Penn Jr. Lacrosse

📢Registration for Fall Clinic is now open!

2024 Fall Clinic information—NOTE ALL IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO WEATHER

Outdoor practices will start the week of September 8th, 2024, and run through October 20th, 2024.

Practice will be held on Sundays at the Edwardsburg Sports Complex.

1st-4th grade will run from 4:00 pm to 4:45 pm.

5th-8th grade will run from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm.

Home 1st-8th Grade Lacrosse Club

Happy Father’s Day to all of our awesome Dads!!

These were left at the fields over where our teams were set up at. Please send a message to claim!

A Huge Congratulations to our U14 and U12 teams for a great season and both making it to the Championship game Sunday!! While we didn’t get the win, they both played great and we are so proud of them!! A very big thank you to our amazing Coaches for all their continued support, guidance and encouragement to our boys. And to the awesome parents that went above and beyond this past Sunday making sure the boys had everything they needed!!

** Please feel free to share any pictures from Sunday in the comments!

Tomorrow’s the big day! We will be hosting the end of season tournament at ESC starting at 8am! **U14 coach is asking for players to arrive between 7-7:15am. U12, please arrive around 8am.

Please see picture below for game schedule and location of fields! Suppose to be warm and ☀️! 🖤💛 Go Penn!!!

Few items to cover:

Academy group-please remember to return any quipement borrowed at the end of practice tonight or you can send a message to set up a day/time to return items if unable to make practice. Great job this season and we hope you all had a wonderful season!!

Rec League (5/6 & 7/8): With the last minute changes to games this Sunday we have made a sign up for snacks and other items! Your help with this is greatly appreciated!!

www.signupgenius.com

Please see email regarding tomorrow games for Academy group and changes to Sunday games for 5/6 & 7/8!!

‼️Due to the weather‼️We have decided to cancel all events for tonight. Please see email for further details.

Both U12 and U14 teams came home with wins against Northridge and SB Bears!!
Way to go boys!!!

If anyone happened to pick up an extra right glove from Wed practice, please bring with you to the games today. Thank you!

After a weekend off the teams are back in action this week with games at the South Bend Bears.

Rec League Teams

The U12 (5th & 6th) and U14 (7th & 8th) teams play at TCU School Field (Turf) and Tallman-Beyrer Field (Grass) this Sunday. Both fields are located at 528 S. Eddy St, South Bend, IN, 46617.

The game schedule is as follows:

U12 vs Northridge @ 1pm (Tallman-Beyrer Field)

U14 vs Northridge @ 1pm (TCU School Field)

U12 vs SB Bears @ 4pm (Tallman-Beyrer Field)

U14 vs SB Bears @ 4pm (TCU School Field)

📢‼️Parent Volunteers Needed!

We need a parent volunteer to work the scorers table and keep the official game and penalty time for each of our 4 games. Great view of the game! The opposing team will also provide a parent volunteer. Please let David or Celia know on Sunday when you arrive at the fields. Thank you!

*** Academy Team, please see email regarding games in place of practices for the next two Tuesdays.

The Kingsmen host Center Grove today 4:30 JV/6:00 V

This should be a fun one! Don’t forget Penn Jr lax player plus one adult gets in free to home games!!!

The Kingsmen host the Huskies of St Joe 630 JV/800 V

We had a great weekend of lacrosse at Northridge’s LAX Out event!! Our U14 went 3-1 and U12 2-2!

Week #2 of the season is here and it's a big one!

We are at Northridge Middle School this weekend. Saturday for the Annual LAXOUT Childhood Cancer event and Sunday for our regular season league games. The schedule is listed below. The 12U (5/6) team will play on the middle school soccer field and the 14U (7/8) team will play on the JV soccer field. These fields are adjacent to each other. See pictures below

April 20th @ Northridge 10th Annual LAXOUT Childhood Cancer Event

U12 vs SB Bears @ 9:30am

U14 vs SB Bears @ 10:30am

U12 vs Northridge @ 11:30am

U14 vs Northridge @ 11:30am

April 21st @ Northridge

U12 vs ICCL B @ 2pm

U14 vs ICCL A @ 3pm

U12 vs ICCL A @ 4pm

U14 vs ICCL B @ 5pm

**Please arrive with enough time to get geared up and be ready to join the team for warm ups 30 minutes before game time. Double check that you have ALL of your required equipment.

