Cincinnati Lacrosse News

2011-Mar-11: Cinci Men's Schedule Released
Fellas,

I have attached and included below the final version of the schedule. A few things about the schedule:

-We have two very important away game weekends, 5/14-15 and 6/5. Both are Cleveland trips. The first are all games vs. Chicago teams and the second one is our required Cleveland game and another vs Motor City. These 2 weekends account for over half of our games and could provide us a lot of points for the league scoring system. Do what you can to make them.

-As far as the scoring for the league is concerned the "Ohio Division" games are the most important. So if we beat all the teams in our Divison we automatically get a BID to the tournament.

-Again let me know if there are any major conflicts with any of the weekends, its not too late to change games but its getting there.

Any new recruits intown? Get them out to the games, we had a few guys "retire" and a few others move away. We could use a few more guys on the roster.

The team will be hosting a happy hour in the upcoming weeks so watch for that message.

nono

2011-Jan-26: Cinci Mens Putting Together Vail Team
Guys: I now have the official invites in for the VAIL 2011 Tournament. They have lowered the MASTERS division minimum age down to age 30. You must turn 30 by the end of 2011. Game dates for the Masters are June 25, 26, 27. SuperMasters (Ages 40+), June 25-28.

I am interested in fielding a MASTERS division team for sure this year. Anyone interested please respond ASAP. I have a sponsor in the local village, and I plan to cover the tournament fee myself if I get a decent response. I have to respond initially by FEB 15 so please give this some thought and let me know if you would like to play in Vail this summer. Send me name, age, position and college you are alumni of. Whether I get a team or not I am for sure going since I will be playing again for Air Force in the SuperMasters. Anyone age 40+ on the club who wants to play in Vail can play for both my AF team and the Masters team since over 30 guys are allowed to play in the Masters. Only problem there would be the possibility of overlapping game times since both divisions play at the same time. I have attached some initial info sent to me by the Vail committee.

I might also try to field an ELITE division, (all ages), team this summer as well...so any of you guys interested in playing in the Vail ELITE division, also let me know. The ELITES play June 30th - July 4th. MJ

Mike Jakobi, CFP
trinityfinancialDING@DONGcinci.rr.com (remove the 'ding' and 'dong' from the email to get the real email address)

2011-Jan-25: Womens Club Beer Pong Fund Raiser
Guys,

The women's post collegiate Lacrosse Team is having a fundraiser this weekend. Its a beer pong tournament. They are looking for anyone that wants to show up. The details are below. They have a FaceBook page for the "The Cincinnati Royal Cup". I'll post it to my FaceBook page.

Time Saturday, January 29 at 7:00pm - January 30 at 2:00am

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Location Cincinnati Queens Lacrosse Complex
1241 Corbett Avenue
Cincinnati, OH

More Info Beer Pong Tournament!
$5 / team, BYOB
Winner gets a BOSSY PRIZE.
Write your team name along with participants on the wall to register.
This is an athletic jersey party, so wear your favorite team's jersey!
All proceeds benefit the Cincinnati Queens Women's Lacrosse team.

2010-Dec-15: Fund Raiser for Severely Injured Lax Players
remove the DING@DONG to get the real email address and remove the -111- to get the real phone number

From Mike Kinney:

Guys,

I talked to A.J. last night and they are adding a 40+ division for this great event....could be a lot of fun (and bragging rights) for the Old Dog Lacrosse players out there!!!!

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 3:51 PM, jb jones johnb.jonesDING@DONGyahoo.com wrote:

--- On Tue, 12/14/10, AJ Auld ajDING@DONGtitaniumlacrosse.com wrote:

From: AJ Auld ajDING@DONGtitaniumlacrosse.com
Subject: Fundraiser for 2 Severely Injured Lacrosse Players ~ Dec 29 4-6pm Field Sports, Dublin
To: Paul.BalcerzakDING@DONGacs-inc.com
Cc: John.MinnisDING@DONGalliancedata.com
Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 3:34 PM
Gentlemen,

I would very much appreciate if you could spread the word about the fundraiser for these two young Dublin Jerome lacrosse players. I have attached a document which details the fundraiser. The more PR we can get surrounding this story, the more donations we can direct towards these families in need.

Mark Burkholder is a sophomore for Dublin Jerome High School. As you will read, he suffered a major head injury late in the summer. He is battling through this very near-death experience and is now faced with relearning everything (walking, talking, eating, etc.).

Ian Burkhart is a 2009 grad who played goalie at Dublin Jerome. Ian suffered a spinal injury on June 13 that has left him paralyzed. He currently only has basic arm movement (no movement of his wrists or hands) and no movement from his chest down. His first year non-covered medical expenses will approach $500,000.

Both boys represented themselves and the game of lacrosse with the highest esteem.

"Shots for Mark & Ian" will be held at Field Sports in Dublin on Wednesday, December 29th from 4-6pm.

Many thanks to Field Sports for squeezing us in to provide complimentary field space during this busy time over winter break. Warrior and Brine lacrosse have donated a bunch of great items as prizes for the fastest shots in each division.

It would be great to have all lacrosse supporters, particularly current and former Central Ohio players, come out to support the cause.

Please pass this message to those in the lacrosse community as this is a great opportunity for us to come together to support two players in need.

Thank you,

AJ Auld
Dublin Jerome Lacrosse
614-111-562-8082

2010-Nov-16: John Christmas: free lacrosse clinic at Moeller HS
Fellas

Hope all is well. If anyone is interested there is a FREE LACROSSE
CLINIC at Moeller H.S. this Saturday from 3PM - 4:30PM. Johnny
Christmas is flying in and will be running the clinic. Read up on him
at Cincinnati Elite Lacrosse.

