what is lacrosee like in wisconsin?

hi everyone, my name is Sydney and I am moving from Connecticut to Wisconsin in a few weeks. I've been playing lacrosse for about 9 years now and really love it. It was pretty disconserting to hear my new highschool [Memorial in Madison] doesn't offer it. I was wondering if anyone could fill me in on what the sport is like out there, how I can get involved, and if I can sitll get recruited to play in college. I am entering my Sophomore year of high school and currently play goalie for my HS in CT and New England Women's Lacrosse [NEW-LAX], my club team, but I used to play center or D-wing for about 7 years. Please help!

Thanks soooo much!

-sydney

Verona's girls team takes members from area schools. There is a girls league, and I'm sure you could still be recruited, it will just involve more on your part because I don't know if any girls from the area have attempted. I may be wrong though. Heres the email address for the coach Joan Pflaum: Trapper3@Charter.Net . Any information you're looking for on the club itself you can find at http://veronalacrosse.com . Hope that helps.

you could also play guys lacrosse around here. from memory, memorial has a goalie ...not sure of his age though...maybe graduating...

I believe he is graduated.

Thanks. I appreciate all that information. I got an email from Jack and he gave me a coach to contact. Hopefully she can answer some more of my questions. How long have youa ll been playing? Do you like it out there? I'm so excited to finally move!

Thanks again.
Sydney

p.s. when I get on my own computer [I'm living at my grandparents at the moment] I'll put up my own picture and stuff

If you are going to Memorial then you can play on the Westside team which is supposed to have players from Memorial on it but I don't know if they have or not. Most of the girls on that team are from either West or Edgewood I believe. Also, the Verona girl's coach is John not Joan just so you don't think he's a girl.

Also about recruiting, there are a few girls from my team this year who are going to play on club teams at their colleges but I'm pretty positive nobody's played DI yet since girls lacrosse only started like 4 years ago here. If you want to play on a club team you're probably going to have to play in one out of Chicago and also that is where you will probably have to go to any camps since none really come here.

oh yes...most teams in our area need a good goalie so i'm sure any team would welcome you

to sydneys post... Middleton high school could use help with the goalie situation! when are you moving here?

and to help you with the recruiting process...i too moved from a big lacrosse state (FL) my sophomore year and came to middleton. lacrosse isnt that big up here for girls but is getting alot better. If you get involved with a recruitor you have jus as good of a chance as anyone. as long as you go to tons of camps and contact as many schools as you can and get your name out there! (which im sure you already know lol)

Thanks "radlax"... what's ur real name? I didn't know there was a third girl in this forum. That's exciting. Your message was really helpful. so, I am moving to America's dairy land a week from Sunday I believe. I'm really not sure where I want to play and if I'm plaing goalie or field. Do you polay for Middleton? I'm going to be in the Memorial highschool area of Madison and as of now I plan to get involved in some pickup games, meet some players and coaches, and then decide.

I'm so excited to finalyl be out there. Are you playing anwhere right now where I'll get to meet you?

-Sydney

haha my names alyssa radlinger and yea im a captain at middleton high school. and if you live near memorial, then your not far from middleton at all! yea its kind of hard to choose a team, its really probably between us, west, and verona cuz the rest are far. but our team is getting really big! i try to go to the pick-up games but i never know if they are going on lol so ill try to figure that out and then hopefully we can meet up! middleton is a really fun team and we'd love a new player whether its a goalie or field. so hopefully we can meet up at one of the next pick-up games! hopefully you enjoy wisconsin!

I'll be taking my two-day drive out to Wisconsin this coming sunday. Less than a week! I've been running, so hopefully the fact that I haven't practiced in a month or so [my lax equipment is in a box in storage somewhere] won't hold me back too much. I'd love to get right into the pickup games or maybe just meet up with someone wherever there's a net to play a bit. Once I get out there I'll have to figure out where and when that can happen. Thanks to everyone for being so helpful. I'm excited to meet you!

-sydney

hey!
i play for the lax team at lafollette and we could really use a goalie. if u havent yet found a team itd be awsome to have you play with us. i kno our current goalie is leaving soon so itd be nice to have someone whos been playing for awhile and will be there for a couple years.
my email is volleyshowers@sbcglobal.net is you have any questions

hey, I haven't picked a team yet, but I was planning on doing a practice with some different ones before i choose... I wasn't very strongly considering lafollete because it's the farthest, but thanks for oyur interest. I jst have to figure all thsi crap out... u should've come to the pickup. only two other girls did it was pretty lame.

pukasheller19 wrote:

hey!
i play for the lax team at lafollette and we could really use a goalie. if u havent yet found a team itd be awsome to have you play with us. i kno our current goalie is leaving soon so itd be nice to have someone whos been playing for awhile and will be there for a couple years.
my email is volleyshowers@sbcglobal.net is you have any questions

aHA! little showers!!!! hillarious.

what's so funny? what aren't you telling me Jack?

her big brother and i are good friends, and play together in Milwaukee. we also went to baltimore together earlier this summer...

oh that makes sense.

akdnfa;kjdf alksdfj asf im so bored.

hey! im thinking ur the one my brother went to the championship games with out east???
whats up

i usually work thursday so i havent been able to go to any of the pick up games....
i kno that most of our players drive and i kno some of us would be willing to give you rides and whatnot if thats what you need. hopefully one of these thursdays ill be able to get out there and play

pukasheller19 wrote:

hey! im thinking ur the one my brother went to the championship games with out east???
whats up

yeah that was me...

thats cool
im guessing ur getting ready to go back to milwaukee then too??

yes ma'am... UWM til i die

or carthage college...

LET'S GO NOW RED MEN!

coolcool
do u have an apartment or are you back in the dorms again?

i'm in a house like 4 blocks off campus... pretty awesome actually