Summer League

Sacramento Summer League info posted below. Sign up asap. Girls lax will have 2 games per week (Tues/Thurs nights)and we will take 4 tournament trips this summer too. Once you sign up for a tourney, you may not back out! Also, I will be running a skills clinic on Sat ams (TBA).

http://www.sacramentolacrosseclinics.com/Summer_League.html

Oil Change

Ok, I know I'm no longer in my 20's. I hit the big, dare I put it writing, 3-0, twenty-five days, 4 hours, 10 minutes and 2 seconds ago...not that I'm counting. I don't feel thirty. And from what I'm told, I don't look thirty, yet - thanks to some good genes (mom, dad - I owe ya.) But dear GOD - after practing with my high school players this week, me 'ole bones are feeling it. WOW.

I must say, this really scares me. Over the past year, I played in tournaments where we've had 4 games a day for two days straight, and no subs. And yeah, I was sore and tired, but I never felt it as much as I have since kissing my twenties goodbye.

My assistant coach and I jumped into the 7 v. 7 drills during our high school practices this week to rev up the attack and really challenge our defenders and goalies, in wake of today's rivarly game against St. Francis. Unfortunatley, it left me in need of a serious an oil change - this time I'll splurge and take the premium upgrade please.

It wasn't until last night, when my fiance nearly crushed me with one of his bear hugs, did I realize in what rough shape I was in. I have, (hold up....I'm counting) 9 - yes 9 - HUGE, purple, deep, tissue bruises scattered throughout my body. Arms, back, hips, fingers and some other weird places I didn't know could bruise, let's just leave it at that.

Sadly, I have to remind myself these high school gals are 1/2 my age. They were born in the 1990's. So while I was headbanging to Pearl Jam, donning my 5 X-L flannel button up, green-cuffed jeans and fusia lipstick, they were still in diapers. They don't even know who Dean Cain is - DEAN CAIN - you know SUPERMAN?



I need an asprin and the heating pad - STAT.

HS Early Season Poll

(Info from Laxpower.com - check website frequently for updated standings)

Computer Rating
California-North — Wed Mar 3 07:55:07 EST 2010

Computer Rating Strength of Schedule RPI W-L Quality Wins Upsets Goals Conference Standings Games/Scores Accuracy Alpha List National Computer Rating
2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005

Norm Reg Reg TGL
Rnk Team PR In Out Adj Cor Chp WL Pct W L T

1 Granada 82.33 82.30 0.00 0.50 0.17 0.00 100.00 2- 0- 0
2 Menlo-Atherton 74.93 71.97 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.00 100.00 1- 0- 0
3 Carondelet 74.79 71.72 0.00 0.50 0.15 0.00 100.00 2- 0- 0
4 Granite Bay 74.57 71.47 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.00 100.00 1- 0- 0
5 Foothill, Pleasanton 74.04 70.72 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 100.00 1- 0- 0
6 San Ramon Valley 73.85 70.47 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.00 100.00 1- 0- 0
7 Campolindo 72.98 79.30 0.00 0.00 -0.17 0.00 0.00 0- 1- 0
8 Davis 72.39 68.47 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 100.00 1- 0- 0
9 Berkeley, CA 72.03 67.97 0.00 0.00 0.22 0.00 100.00 1- 0- 0 10 Notre Dame, San Jose 72.03 67.97 0.00 0.00 0.22 0.00 100.00 1- 0- 0
11 Livermore 66.70 63.30 0.00 0.00 0.17 0.00 75.00 1- 0- 1
12 Acalanes 65.12 67.72 0.00 0.00 -0.35 0.00 0.00 0- 2- 0
13 Castilleja 64.75 66.97 0.00 0.00 -0.22 0.00 0.00 0- 1- 0
14 Las Lomas 64.75 66.97 0.00 0.00 -0.22 0.00 0.00 0- 1- 0
15 Dougherty Valley 64.61 64.30 0.00 -0.50 0.00 0.00 25.00 0- 1- 1
16 Oak Ridge 64.40 66.47 0.00 0.00 -0.20 0.00 0.00 0- 1- 0
17 Miramonte 63.00 64.47 0.00 0.00 -0.12 0.00 0.00 0- 1- 0
18 Clayton Valley 62.89 59.30 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.00 50.00 1- 1- 0
19 Tamalpais 62.30 63.47 0.00 0.00 -0.08 0.00 0.00 0- 1- 0
20 Gunn 61.94 62.97 0.00 0.00 -0.05 0.00 0.00 0- 1- 0
21 Menlo School 59.56 59.72 0.00 -1.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 1- 0
22 Dublin, CA 57.16 56.30 0.00 0.00 -0.20 0.00 0.00 0- 1- 0
23 Alhambra 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
24 Amador Valley 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
25 Bella Vista 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
26 Bishop O'Dowd 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
27 Burlingame 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0 28 California HS 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
29 Christian Brothers, CA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
30 Harker 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
31 Leland 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
32 Lick Wilmerding 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
33 Los Gatos 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
34 Marin Catholic 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
35 Mercy, Burlingame 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
36 Monte Vista, Danville 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0 37 Northgate, CA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0 38 Novato 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
39 Palo Alto 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
40 Piedmont 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
41 Pioneer, CA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
42 Redwood 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
43 Sacred Heart Cathedral 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
44 Sacred Heart Prep, CA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
45 San Marin 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
46 Santa Catalina 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
47 Saratoga, CA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
48 Sir Francis Drake 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
49 Sonoma Academy 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
50 St. Francis, Mt.View 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
51 St. Francis, Sac 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
52 St. Ignatius Prep, CA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
53 Stevenson School, CA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
54 University HS, SF 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
55 Ursuline, CA 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0
56 Woodside 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0- 0- 0

