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Pittsburgh, Pa. - Oct. 14 - Upper St. Clair's Head Coach, Roland Gagne, has left us to take a job in New Jersey. We wish him well. The Division 1 teams have been notified by Wayne Jaeckle to pick a new At Large rep for the Executive Board.

* * * * * * * 2005 SCHEDULING MEETING * * * * * * * Monday, November 8
7:00 p.m. in the Sewickley Academy Library

ATTENTION...YOUTH LACROSSE (Grades 4 through 8) MEETING, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22
7:00PM at CENTRAL CATHOLIC CAFETARIA
This is a MUST attend meeting for all Head Parents, Coaches, Asst. Coaches and School personnel involved in Western PA. Youth Lacrosse. Agenda will include election of 2005 Board Officers, rules and game time clarification, ALOA discussion and costs, possible scheduling, League update of participating schools, and much more.
Equipment and gear vendors will be available 1 hour prior to this meeting for all interested
Head Parents and Coaches to discuss and view their products.

POSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE WORKSHOP

Saturday, November 20, 2004

The Peters Township Boys Lacrosse Association in conjunction with US LACROSSE is sponsoring a POSITIVE COACHING ALLIANCE WORKSHOP.
You are cordially invited and encouraged to attend. This workshop will provide all participants with tools that can be used to become a "double-goal" coach, i.e., coaches who want to WIN and develop the character of their players.

* The Double-Coach Workshop conducted by a PCA Trainer

* Workbooks for all workshop attendees

* Subscription to PCA publication: Connector (electronic newsletter)

* Certificate cards to all coaches completing the Double-Goal workshop.

DATE: Saturday, November 20, 2004

TIME: Registration at 9:00am with the workshop from 9:30am to 11:30am

LOCATION: Peters Township Community Recreation Center

SPONSOR: Peters Township Boys Lacrosse Association, Y.E.S (Youth Exemplifying Sportsmanship, and the Peters Township Parks and Recreation Dept.

PARTICPANTS: All Lacrosse coaches in Southwestern PA. / WPSLA / WPYLA. This includes youth, middle school, High School Head Coaches, Asst. Coaches, and any parents or officers involved in their respective programs coaching.
TO REGISTER: contact 724-942-5000 or email KTKoskoski @peterstownship.com

COST: FREE

BIG SHOT HIGH SCHOOL POSITION CLINIC

December 4th, 2004

The Big Shot Position Clinic is now in its second year of providing quality instruction. Our staff is committed to teaching the High School level player drills and skills that will take their game to the next level.

Program: This clinic will give "specific skills techniques for your position"

Where: RMU Island Sports Center "Bubble" Neville Island

Time: (Note time change as of 11/23/2004)
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Attack/Defense/Goalie check in
4:45 PM - 6:00 PM Attack/Defense/Goalie clinic
6:00 PM - 6:30 PM Midfield/Goalie check in
6:30 PM - 7:45PM Midfield/Goalie clinic

Cost: $25.00 pre-registration (on-line and paid prior to event) $30.00 at door

On-Line Registration: www.bigshotlacrosse.com

Jan. 24 -7 :00 pm - WPSLA General Meeting - Mt. Lebanon High School, Room 395 (Choir Room)
Jan. 25 - 7:00 pm - MIDDLE SCHOOL Scheduling meeting for Western PA. in the Central Catholic HS Cafeteria. This is a MUST attend meeting for all Youth Coaches and Head Parents with Assistant coaches and all others welcome. Prior to meeting, please contact League Secretary; Paul Mathews at pmathews@navigatorprinting.com with any updated contact information for our directory along with indicating how many and what grades/ teams your school district will be potentially fielding for 2005. Please pass this message on to others in your program.

Jan. 29 - 2nd Annual Midwest Lacrosse Coaches Clinic - Click here for more info

Feb. 12 - CPR and FIRST AID COURSES - Click here for more info

Feb. 15 - Deadline for turning in schedules to ALOA and WPSLA Secretary
Feb. 15 - Deadline for sending dues to WPSLA Treasurer (Extended from Feb. 1 to match schedule deadline date.)
$350 - Full Members
$175 - Associate Members
Make Checks out to WPSLA and send to:
Peter Hoffman
423 Fox Chapel Rd.
Pittsburgh, PA. 15238

Feb. 21 - WPSLA Pre-Season Meeting - Cancelled

Pittsburgh, PA - April 14 - On Wednesday April 27, 2005 the Hampton Boys Lacrosse team will play a regular season divisional game against North Hills. This game will be a benefit game for the Justin Martinez Medical Fund.
Justin Martinez is a 17 year old sophomore at Hampton who is a former lacrosse player in the program. He was diagnosed with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH). All proceeds from this game (Donations, Concessions, 50/50 etc.) will benefit the Justin Martinez Medical Fund.
The game is at Hampton's Fridley Field with a 6:00 start for JV, 8:00 and start for Varsity. Come out and show your support for Justin. If you cannot attend and would like to make a donation please contact Dan Shea at laxcoachshea@yahoo.com and he will forward along any information.

