 Last Update: March 17, 2010
3/16 Code Meeting
This year's Code Meeting was held Tuesday March 16th at the BHS Student Cafeteria from 6:30-8:00 p.m. Players from all squads were required to attend along with a parent.
The Barrington High School Co-Curricular is available for review via this link.
3/12 Team Picture Day
Team picture day was held Friday March 12th in the Faculty Cafeteria. Players from all three squads attended. Varsity players arrived at 6:00 p.m. Junior Varsity players arrived at 6:30 p.m. Freshman/Sophmore players arrived at 7:00 p.m.
3/8 Disney Spring Break Information Meeting
A full squad of players have signed-up for this year's Disney Spring Training trip.
An orientation meeting was held on Monday March 8th at 9:00-9:30 p..m. after practice at the Lake Barrington Field House. The trip's logistics, code-of-conduct and schedule of events were discussed. Attendance of all Disney players and a parent was strongly encouraged.
Accommodations are at the Disney World Resort. Click this link for more Disney Spring Training information.
3/4 2010 Try Outs
The Barrington High School (BHS) Boys Lacrosse club 2010 tryouts were held.
When: 3/4/2010 – 8:15 to 10:00 PM Who: Varsity/JV/Frosh Where: BHS Basketball Gym
What: Physical Testing for all levels
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When: 3/6/2010 -- 6:00 to 7:45 AM Who: Varsity Where: Lake Barrington Field House
What: Tryouts
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When: 3/6/2010 – 4:00-8:00 PM Who: JV & Frosh Where: BHS Basketball Gym
What: Tryouts
3/1 IHSLA Official Season Start
It was time to get fired up about a new lacrosse season! The season officially started Monday March 1st. 2010 marks the 19th consecutive season for the Bronco squad.
2/18 Club Represented at the BHS 8th Grade Transition Night
Club President Hunter Rich reports that the BHS Boys Lacrosse Club manned a Club information table at the BHS 8th Grade Transition Night on February 18th. Along with Board member Paul Ahern, Coach Craig Niven, Hunter Rich Jr., and Quinn Regan, the club ambassadors answered the questions of soon-to-be freshmen and signed up prospective players and parents for the club's mailing list. The club's "head of recruiting", Paul Ahern, had lacrosse balls with the club website written on them which he gave each boy that signed up. Over 39 boys signed up. While many of the interested boys currently play lacrosse, a number of the boys who signed up were new to the game but are good athletes.
As many of these new players wanted to know how they could get started in the game before next year, Coach Brian Niven will investigate a free on-day clinic for the future Broncos.
1/6-2/24 Lacrosse America Indoor League at Lake Barrington Field House (Session 2)
Session 2 of the Lacrosse America Indoor League runs from January 6th through February 24th. The league is held at the Lake Barrington Field House.
All Barrington Lacrosse Club players are encouraged to participate.
Freshman and Sophomores should register for the J.V. Experienced-level. Juniors and Seniors should register for the Varsity Experienced-level.
Any players interested in playing in the Lacrosse America Elite League, in addition to the J.V. and Varsity Experienced League, will need to fill out the player application available on the website. This league will play six games in addition to the Varsity and J.V. Experienced league games.
Please click on this link to register.
12/7 Registration Night
The Barrington High School (BHS) Boys Lacrosse (LAX) club kicked-off its 19th consecutive year with the December 7th Registration Night. The 2010 season began with our BHS Boys’ Lacrosse registration meeting on Monday, December 7th at 6:30 p.m. in the BHS cafeteria.
Parents were required to turn-in all required lacrosse registration forms and fees in order have their son’s registration considered complete.
To get more information on this year's registration process and get copies of all forms, please click here to access the 2010 Registration Form Pack .
11/27 Alumni Night Game a Great Success
Over the long Thanksgiving weekend, the club sponsored its 1st Annual Alumni Night Game at the North Barrington Fieldhouse. With players from almost two decades of lacrosse teams, it was great to see our former Barrington stars back on the field of play. Sixty plus former players particpated and played to a very competitive 8-7 finale.
Special thanks to Michael Formichella for coordinating the event. All agreed that the event will only get bigger and better in the years ahead.
11/4 - 12/16 Lacrosse America Indoor League at Lake Barrington Field House (Session One)
Barrington Lacrosse Club players were encouraged to sign-up for the Lacrosse America Indoor League at the Lake Barrington Field House.
All Freshman and Sophomores were encouraged to play at the J.V. Experienced-level. All Juniors and Seniors were encouraged to register for the Varsity Experienced-level. The cost of the session was $150.
