys 3^rd-12^th grade

Rochester, NY- Half Day Academy
When: July 22^nd-25^th, 2013
Where: Dryer Rd Park
Who: Boys 3^rd-12^th grade

Cazenovia, NY- Half Day Academy
When: July 29^th- August 1^st, 2013
Where: Cazenovia College
Who: Boys 3^rd-12^th grade

We wish you nothing but the best in your spring season!

Saturday, February 23^rd- Championship Schedule

4:30pm- Rip Rhinos vs Indian Rhinos

5:30pm- Sumatran Rhinos vs Two Horn Rhinos

6:30pm- MS Championship Game-  White Rhinos vs Javan Rhinos

7:30pm- Team Morrison vs Team Steel

8:30pm- Team Burnside vs Team Broadway

9:30pm- HS Championship Game- Team Freemont vs Team Hawthorne

Rhino West Linn Academy

June 18th-21st @ Mary S Young Park in West Linn

All players will come away from the Rhino Lacrosse Summer Academy with the necessary tools to compete at the game of lacrosse at a higher level. All players will receive position specific training and will leave camp knowing all important facets of the game from shooting and stick work to the tips, tricks and techniques of the pros. Each day of camp will not only include on field instruction, games, demonstrations and positional talks.  The Rhino Lacrosse Summer Academy is an exciting and rewarding experience for lacrosse players of all levels and abilities.

Summer Field League

6 Sunday Sessions at OES from 2pm-4pm beginning June 16th

This program will allow players to improve their game outside of home clubs at reasonable cost and minimal time commitment.  Each session will feature instruction and game play.  Teams will be shuffled every week so all players work together during the course of the season. This is an excellent way to keep building your skills during the offseason!

Elite Skills Clinic

August 5th, 6th & 7th @ Buckman Field (SE Portland)

2 Divisions: Middle School (6th-8th grade) 9am-12pm and High School (9th-12th grade) 1pm-4pm

SPACE IS LIMITED! Register early to secure your spot!

This clinic will focus on developing technique and advancing stickwork to grow your game. An understanding of perfecting and expanding upon basic skills in both attacking and defending efficiency and effectiveness will be highlighted through a variety of exciting drills. Small coach to player ratio will allow for skill breakdown and tailoring to individual needs. Coaches participating have NCAA Division I Top-25 playing experience as well as Division I coaching experience.

Each registered team will have the opportunity to experience pro player coaching, college coach instruction, video analysis, team bracket play, all-star selections, player zone, recreation activities, bookstore with exclusive Rhino gear and more!

Now Accepting Free Agents:

Dont have a team to come to Rhino U with? No problem; we are happy to announce we are enrolling free agents! Free agent players are those who would like to experience Rhino University but are not part of a registered team. We will place free agent players on various teams so everyone can attend and enjoy the Rhino U experience. Click HERE to register and select “Free Agents” as your team when registering for your grade appropriate division.

Click HERE for details and more information

Some feedback from Rhino U 2012:

“Great concept, well-organized, great coaches, great extra-circular activities (bonfire, all-star game, nightly activities, the Ryan and Mike P show), so much hands on coaching from RP, Mike P., and other greats! What an opportunity!!!!”

“The staff and coaches were amazing. And also Mikey Powell’s story time”

“Positional Clinics were great, the MLL player/coaches made them far better than any camps we have ever attended.”

“The coaching staff was top-notch. They really brought a lot of knowledge and experience and worked well with the kids.”

“Great job! Check in and check out were well organized and efficient. My son said this was the best camp ever!”

“As a parent I was truly impressed with the quality of coaching and the balance of game talk and “life” talk to put everything in proper perspective. Fantastic lessons that apply to everyone.”

This article appears in the October issue of Lacrosse Magazine, the flagship publication of US Lacrosse. Don’t get the mag? Join US Lacrosse and its 400,000-plus members today to start your subscription.

Dr. Richard Ginsburg took a deep breath and chuckled.

“Being a parent is humbling,” said Ginsburg, the co-director of the Paces Institute for Sport Psychology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, faculty member at Harvard University, US Lacrosse Sports Science and Safety Committee member and co-author of “Whose Game Is It, Anyway?”

“As a parent, I’m getting more and more data on myself. I’m amazed at how many mistakes I’m making, and how often I can get swept up in the very things that I’m warning parents about. I’ve studied this, and I’ve written books about it. And I still find myself vulnerable to these things,” Ginsburg said.

