Lacrosse

   I grew up playing lacrosse. I love this sport! I started playing when I was in 7^th grade. At that time it was still a fairly new sport in Utah. I continued to play through high school, and even played one year at Utah Valley University before my mission. That year UVU had a great team, and we even went to the national championship for Division II lacrosse. When I got home from my mission I was debating whether or not I would continue playing. By this time I had switched schools, and was now attending BYU. For those of you who don’t know, BYU has one of the most elite lacrosse programs in the nation. I went to a few practices with the team, and went to the first few days of tryouts, but then came to find out the harsh reality that it costs $2,400 to play at the Y. I had just gotten home from my mission, and unfortunately had no money to spare. I decided to bag it this year, and told myself I would work out like crazy, and try to pick it up again next season if I had the money. Soon after that I found myself playing with UVU again. Their program had collapsed due to a series of events, and in consequence is not able this year to compete in the league. So it turned out that there was no requirement to play other than to pay a hundred bucks, and show up when you can. That was definitely doable for me. Because we had lost all sponsorship from the school, we started playing under the name Happy Valley Lacrosse, and have just been practicing and scrimmaging a few smaller schools like Weber State, Utah State, and the UVU alumni. It’s been great for me because I can keep up on the fundamentals, and stay in shape, until next fall when I’ll be trying out for BYU. Let’s play!