Duke's Lacrosse Club News

Connor McCann is making a difference
	Caption: Connor McCann takes a moment to give.
Connor McCann volunteered to travel to the tiny rural village of Mika, Tanzania this summer with a small group of Episcopal Academy students and teachers on a community outreach project. Connor spent two weeks helping the children there, many of whom are orphaned as a result of the AIDS problem that has existed there for years. He taught English to the Swahili-speaking children, delivered soccer balls and clothing, of course played with them, and in general let them know that people in America care for them. Episcopal has an ongoing associaton with the Mika Foundation (www.mikafoundation.org), which has enabled the school to remain open and generally strives to improve the quality of life there.

First Annual Duke's LC Inivitational

Location: Tri-State Sports - Aston, PA Date: Saturday, Janaury 27th, 2007 (Register and Details) The Duke's LC and Lacrosse Evolution are proud to present the 2007 Winter Duke's Invitational. The Duke's Invitational will be comprised of Boys High School Elite and All Star teams from up and down the East Coast. Limited to 16 teams! Committed teams so far: Baltimore LC Crabs, Baltimore Elite, Crossroads, Fast Break lax, Maryland Fireballs, Dukes LC I, Dukes LC II, Dukes LC III.

2006 Summer schedule updates
	Congratulations! Duke's win Championship at Champ Camp. 2006 Duke's Lacrosse Club Champ Camp Roster Duke's team picture after winning 2006 Champ Camp (view large image). Photos (coming soon): Mrs. Brown and Mr. Vermeil have submitted several photos that will be added to our gallery. John Strohsacker, www.laxphotos.com, has posted his action photos from the Championship - follow the 2006 Champ Camp link (2005 Champ Camp photos have also been re-posted). Web site www.champcamp.com
	Congratulations! Duke's win Championship at 2006 FCA. 2006 Duke's Lacrosse Club FCA Roster Duke's team picture after winning 2006 FCA (view large image). Web site www.fcalax.com

[October 2006 - Duke's Open Tryouts] 2006 Fall/Winter and 2007 Summer schedules posted
Open try out: Sunday, October 22nd @ 1:00 PM at Lower Perkiomen Valley Park was an overwhelming success. Duke's early tryout results have been posted. A final update will appear in early November.

[August 2nd, 2006 - Duke's blueprint for Champ Camp Championship] Appearing in the Championship Game for the 3rd straight year of the Biggest National Tournament in America, Champ Camp; we got over the hump and brought Home the BIG Prize to Pennsylvania. The Champ Camp Website @ Champ Camp says it all!!! We beat BELAX in the Championship 5-4 in a tight, tough game.
This was a Sweeeet Win for our Program and serves to confirm that we are doing a lot of things right, but still need to do a lot of things better.

I'd like to thank the Coaches for doing a Great Job:
Mike Mackrides running the Box and Offense, Jason Christmas doing the Defense and Ron Forster doing the Offense. Your only as good a Coach as the Coaches you surround yourself with so I'm deeply grateful for their Help and their Friendship.
As a Team we were Lightning in a bottle playing with an Edge and Focus. We went 9-0 capturing the Championship and you can see the game by game Scores with our 2006 Duke's Lacrosse Club Champ Camp Roster. We averaged 10 Goals per Game while only allowing 3 Goals per game and the Championship was our closest Score. Player wise, it would be impossible to select an MVP but some highlighted players should be:
The one-two Offensive Scoring Punch of Jack Forster and Kyle Wharton who were devastating
The Goalkeeping of Tim Kemena was spectacular especially in the Championship Game
The Absolute Clinic at Faceoff all Weekend by Matt Dolente
The Defense of Eric Muller was equally Spectacular
Dean Bellos got a chance to Step in and was a Major Contributor on Offense - Scoring the Winning goal in the Championship off a Feed from Colton Vosburgh. The steady All over the Field play of Justin Blye, Eddie Bambino & Colton Vosburgh. The Big Goals/Money Goals of Tom Hueber. The Steady Offense of Alex Garrity & John DuBois. Close Defense from Greg Harrington & Matt Baker stood out and the Long Stick/switch to D-middie Short Stick with attitude by Eric DiProspero was a tone setter for us as a team. In short, EVERYONE Contributed and as one player stated, there were no weak links. EVERYONE could handle and Run the Field.

We are going to take some much needed time off and will be updating the Fall Tournament Schedule, helping players follow up with College Coaches as the Calls and e-mails have been pouring in. We will be holding a Tryout for ALL Incoming 9th Graders sometime in the Fall and that Date, time & Location will be advertised. Enjoy the rest of your Summer and know we are Champions !!!

Coach Helm
PS: Any Photo's from Champ camp or other that we might be able to post on the Website can be forwarded to Mr.Spahr's attention.
PSS: It was great to see some of our Younger players down in Baltimore at the games as well as the many players, parents & Fans who were calling and following our Progress.
PSSS: All players should update their Individual Player Bio's as we switch up the Grades and say goodbye to the Graduated Seniors on our Website.
PSSSS: Duke's Adult plays in the Summer Championship Semi's Thursday Night at Malvern beginning at 6:15 pm.
PSSSSS: We hope to finalize the Filing of Duke's as a Non Profit Corporation within 30 Days but Contributions to the Program are nonetheless GREATLY Appreciated.