2012 Rock Steady Lacrosse Camp May 31- June 2 at Marshall Stadium at Trinity. Boys players entering grades 5-9, all ability levels (beginner/intermediate/advanced) Sign up by May 15 for $125 per player, the same price it was in 2006.
Shillito Park 300 W. Reynolds Rd Lexington, Kentucky 40514
You'll should approach from New Circle Dr., exit onto Nicholasville Rd. South, make a right at Reynolds Rd. (2nd light). Make left on Shilito Rd. just past a RR overpass.
Go past the firestation and then go past the pool. At the top of the hill are the fields, you should see the light stands surrounding the field. If you pass the tennis courts you have gone too far.
2012 Spring signup meeting will be held on Wednesday 12/7 at 6 pm in Alumni Hall for the players who make the varsity & the JV, and all freshman players. The form is to the right. We will also be taking spirit wear orders at this meeting. All players on the V & JV rosters below, as well as all Freshman players, will be expected to sign up at this meeting. = = =
The 2011 Rock Steady Lacrosse Camp will be held at Trinity on June 3-5 in Marshall Stadium. This camp is for boys players entering grades 5-9 in the fall of 2011. We have beginners, intermediate & advanced sessions. The form is to the right. There is a discount if you sign up before May 15. = = =
Steve Hines is a Trinity grad and owner of Bluegrass Video in Middletown and is shooting all of our varsity games here in Louisville again this season. He is posting game highlights on youtube by way of the rocksteady lacrosse site.
This is a good way for friends, alum and family to keep up with the Rocks this season. In addition to the highlight video, Steve can also provide any of our games on DVD and he also does college recruitment DVDs for any player looking to play at the next level. He has already done some of our guys and some others from around Louisville with pretty good success. His contact info:
Steve Hines Bluegrass Video 502.245.5868 Office 502.262-5104 Cell www.bluegrassvideo.com
2011 Varsity & JV Rosters Thank you to all who tried out for lacrosse at Trinity this year. Determining who fits on what roster & especially who we don't have room for are extremely difficult decisions. Cutting people is the worst part of coaching, by far. It's not even close. But we are under serious constraints of field space, time & coaches and we're not able to accomodate everyone that wants to play lacrosse.
The 2011 Varsity & JV rosters are posted to in a MS Excel file to the right. All freshmen players not listed are on the 2011 Freshman Team. Please call/email me pete@schroeder.net if you have questions.
SIgnups for the players listed & all freshmen players will be on Wednesday December 8 at 6 pm in Alumni Hall.
If you can't do all of that yet, it's OK - you now have something to shoot for.
Everyone have a great holiday; we'll see the varsity for basketball starting Wednesday night 1/6/2010. Practice starts 2/8/2010 = = =
Updated December 15, 2009:
Players and Parents,
The Kentucky Lacrosse Association Board of Directors met Monday night December 14, 2009 and voted to require all youth, middle school and high school players and coaches continue to be members of U.S. Lacrosse.
It is the coaching staffs responsibility to ensure that each member of their teams are in compliance with the requirement. If a player is found to not be a member and participates in a KLA league game, the team forfeits the game.
Also, if a player is not a member and the opposing coach points this out prior to a game starting, the player will not be allowed to play in the game and can not participate in any KLA games until he has joined or renewed his membership.
All memberships are required to be in effect the entire season and memberships should not expire before July 1, 2010.
Please use the attached Registration and Waiver document to provide this information. You may be asking yourself:.
1. Have you provided this information on other Trinity documents: Yes
2. Why do I need to provide this information on this document: This document has the following protection for the KLA:
In consideration of permission granted my child by the Kentucky Lacrosse Association to participate in its’Lacrosse Program, I hereby release and discharge the Kentucky Lacrosse Association, its’ agencies, coaches, volunteers and officers from all claims, demands, actions, judgements, and executions which I or my child ever had, or now have, or which my or my child’s heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, may have, or claim to have, against the Kentucky Lacrosse Association, its’ successors or assigns, for all personal injuries known or unknown, and injuries to property, real or personal, caused by or arising out of, the activities sponsored and administered by the Kentucky Lacrosse Association.
I verify that my child is a current US Lacrosse member with an expiration date not earlier than the 1st of July of the current year.I, the undersigned, have read this release and understand all its terms. I execute it voluntarily and with full knowledge of its significance.
Please re-new or have your son join US Lacrosse and forward the information to me as soon as possible. Renew membership at: www.uslacrosse.org
Thanks to everyone who tried out for lacrosse at Trinity this fall.Every year, our team gets more difficult to make.Decisions on cuts & who makes what team are difficult decisions.The 2010 spring rosters & signup forms are posted to the right.Freshmen who are not listed on the rosters have made the freshman team & should also use the forms to the right.There are two things I want you to consider if you are not on the roster that you want to be on this year:
1.We have about 60 days a year (of practice & games) to make Trinity’s team better.That leaves you about300 days a year to work on your lacrosse skills.How many days did you work on your individual skills since last year’s tryouts?And how did the work you put in translate into results on the field?Did you work on the right skills?Start planning your next 300 days in order to get where you want to be when tryouts start next fall.
2.Michael Jordan tried out for the varsity basketball team his sophomore year & was cut, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_jordan#Early_years.It’s not necessarily the end of your career if you didn’t make the team you wanted to this year.
