3/29 No Little Tykes

NO LIttle Tykes 4-5pm TONIGHT. 3/29 as Coach is Ill. Please share the news. See you on Thursday.

Pick Up

This is what a 1633 

Whoppie Pie Pick Up 

Looks Like

Thank You

Steve's Snack

Tad and Michelle Simpson

Mary Alice Gould

John & Autumn Szarowski

Our MANY Sales Representatives

Our Supportive Purchasers

Many Details

Middle School Girls Thursday 3/22 Practice will be held @ Somerset Valley Middle school from 7-8:30pm with Coach Gould and the High School Team Whoppie Pie Pick Up Whoppie Pie can be picked up @ practice Thursday 3/24 for players to deliver. If you cannot attend it is your responsibility to message Coach Gould or Gretchen for an alternate plan. Thanks to all that worked so hard on this sale. Thank you to Steve's Snacks for providing the pies at a much discounted rate. We sold 1633 whoppie pies. A special thanks to the Szarowski Family as they sold nearly half of all the pies. This money will be used to scholarship players in need, to purchase paint and referee time for games and to reimburse coach's memberships and expenses around 'US Lacrosse. Again, Thank You ALL! Our Last...... March Mohawk Mentor Clinic                 SATURDAY 3/25 2-3:30                 (Location still TBA)                 Boys Grades 5-12 FREE Joe Hezlep enters his 9th year as Head Coach at Scarborough High School. During his time as head coach, Scarborough has won five Maine Class A State Championships in 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. The Red Storm has compiled a 102-25 record during that time. In 2007, he was the 1st assistant at the University of Southern Maine. Previous to that he spent two years working as an assistant coach at Scarborough including the 2006 Class A State Championship. He started coaching the 7th and 8th grade teams in 2001 and did so for three years. HELP 1. Coach Oeullette needs help coaching 3/4 boys and girls this Thursday3/22 5-6pm. He knows the lacrosse.....We need two or three parents to keep kids settled and organized. There are so many kids (yeah) in this program. It will be better when we get outside. Coach Ouellette will run the drills. We need you to keep the kids focused and in line. Please message Gretchen and help out. I will be organizing whoppie pies. I cannot help Coach Oeullette. High school players could also lend a hand. 2. We will  sell Calendar Raffle Tickets in April. Each day in May MidMaine Lacrosse will give away gift cards and gifts to lucky winners. The tickets will sell 1 for $5, 3 got $10 or 7 for $20. We ask that each player sell at least ten calendars. We are also hosting booth sales. Sunday April 3th at Bud's in Pittsfield and Saturday April 9th at Bud's in Newport. The High school boys are running the Pittsfield sales April 3rd. I am away both days and need parents and players to helpSaturday April 9th. Message Gretchen or  sign up @ https://www.volunteersignup.org/RHTMH. (High School Coop Plays have an away game 4/9 and cannot help @ the Newport Sale.) Please help! 3. SAVE the DATES Saturday May 14th and Sunday May 15th ALL HANDs ON DECK @ the Tegenhondi Tournament a. We will need donations of water and food. b. We need double the helpers we had last year. EVERYONE c. High School plays Saturday. Middle School plays Sunday. WE ALREADY HAVE 32 Teams Registered.  We especially need everyone on Sunday. SPECIAL EVENTS 1. Sticks and Stones is postponed from April 10th. Keep watch. (Gretchen and others are pretty tired. This is a great event but we need a break.) 2. Tegenhondi 5/14 and 5/15 3. Boston Cannons 6/11 Stay tuned for more Information

Clinic with Coach Hezlep 3/26

Join Coach Hezlep Saturday March 26th 2:00-3:30pm 

(location TBA) 

We are so fortunate! 

MML Boys (MSB and up)

Joe Hezlep enters his 9th year as Head Coach at Scarborough High School. During his time as head coach, Scarborough has won five Maine Class A State Championships in 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. The Red Storm has compiled a 102-25 record during that time. In 2007, he was the 1st assistant at the University of Southern Maine. Previous to that he spent two years working as an assistant coach at Scarborough including the 2006 Class A State Championship. He started coaching the 7th and 8th grade teams in 2001 and did so for three years.

