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CAMILLA TOM COWTON As a very proud Canadian lacrosse fan I think you made the right choice on the September 2014 cover (‘For Uganda, For Africa’). Canada winning was awesome but Uganda was definitely the story and a feel-good one at that.
CHRIS WOLFE Vancouver, B.C.
Canada is proud of this. Uganda welcome.
MICHAEL PITCHER Nassau County, N.Y.
Sorry to disagree, but I feel the story of the tournament from a lacrosse perspective was the play of Dillon Ward. He deserved to be on the cover. A story on the inside about the other countries would have been fine.
VIC FINA II Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.
They are the Jamaican bobsled team of lacrosse! Go for it Uganda!
JACK MALOY Bear, Del.
This is disappointing (“Wings Fly North,” September 2014). As a fan of all forms of lax, Philly Wings box lacrosse was awesome and great family fun and most importantly affordable. It will be missed.
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This was taken after the U15 Sentry girls team finished up its tournaments in Denver and Vail, Colo. As you can see they had a wonderful time traveling and playing lacrosse with their friends from all over North Texas.
RACHEL BERG Keller, Texas
A WORSE EXPERIMENT
For myself and other faceoff middies from the ‘70s, I suppose the “Bad Experiment” (Aug. 2014) is not the elimination of the faceoff in 1979 but rule changes that followed.
In the “good old days,” both middies went down, sticks touching. The ref placed the ball between the sticks, much like women’s draws today, and the
faceoff ensued. A quick faceoff middie could get the ball loose and push it to himself or to the wings. That skill was eliminated by rule changes in the 1980s. The rake disappeared from the game. The faceoff turned into a dogfight with both players trying to win the clamp.
DOUGLAS AYMONG Northport, N.Y.
Jared Chandler @JaredPhoto
Congrats @uganda_lacrosse on cover @LacrosseMag. You guys make me proud to be a lax player.
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Patrick Anderson @panderson999 I’m quite speechless although impressed! Not a particularly usual cover photo for a lacrosse magazine.
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Keebler @MeganFitz20
@LacrosseMag loved the #WMLL article! (“Pro Form,” September 2014) I know who I would draft for a team! Especially loved seeing a Liverpool High School grad in the draft.
Brian Reese @breese34
The “timer on” issue is not just the visibility, it’s the arbitrary nature of when it’s put on. (“Not Quite Ready,” page 13)
Brad Jorgensen @CoachJorgensen Great job by the rules committee. I see all of what they did as improvements that do little to drastically change the game.
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