Marin Lacrosse Club

The MLL is killing us

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.

Pete Smith

from Matt Field:

Pete Smith departing to the frozen tundra will leave a big hole in the squad. As I was leaving the BBQ on Saturday, I was thinking that Pete has been part of the heart and soul of this team almost a decade. He embodies what I hope the team is always made up of - a guy who never takes a play off, on the field or off the field.
On the field, we're gonna miss the lefty heater, the best ground baller the team has ever had, and a guy who just makes everyone around him better. Off the field...