Coach Hezlep was selected to coach at the 2012 Champion All-American Showcase, a US Lacrosse event. The event took place at Disney's Wide World of Sports. He was one of 8 coaches selected to coach 96 of the best lacrosse players in the country representing 31 states. He is also the President of the Maine Lacrosse Coaches Association, past president of the Maine Chapter of US Lacrosse and is on the Maine Underclassman Showcase Game committee.

Coach Hezlep attended Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester, NH. While there he majored in Western Politics with a minor in American History. Coach Hezlep also worked as a tutor for the politics department for two years and then served as a one on one peer mentor, helping kids who were having trouble adjusting to the freedom and academic requirements of college. He played lacrosse for the Division II Penmen in the Northeast 10 Conference from 2001 until 2004 and was a starter in his first year as a Penmen.

Before SNHU Coach Hezlep played lacrosse South Portland High School. He played baseball until his sophomore year when he started playing lacrosse. He was a captain in his junior and senior seasons and was also the team’s leading scorer in those years. As a senior he was a Press Herald All-State honorable mention, 1st Team All-SMAA and was selected to play in the Maine Senior All-Star game. Coach Hezlep also played football all four years in high school, he play defensive end and was a back-up quarterback and won a Class A State Title in his senior year.

He coaches football at his alma mater South Portland High School where he is the special teams coordinator and coaches the wide receivers and outside linebackers.

Coach Hezlep currently lives in Portland with his wife, Megan, his french bulldog, Duchess, and works as Director of Operations at Landing Real Estate in Portland's Old Port district.

Date Change Goalie Clinic

Schedule Alerts
1. There is no MSB practice Thursday 3/10 (concert)
2. There is no HSG practice Thursday 3/10 (concert)
3. There is no MSB practice Thursday 3/17 (concert)
4. There is no HSG practice Thursday 3/17 (concert)
5. We are waiting approval to add MSB 3/16 5:30-7:00 SVMS
6. We are waiting approval to add HSG 3/16 7-8:30 SVMS
7. We must reschedule the Goalie Clinic from 3/24 and we are considering 3/16 and a couple of other days.
8. The Team and Master Calendar were updated 3/9 11:30am to reflect these changes.

Guest Coaches @ Little Tykes Tonight 3/8

Guest Coaches

Braden Monteyro (MCI-Nokomis Cooperative)

Abby Monteyro (MidMaine Lacrosse)

@ PCC 4-5pm

Little Tykes K-2

Goalie Clinic

FREE Goalie Clinic for Boys and Girls Middle School & High School

Thursday 3/24 5:00-6:30 @ SVMS

Guest Coach Alex Michaud

Alex Michaud is the varsity lacrosse goalie for Saint Dominic Academy in Auburn. He has been a lacrosse goalie since 3rd grade when he started playing lacrosse. He has attended several lacrosse goalie clinics and camps including 207 lacrosse’s goalie clinic and Peak Lacrosse goalie camp. He played for 207 lacrosse during the summer and fall of this past year. He has been Saint Dom’s starting varsity goalie since his freshman year as well as one of their captains since his sophomore year and is currently a senior. He has received several offers to play for Division 3 college and plans on attending Clarkson University in the fall.

Lacrosse Forum

5th Season Start Thank You

As MidMaine Lacrosse Begins Our 5^th Season

We Thank Our Current Contributors

Town of Palmyra

Somerset Valley Middle School

Lakewood Theater

Bowman Constructor's

Dalhou Farms

Dexter Brass

Anonymous

Pat's Propane

H2O Water Well Drilling

Getchell Construction

Bangor Savings Bank.