CA BSAL
Conference Overall
Team PR W L T Pct. W L T Pct.
1 Davis 72.39 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.00
2 Berkeley, CA 72.03 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.00
3 Clayton Valley 62.89 0 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0.50
4 Bishop O'Dowd 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
5 Northgate, CA 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
6 Piedmont 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00


CA DFAL Conference Overall
Team PR W L T Pct. W L T Pct.
1 Campolindo 72.98 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0.00
2 Acalanes 65.12 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 0 0.00
3 Las Lomas 64.75 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0.00
4 Dougherty Valley 64.61 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 1 0.25
5 Miramonte 63.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0.00
6 Dublin, CA 57.16 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0.00
7 Alhambra 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00


CA EBAL Conference Overall
Team PR W L T Pct. W L T Pct.
1 Granada 82.33 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 1.00
2 Carondelet 74.79 0 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 1.00
3 Foothill, Pleasanton 74.04 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.00
4 San Ramon Valley 73.85 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.00
5 Livermore 66.70 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0.75
6 Amador Valley 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
7 California HS 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
8 Monte Vista, Danville 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00


CA Indep
Conference Overall
Team PR W L T Pct. W L T Pct.
1 Lick Wilmerding 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
2 Sacred Heart Cathedral 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
3 Santa Catalina 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
4 St. Ignatius Prep, CA 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
5 Stevenson School, CA 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00


CA MCAL
Conference Overall
Team PR W L T Pct. W L T Pct.
1 Tamalpais 62.30 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0.00
2 Marin Catholic 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
3 Novato 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
4 Redwood 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
5 San Marin 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
6 Sir Francis Drake 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
7 Sonoma Academy 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
8 University HS, SF 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
9 Ursuline, CA 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00


CA SCVAL
Conference Overall
Team PR W L T Pct. W L T Pct.
1 Gunn 61.94 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0.00
2 Leland 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
3 Los Gatos 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
4 Palo Alto 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
5 Pioneer, CA 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
6 Saratoga, CA 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
7 St. Francis, Mt.View 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00


CA SJS
Conference Overall
Team PR W L T Pct. W L T Pct.
1 Granite Bay 74.57 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.00
2 Oak Ridge 64.40 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0.00
3 Bella Vista 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
4 Christian Brothers, CA 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
5 St. Francis, Sac 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00


CA WBAL
Conference Overall
Team PR W L T Pct. W L T Pct.
1 Menlo-Atherton 74.93 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 1.00
2 Notre Dame, San Jose 72.03 1 0 0 1.00 1 0 0 1.00
3 Castilleja 64.75 0 1 0 0.00 0 1 0 0.00
4 Menlo School 59.56 0 0 0 0.00 0 1 0 0.00
5 Burlingame 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
6 Harker 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
7 Mercy, Burlingame 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
8 Sacred Heart Prep, CA 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00
9 Woodside 0.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0.00

Lax of Love!

Local Lacrosse team adopts teammate with cancer. See their story below.

Kristin -- This is for your team...Can you forward?
Thank you for organizing the visit!!

