This page contains information about upcoming Lax Loons run Boys H.S. Summer Leagues.  Scroll down the page for information, schedules and registration links to the following Summer Leagues:

1. SE Metro Summer League @ Irish Dome in Rosemount
2. NW Metro Summer League @ Willowstone Pk in Brooklyn Pk
3. Buffalo Summer League & Clinics @ Buffalo HS

SE Metro Summer League
@ The Irish Dome in Rosemount

 09 NW Metro Summer League
@ Willowstone Park in Brooklyn Pk

Location: Willowstone Park in Brooklyn Park, MN

Dates:  Tues & Thursday nights June 16 (ten sessions total)
Starts: Tues June 16 Ends:  Thursday July 16
Times: from 5:00-8:30pm on one grass field. 

Format: There will be a total of three games played a night, two night a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Each team gets one game a night (Two 25 min. halves).

Cost: $125 a player and includes a reversible jersey, refs and 10 games on Tues and Thursday nights.

Questions: Call On-Site League Director is Matt Edlund (Champlin Pk head coach) cell 763-267-1458 (new cell #) or . Matt will be collecting checks and checking-in players. Please be ready to play 10 minutes prior to the start time of your game. Matt will also be officiating.

Registration Deadline Extended: Tues June 16th 2009...

NW Metro On-line Team Registration Form Links:
(click on you team's name (underlined) to be taken to the on-line registration form)

09 Teams... (we have combined teams with small rosters to make this a 4 team league)
1. Elk River / Armstrong Coach Mike Williams,
2. Anoka / Andover & Cooper- Contact April Meyers/Coach Belanger, 763-258-7803, 
3. Spring Lake Park / Champlin  Jason Sellers, 651-271-0749,
4. Blaine & Roseville - Coach/Contact, Josh Swart, 762-221-5721, 

JERSEYS: All player must bring their own reversible on June 16 & 18. League reversibles will be given out next week.

NW METRO GAME SCHEDULE:

Tues, June 16th
5:30 PM...Andover/Anoka vs. Blaine
7:00 PM...Elk River/Armstrong vs. Spring Lk Pk/Champlin/Free Agents

Thurs, June 18th
5:30 PM...Spring Lk Pk/Champlin/Free Agents vs. Blaine
7:00 PM...Andover/Anoka vs.Elk River/Armstrong 

FINAL TEAM ROSTERS
Spring Lk Pk & Champlin
Elk River & Armstrong
Anoka/Andover & Cooper
Blaine & Roseville (Pip)

NOTE: These rosters are now firm for Thursday June 25th thru the end of the summer league. We want to attempt to keep the rosters balanced by position so playing time is equal.

REMAINING GAME SCHEDULE
Games are 1 1/2 hours long (Three 25 minute periods)  

Tues, June 23rd
5:30 PM...Spring Lk Pk/Free Agents vs. Andover/Anoka
7:00 PM...Elk River/Armstrong/Champlin vs. Blaine

Thurs, June 25th
5:30 PM... Blaine/Roseville vs. Andover/Anoka/Cooper
7:00 PM...Elk River/Armstrong vs. Spring Lk Pk/Champlin

Tues, June 30th
5:30 PM...Spring Lk Pk/Champlin vs. Blaine/Roseville
7:00 PM...Andover/Anoka/Cooper vs.Elk River/Armstrong

Thurs, July 2nd
5:30 PM...Spring Lk Pk/Champlin vs. Andover/Anoka/Cooper
7:00 PM...Elk River/Armstrong vs. Blaine/Roseville

Tues, July 7th
5:30 PM... Blaine/Roseville vs. Andover/Anoka/Cooper
7:00 PM...Elk River/Armstrong vs. Spring Lk Pk/Champlin

Thurs, July 9th
5:30 PM...Spring Lk Pk/Champlin vs. Blaine/Roseville
7:00 PM...Andover/Anoka/Cooper vs.Elk River/Armstrong

Tues, July 14th
5:30 PM...Spring Lk Pk/Champlin vs. Andover/Anoka/Cooper
7:00 PM...Elk River/Armstrong vs. Blaine/Roseville