Gilman's Electric

Sebasticook Valley Federal Credit Union

Sebasticook Family Doctors

Chris & Carla Littlefield

Balance Yoga & Dance

Moosehead Veterinary Hospital

Bud's Shop N Save

Katahdin Trail Saddlery

Cookson's Collison Center

Crosby & Neal Funeral Home

4 Seasons Floral & Gift

Somatex

Finyl Vinyl

Town of Hartland

ECOLAB

Technology Solutions

M|CI Alumni

Girl Scout Troop 1300

Friends of RSU #19 Football

Newport Family Practice

Anonymous

Balance Yoga & Ballet

Etna/Dixmont Eagles

Friends of RSU #19 Field Hockey

Nokomis National Honor Society

Mom’s of MCI Football

RSU #19 Latin Club

Friends of RSU #19 Soccer

RSU #19 Music Boosters

RSU #19 Show Chorus

Colby College

Karen Henning

David Pelletier

Michaud Engineering

Gretchen Livingston

Shawna Melanson

Steve's Snacks

Coach Grote, Bowdoin College Clinics for Girls Grades 3-12 Sunday March 20th

Clinics for GIRLS Grades 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12 @ Bowdoin College Sunday March 20th @ Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine

These will be fabulous learning opportunities. Coach Grote has been to Hartland, in 2014, where she conducted a clinic during our 1st Annual Tegenhondi Tournament. It was GREAT.The spring of 2015 was the 13th season for Bowdoin head coach Liz Grote, who is the winningest coach in Polar Bear women's lacrosse history.

Over the course of her tenure at Bowdoin, Grote has won over 67% of her games and led the Polar Bears to unprecedented heights. The Polar Bears have made two NESCAC Championship game appearances, qualified for five NCAA Division III Tournaments and - in 2011 - accumulated the most wins in school history (18), the program's first-ever trip to the NCAA "Final Four" and runner-up finish in the Division III Championship.

In 2011 Grote surpassed long-time head coach Sally LaPointe as the winningest in program history. Coach Grote was honored as the IWLCA's New England Coach of the Year in 2005. Under her direction, Bowdoin has had at least one IWLCA Division III All-American in 11 of the last 12 years.

A native of Simsbury, Conn., Grote is a 1994 graduate of the University of Vermont and came to Bowdoin with an extensive background in college lacrosse. In addition to accumulating a school-best 32-18 record in three years at Wooster, Grote held assistant coaching jobs at Monmouth University (1995), Princeton University (1996) and the University of New Hampshire (1997-99).

In 2002, Grote led Wooster to a school- record 12 victories (12-6 overall), surpassing the 29-year program's previous top mark of 10 wins in a season. Even more noteworthy, she helped direct the Scots to their first conference title and first NCAA appearance, where they lost to Cabrini, 12-11, in the first round. Grote has been named the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Division III West Region Coach of the Year twice (2000, 2002) and was tabbed as North Coast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in both 2001 and 2002

Tues 3/8 Schedule Changes MSB and HSG

Important Changes to HSG and MSB TUESDAY MARCH 8th

Please see www.midmainelacrosse.com Master Calendar

These changes are because Coaches Gould & Simpson travel to Topsham to create the 7/8 and Girls MS Schedules. There is also a Nokomis Instrumental Jazz Concert for some HS students.

Thank you Parent/BoD

Great Thanks to Parents representing their youth lacrosse athletes at our Parent/Board of Director's Meeting this evening. Great collaborative work took place. It was fun to be a part of such a productive process. We all learned a good bit. I learned a good bit about players numbers and socks among other things...... Other concerned and collaborative parents, not able to attend this evening, should join us at our next meeting early in April. We need more parents participating on a board level and fyi we laugh lots.....about feeding bears, keeping mum and expert coaches named similarly to board/paper work people. Great fun. Greater Good.

Email Sign Up Update

Please follow this link and update you email.
Please do this update even if you recently signed up for emails from MidMaimne Lacrosse.
Mr. Robert Michaud expanded our system today 3/2/16.
Always make sure our "email blasts" do not end up in your junk, trash or spam.
Please allow them through your filters.