10/13 IHSA Board Approves Lacrosse State Series For 2010-11
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors approved a recommendation at its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, October 13 to adopt an official State Series for the sports of Boys Lacrosse and Girls Lacrosse beginning with the 2010-11 school term. The official IHSA lacrosse season, State Series and State Finals will be contested during the spring semester.
The addition of lacrosse will bring the total number of boys and girls sports contesting state championships to 15 apiece, while the overall number of IHSA sports and activities will grow to 43.
“The goal of the IHSA is to provide quality interscholastic opportunities for students in the state and the Board recognized that the addition of boys and girls lacrosse helps support that mission,” said IHSA Executive Director Marty Hickman. “The Board’s decision was consistent with the procedures used when adopting several other recent sports and activities, including water polo and journalism.”
The Board did create a contingency that 65 boys lacrosse teams and 40 girls lacrosse teams must be registered to participate in the state series by the February 1, 2011 spring sport deadline in order for either sport to crown a state champion in 2010-11. According to the IHSA Emerging Sports List, there are currently 65 schools fielding boys lacrosse teams in the state and 40 fielding girls lacrosse teams.
Even if the contingency prevents the inaugural state series from occurring during the 2010-11 school term, Hickman reiterated that the Board’s decision on Tuesday will only help the sport’s growth in Illinois.
“The Board felt it was important to put contingencies in place to preserve the esteem of the tournament and crowning a state champion, even if it has the possibility of delaying the start of a state series until beyond 2010-11. Regardless, we feel like the IHSA’s endorsement of the sport will help bring more legitimacy to club and intramural programs around the state and that many more schools will field squads in the coming years.”
Currently, 17 other state associations crown champions in boys and girls lacrosse.
9/26-27 & 10/3-4 Ante-Up Lacrosse Camp
Several BHS students participated in the Ante-Up Fall Frenzy Lacrosse Camp at Marvin Dunteman Park, 61 Witt Rd, in South Barrington. The camp was focused on making good players exceptional and to bring novice players up to a competitive level. The camp was held from 10:00-2:00 p.m. at a cost of $375.
9/26 Stomp the Stigma
On Saturday September 26th, the group H.E.R.E. in Barrington sponsoried and event called "Stomp the Stigma". The event took place to raise awareness to mental health issues and suicide prevention. The event began at the village train station at 4:15 PM where Coach Kaiser and members of the lacrosse team joined other community participants to walk to the BHS stadium. At the stadium there were presentations, live music, multimedia, and interaction with local mental health organizations. This event hit our organization very close to home with the tragic untimely loss of one of our own this past spring.
9/12 Freedom Festival Tug-of-War
Current and prospective players were encouraged to attend this year's Family Freedom Festival and participate in a Tug of War competition between BHS Lacrosse athletes & the U.S. Military. This was not a mandatory, BHS Lacrosse team sanctioned event. Additional Tug-of-War information available via this link and Festival information available via the web at www.we-do-care.org.
The Tug-of-War was Saturday September 12th - 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm. Festival started at Noon. The Freedom Festival was held at the Metra Train Station parking lot.
9/2 2010 Player Information Meeting
When: September 2, 2009 @ 2:15 PM
Where: The BHS Café
Who: All past players and anyone interested in playing in the Spring of 2010.
8/28 Coaches Encourage Fall Activities
As the 2009/2010 school year got into full swing, the Coaches wanted to bring to parents and players attention some great opportunities for growing player skills over the fall. Below was the list of camps, clinics and leagues that the coaching staff recommended as high quality and have a significant impact on a player's lacrosse abilities
* Fall 2009 Ante Up Camp
* BHS Fall/Winter Lifting Program
* Fall Ball Lacrosse Leagues (True Lacrosse or Lacrosse America)
To learn more, the coaches posted a flyer available via this link.
In the flyer, the coaches stressed the importance of honing lacrosse skills outside of the pre-season and regular season. The aforementioned opportunities provide a great opportunity for physical growth and development of individual skills. Improvement in these two areas can significantly enhance the program as a whole looking toward the 2010 season.
7/10-12 Quinn Reagan on Championship Team
The 9th annual Tri-State National Summer Lacrosse Festival featured fierce competition, great action and most importantly a wonderful weekend for players and parents.
Participants came from throughout the country. This year 15 states were represented and teams came from as far as California, Minnesota and Washington. Championship games saw the rise of non-traditional areas such as the Rising Senior B Champion from Illinois, Junior A Runner-up Team Trident Gold and Rising Junior B Champions, the Georgia Peaches.
For 3 days, players came together to play hard and didn't disappoint. The level of play rivaled the best the tournament has ever seen.
Barrington's defensive ace Quinn Reagan was a member of the "Rising Senior B" class national champion from Illinois.
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