Around The Crease

Ryan McGorry from St. Joseph’s Collegiate (N.Y.) is doing a prep year at Salisbury School (Conn.) before heading to Loyola University. McGorry joins Mike Loveday to discuss his recruiting process and how he came to choose the Greyhounds. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/support

Carter Henry, a Class of 2020 McCallie School (Tenn.) graduate and future Yale student, along with Wilson Perez-Vasquez from Immokalee (Fla.) who is committed to Wheeling, join Mike Loveday to discuss their experiences as men of color playing lacrosse.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/support

Detroit Country Day Head Coach Chris Garland discusses Black Lives Matter along with race and lacrosse in this special episode of Around the Crease. Some ways you can help • Text "Floyd" to 55156 • Donate to the Equal Justice Initiative at www.eji.org • Visit www.ColorOfChange.org to learn about how to respond to injustices Joe Ehrman Link that Coach Garland Discusses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2DkEf4yLQM&feature=youtu.be&mc_cid=749f519804&mc_eid=156bc661c7 PLL Podcast with Kyle Harrison: https://megaphone.link/PLL2493680291 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/support

Eric Malever from Woodward Academy and Brooks Baro from McIntosh join this week’s show to discuss the end to their high school careers and Mike Loveday gives an update on the status of the 2020 season around the country. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/support

This Week in Lacrosse went live with Michael Ward and Lee Roggenburg last week. This is the full rebroadcast of the live show where we discuss the state of high school lacrosse, the NCAA decision to allow seniors to return for another year of school. We also share our favorite things from the shortened 2020 season. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/support

This episode of Around the Crease features Ponte Vedra (Fla.) Head Coach Tom West, Notre Dame commit Carter Parlette and Utah commit Davis Smith. The Sharks discuss their trip to Maryland where they took on Gilman (Md.) and Boys' Latin (Md.). --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/support

Gabe Smith from J.H. Rose High School in North Carolina shares the emotional story of family friend Pete Quinlan and his impact on Smith’s lacrosse life. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/support

New playoff formats in Indiana and Florida add additional topics to the start of each season. Both states are moving to a two-division classification, which should provide more teams with an opportunity. But is it all a net positive? Mike Loveday discuss with IHSLA President, Charlie Berry and FloridaLacrosseNews.com's Lee Roggenburg. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/support

This week's guest is Scott Weddell, the Director of English Knights Lacrosse in England. LaxRecords connected with Scott after one of his players, Daniel Jones, committed to High Point. We talk about he Knights program, how it started, what its like bringing their best players to America every two years and what the landscape of lacrosse is like in England.  English Knights Lacrosse Online Twitter @engknightslax Instagram: @english_knights_lax Facebook: facebook.com/EnglishKnightsLacrosseElite --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/support

Lander University head coach Tony LePore joins Mike Loveday this week to talk about building the Bearcats program and what it's like building a Division II lacrosse program from the ground up. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/support

This week's guest is Illinois Tech head coach Dan Sharbaugh. Illinois Tech will begin its first year as a Division III program in 2020, and I sit with Sharbaugh to discuss what its like beginning a program from scratch, what goes into building a program and what it's like waiting to play the first game in program history. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/support

Mike and Michael dive deep into the new player profile feature on LaxRecords.com and the duo discuss the relevance of Joanie Loves Chachi to our audience ...  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/support

Transylvania lacrosse Associate Head Coach John Otto joins the podcast this week to talk about what it's like recruiting at a Division III program. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/support

Manhattan Associate Head Coach John Odierna joins Mike Loveday on this week's podcast to discuss recruiting. We cover some familiar topics like how to choose events and getting noticed, but we also dive into the role highlight videos and social media play into recruiting.  Manhattan lacrosse Manhattan lacrosse on Twitter Manhattan lacrosse on Instagram --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/support

St. Dominic's (Oyster Bay, N.Y.) head coach Tom Rooney discusses his coaching path that brought him to helping resurrect a program. We discuss what it's like to play lacrosse on Long Island and if it's really the king of all sports. We also talk about why he decided to start a new club program in an area of the country that's renowned for its talented programs. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/support

Detroit Country Day head coach Chris Garland join this week's podcast to discuss the roles of high school and club in lacrosse recruiting, the possibility of a spring club team happening and more. This is Part 2 of a two-part series where we talk with high school and club coaches about the role each players in a lacrosse player's career. Part 1 featured special guests, Andy Kay of MICDS (Missouri) and Kevin Benages of Naperville North (Illinois) and can be found via this link. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/support

Reed Landin, a Class of 2021 lacrosse player at Episcopal School of Dallas (Texas), joins the show this week to talk about his lacrosse recruiting process. We discuss everything from how he got involved with lacrosse to how he went about contacting college programs and the process that ultimately led him to selecting Duke. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/support

Special guests, Andy Kay of MICDS (Missouri) and Kevin Benages of Naperville North (Illinois) join this week's podcast to discuss the roles of high school and club in lacrosse recruiting, the possibility of a spring club team happening and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/support

Wagner Defensive coordinator Marc Zolchonock joined the podcast this week to take us inside lacrosse recruiting's most asked questions. We discuss several topics, including the best way for players to choose which recruiting events to attend and what the evaluation process is like for college lacrosse coaches.  Here's a full list of the questions we cover: 1. How should players pick which events to attend?  2. How do players get evaluated by college coaches? 3. Does getting noticed differ for players on the East Coast versus the Midwest, Southeast or West? 4. How early should a player start trying to get in front of a college coach (what year in high school)? 5. What non-athletic factors feature heavily in recruiting? 6. Is Walking On a thing at D-I lacrosse programs? 7. What’s the No. 1 thing a recruit can do to make themselves the most recruitable player possible? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/support

William Penn (Iowa) mens lacrosse coach Luke Christiansen joins Mike Loveday to discuss recruiting on this week's episode of Around the Crease. We cover the following questions and a few more:  1. How do you get noticed by college coaches? 3. Does getting noticed differ for players on the East Coast versus the Midwest, Southeast or West? 4. How early should a player start trying to get in front of a college coach (what year in high school)? 5. What non-athletic factors feature heavily in recruiting? 7. What’s the No. 1 thing a recruit can do to make themselves the most recruitable player possible? Links:  William Penn Lacrosse Twitter William Penn Athletics Twitter William Penn Athletics Website William Penn University Website --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/laxrecords/support