Time to kick off the new year

Team Utah Division I tryouts will be held at Westminster College September 6th and 13th. Division I refers to players who will be eligible for U-17 and U-19 tournaments during the course of the 2008-09 school year. While tournament eligibility rules sometimes vary from event to event, we define U-17 as players of birth year 1992 or later and U-19 as players who are of birth year 1990 and 1991. Details on tryouts are as follows:
Site: Dumke Field, Westminster College 1840 S. 1300 East SLC, UT 84105
Time: (Check-in begins at 4:30PM.)
Important Notes:
1. NO lacrosse balls allowed in the facility until the preceding soccer event has concluded and the soccer fans/players have cleared the facility. technically we don't have the field until 5:00 PM so please don't interfere with the group ahead of us in any way.
2. Players are expected to get warmed up on their own prior to the scrimmage. (Goalies included)
3. Players from previous Team Utah squads will be expected to wear their TU penny, all new players will be assigned a penny at check in. We are expecting a large turnout, if you have a blue and white penny with a number on it, you should bring it along in the event we run out of "loaners."
4. Proof of current USL membership is required. A computer printout from the USL website, a magazine label with your name, ID and expiration date or a membership card will confirm this for us.
5. All players must complete a Westminster College Liability Release form prior to participating. If you are younger than 18 it must be signed by a parent or guardian too. This form is download able from the Team Utah website.
6.We do not allow Sports Drinks on the field because of the sugars that are in them and potential for spills to create an unhealthy situation with bacteria on the grass surface. Please don't bring sodas or sports drink out of the stands.

Practice Schedule Update

Friday, June 20 6:30 - 8:30 PM Scrimmage Camp @ WC

Park City Tournament (Rocky Mountain Showcase)
All Tournament Games are at Park City Sports Complex, Quinn’s Junction

Sunday, June 22nd
TU- Blue Practice 6:00 PM Westminster College (Reconfirm this site here before attending, may be moved to Sugarhouse Park)

Monday, June 23rd,
12:30 PM TU- Gold vs Las Vegas Field #1, TU-Blue vs UT Select, Field #2
3:30 PM TU-Blue vs Las Vegas Field #1, TU-Gold vs Utah Select, Field #2

Tuesday, June 24th
11:30 AM TU- Blue vs TU- Gold Field #1, Las Vegas vs Utah Select, Field #2
3:30 PM 1 v 4 on Field #1, 2 v 3 on Field # 2

Wednesday, June 25th
9:30 AM Varsity Consolation Game, Field #2
1:00 PM Var Championship Game, Field #1

June 14th Scrimmage vs Alumni is cancelled

The Saturday afternoon scrimmage between Team Utah U-19 and the Team Utah Alumni is cancelled. The next practice is at 4:00PM Monday June 16th.

Revised Practice Schedule

The U-19 will practice at from 4:00 - 6:00 PM, Wednesday June 11th at the WC field.

The remaining schedule is as follows:

Friday June 13, 7:00-9:00 pm - U-19
Sat June 14, 11:00 - 1:00 pm TU Alumni Scrimmage vs U-19's
Mon June 16, 4:00 - 6:00 pm - U-19 (location TBD)
Wed June 18, 5:00 - 6:30 pm - U-19
Fri June 20, 5:00 - 6:30 pm - U-19

TU U-19 Head Coach Andrew Goodhand (801) 897-0795, andrew.goodhand@gmail.com
Parent Rep Louise Hilliard (801) 737-9128, hilliard52@comcast.net

Team Posting

Please go to the Westminster lacrosse web page for rosters and instructions. www.westminstercollege.edu/mens_lacrosse

The next practice for TU U-19 is June 2nd (Monday) at 7:00 PM at Westminster College.

Gold, Blue, White Rosters

Having technical difficulties with registration software. Will post the team and provide new deadline if necessary as soon as the page registration page is online.

Coach Goodhand

Team Utah U-19 annonces two new coaches to join the staff for summer 2008.
Andrew Goodhand. Andrew graduated from Juan Diego High School in 2004 where he earned All State honors as an attackman over three seasons. He has just completed his college experience at Bucknell University where he played all four years, swiching to midfield and earning do-captain honors in 2008. Andrew will team up with Bison teammate, Nick Marks of Chicago Ill. Nick was a four year starter at midfield for the Bison.

