Shootout for Soldiers - Awesome Event

It was a long, but worth it day, I headed down to Maryland after my first summer league game last Thursday. The event was a huge success and if you didn't get enough check out location two, up in NY. The event and donors raised 175,00.00 dollars this year for the Wounded Warrior Fund. If you would like to support the cause but can not get up to New York, they have some apparel for sale at Lacrosse Unlimited.

Check out some pictures from the event.

Shootout for Soldiers - June 19th to 20th

The start of my new lacrosse carrier begins with a 24 hours lacrosse game, the Shootout for Soldiers. This event started in 2012, to help support the Wounded Warrior fund, and help educate the public about the struggles our veterans go through to protect the country. There are 24 one-hour games and an accumulative score; you either play for Starts or Stripes. It just so happens that the 20-30 year Open game is at 3:00am, it’s going to be a long day tomorrow. If you are going to be in the Owings Mills area tomorrow, stop by and watch a game or two. There will also be lots of other events going on throughout the day, with lots of great raffles and apparel to purchase, and all proceeds go to help the Wounded Warrior Fund 

Photos from the Archives

This blog is about the unfinished business one player has with the sport, and that player is I, Jake Villwock. I played two years of youth lacrosse, and then decided to quite before high school, still the biggest regret I have in life. I never put the stick down, and after high school I was off to college. The first thing packed was my stick; I knew there would ne no shortage of concert walls to throw against. About half was through my sophomore year, there was a rumor of a club team starting, so I did all I could to make that rumor come true. I got in touch this the athletic department and had a meeting. Next thing I knew, I was being introduced to the new Head coach. We worked together to get things rolling, and after the first season, I traveled with him down to George to speak to the South Eastern Lacrosse Conference Board. We played schools from all over the south, from Furman to NC State. We played the first ever game in Vert Stadium, something I will forever remember!

After almost 6 years of an athletic department sponsored club team, it was clear that the interest in Lacrosse all over the south was growing rapidly. There was only one thing that High Point could do, start a Division 1 team. It wasn’t until the announcement that I really followed lacrosse after college, I mean I watched the NCAA Finals, who didn’t, but I didn’t have a team to closely follow.

Now six years out of college, I'm back to training, I gave it up too early in life and I plan on making that four years of high school back, over a lifetime of post collegiate leagues, exhibition games, and any other opportunities I get to lace up and stand on the field. Lets start this blog off with a few photos from my college days.