Marin Lacrosse Club

Hawaii Tournament 2006

Joe Rosenbaum, no visible mullet

Drew Searle - C.O.D. at the G.L.E.

Todd Eichelberger - man up?

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January 18, 2007 in Sports, Travel | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

Make no mistake - we're all for good people getting paid to play lax, but damn, did the MLL draft hit Marin Lacrosse Club hard. The San Francisco Dragons drafted three of our players - Jimmy Mormile, Jim Moss, and Taylor Simmers.

Then the LA Riptide snatched about half of our team, conscripting Vern Briggs, Matt Ogelsby, Lorne Smith, Jason Buttles, Matt Vallone, Vinnie Dello-Iacono, Sean Donnelly, Matt Bontaites, Joe Rosenbaum and Luke Gilbert.

A mullet-powered Joe Rosenbaum jets up the field after relieving an attackman of the ball at the Riptide training camp

Of course, we wish all our guys the best in the three weeks of training camp tryouts for the Dragons and Riptide. Nothing would make us prouder than to have everyone make the jump from the best club team on the west coast to the pro level. But if the MLL wants to give a handful of these studs back, we won't complain.

May 07, 2006 in Roster | Permalink | Comments (1)

Baltimore's Lacrosse Mullet

Here's a top-notch piece of journalism blowing the lid off a phenomenon we all know and love: the Balti, a.k.a. lax mullet, a.k.a. salad, a.k.a. lettuce, which can be seen sticking out from helmets everywhere but calls Baltimore home.

Link: Baltimore City Paper: North Baltimore's Lacrosse Mullet, and the Next Big Thing In Hair.

Also, don't miss the link to the Baltimore City Paper's all-Balti squad:

And hey - hats off to Matt Bontaites as Marin's lone keeper of the flame. Even though he's not from the 410, he represents in shaggy glory. Here's a quote from the story that could almost be about Darth himself:

It's all about the thick hair you can run your hands through, cause all the ladies will be like: "Oh Alan Dimitrios, please show me your ZORBA! and then we shall dance into the night."

UPDATE: This just in - Joe Rosenbaum, upset by seeing a chowderhead getting props for mulletude, has lobbied for inclusion on the team's official Baltimullet squadron. Thanks to this great archival score by M. Bontaites, "Joey Laxenmullet" is in:

(one of these hairdos is not like the others.)

April 19, 2006 in Mullets | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Marin Bests Olympic Club, 14-10

Marin beat the O. Club for the third time in a week on April 15, playing on the excellent turf field at a remote location: California High School in San Ramon.

The recap from Kurt Graham, who is doing a fine job of keeping the trains running on time this season, (with guidance from the Godfather, Matt Field).

Once again we proved to be a fourth quarter team. Everyone's hard work in the off season has paid off. Jimmy Mormile got a couple of goals and then got his bell rung. It took about a half hour after the hit for Jimmy to realize that it was, in fact, his birthday. Dave Grose came up big with some timely shots to put the game out of the reach of OC. Thank you to the defense for once again keeping us in the game while the offense was working out the kinks.

April 16, 2006 in Games | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Marin Lacrosse Once Again Best in the West

Marin Lacrosse Club re-asserted its regional dominance, taking home the 2006 Western States tournament trophy. Marin defeated cross-town San Francisco rivals the Olympic Club twice on the way to the finals. In the championship game, Marin backed up its 2005 California state championship win by taking down SoCal's Adrenaline Lacrosse Club.

-Crowd control by Rosenbaum and Vallone:

-memo to self: stay away from the cage...

Click here to view photos from 2006 Western States finals

April 10, 2006 in Games | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Home Field

Follow this link for directions to our home field in Sausalito.

Follow this one for directions to the In-N-Out Burger for post-game chow.

March 28, 2006 in Logistics | Permalink | Comments (0)

Friday 4/14: Bring Back the Sun, It's time for Spring - Marin Lacrosse party @ Tongue and Groove

Friday April 14, 9:30pm, Marin Lax Cats take on Tongue & Groove (Union @ Van Ness) for the 2nd annual Spring Fling. Front Porch plays 2 sets, starting at 10:30pm. Pre-game training rules in effect...hahaha

pass it on...Click for the EVITE

March 21, 2006 in Events | Permalink | Comments (0)

Lax 4 Life Golf Tourney

From Marin LC middie Jim Moss:

I am holding a charity Golf tournament for Lacrosse for LIFE. The date is Tuesday May 16th at the Presidio Golf Course. Fee is $225 per including lunch, golf, cart, and dinner. I have Gary Gait coming in to play as well as Kyle Harrison and some others. If you know any other lax guys that might come to town, the more the merrier!

Lacrosse for LIFE is a San Francisco charity that provides a lacrosse program to inner city youth. I know a good deal of you guys were “silver spooners” but some of us were blue collar hood rats (Philly guys that likely means you) and people gave us a leg up and got us into the sport.

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