“It’s hard work. No one is perfect here. Ninety-nine percent of parents are well-intentioned, and we’re not crazy, bad people. But there’s so much pressure in the culture, and we can get pulled in a lot of directions. It’s hard to keep it together. We’re going to make mistakes as parents, and that’s OK, as long as we learn from our mistakes and try to re-center ourselves by reviewing our values.”

We’ll make this the first observation: Check your ego at the door. It’s hard — for everyone.

The second observation: There are no hard-and-fast rules. Every child is different. Every parent is different. Every situation is different.

When Lacrosse Magazine embarked on an adventure to compile advice to help parents navigate the youth lacrosse experience by getting the opinions of more than a dozen influential figures across the game, we didn’t know where it would take us. So what did we find? No one has all the answers.

“I tell parents and kids: ‘Listen, I have no idea what I’m talking about right now. And I know you have no idea what I’m talking about right now,’” said Duke men’s lacrosse coach John Danowski, who has been on all sides of the parent-child-coach triangle. “If we can all agree that we have no idea, then at least we have a base to start from. At least we can say, ‘All right, we’re all kind of clueless. Let’s start from there.’”

We’re here to help. Acknowledging that parenting is challenging and there are no definitive guidelines, Lacrosse Magazine settled on five underlying principles that can help parents steer through the youth lacrosse experience. What follows are five things every lacrosse parent should know.

1. There is no pot of gold at the end of the recruiting rainbow

Ruthie Lavelle, mother of five and president of the Maryland Youth Lacrosse Association, a volunteer-based recreational league of about 40,000 boys and girls ages 5 to 14, said parents have lost perspective in their decision-making because of recruiting, the process for which has been hastened remarkably in recent years. “What are parents chasing? They’re chasing disappointment,” Lavelle said. “They think there’s a pot of gold, but they’re chasing dissatisfaction. They’re crazed about it.”

Parents vigorously pursue and make great sacrifices — in time, finances and energy — in a competitive quest, hoping to capture an athletic scholarship. The return on investment is not what you think.

“The current culture is suggesting, ‘If you just get the right coach, and play in the right program, and play enough hours, you can be great. And you have to pay for it,’” Ginsburg said. “But the reality is — if you do the math — there are going to be many disappointed people.”

In 2012, there were 61 men’s Division I programs, and 92 women’s programs. For men, the NCAA maximum number of allowable scholarships is 12.6 over four years. For women, it’s 12. Estimates suggest roughly half of these programs are fully funded; some schools have fewer than the allotted total, while Ivy League and service academies do not offer athletic scholarships.

These scholarships most often are divided among players. Denver Outlaws coach Jim Stagnitta, the former Rutgers men’s coach and current owner of MVP Lax Camps, joked: “I can think of a handful guys who got full rides, and most of them are named Powell.”

Said Virginia men’s coach Dom Starsia: “If you take our Tewaaraton Award winners — Matt Ward, Chris Rotelli and Steele Stanwick — and added them all together, it might equal a little more than one full scholarship.”

Said Georgetown women’s coach Ricky Fried: “There’s a misconception of the full ride. They’re just not out there.”

Any high school athlete has a 6-percent chance of playing college varsity sports in any division and 3.7-percent chance in Division I, according to a recent Wall Street Journal article.

“What happens when an athlete has put all his eggs in one basket? It creates a risk of imbalance,” Ginsburg said.

2. The rules of the game — and why they exist

Lacrosse has been called the fastest sport on two feet, and the fastest-growing sport in the country. The result? With an increasing number of new people being introduced to the fast-paced game for the first time, there’s uncertainty about the rules that govern the game, and why they’re in place. Sometimes, this can be frustrating and lead to unsportsmanlike behavior — most notably vocal displeasure — from parents on the sidelines.

Chase Howse, US Lacrosse Youth Rules Committee chair, spent 35 years playing lacrosse and the last 30 officiating the game. His message to parents: “Take whatever time and steps you feel necessary to learn the rules before your son or daughter steps on the field. Is he or she learning from his coaches during practice? Or is it from watching a bunch of fouls being called during a game — often accompanied by howls of displeasure from coaches and fans?”

US Lacrosse, in conjunction with its Sports Science and Safety Committee, in 2012 released theYouth Rules and Best Practices Guidebooks. As part of the organization’s effort to develop consistent national rules based on the physical, cognitive and psychological development stages of children, US Lacrosse developed these gender-specific guidebooks to help explain the rules and the rationale behind them. The three golden principles: safe, fun and fair.

