TOURNAMENT THIS SATURDAY
We need to be at the fields by 3P this Saturday! we wikll be playing on field #1 for our first game against Middletown
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE!!!!!! FOR JUNE 5TH
The end of year tournament schedule is in!
@4PM- MIDDLETOWN @5PM- HAGERSTOWN GOLD @6PM- SPIRES RED
This will give us a chance to beat undefeated Middletown and avenge our only 2 losses of the year the Hagerstown Gold and Spires RED.
Lets end the year on a high note and show these teams what SMITHSBURG LACROSSE is all about!!!
Boys end season on 4 game win streak beating FSK 9-1!
The boys easily took care of FSK beating them 9-1. Ryan Karroll had another great game getting 6 points (2 goals and 4 assists). John Wagner and Garrett Ghafir each had 2 goals. Joe Cole got his first goal and Luke Grove and Josh Thomas also added goals. Dan Pastwa had 2 assists and josh Thomas had 1. Kyle Geblein led the team defensively with 10 GB's and 4 clears. Steven Rishell had 3 GB's and 4 clears. Austin Grove and Zach Schaeffer both had 5 saves shutting down FSK.
Special recognition goes to the new players who all had a great game yesterday and have improved through the year. Justin Buckley playing through a broken wrist. Joe Allen-Cole getting his first goal of the year.
Wil Wiles playing attack making a couple good catches and passing and Scott Morton getting to a couple ground balls and clearing them out.
Good article about the ARMY lacrosse team
Army Lax
Smithsburg sweeps Brunswick with 10-3 victory
After 2 lightning delays the boys played their best game of the season in the high school stadium in shutting down visiting Brunswick and snapping their 7 game win streak. The boys were led offensively by Ryan Karroll 2G and 4A, Garrett Ghafir 2G and 1A, Josh Thomas 2G and 1A, John Wagner and Dan Pastwa both had 2G and Garrett Brenk had an assist.
Defensively Kyle Geblein and Steven Rishell combined for 8 ground balls and 15 clears. Ben Lapole, Brad Johnson, and Scott Morton all played tough and had a ground ball each.
Zach Schaeffer was unbeatable in goal stopping several point blank chances
that took the wind out of Brunswick. Zach had 10 saves and got the victory!
We had a couple injuries again this week with Dan getting stepped on and cut. We are all hoping for a speedy recovery Dan.
GAME TONIGHT !!!!!!
PLEASE CHECK EMAILS AND WEBSITE FOR INFO ON TONIGHTS GAME. WEATHER FORECAST IS FOR THUNDERSTORMS
High school playoffs tonight!
The girls play Catoctin @ 5:30P and the Boys play Long Reach @ 6:30P at the high school.
Last Home Game
Friday nights game will be the U-15's last home game. Hopefully it will be at the high school stadium at 6:30 wheather permitting. Most of these boys have been playing together for 4 years so lets make sure we have a good turnout to see the boys play. The next time you'll get to see these guys play in Smithsburg will be next year for the high school. They are playing Brunswick who is 7-1 with their only loss coming against the boys in the first week of the season. This is going to be a tough game and the boys could use a little home crowd magic! Invite all your friends and family.
No practice Friday 5/7
No practice this Friday. Have a great Mothers day weekend and be ready to get back to work on Monday. Next game is next Friday 5/14 against Brunswick
Boys move to 7-2 on the year beating Catoctin 4-2
Smithsburg pulled off the season sweep beating Catoctin 4-2. This was a real gut check for the boys and it wasn't as easy as the first game against Catoctin. With 3 players not in the lineup and 5 more getting injured during the game this was a typical Catoctin slugfest. With Austin making 10 great saves in goal and the defense locking down the Cougars our offense scored just enough to get out with a victory. Josh had a goal and 2 assists, Ryan had a goal and an assist, Justin and Garrett Brenk both scored and Dan had an assist. Josh, Kyle, Dan and Steven all had at least 5 ground balls and Kyle had 7 clears. Brad Johnson played some great D in the last quarter and Marco made a great interception of a pass in our defensive zone and got it out of trouble with under 2 minutes left. Get some rest and heal up the next game in 5/14 against Brunswick!
