The lacrosse team at Highland Park High School in Dallas is an integral part of a storied athletic program. Which actually isn’t true. Yes, the program is a storied one. And you got a sense of just how storied only a few months ago. It was highlighted then that one recent Scots football team had…
Players from outside traditional lacrosse hotbeds have been honored as the Under Armour All-Americans since the event’s inaugural game in 2006. That first game, for instance, included a 6’6, 260 lb. attackman from Rancho Bernardo High School and San Diego who more closely resembled an N.F.L. lineman—something which he ultimately became. But Will Yeatman was…
Bill Tierney’s coaching odyssey tends to find its way into the lives of many of the best lacrosse players from Colorado. And what exactly was the response to Bill Tierney’s decision after the 2009 season to leave Princeton, where he’d won 6 NCAA lacrosse national championships, and take over the head coaching position at the…
Andy Towers may have may come closest to distilling the characteristics of the best lacrosse players from Texas. While coaching at Dartmouth, the current Premier Lacrosse League coach described Division 1 lacrosse recruits coming out of Texas as “hyper-competitive, athletic, tough and hard-nosed”. The 14 Texans listed below have all excelled in Division 1 college…