The TU Gold Team will compete in the Rocky Mountain Showcase In Park City Utah, June 23-25 and the Vail Shootout in Vail Colorado June 29 - July 2.
The Team Utah Blue Team will compete only in the RMLS in Park City, June 23-25.
The Team Utah White Team is for U-17 players. (18 after July 1 ok, 18 before July 1 not permitted on this team). Will play in Vail Colorado June 17-20 and in Park City June 26-28.
There were 12 positions kept open on the Gold Roster and 18 spaces are open on the Blue squad.

Tryouts for these teams will be held May 27 & 29th at Westminster College. (1840 South 1300 East SLC, UT

All players who compete in these tryputs must:
1. Complete a westminster College participation Waiver. Downloadabe from this site (TU site)
2. Pay a tryout fee of $5.00. This fee is waived for current TU members and those players who paid at the fall tryout for our winter session.
3. Show up at 4:30 to check in, log jersey # for tryout with selection committee.
4. Fillout a Tryout Registration form. Make sure you indicate which teams you would like to play with on your form. (Gold, Blue,White-u17)

Scrimmage is on at WC at 3:30 PM (2/9)

The Westminster Griffins had a full day of shoveling and we got one half of the facility cleared completely so we will scrimmage Saturday at 3:30 with Utah Select. All U-19 and U-17 players are welcome to join in. We will do a half field scrimmage alternating offenese and defense. We will also run some 7 v 7 across the width of the field. We will let the U-13/U-15 have the indoor facility all to themselves in the AM. See you no later than 3:00.

Westminster will be scrimmaging in the half field vs Utah State at 1:00 PM. - Coach G.

Snow removeal a concern for Saturday 2/9

The Westminster College field is slowly getting cleared of snow. It is not yet known whether it will be in playing condition in time for our afternoon scrimmage this weekend. (Sat 3:30 PM)

I will post a final decision on this site by 9:00 PM Friday night. If we don't go outside plan on an 11:00 AM start indoors at the U.

Coach G

Satruday Feb 9th scrimmage

All Team Utah HS players will be included in our scrimmage this Saturday (2/9)at Westminster College's Dumke Field. The scrimmage will start at 3:30 PM and will follow a Westminster College / USU scrimmage which begins at 1:00 PM. Bring your reversible and your game jersey.

Snow removal may be an issue. Please refer back to this site for an update. The 10:00 AM session will not be held unless the WC field is not playable. In this case we will plan on letting the U-13/U-15 have the entire facility form 10:00-11:00 AM and then conduct our scrimmage from 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM indoors at the U.

Saturday Practice Schedule for the Remaining of the Winter Session

We continue to make GREAT progress and will have our normal practice sessions at the UU indoor facility Saturday, 1/19, 1/26, 2/2 and 2/9 at 10:00 AM.

On 2/9 the Gold team is excused fromt he te 10:00 AM session as they have a scrimmage game vs Utah Select at Westminster College at 3:30 that day.

Scrimmage with Utah Select Set for Feb 9

The Team Utah White team will scrimmage Utah Select Rising Stars Squad Saturday Feb 9th at Westminster College. The face off is set for 3:30 PM. Players should arrive no later than 2:30 PM. There will be a college scrimmage between Westminster College and Utah State ont he same site starting at 1:00 PM.

There has been snow removal work in progress. Only a late storm Friday or Saturday morning will lead to a cancellation of this event. As always, check this blog for the latest updates.

The Blue and Gold squads will have a practice at 10:00 AM at the UU on this day.

2008 Season underway

Session #1 for the 2008 season is Saturday at 10:00 AM. It will be held at the UU indoor facility.

Team Utah is making big changes to the upper age group competition schedule this summer. We will have up to three teams participating in area events. The teams will be designated as TU Gold, TU White and TU Blue. See below for the events and costs of making these teams.

Initial designation of roster slots will be done this January with each team keeping three to five spots open for players who did not have the opportunity to play with us this fall/winter. These slots will be awarded during the Summer tryout sessions May 27 and May 29th.