Smithsburg beats Hagerstown at North High Stadium 8-6
The boys survived the heat and Hagerstown Black to win 8-6 at North High stadium. Leading the scoring was Josh Thomas 1G & 2A, Garrett Ghafir 2G & 1A,Ryan Karroll 1G 1A, John Wagner 1G 1A,Luke Grove 1G 1A, Kyle Geblein 1G and scoring his first goal Austin Grove 1G. Leading the way on defense Kyle had 7 clears and 6 gb's. Steven had 3 clears and 2 gb's Joe Allen -Cole had 5 gb's and John Wagner had 6 gb's and 5 faceoff wins. Zach had 10 saves for the win.
PICTURE DAY Tomorrow at 5:20P
All boys are to be at the field at 5:20P for the team picture. Please have full uniform on and we will have practice afterwards
Catoctin 5/8/10 GAME RESCHEDULED to 5/3/10
The Catoctin game has been rescheduled from 5/8/10 to 5/3/10 at 6:30P in Catoctin. There will be no games next Saturday 5/8/10. If anyone needs a ride to the Catoctin game because its on a weeknight and some people might have a hard time making it on time please let me know and I can look for rides. I can take a couple and I'm sure we can get some other volunteers to give rides. The boys should try and be there at 5:45P
Boys split doubleheader. Beat Spires7-4 and lose 10-7 to Hagerstown Gold
The boys split their second double header with a win against Spires 7-4 and a tough loss after a 5 goal second half comeback against Hagerstown Gold 10-7.
In the game against Spires Josh, Ryan, John, Justin, Garrett G., Luke, and Steven had goals. Dan had 2 assists and Luke and Josh both had an assist. Kyle, Steven, and Joe each had 2 ground balls. Steven had 3 clears and Austin had 9 saves in goal.
In the Hagerstown Gold game. Daniel and Ryan each had 2 goals, Marco, Josh, and Steven had goals. Josh had 2 assists Dan, Ryan, and Garrett G. all had an assist. Joe had 3 ground balls. Kyle had 2 clears. John dominated the face off circle with 6 face off wins and Zach and Austin combined for 14 saves
Big Birthday Weekend
This weekend we have 2 birthdays to celebrate! Austin Grove on Saturday and Steven Rishell on Sunday. Both boys would like a double header sweep for their birthdays so lets wish them a happy birthday and go out and win 2 on Saturday!!!!!
HAPPY 14TH BIRTHDAY GUYS!
New practice schedule
From now on practices will be held on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Boys beat Mt. Airy 5-2!
Great defense and goaltending and just enough offense to get by Mt. Airy for the 5-2 win. Ryan Karroll had 2 goals and an assist, Garrett Ghafir had a goal and assist,Luke Grove and Garrett Brenk both had goals and Steven Rishell, John Wagner, and Dan Pastwa had assists. Zach Schaeffer came up big with 9 saves. Kyle led the team with 3 gb's and 3 clears on defense.
Pictures from Mt. Airy game
Mt.Airy game
Thanks to Erin Schaeffer for the fantastic pictures!
Boys split doubleheader 3-4 and 11-4
April 11, 2010
The boys started off with a loss to Spires Red in overtime 4-3 with goals by Ryan (2) and Josh (1) they played a great game defensively with Kyle getting 8 clears. Luke, Garrett B., Garret G.,Ryan, and Kyle all had 4 or more ground balls. Austin had some outstanding saves in goal.
The second game saw the boys come around and take their frustrations out on Chambersburg 11-4. Josh had 3 goalss and 2 assists, Ryan had 2 goals and an assist, Garrett B. had 3 goals, Garrett G. had a goal and 2 assists,John Fraser had a goal and an assist, Luke had a goal, and Daniel and Bradley D. both had assists. Garrett B. and Kyle both had 5 ground balls and Kyle and Steven both had 3 clears. Zach picked up the win in goal and had 7 saves.