A reminder from Cathy Russo, US Lacrosse Girls Youth Rules Interpretation chair: “Our No. 1 priority is always to keep the players safe.”

The guidebooks — along with the website uslacrosse.org — provide a tremendous foundation from which to learn about the game.

Beyond reading the rulebook, US Lacrosse officials and education manager Lucia Perfetti Clark said, “The best way to learn the game is to get out there and do it; some of the best officials are parents.” Russo and Clark suggested attending an officials/umpires training course or rules interpretation session, which are often offered through US Lacrosse chapters or affiliated youth organizations.

These sessions can help clarify the most misunderstood rules of each gender’s game — which, it should be noted, are significantly different.

On the boys’ side, the least understood rules revolve around contact, and there’s varying amounts of legal contact allowed at every level of the game. At higher levels, the loose ball push versus push with possession leads to confusion. On the girls’ side, shooting space violations and three-second held ball calls are most bewildering.

“In both games, even if a call goes against your team or kid, be happy when officials make calls for safety,” Perfetti Clark said.

“And remember, we’re all part of the same team,” Howse said. “We’re all in this together. We’re all responsible for creating a positive environment, and we share a big responsibility for imparting a solid sense of the culture of our game to the kids that learn to play — and love.”

3. The hazards of sport specialization

Dom Starsia has developed a reputation. He gets cold calls from coaches and players across the country suggesting their linebacker or point guard might make a great lacrosse player. Starsia, who played football and lacrosse at Brown, is an advocate of multi-sport participation, in an era where media hype is driving parents in the direction of sport specialization.

“As the game spreads and there’s more press coverage and more popularity and more opportunities to profit, you’re seeing a greater emphasis on the belief that, ‘The earlier the better, the more the better,’ of anything, of any sport, of any academic endeavor,” Ginsburg said. “But there’s not really any definitive evidence that indicates specializing is going to lead to better performance.”

Which is why Starsia has gone after players like Chris LaPierre, a former Shawnee (N.J.) High football star who had played lacrosse in the summers for fun, and now is one of the nation’s most dynamic players. The Cavaliers’ short-stick defensive midfielder was named a second-team All-American in 2012 and in September was tabbed Virginia’s first solo team captain of the Starsia era.

“There is nothing you can be doing in lacrosse on your own in the fall that would be better for you than going to football or soccer practice every day,” Starsia said. “You can go bang a ball against a wall all you want, but how do you become a better team player? By playing other team sports.”

Becoming coachable, paying attention to detail, understanding the importance of preparation, working toward a goal, understanding your role and evaluating your performance from playing other sports are “such a huge advantage,” Danowski said. “Playing club lacrosse once a week, I don’t know if that it’s the same.”

“You have one time to leave a legacy at your school. You have one time to take advantage of putting on a football helmet or playing soccer,” Danowski continued. “When you look back at your school yearbook 40 years from now, would someone say, ‘Yeah, that guy was a lacrosse head?’ Playing other sports helps develop a wealth of confidence that doesn’t come from playing in a meaningless club game in November.”

Ginsburg said sport specialization can lead to burnout, overuse injury and fragmentation of friendships. Conversely, participating in multiple sports also helps children develop muscularly, in what four-time U.S. women’s national team player Danielle Gallagher, the founder and president of the Long Island Liberty lacrosse club, called “a cross-training theory.”

Fried added sport specialization leads to a general lack of “being a kid… Creativity starts to fade away.”

4. How to be a good consumer of your child’s lacrosse experience

Determining the appropriate level for engagement in your child’s experience is tricky, and it’s often age-dependent. But at any level, it’s important for parents to be good consumers. The best way to do so: Ask respectful but pointed questions — of your child, of programs and teams you’re considering, and of objective third parties. Related, do your homework and research as much as possible. Don’t sit back and wait to learn these things after the fact; actively seek out information.

“This is going to sound really stupid simple,” Johns Hopkins women’s lacrosse coach Janine Tucker said.
“It truly is about communicating with your child.”

How well do you know your son or daughter? What is your child capable of athletically? When are they happiest? What’s most important to your child? What does your child actually want to do?