Thurs, July 16th (Champinships)
5:30 PM...1st Seed - Blaine/Roseville vs. 2nd Seed - Spring Lake Park/Champlin
7:00 PM...3rd Seed -  Elk River/Armstrong vs. 4th Seed - Andover/Anoka/Cooper

Directions to the Willowstone Park (NW Metro Sum League)... 
For directions use the address below and enter it as your destination using www.mapquest.com
Address: 1909 95th Ave., Brooklyn Park, MN 55444

FROM South & West - Take Hwy 169 No to Hwy 610 east to to Noble Parkway in Brooklyn Park (go left at the end of the ramp) north past the Noble Sports Complex and make a right onto 97th. Go about a mile and make a right onto Newton (into the neighborhood) and then a left on 95th. The park is on the right. 

 

 09 Buffalo Boys H.S. Summer League
@ Buffalo High School in Buffalo

Location: Buffalo Community Center in Buffalo, MN
Dates:  Tuesdays (1 night a week) June 16, 23, 30 - July 7, 14, 21, 28, Aug 4 (8 game sessions total)
Starts Date: Tuesday night June 16th.
Times: from 5:00-8:30pm on one grass field.
 
Format: There will be a total of two games played a night and a clinic in between. Each team gets one game a night (Two 25 min. halves) and a clinic covering a different individual and team concept each night. We will combine teams/players from Buffalo, MontiQuois and St Cloud into two teams, as it looks like Wayzata and Delano will have enough players for their own teams.

Registration Deadline: Tuesday June 16th.THERE ARE STILL SOME OPENINGS: Most teams still have openings, so tell your buddies they can still sign up as the registration deadline has been extended to Tues, June 16th 2009.  You can bring a check to the 1st session on Tues June 16th

Cost: $85 a player and includes a reversible jersey, refs and 8 games one night a week on Tuesdays.The goal being to prepare the Fr/So players for varsity with instruction provided by the league coordinator covering one individual skill and one team concepts each session).  Prior two or after each hour long game there will be a group clinic covering the following: 

Ind Skill                              Team Concept 

Stick Protection                  Beating a double team
Checking                            Sliding from crease
Feeding                              Crease Play - Picking Opposite
Ground Balls                       Boxing out & Man Ball Release (butt/face/chin technique) 
Dodging                              Sweeps & No/So Dodges
Shooting                             Moving without the ball to create space
Box Moves                          Picking for Ball - Pick & Roll, etc 
Passing                              Clearing & Two on One's

Buffalo League On-line Team Registration Form Links:  (click on you team's name (underlined) to be taken to the on-line registration form)

09 Teams...Links are live!
1. Delano - Coach & Contact, Dan Willette, 612-554-2548,  
2. Montiquois - Coach/Contact, Tony Brion, 763-229-1333,
3. Buffalo -  CoachTBA, Contact, Erick Peterson,
4. St Cloud - Coach/Contact, Tim Ramler, 320-266-8176,
5. Wayzata - Coach/Contact, George Southwick, 612-581-5541,

Free Agent (register here if your HS is not in the League, but you want to be placed on a team)

Questions: Email or call On-Site League Coordinator, Erick Peterson or 612.709.0293 cell. 

JERSEYS: All player must bring their own reversible on thee first June 16th. League reversibles will be given out next week.

BUFFALO SUMMER LEAGUE SCHEDULE & TEAMS:
The site Director, Erick Peterson (Buffalo head coach) will be running the clinic with help form Mark Hellenack and other quest coaches/players. Jay Montz and Mark Hellenack will be the officials. The game will be 1.5 hours long (3 25 minute periods) and the schedule will be as follows:

GENERAL INFORMATION

PLAYER REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Mon June 8th 2009 for all summer Leagues

USL MEMBERSHIP:  You have to be a US Lacrosse member for the insurance component for the Summer Leagues and most camps, clinics and leagues outside of the high school spring season. Simply include your USL membership number on the registration form to avoid any additional insurance fee. Players that are not USL members must pay a $8 insurance fee that will waive the USLacrosse membership requirement and insure them for participating in the summer league.

GRADE LEVEL: The Lax Loons high school summer leagues are for players that were in the 9-12th grades in the spring of 2009. So, no 8th graders are allowed unless (exception) they played varsity or JV and have the size and skill to compete with HS players. 7-8th graders have a YML run summer league they can play in, so we discourage 8th graders playing up. If you want to play up contact Mark Hellenack at or 952-938-2723 to discuss.