Jersey night
Jersey Night!
Tuesday, April 6th is Jersey Night at Smithsburg High School. All SYLC players who are wearing their jersey will get into the high school game for free!
The JV game starts at 5:00 - Smithsburg vs. North High! and the Varsity game starts at 6:30 - Smithsburg vs. Brunswick!
Please note: only players wearing their jersey will get in for free. All family members and friends pay regular price. $4 for adults and $2 for students.
Practice resumes tomight at 5:30
The grades are in!
We'd like to give a big hand to our team for not only being good lacrosse players but good students also! 11 of our boys made the honor roll the 4th marking period. Keep up the good work guys.
Washington County high school lacrosse preview
lax preview
SHS INVITATIONAL THIS WEEKEND
Smithsburg High School Invitational is this weekend on April 3 at 10:00am.
Practice Schedule for this week
U15 boys practicing M/T only this week.
Team Pictures
TEAM PICTURES scheduled for April 24 and 25. More details to come.
Boys move to 2-0 with 8-1 win over Catoctin!
Playing Catoctin is never easy but we should all be proud of the composure
our team showed today playing a much bigger team that racked up 13 personal fouls and several unsportsman like fouls and warnings.
That said our boys kept their heads in the game and made them pay dearly for the rough play with crisp passing and ball movement that frustrated Catoctin all afternoon.
The offense was led by Ryan Karroll's 4 goals and 2 assists, Josh Thomas 4 assists and goal, Dan Pastwa's 2 goals. Assists by Garrett Brenk, Joseph Allen-Cole, and Steven Rishell.
Special congrats to Justin Buckley on getting his first goal!!
Leading the way defensively was Kyle Geblein with 8 ground balls and 5 clears. Steven Rishell also had a big game defensively with 6 ground balls and 2 clears and adding an assist for good measure. John Fraser also had 4 ground balls and won 2 faceoffs.
Zach Schaeffer faced seven shots and saved six to get his second win of the season.
This was a total team effort as everyone pitched in. After being hit by some big and questionable hits Ben Lapole, Luke Grove, and Corey Gibson
all got back up and continued to play through the pain to help ensure the win. Great job guys. You get a weeks rest to heal up.
Next game is a double header against Spires Red and Chambersburg at home April 10th. 4:30p and 6p
IMPORTANT SCHEDULE CHANGE FOR 5/1/10!
The time for the May 1st game at North Hagerstown High School has been changed from 6:30pm to 5:00pm. You will need to be at the stadium by 4:15pm ready to go. We will also remind everyone of this change when it gets closer to the game date.
Boys start off with a victory against Brunswick
After a rusty start the boys pulled together in the second half and defeated Brunswick 7-4. Led by great goaltending by Zach Schaeffer and a strong defensive effort led by Kyle Geblein, Ben Lapole, and Steven Rishell. Offensively the scoring was led by Dan Pastwa (2), Garrett Brenk (2), Garrett Ghafir, Brad Delauter, and Josh Thomas with goals. Josh and Ryan Karroll both had 3 assists each.
A strong effort by the entire team including
Marco, Austin, Luke, John F.,Corey,and Brad J. adding some much needed energy
A great effort also by our 4 new players Joseph Allen-Cole, Justin Buckley, Will Wiles, and Scott Morton.