***********

Granite Bay HS Women's La Crosse --


Wow! Thank you all for coming to the hospital on Tuesday! You were a great bunch! Having 20 people in the hospital could be chaotic – but it wasn’t at all! As I said on Annina’s CaringBridge web page, having you visit was like the beginning of our “end of chemo celebration!” LAST CHEMO this Saturday (and out on Tues)!! Whooohooooo!!

Before we even left the hospital, Annina looked at all things you brought – and started munching on the Rice Krispie treats! Your La Crosse ball is pretty cool! I’ve never seen one! We can tell you all have fun together – It was fun just to look at your photo! As soon as we got home on Tuesday, Annina put on her new GB shirt (fit perfectly), and ate the goodies that weren’t chocolate! (She WILL eat the chocolate treats after chemo next week!) Yes, she will be attending GB High even though we are just outside the boundaries!


I know it isn’t easy going to visit someone very sick (actually, Annina is not soooo sick any more since we are just about done with chemo)! We feel the same sadness when we are with other families in our situation – or read their CaringBridge pages. But, we all have our crosses to bear in this lifetime. You just keep moving forward, taking one day at a time, and learning what you can. Several times in my journal entries on CaringBridge I relay that Annina does not regret getting cancer – She would still say that now – despite what she has been through. It has opened up her eyes to many things – including what many kids regrettably experience. I’ve read about many others who share these sentiments – so it’s not totally unusual. Sounds strange, huh!

Here are a few links for you:

www.caringbridge.org/visit/anninahanlon - You probably already have this one. This is where I keep a journal of what is happening with Annina. It’s the only way I can keep everyone up to date! You can also post a message in the Guestbook. (Page, thanks for signing the Guestbook – I didn’t have your email to respond!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBjCM_YqZXw – This is Annina speaking for her orchestra’s fundraiser for the Sarcoma Foundation of America – She talks about her experience, and explains more about osteosarcoma and research (or lack thereof) for rare and pediatric cancers.

www.kidsarestars.com – Annina’s artwork is on greeting cards – Just search for the fundraiser for the Sarcoma Foundation of America. Other kids can add their artwork too. I am trying to get her peace sign design on t-shirts. Haven’t had time to finish that project yet!

www.walknrock.org – Walk 'n Rock for Kids -- This is the 5K walk I mentioned as you were leaving – May 30th. Should be a lot of fun -- music along the route, entertainment, activities, food, etc.! (Separate concert that night.) There are several Sacramento charities benefiting from this huge fundraiser. We will be walking for Okizu, which is a camp offered free of charge to kids with cancer and their siblings (and weekend family camps). www.okizu.org If you would like to join our team to raise money for Okizu, register online -- our team name is “Footprints for Okizu.” Or form your own team and raise money for one of the designated non-profits! (I think I have some forms, if you prefer to register that way!) Annina will have quite a bit of rehab to do before May 30th!! Shooting to be able to walk one mile by the end of March! Yikes!

www.curesarcoma.org – Good information about Sarcomas -- Sarcomas (cancers of the connective tissues) are often misdiagnosed – and sometimes thought to be just sports injuries.


http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/content/ETO_1_6X_Managing_Side_Effects.asp --- Describes what we were talking about -- how chemo kills fast growing cells -- both cancerous AND normal -- which is why your hair falls out and you can get mouth sores, among other things!

Thanks again for coming to visit! See you soon!


Roma

CIF and Club Post-Season Playday

Hey fellow lax fanatics,

I am the Head Women's Lacrosse Coach at Granite Bay HS.

Since there is interest on both ends for a post-season playday, here is the proposed idea, as signed off on by the CIF.

May 8th - CIF "Invitational Playday Playoff"

May 9th - Club "Invitational Playday Playoff"


CIF teams have the chance to participate in both days IF, they register as a "club team," having no CIF- High School team affiliation for the May 9th playday. That means private insurance in addition to US LACROSSE memberships too!

How do these dates fair with your players? We'd like to get on the books to reseve the Granite Bay fields.

Please respond with your team status and date/s interested in participating.

Cost will depend on the number of interested teams, but will likely run between $200 - $350 per team. Please forward along to other teams who may be interested.

(Each team will be guaranteed 2 - 3 games @ 25mins each. Depending on those records, the top teams will advance into round-robin, single elimination play. There will be trophies handed out to the top 2 teams both days.)

Thanks and see you on the field!

Kristin Marshall
Head Coach, Granite Bay HS
410-206-6003

Banged up and blacked out...but worth it!