“Communication is critical, but it’s also paying attention to the signs, listening to coaches and parents who have interaction with out children, getting a sense from them about how our kids enjoy the sport,” Ginsburg said. “Do they enjoy it? Are they excited and energetic? Are we seeing them complaining about going to practice?”

What is the age-appropriate level for my child? How competitive are the various levels of play — recreation programs, travel teams, tournaments and club programs? What are the time commitments for each? Several coaches suggested playing at a level where you can learn but contribute.

What is a coach’s philosophy? Is the coach certified? Have they had a background check? What are their experiences and background?

How stable is this program? What is a program’s philosophy? How many players are on each team? Are there multiple teams within each program? Do kids get equal playing time? The set-up of a program will entirely determine a child’s experience for a season.

“Stability of the organization and coaching are two of the most important factors,” Lavelle said. “If it’s a well-managed league or program, that should first or foremost be a priority.”

Are the officials trained and certified? Do they go to training every year? Will the games, tournaments and events have at least two officials at every game? Are safety precautions in place?

How many games/practices in one day, or one weekend, will a team or event require? Are there trainers on site? Will the teams stay in air-conditioned dorms?

And lastly: How much does all this cost? What is financially feasible for your family? The cumulative cost of playing for a club team and participating in recruiting tournaments can quickly exceed $10,000, especially with programs starting at such young ages. To what end is this money being spent?

Ginsburg suggests evaluating these types of questions on a seasonal basis. He also says having a non-invested third-party can help provide feedback or perspective.

“It’s really important that parents have objective adult allies who can help give a sense of perspective,” Ginsburg said. “To have an adult — someone with nothing invested in giving you feedback — say this kind of experience would be valuable for your kid is helpful. We need that kind of additional, objective feedback that we respect.”

Sure, that’s a lot of questions to ask. But if you haven’t considered them — or don’t know the answer to them — you haven’t done your homework. Approach it like any other significant investment you make.

5. How your behavior affects that experience

Parents are equally as important to a child’s positive lacrosse experience as the coach of the team, or the league they play in. Attend games, but be supportive and not overbearing. Positive reinforcement encourages learning and fun. Research has shown that a ratio of five positive statements — compliments and positive recognition — for each negative statement — criticisms and corrections — is ideal for helping young athletes do their best.

But too much external praise can hinder the maturation process. “One-third of my speaking engagements are to businesses. Managers say young workers don’t know what to do unless someone else tells them,” said Madeline Levine, a psychologist and the co-founder of Challenge Success, a project born at the Stanford School of Education. “They need to be told every day that they’re doing well instead of once a year.”

Negative parental behavior also can have an adverse effect on the recruitment of a child. High school lacrosse players far outnumber opportunities available. Stagnitta, a former Division I coach at Rutgers and Division III coach at Washington & Lee, said college coaches “look for reasons not to recruit guys.”

The negative behavior parents engage in that’s most alarming to coaches on the recruiting circuit: unsportsmanlike sideline conduct.

“Coaches are always aware of parents’ behavior on the sidelines,” Stagnitta said. “It’s one of the first questions they ask. You’re sitting there and you see parents doing that, and you know it’s a four-year hitch. There’s enough guys out there, the character of the parents and the personality and how they conduct themselves and how they interact with the coaches and how they act on the sidelines, in a lot of ways, is going to carry as much weight as the player. All things being equal, you’re going to go with the kid who has the most character as a family.”

Said Fried: “On the sidelines, how are parents talking to their daughter, or the other players? We want parents who are supporting their kid and their team. What about the way they’re interacting with officials? Are they talking to other people, or are they off to the side by themselves? After the game, are the parents going over stats or what their kid did individually? Those behaviors are the most recognizable.”

It’s about balance. It’s about positive but not constant reinforcement. And it’s not about you. It’s about your child.

Rhino Lacrosse is excited to add a second tryout for interested players in the North Country, NY  area.  Rhino will offer 4 select teams ( 5/6, 7/8, HS A, HS B) for the North Country, NY area in the summer of 2013.  All interested players MUST register online prior to tryouts. You can register online HERE.  Jason Coffman will be overseeing the North Country Select Program as the Program Director. Please email jason@rhinolacrosse.com with any questions.