Checks may be made payable to: "Justin Martinez Trust Fund" and sent to:
North District Credit Union
5321 William Flynn Hwy
Gibsonia PA 15044

* * * * * * * 2005 END OF SEASON MEETING * * * * * * * Monday, May 23 7:00 p.m. in the Sewickley Academy Hansen Library

The main focus of the meeting will be to select the end of season awards, though other matters will be discussed.

Every team, including associates, should have a rep at this meeting.

Reminder to coaches: Bring nominated player's addresses to the meeting so
USLacrosse can mail banquet invitations to those receiving awards
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The Sewickley Library has 4 large columns and is on the right hand side as you enter in the parking lot.

For directions to Sewickley Academy, check out the Sewickley website www.sewickley.org under the heading "Directions"

UPPER ST. CLAIR - 8 vs. MT. LEBANON - 6

Pennsylvania Semifinal
Tuesday, June 7 at 8:00 pm - Upper St. Clair
HEMPFIELD (CPSLA Champion) - 9
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UPPER ST. CLAIR (WPSLA Champion) - 3
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June 7 - 5:30 pm - CPSLA ALL STARS - 6 at WPSLA ALL STARS - 20

To US Lacrosse Foundation Coaches, Associations, Parents and Players:

The Pittsburgh Lacrosse Foundation Annual Awards Banquet is held to honor players, coaches, and others whose skill and conduct on the field and in their lives inspire a high regard for the discipline of the game of lacrosse.

You are cordially invited to the 2005 Annual Awards Banquet on Wednesday, June 8th at Edgewood Country Club. Registration begins at 6:00 pm. Dinner is at 7:00 pm and is followed by the awards ceremony. The cost is ten dollars per player and twenty dollars per adult. Payment of cash or checks (payable to the Pittsburgh Lacrosse Foundation) will be accepted at the registration table at the banquet.

If you plan to attend, please respond by e-mail to dlovasik@adelphia.net or call 412-220-2188 by June 5 and state the number of adults and players that are attending. Appropriate dress is required.

We hope you can join us as we celebrate an evening of lacrosse in Western Pennsylvania.

Darlene Lovasik

Annual Awards Banquet

Pittsburgh Lacrosse Foundation

Directions to Edgewood Country Club from Downtown:

Parkway East to the Churchill Exit; turn left onto Churchill Road, follow for 1 mile; turn into parking lot on the right.

Directions to Edgewood Country Club from Monroeville:

Exit the Parkway at Churchill Exit (on your left); turn left at the light onto Beulah Road; turn left at the next light onto Churchill Road; follow for 1½ miles; turn into parking lot on the right.

http://www.eccgolf.com/visitor/direction.asp

Pennsylvania State Championship

Haverford School Dominates Hempfield 19-9
Hershey, Pa. - June 11 - Haverford School got off to a 10-2 lead on the strength of the play of Co-MVPs Casey O'Rourke (4 goals) and Dan Maude (6 goals), and held off Hempfield to win the Keystone Cup - Pennsylvania's State Lacrosse Championship.

St. Louis, Mo. - June 24-25 - Mt. Lebanon's Jimmy Mullen just participated in the "USLacrosse Senior Showcase" played in St. Louis. He was one of three players from one from each region of the state of Pennsylania , who were part of 96 graduating seniors from across the U.S. There were four teams: EAST, WEST, NORTH & SOUTH. Jimmy was a member of the "North Team" of high school seniors who will play lacrosse for colleges next year which include Syracuse, Harvard, Cornell & others. Mullen will play for Dartmouth next year. Mullen scored the first goal in each of the two North games with a total of 5 goals for both games. In the end the North Team team won the tournament!

More info available on the US Lacrosse website, "Senior Showcase" at www.uslacrosse.org

Mt Lebanon, Pa - August 31 - Kee Joe Song has formally accepted the position of head coach of the Mt. Lebanon Boy's High School Lacrosse team. Kee Joe brings with him six years of coaching experience as well as over eight years of playing experience, all within the Mt. Lebanon district. He will be keeping those lacrosse players who are not participating in other WPIAL fall sports active in indoor and outdoor tournaments and training starting this fall. Kee Joe is presently in the process of
building his staff and we will advise everyone of these assistants as they are officially put in place.
Please help me in congratulating Kee Joe, and support him in his effort to continue the much envied and successful tradition of Blue Devil Lacrosse. It's great to see home grown talent come back as a coach and to continue to give back to the community as he did as a player not too many years ago. - Fred Norton, President, Mt. Lebanon Lacrosse