FUEL
IMPACT WHO KNEW?
Bob Marley’s grandson plays lacrosse — and could be coming to a college team near you. Khristian Marley, the pride of Jamaica Lacrosse, starred at midfield for a group of U19 boys that defeated a collection of U.S. players in a Dec. 30 exhibition hosted by the Fields of Growth lacrosse volunteer corps. The Jamaica boys’ team, facing an American team that included three Division I commits, won 9-8. The girls’ team won 5-4. Fields of Growth, founded in 2009 by former Scranton men’s lacrosse coach Kevin Dugan, was the driving force behind the growth of the sport and community building in Uganda. Jamaica is the next frontier.
“People from Jamaica
carry a special, competitive spirit. We hate to lose,” Marley said. “Lacrosse has been an incredible outlet for me, and the sport is just so much fun to practice. I love practice — wall ball, shooting, ground balls, the speed of the game, the uniqueness of the stick, the contact. I want to make the 2018 national team that will compete in the FIL World Championship in England, and I’m even thinking about trying to play college lacrosse in the states now, too.”
“When you’re a Marley, people expect you to be great,” Dugan said. “He can be the Marley that puts the family and lacrosse on the map.”
— MATT HAMILTON
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Lacrosse Association, which Sebastian co- founded in 2006 with recreational teams for middle school- age girls in Hinsdale and Northbrook. In its 10 years, the IGLA has expanded to 22 locations around Chicago, providing development opportunities for girls as young as age 5.
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“I wanted girls to have the opportunity to play before they got to high school, which was only happening in maybe one or two towns in all of Illinois,” Sebastian said. “We wanted to give girls, no matter where they grew up, the opportunity to learn lacrosse at a young age.”
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