Please don’t hesitate to call me if you have questions 502-608-7164 cell phone, or email me pete at schroeder dot net.
If you are listed on the varsity or JV rosters & have decided not to play, please contact me immediately.
Spring signups will be Thursday December 10 at 6 pm in the Convocation Hall.
If you can’t make the meeting, please turn the forms & checks in to Mr. Rapp before the end of the school day on Friday December 11 to ensure that you will have a uniform when the games start.We can’t hold up the uniform order for late forms & checks.We can’t guarantee you’ll have a practice jersey when practice starts or game uniforms when the games start unless we have your completed forms & checks by Friday.Thanks & go Rocks!
Here is a nice article about Trinity lacrosse from Ryan Rohde at Lax Power, which is a site that ranks high school & college lacrosse teams and also serves as a portal for lacrosse information. http://www.laxpower.com/laxnews/news.php?story=14664
The Armadillo Game between Washington & Lee and North Carolina in 1982 is discussed in some detail at the link below, which includes game video that is new to me. This tactic has since been outlawed but this game still has a unique place in lacrosse lore after all of these years. The video will show you a little about where lacrosse has come from. Thanks to laxpower forum poster D-III for the link:
And before any of the kids ask, no I did not play in this game, I was 14 in '82. = = =
***Updated 3/30/08, 9:44 pm.***
Steve Hines is a Trinity grad & a videographer with Bluegrass Video, he is shooting all of our varsity games in Louisville this season. At the right is a highlight video from the Ravenwood game. In addition to doing highlight videos, Steve can make copies of the games & can also do college recruitment videos for our players looking to play at the next level. His contact info:
Steve Hines Bluegrass Video 311 N Evergreen Rd Middletown, KY 40243 502.245.5868 Office 502.245.8271 Fax contact@bluegrassvideo.com = = =
Cecil Copeland is the photographer for The Athletic Image, a sports photograpy company in Atlanta. He took some really nice pictures of the games on the Atlanta trip, the pics are at http://www.theathleticimage.com/lacrosse/trinity/.
His parents (Jim & Beth) will be at the 3/27 scrimmage vs Hilliard Davidson (5 pm) and the 3/30 game vs Lindbergh MO (2 pm) selling DVDs with pictures from all three games for $10. Thanks to Joey for taking all of the pictures, nice work.
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**9/6/07** -Trinity has made this month's issue of Inside Lacrosse magazine.
There is a piece & a picture on page 60 about the state title game & the growth of lacrosse in Kentucky.
**6/27/2007** Pete Carril was the head basketball coach at Princeton where he won 500 games, and then went on to be an assistant coach with the Sacremento Kings. Here are 25 Little Things To Remember from his book, The Smart Take from the Strong, many of them apply to lacrosse:
1. Every little thing counts. If not, why do it? 2. When closely guarded, do not go toward the ball. Go back-door. 3. Whenever you cut, look for a return pass. 4. When you commit to a cut (or back-door) do not stop and do not come back to the ball. 5. Bad shooters are always open. 6. On offense, move the defense. 7. Putting defensive pressure on the ball makes it harder for the other team to run an offense and gives your team a better chance to defend. 8. In a zone or any defense, when their five men guard your three men, look to throw cross-court passes. 9. Watch the man in front of you. He shows you what to do. 10. Keep your dribble. Use it when you are going to do something useful. 11. A pass is not a pass when it is made after you've tried to do everything else. 12. A good player knows what he is good at. He also knows what he is not good at and only does the former. 13. You want to be good at those things that happen a lot. 14. When the legs go, the heart and the head follow quickly behind. 15. Defense involves three things: courage, energy, intelligence. 16. If your teammate does not pass the ball to you when you're open and he doesn't say anything, then he did not see you. If he says "I'm sorry," he saw you and did not want to throw you the ball. 17. In trying to learn to do a specific thing, the specific thing is what you must practice. There is little transfer of learning. 18. Whatever you are doing is the most important thing that you're doing while you're doing it. 19. Anyone can be average. 20. Being punctual is good in itself. However, what is more important is that your punctuality tells your teammates what you think of them. 21. Hardly any players play to lose. Only a few play to win. 22. I like passers. They can see everything. 23. The way you think affects what you see and do. 24. Rarely does a person who competes with his head as well as his body come out second. That was said even before Coach Vince Lombardi by the Greeks and the Romans, and probably by the Chinese. 25. The ability to rebound is in inverse proportion to the distance your house is from the nearest railroad tracks. ==
4 STATE CHAMPS 2004♣2005♣2006♣2007 ==
Trinity High School established a boys lacrosse team in 2002. The Shamrocks are members of the Kentucky Lacrosse Association and US Lacrosse.
Our 2002-2008 results are available on laxpower.com. In 2002, the lax Rocks finished 10-4 as Kentucky state finalists; in 2003, they finished 14-6 as Kentucky state semifinalists. The Rocks won the Kentucky State Title in 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2007. And the Rocks went 8-10 in 2008. Go to the Announcements page for box scores of the games. The schedule page will have the scores as well.
Contact Info: Pete Schroeder, Head Coach pete at schroeder dot net cell (502) 608-7164
Keith Rapp, Faculty Moderator Trinity High School 4011 Shelbyville Road Lousiville, KY 40207 (502) 736-8225 Rapp at thsrock dot net ===