This weekend's Santa Barbara Shootout was a huge success. Teams from all over the country, rostering players from all over the world, laced up their cleats to hit the grass, or in some cases, the dirt; Lisa Vogeley, Lauren Uhr and I should know.

Team Baylax, a medley of players from the Sac and Bay areas, sent a top-notch team to the sunny, coastal tournament, proving age doesn't discriminate when it comes to lacrosse. Baylax left the 2-day tourney with a perfect 4 for 4 record, some incriminating dance photos and a few bumps and bruises - to put it mildly.

Attacker Jenny Trang, suffered one of the weirdest injuries I've ever seen...a pulled muscle on the top of her foot. Uhhh yeah. Sounds odd - you should have seen it! Perhaps paparazzi, slash laxer, Cynthia Nguyen snapped a photo????

But I wish the video cam was rolling when Lisa "ate dirt", for oh the 12th time, particularly, the spill in which her feet went up over her head. The 6'4" "Lawong" Islander brushed herself off, raddling off revenge to the intruder, who failed to take credit for the monster take-down. But her bark is bigger than her bite. Maybe it's the diamond-studded tooth or 10-lb bouffant that sits atop her head that gives her away.

Tomo, the Japanese rockstar who refuses to devulge her age, is just the opposite. About 80 lbs wet, Tomo-the-Brut can barrel through any defender and take 'em down in the process. After notching her 5th or 6th goal of the game, she retires to her "Hello Kitty" ground mat for a dry seat and some agua refreshment. I must say, her "Engwish' is improving!

Speaking of refreshing, Lauren Uhr is one of those players you thank GOD for putting on YOUR team. Ripping it off the draw or blasting it past the Keeper's stick, the St. Mary's Head Coach dominated the midfield and basically anyone who crossed it. It was funny to hear her former players, now members of Baylax, still call her "Coach." Pj, Hil and Lisa - no such thing as the 24-hour rule anymore - thankfully. Any advice for Baylax young'n Kalya Berrios as she makes her way to St. Mary's lacrosse next year?

Middle-aged players, and by middle-aged I mean 20-somethings, Dearborn, Pj, Noemi and Hilary; They not only rocked it on the field and in the cage, but ow-ow, you should see them slam the Sake Bombs and hit the pop-n-locks on the dance floor.

Seasoned laxer and fellow Marylander Kim Allen rounded out the stellar defense. I doubt the college teams we played, knew they were getting stuffed by someone over the age of 30. Sorry for calling you out Kim - but it's ok because you like you're 22.

I'm about to kiss my 20's goodbye in 2 weeks, but my 'ole body gave out Saturday after someone sent me flying into the cement - aka lacrosse field. This has to be the worst fall of my 11-year lacrosse career. Concussion - check, whiplash - check, busted knee - check, roadrash and brusing - check, check. It was a fun 5 hours in the E-R Monday morning. Thanks honey.

Can't wait for the next one! Who's in?

Youth/Club Play Day

Youth/Club Play Day Event info:

http://www.ncjla.org/Page.asp?n=35087&snid=307145091&org=ncjla.org

NCJLA Girl's Season Kick off Play Day & Ref Training
March 6th and & 7th, 9AM-5PM, Treasure Island (Mid-Span Bay Bridge)

What Is It?
In order to kick off the 2010 Lacrosse Season and train our referees at the same time, the NCJLA is hosting a Girl's Play Day.

Where is it?
The play day will be hosted by the NCJLA on the grass fields at Treasure Island. We will have 5 full fields lined for girls lacrosse. This is a great site with all-weather grass fields.

What can the teams expect?
U-11 and U-13 will play on Saturday while U-15 and HS will play on Sunday. Your teams can expect a minimum of 5 games full field games, 20 minutes (running clock) each (based on 70% of teams signing up), with the last game of the day being a "funky dress" game.

There will be games, raffels, and other activities for the girls to do in between games.

Teams can also sign up for fundraising opportunities (selling water, cookies, etc.)

*Vendors and Sponsors to be announced later

What is the cost?
Early Registration, February 1-21, 2010:
$180 U-11 through U-15
$200 HS (to help offset extra ref costs)

Late Registration, After February 21:
Add $50

*Costs cover field rentals, lining, Ref training fees, Medical Trainer fees, and staffing for the play day.

Where do I register?

Register for your teams by clicking on the "Team Registration" buttong under "NCJLA Home".

Or click here:

www.ncjla.org/Registration/TeamRegList.asp


Questions?
Don't hesitate to e-mail or call Kristine Wollam
415-418-8025
girlsdirector@ncjla.org