NEW! 2010 REGISTRATION INFORMATION Scholastic Divisions: Registration for the 2010 tournament is currently open for the boys and girls scholastic divisions and registrations will be fulfilled on a first come first served basis. At this time, scholastic teams can register without making a deposit. We will send payment instructions to all registered scholastic teams. Adult Divisions: All adult divisions will be invitation only and first preference will be to teams that participated in the 2009 tournament. Invitations will be sent by e-mail in late February. If you were a team contact in 2009 and have changed your e-mail address, please contact us at info@lakeplacidlax.com with your new e-mail address. Wait List: We expect to fill a few openings in 2010 in Men’s Masters I (31-0ver), Men’s Grand Masters (45-over) and Men’s Super Grand Masters (52-over). We are also hoping to add a second Women’s Open division if we can secure additional field space. In the meantime, if you would like to be added to the wait list for an invitation, please send an e-mail to info@lakeplacidlax.com and be sure to indicate which division of play you are interested in. Players: Individual players looking to connect with a team can send us an e-mail at info@lakeplacidlax.com and we will do our best to get your information to participating teams. In most cases, it will be impractical for us to respond to individual player inquiries. Please be sure to indicate your level of play.
THANKS TO ALL FOR A GREAT 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOURNAMENT! WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE AGAIN AT THE 2010 SUMMIT TO BE HELD AUGUST 2-8.
Thanks to all who made our 20th anniversary event so special. To all 117 teams and their players and families, thanks for providing such an entertaining week of lacrosse. A special thanks goes out to our team of directors who run the event including Mike DeRossi, Mark Snyder, John Morgan, Anthony Ortolano, Rich Gross, Andrea Lister, Tom Pillsworth, Bucky Hayes, Rick Nelson, and Keith Maynard. We really enjoyed having John Jiloty from Inside Lacrosse at the tournament and the publicity it provided. A special thanks goes out to North Elba Supervisor Roby Politi and his team for creating a venue for lacrosse that is second to none. And, thanks to Northwood School and the Lake Placid Central Schools for making fields available for our use. Finally, thanks to our sponsor Warrior Brine for providing such tremendous support to the event. We look forward to seeing everyone in 2010!
PHOTOS OF 2009 CAN BE PRUCHASED AT WWW.LAXPIX.COM
Click on the Photo page above to see photos of 2009 action at the Summit taken by tournament photographer Keith Maynard. Visit www.laxpix.com to purchase professionally prepared prints from Keith.
SIX CHAMPIONS CROWNED AT FINAL DAY OF SUMMIT!
Six divisional champions were determined during Sunday's final day of competition. The clear highlight of the day was the Masters Division I (31-over) championship between Burnt Orange and Rusty Red. Rusty Red took it's firth tournament title 12-10 behind Lindsay Dixon's four goals. In Men's Open Division I, Graph Tex rode MVP Jake Plunkett's performance at both ends of the field to win its sixth tournament title with a 14-8 win over Power Tek. In the Women's Open Division, Graph Tex won its first tournament title behind four goals from Halle Quillinan and defeated two time defending champion Laxified 14-5. In Men's Open Division II, Team Bud won its third Summit title over the Roadhawks 11-9 behind MVP Ari Sussman. Men's Masters II (38-over) saw two Long Island teams battle it out with Checkmate defeating Long Island Lacrosse Unlimited 7-6 behind MVP Mike Swift. Team Harley won the Men's Grand Masters Division I (45-over) with an 11-5 win over Atlantic Sportswear. Paul Thomas was named MVP of the championship game.
OWU LEGENDS WIN MEN'S GRAND MASTERS DIVISION II (August 8)
OWU Legends won its first championship in Lake Placid defeating Canistigione Crabmen by a 9-6 score. Bob Liegner's outstanding play in goal earned him the championship game MVP award. Capitaland defeated the Old Dogs 11-4 to take third place.
CLOUD SPLITTER WINS THIRD STRAIGHT SUPER GRAND MASTERS TITLE (August 7)
Cloud Splitter continued its dominance of the 52-over Super Grand Masters Division with an 8-3 win over the Ultra Legends. Yielding a total of only four goals in four games, the Splitters also featured a high powered offense that put 40 goals on the board. Lee Murphy was named MVP and the Legend's Pete Bence received the sporstmanship award. OldeWU Legends defeated USA Stars 4-3 to take third place.
GREENE TURTLE AND FCA ROCHESTER GOLD CAPTURE INAUGURAL SCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Greene Turtle defeated Albany Power Gold 13-4 to win the U-15 Boy's Scholastic Division.Third place went to Team Anne Arundel who defeated Team Chil-Lax Wear 10-0. In the U-18 Boys Division, FCA Rochester Gold defeated IAS/Com Lax 11-4 to take first place. Third place went to Shoreham Wading River who defeated Albany Power 4 -1. Click on the schedule/results page to see all the final results and standings.
PLANNING AHEAD? 2010 TOURNAMENT DATES SET; 2011?
For those of you already making plans for 2010, the tournament dates will be Monday, August 2 through Sunday, August 8. Planning even further ahead, we have been offered the potential to move the tournament to the week of July 11-17, 2011. We have several options including: moving the entire tournament, moving the scholastic event to the weekend of July 15-17 and keeping the adult divisions where they have been in the first full weekend of August, or keeping the whole event in early August. We want to hear from you so let us know your thoughts by e-mail or at the tournament.