Please stop by if you can and let your lacrosse communities know about
this. We are also having a "Meet and Greet" with Johnny Christmas after
at Hahana Beach in Mariemont from 6PM - 8PM.

This will be the first and last email to the "Men's Club" email list
that I send out.

Thanks,

PK

2010-Sep-20: SlowBreakers Beat L'Ville on Last Second Shot
We showed up a little thin, 13 or so but still pulled out the win. We held the lead most of the game but they were able to tie it up at the end of the fourth. I bet Dan set that up so he could put in the winning goal in with seconds to spare. I think the final was 11-10 good guys. Start running now for the Oct 30th tournament. We need to own this tournament this year and we are looking at making it bigger, better, with more games. Lets see everyone hit the pavement a couple times a week from here on out

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Good morning SB's! Little stiff today? I watched Tom McDonald unfold himself and cramp up before he could get into his car after our drive back from the 'ville. Good Times! Anyway, as Andy pointed out we came home with a W! Defense was solid and goal keeping was 'el fuego! Kurt came up with a couple of Tillman Johnson like saves at the end of the game coupled with some smothering defense to set up Fisher's game winner with about 15-20 seconds left. Though we were short, everyone's effort to keep SB's in the game was 100%. I will try to set up a warm up possibly the weekend of 10/23 to get us set up the 30th. Clear you calendars for the 30th and lets get a team on the field that can win our own Tourny. We definitely have 6 teams and we may end up with 8. More to follow....

Gregg

2010-Aug-01: Columbus Old Dogs Bite Cinci SlowBreakers
Hey SlowBreakers:

Just a quick recap of last weekends Columbus trip. First, thanks to the guys who made the trip, a little thin but not too bad for Summer vaca. season etc...We ended up coming up a little short against the Old Dogs, final score 10-7. We played well through the first half tied at 4-4. Defense and Goalkeeping was solid and thanks to Dan Fisher we kept it close (4 or 5 g?). It was HOT and I think we ran out of gas at the end. Though we discussed playing a second shorter game, the Old Dogs had "refreshments" and their mind and called it a day. In post game analysis/beers/cookout provided by the Old Dogs they had a great time and look forward to playing us again and offered to come travel to Cinci for a rematch. I am shooting for September. Also, we are ramping up for the Second Annual Halloween Classic and are looking for a suitable location for October.

That's all for now.

Gregg

PS. Thanks to the Dayton guys who traveled up to Columbus to help out

2010-Jul-25: Trenton, OH HS Looking for a Head Lacrosse Coach
Tom:

Hello my name is Ken i am with Cougar Lacrosse up in Trenton, Ohio we are in need of a Head Coach. We are a High School Boys Club Team if you can maybe help us out by posting or by word of mouth it will be appreciated.

Thanks
Ken Pottorf (Cougar Lax)
kpotorfDING@DONGgmail.com (remove the 'ding' and 'dong' to get the real email address)

2010-Jun-08: Cincinnati Bests Pittsburgh
We played Pittsburgh on Sunday. We traveled with 12 guys, though this time our low numbers didn't matter. We won 15-10. Nice game to all those that made it.

Next games will be the tournament, June 26-27, in Detroit. I'm pretty confident we will qualify based on the new point system but the official word should be in from the league by the end of the week. The tourney is double elimination, with anywhere from 8-10 teams. Games will start early Saturday (9-10amish) and the championships are on Sunday and there is a tournament party on Saturday night.

Assuming we qualify we need to do a little planning. First I need to know who can go? Then we can figure out hotels and other travel plans like renting vans (if there is interest). We will probably need to travel up on Friday evening due to early game unless people want to leave at really early Saturday (6/26).

I don't want to waste my time planning if we don't have enough guys to make a decent showing or run at the tourney. After we get a good sense of who's in and out we can go from there. Based on the talent we have if we roll with a good team we could win it, because this is a travel/away game for everyone. SO EMAIL ME IF YOU CAN MAKE IT.

thanks,
nono

2010-May-24: Cincinnati 1-1 This Weekend
We ended up 1-1. We handled Louisville in the second game, the first game didn't go as well. We lost to Cleveland 12-16. Overall the game went well we traded goals most of the game but couldn't pull away. We just had a major break down in the 3rd quarter, they scored 4 unanswered goals. We could have used a few more bodies, they traveled and had double the subs we had. Thanks to everyone who made it.

We are off this coming weekend for the Holiday. Next games will be 6/6 in Pittsburgh. We need to travel with a good squad. Pittsburgh has really improved over the last few years. If we take enough guys we have the option to play 2 games, but I'm not going to arrange for 2 games if we only roll with less 16-17 .

Start planning now if you're going. I know a few guys are planning to travel up Saturday and explore the night life. Reply to all if you are interested in going up early and then coordinate with each other. I am going to need to leave the morning of, which will be early, 7 am ish. Let me know if you are going.

I'll send out more details next week.

nono-

2010-May-18: Cincinnati Mens Beats Columbus in OT
We had a good win vs. Columbus. We went into overtime, but won 12-11. This is the first time we beat them in about 5 years. I guess the planets were in the correct alignment or maybe it was all the young guys showing and contributing. Great turnout we actually had more subs than Columbus. Good to see the extra recruiting effort. Thanks to everyone that made it.

Next Sunday 5/23 we are playing Cleveland, which is an important league game, and Louisville which is just an extra game. The schedule is as follows:
Game #1- 12:00 Cincy vs. Cleveland
Game #2 - 1:30 Cleveland vs. Louisville
Game #3 - 3:00 Cincy vs. Louisville.
The times for game #2 and #3 are estimates, we will just be playing one game after the other with short breaks in between. These games will be at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy.

Email or call me with questions. See you Sunday.

nono