Equipment reminder!

Helmet
Shoulder pads
Gloves
Stick
Mouth-guard
Protective cup
Wear black shorts
Only a single line of eye black under each eye is permitted. No face art!

We had a couple items left at the field after practice tonight. Please check your players equipment to see if they are missing anything!

** Also we have a player that is missing their black Nike lacrosse bag. If you son accidentally grabbed that instead of the one shown in the picture please send us a message.

Practices are still on for tonight!

Our 5/6 and 7/8 had their first games this weekend!

If your son is missing their chest pad from the 5/6 game yesterday, Coach Jered picked it up and will have it at practice tomorrow.

Our first games are tomorrow at St. Pius X Catholic School. The fields are adjacent to the school and church. The church address is 52553 N. Fir Rd., Granger, IN.

U14 plays ICCL B at 1pm. Please arrive 12:15 to get geared up. Warm ups will begin 30 minutes before the game (12:30).

U12 plays ICCL B at 2pm. Please arrive at 1:15 to get geared up. Warm ups will begin 30 minutes before the game (1:30). You can also arrive early to watch U14 play at 1pm!

USA Lacrosse Boys Game Overview : Spend some time reviewing the USA Lacrosse Boys Game Overview page on the USA Lacrosse website (link above). It is a great resource to familiarize yourself and your player with the game. The 2024 Boys Youth Guidebook is where you should spend the bulk of your time.

Equipment reminder!

Helmet
Shoulder pads
Gloves
Stick
Mouth-guard
Protective cup
Wear black shorts

Go Penn!

✨If you missed the order deadline for jerseys and need to purchase one, we will have them available at the start of practice tonight. Or send us an email and we can bring them before Sunday’s games.
** for grades 5-8th**

Practice starts today Tuesday, April 9th at the Edwardsburg Sports Complex!

*Location:

Edwardsburg Sports Complex, 27566 US-12, Edwardsburg, MI 49112

Field F13 (this is the first field on the left when you pull into the complex, parking is on the right by the office/garage)

*Practice Days & Times:

1st - 4th Grade Academy: Tuesday & Wednesday 5:30pm-6:30pm

5th/6th Grade & 7th/8th Grade Rec Teams: Tuesday & Wednesday 6:00pm-7:30pm

*Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the start of practice to allow enough time to get geared up and ready to start on time. Players must practice in all gear. This includes; helmet, stick, gloves, shoulder pads, arm pads, a mouthguard, and a protective cup. USA Lacrosse Equipment Guide

Coach Mike Williams will lead the 1st-4th grade academy

Coach Jered Baker will lead the 5th/6th (U12) grade rec team

Coach Chanler Ellsworth will lead the 7th/8th (U14) grade rec team

⭐️⭐️ PARENT/VOLUNTEERS MEETING⭐️⭐️

We will hold a brief parent meeting at 6pm on Tuesday, April 9th to review season and team information.

** We are in need of a Treasurer Board Member! If interested please reach out!!!

Penn Jr Lacrosse player + 1 Adult admitted free to all home games, see schedule below. First home game is tonight! Go Kingsmen!!!

The Kingsmen host Zionsville tonight at Lionshead field 6:30 JV/8:00 V

🖤💛 Good luck today Penn Kingsmen Lacrosse!!

Kingsmen kick off the regular season with a road trip to play Carroll at Trine University 5:30 Varsity /7:00 JV

Today is the last day to place your order for a jersey for any new players or those who need a bigger size. These are the same as last year so you are welcome to re-use last year's.
**Please email returning players #**

✨If you are looking for something to do tomorrow, Penn High School LAX Boys will be having scrimmages with area teams with Varsity playing @ 10am-1:20pm and JV playing @ 1:20pm-4:30pm. Included is a picture of admission cost. There will not be a full confession stand but a table where chips/drink can be purchased.

💛🖤Go Kingsmen!!!