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Club Directors Panel: High School Teams Vs Club
Imagine you’re a high end D3/low end D1 prospect on an average high school in a non traditional area. You have decent grades. Your family can afford a college education for you through student loans....
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Club Directors Panel: Late Bloomer In Lacrosse
Early recruiting this. Early recruiting that… Virginia just signed another 2014. Does that not blow your mind? UVA, a Top 10 team, just signed a 2014 graduating player. That’s THIS year. Maybe it’s...
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Club Directors Panel: Managing Expectations
The first summer the club scene took off in Pittsburgh we were dealing with a couple very disappointed families in the fall. There was a sense that if you played on a club team or you were invited to...
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Yinzer Report: Playoff Brackets
The regular season has concluded in Pittsburgh. It’s time to preview the D1 playoff bracket. Full bracket Play in game: May 12th Bethel Park (9-8) hosts Peters (9-8) BP beat PT 8-6 April 29th Players...
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Club Directors Panel: How to Email a College Coach, Written by a College Coach
A previous Club Directors Panel focused on how clubs are preparing their families for the accelerated recruiting process. Ryan Danehy, co-director of Go Blue and current assistant at Michigan, shared...
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Yinzer Report: Pittsburgh D1 Semifinals
The 2014 Pittsburgh D1 semifinals went down Monday night at Baldwin high school and they did not disappoint. In game one, Shady Side Academy dropped Upper St. Clair 9-6. The teams trades goals all...
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Yinzer Report: Pittsburgh Championship Preview
Mt. Lebanon defeated Shady Side Academy 5-4 on March 31st. Tonight, they meet again in the WPIAL title game. We asked coaches from around the league to share their thoughts on how they would defeat...
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Club Directors Panel: How Many Players Do You Carry?
High school athletes could conceivably play in an event every day of the summer beginning in June. This means that there’s a good chance they’re tired by the time early July hits. In early July,...
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Yinzer Report: End of Year Awards
The 2014 Pittsburgh high school lacrosse season came to a close Tuesday afternoon as Mt. Lebanon lost to Penncrest 15-10 in the PIAA state semifinals. Now, let’s find out who garnered an individual...
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Yinzer Report: Must See 2015, 2016, and 2017 Athletes from Pittsburgh
The summer recruiting circuit draws ever closer. Pittsburgh players are spending more time on the road than ever before. If you’re a college coach, you’ll want to see these players compete in person....
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Club Directors Panel: What are you looking for when selecting your team?
Depending upon how the club teams in your area operate, tryouts are around the corner or they have already concluded. (The timing of club tryouts is a post for another time.) Just because you want to...
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Phenom Camp Session One: 25 College Coaches In Pittsburgh
American Revolution hosted their first session of Phenom Camp last week in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania just southwest of Pittsburgh. Phenom Camp shifted the focus back to education for the first two...
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Tri-State National Notes & Observation
When I was 17 years old, if you told me I would be frequenting Mercer Community College in Princeton Junction, New Jersey I would call you silly names. And yet, here we are in 2014 and I’m recovering...
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Power and Sour Rankings: The Summer Circuit
As the recruiting calendar closes, we discuss the good and bad from the summer lacrosse industry organized in easy to read passages. These are my opinions based on trends and other habits I noticed...
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What was the NXT Summer Invitational all about?
Unlike last year, no rain fell in Downingtown, Pennsylvania this weekend allowing NXT’s Summer Invitational to really shine. NXT events are an embarrassment of riches from the quality of venue, to the...
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Yinzer Report: Summer Ball Pt. 1
We are more than halfway through the summer ball circuit. All-stars, tournament results, and a coaching announcement after the jump. MVP1 June 13-15 2016 All Stars Dan Lee Attack Mt. Lebanon/Low and...
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Yinzer Report: Top 10 2015s, 2016s, 2017s, and 2018s
The best Pittsburgh has to offer heading into fall ball. This list has been put together using the help of club coaches, college coaches, highlight videos, and in person evaluations. Ranking players,...
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Club Directors Panel: Do rivalries exist on the summer circuit?
The summer tournament circuit is over. Tryouts for next season have already begun which means the second season of the Club Directors Panel is here. Webster Dictionary defines rivalry as a state or...
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Club Directors Panel: Tryouts
The recruiting process has also accelerated the club team tryout timeline. A vast majority of club teams are now hosting tryouts in August and September to ensure their teams have been selected ahead...
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Club Directors Panel: How Do You Handle Blow Outs?
Every coach, player, and parent has experienced a blow out. What happens when your team takes a ten point lead into half time of a tournament game? How do you approach the second half of a blow out?...
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