It's time to sign up for Fall Lacrosse!   Registration started August 1st. 
Register on-line at:  http://www.corneliuspr.org/youthfalllacrosseleague.html 

If you have friends that you would like to play lacrosse with, offer to lend them your equipment to try the Beginner's Clinic in September!  Tell them soon though because Clinic Registration will end September 3rd.

Important note-  Starting in the Spring we, along with the other Charlotte area teams, will be changing the structure of our boy's divisions.  Instead of grade based we will follow the US Lacrosse and tournament requirements of age based divisions.  The new groupings for boys will be U-15, U-13, U-11 and U-9.  Age is determined as of 1/1 each year.  The player must not have reached the age group limit, prior to January 1st.  Example: he may turn 11 on January 1st, but not before, and still play in the U-11 division for that spring.  I am releasing this information now in the event that parents who's son's will be affected by this change want to play them down in the fall so that they are accustomed to playing with the same teammates.  In the spring we will also be adding a U-9 division in pads (generally 1st& 2nd).  We will also continue to have a Coed K-1.  Parents of 1st grade boys will have the option of playing in either division.  I would suggest rising 2nd graders play K-1 this fall and wait until spring to start in pads otherwise they may get turned off playing this fall with 3rd and 4th graders.


Just for Moms-  Ever wish that you understood the game better?  Mark your calendars and come to the Beginner's Clinic (same dates, times and place as the kids) and learn how to play.  For moms (or any women) the clinic will be free so bring a friend or two.  This clinic is for women with no prior lacrosse experience.  No prior registration is required for the women (kids must pre-register online)  If you plan to try the women's clinic please send me an e-mail with your name so that we have a general idea of how  many mom's to expect.  If we get enough interest we might  even play a few fall games!
Ronda@ncfreese.com


Beginner's Clinic $25
We will no longer be offering a free clinic before the Spring Season.  Our new push will be to get new kids started with Summer camps and the Fall Beginner's Clinic.  The BC is 3 Sunday afternoon sessions (Sept. 7,14 & 21) from 1-3pm at Smithville Park in Cornelius.  This will ONLY be for beginners.  It is for the purpose of teaching the basics of the game so that these kids can play in the Fall League (developing their ball handling skills so that they are ready to be taught more complex things in the spring).  There will be a make up on 9/28 if one or more sessions are rained out.

Fall League
The Fall League is designed as a relaxed atmosphere where kids can get some playing time, have fun, and keep up their skills without the commitment of practices and traveling for games. The teams are smaller and the goal is to have the kids playing as much of the game as possible.   All of the games are played with teams of our own players.  The MS boys has for the past two years been able to field 4 teams but all other groups have simply divided the kids up each week to scrimmage.  We will continue to allow 9th graders to play Fall ball on the MS teams with the understanding that if they are large for their age, they need to control the body contact aspects of their game so that no one gets hurt.
Games will be Sunday afternoons held at Huntersville Athletic Park in Huntersville (on Verhoff Drive off Hwy 21 about 1 mile south exit 23).  Games will start Sunday October 5th and run through Nov. 16th with a Make up date if needed of 11/23.

I hope that everyone has had a fun and relaxing summer and look forward to seeing everyone out on the field soon!

Ronda Freese
CHYLL Coordinator
Cornelius- Huntersville Youth Lacrosse League

Youth Lacrosse:

Volunteer coaches are still needed for the fall CHYLL lacrosse programs.  For more information, please contact the Cornelius PARC Department at 704-892-6031 ext. 160 or the Huntersville Parks and Recreation Department at 704-766-2220.

High School Lacrosse:

Hopewell High School adds Men's Lacrosse

Hopewell High School located in  Huntersville, NC would like to announce
the formation of its first men's high school lacrosse team to begin
competition in the spring season 2009.  The team plans to compete at both the Varsity and Junior Varsity levels for its initial season.

Some of the players hoping to be on the inaugural team have already been
playing for the Vikings Lacrosse Club team which has been a combination of
Hopwell High School, Mallard Creek High, and North Mecklenburg High School students for the past several years. With these schools now fielding their own varsity teams, all will be starting with experienced players. The Vikings
Lacrosse Team finished 10-8 last season, ranked 6th out of 14 teams in
Charlotte, and was ranked by laxpower.com as 14th out of 68 teams in North Carolina.

The team is currently looking for the following:
- Head Coach and Assistant Coaches
- Faculty Advisor (must be on staff at Hopwell High School)
- Players  (for Varsity and Junior Varsity teams)

If you are interested in getting involved with Hopewell High School's
men's lacrosse program please contact Mike Weber (michael-r.weber@db.com -
704-333-5744).  More information can be found or will be listed shortly on
the Hopewell High School Athletics web page
(http://pages.cms.k12.nc.us/hopewellmenslax/).

Mallard Creek High adds Men's Lacrosse

Mallard Creek High School located in Charlotte, NC would like to announce
the formation of its first men's high school lacrosse team to begin
competition in the spring season 2009.  The team plans to compete at both
the Varsity and Junior Varsity levels for its initial season.

Some of the players hoping to be on the inaugural team have already been
playing for the Vikings Lacrosse Club team which has been a combination of
Mallard Creek High School, Hopwell High School, and North Mecklenburg High School students for the past several years. With these schools now fielding their own varsity teams, all will be starting with experienced players. The Vikings Lacrosse Team finished 10-8 last season, ranked 6th out of 14 teams in Charlotte, and was ranked by laxpower.com as 14th out of 68 teams in North Carolina.

The team is currently looking for the following:

- Head Coach and Assistant Coaches
- Players  (for Varsity and Junior Varsity teams)

If you are interested (or know of a qualified candidate(s) interested) in becoming the Head Coach for a high school lacrosse program please contact Karen McKaig at the number listed below.  More information can be found or will be listed shortly on the Mallard Creek High School's Athletic Website http://pages.cms.k12.nc.us/mallardcreekhs/sports.html. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

karen.mckaig@cms.k12.nc.us

980.343.1341

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