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] FEATURES LACROSSE MAGAZINE >> MARCH 2012 >> VOLUME 36/NUMBER 3


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>> EVOLUTION OF THE HYBRID


An infl ux of Canadian-born players in NCAA Division I men’s lacrosse has some advocating a new model of youth development in the U.S.— thinking outside the box by playing in it. Pictured: Ohio State All-American Logan Schuss.


36 >> SMASHING PEACHES Led by senior goalkeeper Katie Florence, the 2011 Atlantic 10 Defensive Player


of the Year, the University of Massachusetts women’s lacrosse team lets loose with renditions of songs by Queen, AC/DC, Beyonce and Led Zepplin. The Smashing Peaches love any music that’s loud and bright, songs that can play to the cheap seats — even if the cheap seats are just the last row of the team bus. Lacrosse Magazine got in on an impromptu locker room jam session.


46 >> SAVING LAX IN FLORIDA Hundreds of Florida high school players will have varsity lacrosse this spring


with an assist from US Lacrosse in statewide budget battles last summer. From Miami Dade to Lee County to Broward and Brevard County, US Lacrosse lobbied on behalf of the sport with demographic information and readiness to provide programs and services to sustain it in the Sunshine State.


50 >> HIGH SCHOOL PREVIEW Lacrosse Magazine’s annual cross-country canvas of high school lacrosse


includes the cover feature on Stephen Kelly, the youngest player on the U.S. U19 team and latest in a legacy at Mid-Atlantic No. 1-ranked Calvert Hall (Md.), plus 12 pages of regional high school girls’ and boys’ top-10 rankings, players to watch and emerging rivaliries. Pictured: Jordan Evans of reigning New York Class B champion and Northeast No. 1-ranked Jamesville-Dewitt.


A Publication of US Lacrosse January 2012 >> LACROSSE MAGAZINE 5


©OHIO STATE (LS); ©RICHARD ORR (SP); ©GREG WALL (JE)


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