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Cheyenne Mountain Girl’s Lacrosse Clinic/Playday, March 4th, 2007 El  Pomar Field 10am-4pm

Many of you might remember that the CC women's team had its best showing last year in the NCAA Division III finals. They finished 4th- best ever for a west-of-the-Mississippi team. As a result, they're getting to host a lot more games at home this year, and that means that we get to have some GREAT lacrosse here in town.

The home games are all here, all free, and if you can make them, you should. If anyone's interested in carpooling, post something on the discussion board (on the right) and we'll try to get something together. (Note that the March 1,3,4,5 matchups are not just CC games)

      Date          Time         Matchup        

Wed 3/1            3:30       CC vs. Redlands

Fri 3/3              3:30        Redlands vs. U. Dallas

Fri 3/3              3:30        CC vs. Linfield

Sat 3/4             12:00      Linfield vs. Dallas 

Sun 3/5            12:00       CC vs. Dallas

Sun 3/5            12:00       Linfield vs. Redlands

Wed 3/15          6:00        CC vs. Drew

Sun 3/26           3:00        CC vs. Claremont

Wed 3/39          4:00        CC vs. Colby

Fri 4/7              4:00        CC vs. UCSB

Fri 4/28            4:00        CC vs. CU Boulder (club team)

These are from last summer's World cup. There are some great pictures (a link to all of them is below). However, take a look at these:

Look at the Australian player is positioned- hips square to her opponent, stick mirroring hers, and feet moving side-to-side

Now HERE'S a double team. Look at how freaked out the Canadian player looks. Both Scotticsh players are coming at her strong side, so she's going to have to either step back, roll to her weak side, or try and get rid of the ball.

The Scottish player has completely beaten her defender, by bringing the stick across her body (to protect it), and powering past. Check out the look on the defender's face: "Huh? Where'd she go????"

The links for MANY more pictures are:

http://www.lax.com/bimages/1461/1

http://www.lax.com/bimages/1462/1

http://www.lax.com/bimages/1463/1

The USA Women's National Lacrosse team is setting up workshops in 17 cities for youth and high school girls' lacrosse players (ages 10-18). These clinics are an excellent opportunity for youth and high school girls to learn from the best players in the United States.

We are extremely lucky to have one of these clinics right here in lil' 'ol Colorado Springs.  The details of the clinic are:

Date:  Saturday, February 11, 2006
Time:  9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Ages:  10 - 18
Location:  The Classical Academy
Cost:  $35, limited to 100 girls
Local Contact:  Meredith Diamond - mdiamond@d20.co.edu
Registration Deadline:  Wednesday, February 8th, 2006

Click here for a link to register.