KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This past weekend, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes lacrosse ministry honored former Naval Academy player Brendan Looney with the 2018 Peter Kohn Award. Kevin Looney accepted the award on behalf of his deceased son during the U.S. Lacrosse National Convention in Philadelphia....
Kaleigh Thereault is at an age when everything should be simple in her life. At 8 years old, she loves mint chocolate chip ice cream, the feeling of Jonathan the Husky’s fur under her fingertips and the special VIP badge she’s been given to wear around her neck for the day. It’s Tuesday and Kaleigh...
Taylor Virden is a lacrosse player first, which for the moment isn’t changing. The Baltimore Ride held their last of four regular-season games on a muggy mid-July evening in rural Bel Air, flanked by a conservation area and a state forest. Like birds settling in for the night, the players on the...
The New England Command may have upset the undefeated, top-seeded Baltimore Brave 12-11 on Saturday to claim the first-ever championship title in the Women’s Professional Lacrosse League — but that doesn’t mean the row of athletes celebrating wasn’t rich with Maryland connections. The victory itself...
The Women’s Professional Lacrosse League finished its inaugural season last weekend, with six former Carroll standouts representing their county. Katie Hertsch and Amber (Falcone) McKenzie, who played together at Winters Mill High School, got a chance to do it again when they were drafted by the...
Gilman lacrosse coach Brooks Matthews, who guided the Greyhounds to Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference titles in 2009 and 2011, announced he will retire after the 2019 season. The 1987 Gilman grad, who will be entering his 15th season as head coach this spring, will continue...
San Diego will have to wait a little longer for professional lacrosse. The National Lacrosse League on Thursday canceled the first two weeks of the 2018-19 season due to an ongoing labor dispute with its players’ union, wiping out the San Diego Seals’ first game in franchise history. San Diego...
Former Johns Hopkins All-American Paul Rabil formally announced his intention to form a new professional outdoor lacrosse league by issuing a press release on Monday. Rabil and his brother Mike are co-founders of the Premier Lacrosse League, which intends to launch its inaugural season on June...
Merle Debuskey, a Baltimore-born New York theatrical press agent and an All-America lacrosse player at the Johns Hopkins University, died of multiple organ failure Sept. 25 at the Actors Home in Englewood, N.J. He was 95.
Quinnipiac has parted ways with men’s lacrosse coach Eric Fekete after completing an investigation into student conduct policy violations stemming from alcohol use and hazing, the university confirmed Saturday.
Veteran goalie Brian Phipps signed a new two-year deal on Monday committing to the Chesapeake Bayhawks through his 10th MLL season. The former No.1 ranked high school goalie at Severn School, Phipps was drafted 23rd overall by the Bayhawks out of Maryland in the 2010 MLL Collegiate Draft. “It was...
When US Lacrosse created its Team of Distinction Award, it was inevitable the honor would eventually be bestowed on one of the Navy contingents from the 1960s that were led by legendary head coach Willis Bilderback. For the selection committee, the only question was which one. Navy was crowned...
Chesapeake Bayhawks owner Brendan Kelly had an interesting reaction when contacted for comment about report of an outdoor professional lacrosse league being created to compete with the one he has helped build. “I see this as a positive. You’re calling me about pro lacrosse on September 26th,” was...
Don Sadler got the nickname that would stick with him for life while in middle school. Sadler grew facial hair long before his peers, which made him stand out. Classmate and close friend Mark Duncan took note of the peach fuzz on Sadler’s chin in seventh grade and started calling him Fuzzy. Good...