North Country, NY Select Team Tryouts

When: Sunday, May 19th, 2013

5/6 grade team tryouts- 9am-10:30am

Eligibility- Players must be in 5th or 6th grade in the current (2012-’13) school year

7/8 grade team tryouts- 10:30am-12:00pm

Eligibility- Players must be in 7th or 8th grade in the current (2012-’13) school year

High School Team Tryouts- 12:00pm-2:00pm

Eligibility- Players must be in 9th, 10th, or 11th grade in the current (2012-’13) school year

We are having ourselves some serious fun over at the Rhino Nation Facebook page! If you haven’t checked into the Rhino Nation lately you don’t now what you are missing! Join the conversation and come be a part of the fun as we spread our passion for the game of lacrosse!
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Portland, Ore., December 11, 2012 – Rhino Lacrosse announced today that registration is open for the company’s first hosted tournament, The Saratoga Springs Lacrosse Shootout. The event will take place July 5-7, 2013, at the Saratoga Polo Club in Saratoga Springs, New York. The Saratoga Springs Lacrosse Shootout includes Men’s Open and Master’s divisions along with boys’ competition in U9, U11, U13, U15 as well as high school A (varsity) and B (JV) divisions. Company founder Ryan Powell will serve as the tournament director for this inaugural event.

“I envisioned creating an event that is more than just another tournament for teams to arrive, compete and leave,” said Powell. “The Saratoga Springs Lacrosse Shootout is a lacrosse festival… a place where teams, players and their families can enjoy the perfect combination of fun and competition in an unmatched atmosphere.”

The Saratoga Springs Lacrosse Shootout kicks off with opening ceremonies on Friday night, July 5 ^th, along with Powell Hour, where the Powell Brothers will be on hand doing demonstrations. Throughout the weekend there will be plenty of off-field fun including professional player demonstrations, player and coaching clinics directed by college coaches, 3v3 mini tournament, players club, parents lounge, Rip’s Grill, vendor village, live music and more.

The company will also host the first annual Rhino Lacrosse Golf Classic at Saratoga Spa Club on Friday, July 5^th, for adults 18 and over. Each year, a worthy cause will be chosen to receive proceeds from the golf tournament. In 2013, proceeds will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit organization founded in 2003 with a mission to honor and empower wounded warriors who incur service-related wounds, injuries and illnesses (physical or psychological) on or after September 11, 2001.

For more information and to register teams, please visit www.saratogaspringsshootout.com.

Rhino Winter Goalie School

When: 3pm-4pm February 3, 10, 17, 24

Where: OES

Who: Goalies currently in 6^th-12^th grade (Maximum of ten goalies for this session)

Cost: $100

Register Now!

“I’ve always had tremendous respect for George and the entire Leveille family,” said Ryan Powell, Rhino
Lacrosse Founder. “The Lake Placid Tournament is hands down the best tournament the game has
to offer. I’m very confident that teaming up with the Lake Placid organization will allow us to grow the
Saratoga Springs Lacrosse Shootout in a respectable and authentic way.”

Registration is open for The Saratoga Springs Lacrosse Shootout, which takes place July 5-7, 2013, at
the Saratoga Polo Club in Saratoga Springs, New York. The event includes Women’s Open, Men’s Open
and Master’s divisions, along with boys’ competition in U9, U11, U13, U15 as well as high school U19, A
(varsity) and B (JV) divisions.

“We are pleased to have the opportunity to work with Rhino in Saratoga to create a stellar event in a
spectacular destination,” said George Leveille, who is in his 24th year at Lake Placid Lacrosse. “We share
Ryan’s vision for the Shootout and with our local network and experience, we look forward to assisting
Rhino in making this a signature event.”

About Lake Placid Lacrosse:

Lake Placid Lacrosse (LPL) has operated the Summit Lacrosse Tournament since 1990 in the historic
Village of Lake Placid, NY. Lake Placid has twice hosted the Winter Olympics and is recognized around
the world as a premier sports destination. LPL also runs camps and other lacrosse events, most recently
adding the Northstar Invitational, an elite girl’s invitational recruiting camp operated in collaboration with
WomensLax.com. LPL’s Summit Tournament is one of the nation’s oldest and most highly attended events
with more than 230 teams currently participating. Lake Placid Lacrosse has been recognized for its event
management capabilities and its senior management team has more than 100 years of collective event
management experience. For more information about Lake Placid Lacrosse, visit lakeplacidlax.com, follow
on Facebook and Twitter, email info@lakeplacidlax.com or call 518-439-6822.