All HS players are eligible if they meet the grade restrictions sown.

Team Utah White: ($130/$360 with lodging) No seniors (Class of 2008) permitted on this roster!
1. Warrior Vail U-17 tourney: June 17-20 in Vail Colorado
2. RMLax Showcase “Rising Stars” tourney: June 26-28 in Park City, Utah.

Team Utah Blue: ($75-no lodging option) Seniors OK!
1. RMLax Showcase “Varsity” Tourney: June 23-25 in Park City, Utah.

Team Utah Gold: ($130/$390 with lodging) Seniors OK
1. RMLax Showcase “Varsity” Tourney: June 23-25 in Park City, Utah.
2. Vail Lacrosse Shootout – Vail Colorado: June 29-July 2 in Vail Colorado

See the flyer on the TU web site for full details of the summer event schedule.

Session 12/29 is at 3:00 PM

Just a reminder, due to a UU clinic in progress. Our session on 12/29 will begin at 3:00 PM

Scrimmage set for Dec 22 in Kimball Junction

We have been asked to take our Team Utah squad on the road for an indoor scrimmage Saturday morning at the Basin Recreation facility in Kimball Junction. The opponent is the a crew of players currently enrolled in the "Shread it" lacrosse camp offered by Tribal West Lacrosse. Attendees including numerous players from eastern zip codes as well as some fine local prospects. It should be a fun opportunity.

The scrimmagwe will take place from 10-noon at the Basin Recreation indoor facility located just off of I-80 in Kimbal Junction. All players will need to sign in as you enter the facility . See the web site for driving directions.

http://www.basinrecreation.com/reccenter.html

All TU players should bring their reversible penny. The normal practice at the University of Utah Eccles Fieldhouse will not be run simultaneously. If you are unable to make the trip to PC, please remember that next weekend (12/29), our session shifts to the 3-5 PM block of time. We will have numerous TU alumni on hand to conduct "positon specific" clinics and to talk about their experiences making the jump to college lacrosse.

Drive safely and have a great holiday.

Coach Goodhand

Dec 15 Update

We are practicing from 10-12:00 noon in the UU facility on the 15th. There was not enough interest in the San Deigo Tourney in January so that trip has been cancelled.

We will be changing our team assignemnts in January to create a "Varsity" squad and a "Rising Star " squad. This format is similar to most of the summer tournaments formats. The main difference is the "Varsity team is our most competitve squad and includes current seniors. The "Rising Star squad is restricted to underclassmen.

We will be doing evaluations of players over the next four practices and will identify these rosters in Mid January. These teams will each compete in two tourneys this Summer.
Rising Star: Vail June 17-20 & Park City June 26-28.
Varsity: Park City June 23-25, Vail June 29-July 2.

Update for Tuesday 12/4

Wednesday's Scrimmage is Cancelled - The snow has not cleared sufficiently to allow our scrimmage at Westminster College tomorrow, (12/5). Good luck this weekend boys.

General Progress Report: Great turnout and effort last Saturday.

Offense: Progress is evident on the triangle offense with good off-ball movement and crisper passing. We're getting better at being "dangerous without the ball".

Defense: We are seeing a lot of good poke and lift checks. These allow you to disrupt the ball exchanges without sacrificing body position, a rare skill. We still need to emphasize body position and footwork when arriving "on-ball". Remember we shade the ball-carrier to control the movement of the ball.

Next Practice: All U-17 & U-19 players will have practice at 10:00 AM Saturday at the UU indoor facility at 640 Guardsman Way.

What's this white stuff?

Sorry boys, looks like winter has finally arrived. Too much snow on the field at WC to do our scrimage today. We will see you Saturday.

What's this white stuff?

Wednesday Scrimmages, 11/28 & 12/5

In addition to our normal Saturday practice we will do two full-field scrimmages to get our Seattle squad ready for their trip. They will be held at Westminster College, Wednesday 11/28 and 12/5 at 3:30 PM. We will also invite some fo the freshmen players from Westminster to join us in the fun. Should be a fast and fun pace and will be just what our boys need to get some PT together before heading to WA.