Schedule
schedule
Back to Main Schedule Search Page 3/20/2010 1:30pm WMYLC Smithsburg-V / Brunswick-H @ Brunswick HS 3/27/2010 12:00pm WMYLC Catoctin-V / Smithsburg-H @ Smithsburg HS 4/10/2010 4:30pm WMYLC Spires Red-V / Smithsburg-H @ Smithsburg HS 4/10/2010 6:00pm WMYLC Chambersburg-V / Smithsburg-H @ Smithsburg HS 4/17/2010 4:30pm WMYLC Smithsburg-V / Mt. Airy-H @ Twin Ridge Elem. 4/24/2010 1:30pm WMYLC Spires Black-V / Smithsburg-H @ Smithsburg HS 4/24/2010 3:00pm WMYLC Hagerstown Gold-V / Smithsburg-H @ Smithsburg HS 5/1/2010 6:30pm WMYLC Smithsburg-V / Hagerstown Black-H @ North Hagerstown HS 5/8/2010 12:00pm WMYLC Smithsburg-V / Catoctin-H @ Eyler Park 5/15/2010 1:30pm WMYLC Brunswick-V / Smithsburg-H @ Smithsburg HS 5/22/2010 1:30pm WMYLC Smithsburg-V / FSK-H @ Taneytown Food Lion
Directions and maps to our AWAY games
Directions and maps to our AWAY games are now listed under the directions link on the left side of the page
FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON!!
Our first game of the year is this Saturday March 20th at 1:30P at Brunswick high school. Try and be there by 12:45 dressed and ready for warmups. It is about a 45 minute ride
VOLUNTEERS
March 5, 2010
We are looking for some volunteers. We have a scorekeeper for home games but we will need some people to run the clock and on away games we will need a scorekeeper. Anyone that would like to volunteer for any duties please let the coaches or team mom know.
Thanks for your help
IMPORTANT PRACTICE SCHEDULE CHANGE!
Practices will be held on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays. From 5:15-dark until the clocks change. Then we will move to 5:30-7.
Welcome back coaches letter
Welcome to a new Lacrosse season. My name is Dan Geblein. I will be your head coach this year. Kurt Schaeffer and Sam Ghafir will be the assistant coaches. The season will be starting on Mar 1, 2010. As you know U15 lacrosse is about preparing the players for high school level lacrosse, but is not about equal playing time. It is about competing and attempting to win each game. All players will get playing time in every game, but the best players will get the most. No starting position is guaranteed to any player. If a player works hard and shows an extraordinary lacrosse skill they will start that week. Lacrosse is a skill sport that requires practice, especially on days that we are not practicing as a team.
So what does that mean? It means keep that stick in your hands everyday.
This year I expect all players to make every practice. We will be practicing M/W/F at the high school practice field from 5:15-dark, until the clocks change then it will be 5:30-7. We will work harder than we have ever worked in the past. The bulk of this team knows what it means to go undefeated and I expect nothing less this year.
The only acceptable reasons to miss practice are the following: (Please call me before practice)
1. You are sick.
2. You have a ton of homework. (School comes first, parents please let me know if your son is struggling in school)
3. You have a family emergency.
4. You are currently playing on a club lacrosse team and have a practice to attend for that team. (other sports are not included)
5. Unexpected traffic delays or overtime at work (parents I totally understand this) Please contact me if your son needs a ride.
The first week of practice we plan to practice Monday Mar 1, Tuesday Mar 2, and Friday Mar 5. The coaches have a conflict that Wednesday.
Parents you can contact me with any questions. My number is 240-527-5600.
Some tidbits for you:
The club requires that all players participate in the fundraiser. We rely on the fundraiser to keep our registration cost low.
All paperwork needs to go to the team mom, Wendy Ghafir. This allows the coaches to spend the most time teaching your son.
All paperwork needs to be turned in on time, please.
I understand that at some point you will be upset at me or one of the other coaches. If you do have any issues, please talk to us after practice and I will gladly discuss it with you. Please don't hold it in.
Just remember the coaches and I are volunteers and we do make mistakes, we welcome anyone who wants to help out.
I am looking forward to coaching your kids this season. Hopefully they will learn something new this year and have a blast playing this awesome game! I do encourage the parents to buy their own stick and learn the game as well.
See you at practice,
Dan Geblein
SYLC president and U15 head coach
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