Portland, Ore., January 10, 2013 – Rhino Lacrosse is pleased to announce the addition of Lauren Anderson as Girls Lacrosse Director of Operations. This move by Rhino Lacrosse is part of the company’s commitment to elevating its programs by developing a world-class experience for girls. Bringing Anderson on board will reinvigorate the girls program and take it to new heights.

“We’re very excited that a coach of Lauren’s caliber will be joining our team,” said Ryan Powell, Rhino Lacrosse Founder and Owner. “We’re confident that Lauren has the experience, passion, and overall coaching ability to take our girls’ program to the highest level. We are all looking forward to working with her.”

Anderson’s coaching experience is both impressive and vast. She is currently head coach of the Lake Oswego high school girls’ team and her accomplishments include winning three state championship titles (2006, 2011, 2012). She founded Oregon Elite Lacrosse Inc. in 2002 to serve the elite high school players of Oregon and she will continue with her involvement. Lauren brings more than 15 years of youth and high school lacrosse coaching experience to Rhino. Currently, Anderson is serving as a US Lacrosse Chapter President.

As a lacrosse player, Anderson was a Connecticut High School All American and Dartmouth College D1 goalkeeper. She earned a B.A. degree from Dartmouth in 1993, and holds graduate degrees from Michigan State University and University of Oregon.

Welcome to the team LA!

Don’t sit around this winter and let your game get cold! Come on out to the Rhino winter league and get yourself ready for the upcoming spring season. The Rhino field league offers middle school and high school players an opportunity to play and learn from the Rhino staff in a fun and unique environment. Each of the six sessions will have players training and competing in order to prepare them for the season ahead. The winter session will kick off on Sunday, January 13th and run for six weeks until February 17th. Come on out and elevate your game this winter so you can accomplish your goals on the field come springtime!

Rhino Winter Field League

6 Sunday sessions at OES

January 13th, 20th, 27th, February 3rd, 10th, 17th

Middle School Boys from 12pm-2pm

High School Boys from 2pm-4pm

Before December 1st $210; $220 after Registration closes January 10th

BOYS JUNIOR VARSITY ASSISTANT COACH

Position Description: Clackamas High School has an opening for a junior varsity assistant starting Spring 2013. Previous college experience and coaching experience preferred. Responsibilities include practice planning and aiding the head coach with other responsibilities pertaining to the team. This is a coaching only position.  The regular season runs February thru May with practices in the evening Monday through Friday.   Appointment: Part-time, 5 months.  Salary:  Very competitive.

If you have a passion for lacrosse and would enjoy working with a fantastic group of young men, contact David Llewellyn, Varsity Head Coach.  Phone: (503) 730-2894.  E-mail: llewellyn5@comcast.net

If you are looking to take your individual skills to the next level Rhino’s Boot Camp Training sessions will get you there!

Schedule:

7 Saturday Sessions

January 12^th, 19^th, 26^th February 2^nd, 9^th, 16^th, 23^rd

Middle School Boys & Girls (6^th-8^th grade): 9am-11am

High School Boys & Girls (9^th-12^th grade): 11am-1pm

Location: Middleman Jewish Community Center (MJCC)- Main Gym

Ryan Powell, in conjunction with Rhino Lacrosse, is announcing the newest addition to the Summer Lacrosse Tournament Scene, and I’m already excited for what the Saratoga Springs Lacrosse Shootout is going to bring to the table. RP will serve as the tournament director for the event, and I’m pretty darn sure he’s on to something special with this new Summer tournament for all ages.

I’ve known Ryan for a long time now, and when I got this announcement (full press release can be seen below) I rang him up immediately to get a little more info on how it would all go down, and why Ryan was pursuing this opportunity with such gusto. After a couple of minutes, I could easily see his vision for this new and exciting event, and I’m already thinking an LAS Masters team might have to make the trip up to beautiful upstate New York this Summer.

In addition to the fact that everyone will play at the same time (at least in year 1), there will also be player and coaches’ clinics for those in attendance, a vendor village, Rip’s Grill for food, a parents lounge, a players’ club (with video games!), live music, and even a mini 3-on-3 tournament! It’s more lacrosse than you could ever realistically shake your stick at.

Basically, we’re all looking for tournaments in pretty places, with great lacrosse, and fun for the whole family. Saratoga Springs guarantees to meet those criteria and more, and with RP behind the wheel, we know this event is going to be one of the best in the country right off the bat.

If you want to send a team up in any (or all) of the divisions, you can visitwww.saratogaspringslacrosse.com for more information. We certainly hope to see you all there!