Murray traveled to Lehi this afternoon for both teams’ first game of the season, and while Murray fought hard for four quarters, the young Spartan squad just couldn’t keep up with the preseason No. 8 Pioneers, falling 19-0 in a shutout. Lehi started their dominance at the faceoff X, with Pioneer faceoff man Steve Schoebinger going for 13 of 14 on midfield draws. First-year Lehi Head Coach Cameron Sabin said of Schoebinger, “this is his third year [taking faceoffs] and he’s been working with the younger guys on our team,” and it showed as the other Pioneer faceoff men went 9 of 10 at the center X. Read More

The Salt Lake Conference will see some changes this season since Skyline has moved from D-I to D-II and West moving to the Davis Conference. Last year, Waterford won the conference followed by West Jordan, East, Highland and Murray.

East Leopards

2012 Record: 4-10 (3-2)
2012 Playoffs: Lost to Box Elder in First Round
2012 Conference: 3rd

The East Leopards finished the season with a 4-10 record last year, losing in the first round of the playoffs to Box Elder. East is losing only three seniors and will be returning a lot of key players. Some of those key players are Daniel “Deen” Anderson, Brandon Boren and Mike Anderson. Read More

The Murray boys lacrosse team has hired Michael Mahoney as the head coach for the 2013 season.

Mahoney is from Centreville, Virginia which is near Washington D.C. Mahoney moved to Utah in January of 2012 after visiting friends who went to Westminster College and is currently attending SLCC in hopes of going into Sports Management.

“I’m looking forward to getting to know the lay of the land for Utah Lacrosse and helping our players get better over the season,” said Mahoney.

Mahoney started playing lacrosse in 2004 for his local youth team in Virginia and went on to play 4 years for Paul VI High School in Fairfax, Virginia. Mahoney has also played on a few club teams including Paul VI Club Team and the Manassas Generals competing in tournaments up and down the East Coast. Read More

2012 Coach of the Year Walker Bateman

All-Americans
Chris Severson, Bingham, Attack
Elias Fairman, Brighton,  Middie
Luke Graney, Juan Diego, Attack
Jace Thomas, Bountiful,  Face-Off Middie

Blake Strebel Award
Rich Cook, Brighton
“Rich is an amazing person, our strongest D-Middie that made the switch from attack to D-Middie to help out the team where he could. Rich is that type of person he will do anything that he can to help those around him. Rich took a trip during the season for 2 weeks to the Philippines where he taught school for a week, helped dig a well and raised money for a water pump, he also maintains a 3.5 GPA and is always looking for the next service opportunity which included recently reading to the kids at Guadalupe School.” – Brighton Head Coach Brandon Horoba Read More

Utah Lacrosse News is proud to partner with Prodigy Network Inc for the 2012 Boys Coaches Polls. The final week of the poll is here. Alta takes the top spot in D-I followed by Juan Diego. Brighton and Judge flip spots with Bingham falling in line to round out the Top 5. In D-II, Waterford reclaims No. 1, followed closely by Spanish Fork, Mountain Crest and Box Elder.
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Utah Lacrosse News is proud to partner with Prodigy Network Inc for the 2012 Boys Coaches Polls. Alta is the clear favorite in D-I with their win over Brighton last week. Timpanogos jumped three spots after their win against Pleasant Grove. In D-II, the top four spots are separated by only 4 points with four teams getting first place votes.
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Another great week of conference play has come and gone. In the Davis Conference, Syracuse beat Box Elder to clinch the No. 1 spot. The North, South and Salt Lake Conference seeds have all been set. Only Davis Conference teams have the post-season to play for.

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Utah Lacrosse News is proud to partner with Prodigy Network Inc for the 2012 Boys Coaches Polls. Alta and Brighton are tied on points for the No. 1 spot but Alta gets the go ahead because they received more First Place votes for the second straight week. Timpanogos lost two spots to fall to No. 9. In D-II, Box Elder retains the top spot with Spanish Fork nipping at their heels. Syracuse moved up three spots to the No. 7 spot.
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Spanish Fork stayed at the top spot in the South Conference with a 7-6 win over Lehi last Tuesday. In the Davis Conference, Box Elder continues to roll but Syracuse is right on their heels. Waterford and West Jordan are both 3-0 in Salt Lake Conference play which will make their match this week very meaningful. Mountain Crest has clinched the No. 1 seed in the North Conference, but Logan and Sky View will fight for the No. 2 seed this week. Check out the bracket below and comment on who you think will win each conference. Read More

Utah Lacrosse News is proud to partner with Prodigy Network Inc for the 2012 Boys Coaches Polls. Alta and Brighton are tied on points for the No. 1 spot but Alta gets the go ahead because they received more First Place votes. Pleasant Grove and Timpanogos swap spots with Copper Hills joining the Top 10. In D-II, Box Elder retains the top spot with Waterford dropping two spots and Syracuse sneaking in at No. 10.
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