LEVEL OF PLAY: Just like high school lacrosse in the spring the level of play will vary by each team you play and who shows up that night. The most important things to consider for summer league is the amount of playing time, location convenience, cost and good facilities. The Lax loons Boys HS Summer Leagues are all low cost and on week day nights in the same location (there may be some cross league games) and they don't interfere with weekends.

TEAM REGISTRATION: For now we are taking the coaches word that they will have a team. We will hold your team a spot as long as you can get a minimum of 15-25 players registered by the deadline of June 8th 2009.  Team managers and coaches must instruct their players to register on-line at www.laxloons.com (see links above) and pay by credit card or check before the June 8th deadline.

COACHE'S STIPEND: Coaches will be paid a $150-$200 stipend depending on the League, at the end of the season for coaching a team. If your team needs a coach, please let Mark Hellenack know and he will try and find a qualified college player eager to coach your team. All coaches are responsible for collecting late registration checks and verifying rosters and roster openings. Questions contact Mark Hellenack at 952-938-2723 or email 

COACHES NEEDED: Not all teams will have coaches able to work this summer, so we are looking for college age or older players and coaches to be boys HS summer league team coaches. Coaches will be paid a $150-$200 stipend for the season and can also referee if they are certified. 

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER REGISTRATION BUT YOUR HS TEAM IS NOT PLAYING IN THE SUMMER LEAGUE: If you want to play but your school does not have a team playing in the Summer League you must contact a team that is participating (the coach or team manager/contact) directly and ask to be placed on that team. Given the okay, all you have to do is register for that team using the on-line registration form for that team.

JERSEYS: Reversible jerseys will be provided to the coaches on the 2nd session at each Summer League location.  You must be paid and have registered with a coach to receive a jersey.
JERSEY NOTE: For the first session of summer league we ask that all players bring a reversible jersey.

WHAT IS THE SCHEDULE The schedule will be posted on Lax Loons.com by Saturday June 6^th and emailed to all registered players and coaches.  

RULES: All changes are on the fly (no horn) and the referees will keep time and penalties on the field (Two 25 minute halves). All other Federated H.S. Association lacrosse rules will be used (10 sec rule, etc) with the following exceptions:

a. penalties will be time and a halve, so a 30 sec tech foul = 45 sec, 1 minute = 1 1/2 min.
b. each team has one 1-minute timeout per game to stay on schedule.
c. games that are tied at the end of regulation remain tied (again to stay on schedule) or time permitting, we will use the Brave-heart tie break method (1 on 1 face-off with goalies/1st goal wins.) 
d. no horns are allowed in a running-time game.
e. we will call a 45 second technical foul if the player has a legal mouth guard hanging from his facemask or partially in his mouth and call it a 1:30 minute Non Releasable personal foul otherwise, if he has no mouth guard.
f. we will be very lax (so to speak) about uniform and equipment issues like compression shorts not matching and altered shoulder pads.
g. All players are asked to show up 10-15 minute prior to their game time and be ready to play on the hour.

Severe Weather Game Cancellation Policy: Thunder/lightning storms cancel games. Rain will not. Call your On-Site Supervisor with weather questions. We will do our best to reschedule games, but can not guarantee any make-up games due to limited field availability over the summer. NOTE: If there is lightning one hour prior to game time and the field is saturated with rain the site supervisor will call the games off and contact all the team contacts. Otherwise, if these conditions do not exist, the decision to cancel will be made on site prior to the start of each game. Once a game begins, the official are in charge and will delay a game by 30 minute when they see lighting strikes nearby and only restart after the 30 minutes.

09 Summer League On-site Supervisors and League Director:

SE Metro - Irish Dome in Rosemount - Sam Farrington (SJU player) 952-334-4434 cell or .

NW Metro – Willowstone Park - Matt Edlund (Champlin Pk head coach) 763-267-1458 cell or  .

Buffalo - Buffalo MS/Community Center - Erick Peterson (Buffalo head coach),

Loons Summer League Director - Mark Hellenack (all Lax Loons summer leagues) 952-938-2723 hm/off