This is the update link.

http://eepurl.com/bSD2lr

Thanks,

Gretchen and especially Robert Michaud, Web Master.

Meeting is still on! 3/2

MidMaine Lacrosse will still host it's Parent/Board Meeting Tonight Wednesday 3/2 6:30pm @ Tim Horton's in Newport

All are welcome!

Housekeeping Changes

Housekeeping

1. Changes to the Master Calendar for 3/22  involving times and locations of MSG, MSB and Open Gym were made today.

2.We have revamped the PreSeason Administrative Support @ Practice Volunteer Sign Up. We are no longer requesting scheduled assistance @ SVMS during preseason. We do still need some helpers @ Palmyra Community Center,

https://www.volunteersignup.org/9PLT8

March Mohawk Mentor Series

March Mohawk Mentor Series

To celebrate the beginning of MidMaine Lacrosse’s Premier Preseason, we have invited various lacrosse experts to Guest Host some preseason practices. It is very generous of area professionals and volunteers to help MidMaine Lacrosse. Thank you to all of those participating in our March Mohawk Mentor Series. We will host additional guest coaches later in the season for younger athletes. Coaches guesting in March have their own teams in April so there is a heavy slant on our older athletes to begin the Mohawk March Mentor Series. Please check the www.midmainelacrosse.com Master and Team Calendars very carefully as some practice times and locations shift slightly to accommodate these great opportunities.

Coach Karen Henning, Colby College Woman’s Lacrosse 3/18 (Girls Gr. 7-12)

Coach Gretchen Livingston, Cony HS Girls Lacrosse 3/22 (Girls Gr. 7-12)

Coach David Pelletier, Messalonskee Youth Lacrosse 3/22 (MSB 5-8)

Fitness Expert Shawna Melanson 3/24 (MSB & HS Girls)

Alex Michaud, Goalie Coach and Team Member of St Dominic’s Academy, TBA

 

Thank you to our Guest Coaches!

Karen Henning Colby College Woman’s Lacrosse Coach

Karen MacCrate Henning, who won national titles as a player and coach, is in her ninth season as head coach of the women's lacrosse team in the 2015-16 academic year.
In her first eight seasons Henning has led the Mules to seven NCAA tourney appearances, including four national quarterfinal berths. She helped the Mules win the program's first New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) title in 2008, then led the Mules to another league title in 2009. The Mules also made the NESCAC title game in the 2010 and 2011 seasons. She earned the New England Pilgrim Region and NESCAC Coach of the Year honors in her first year. Colby is 108-39 in Henning's eight seasons.
Henning reached 200 career wins during the 2014 season and has a 211-60 overall record as a head coach. She has a staggering 78 percent winning percentage in her coaching career. Henning was inducted into the Long Island Metropolitan Lacrosse Foundation (LIMLF) in February 2011 for her playing and coaching career.
Henning has achieved success throughout her lacrosse career. She was an attacker for the University of Maryland, which won national titles in 1995 and 1996 and finished unbeaten in both seasons. Henning was an NCAA Division I First Team All-American in 1995 and 1996 and finished her career with 78 goals and 76 assists for 154 points. Maryland had a 61-3 record during Henning’s four season 

Gretchen Livingston Cony High School

Mrs. Gretchen Livingston has been named the Girls Lacrosse Coach of the Year by the Kennebec Journal.  The Kennebec Journal reads “ Cony girls lacrosse coach Gretchen Livingston has played a key role in the growth and development of a team that four years ago became a varsity program and is already a contender in Class A”. The Cony Rams previously earned the Number Two seed in the Eastern A Playoffs.  “They also played in the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference championship game and have earned berths in the regional semi finals, all firsts for the Rams”.

Gretchen Livingston, also known as Señora Livingston, or Señora, has been teaching Spanish at Cony for twelve years. She began her own Spanish studies in the 9^th grade at Hall-Dale High School in Farmingdale, Maine. She continued her Spanish studies at Tufts University and studied in Madrid, Spain her junior year. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Tufts University in 1997 with a degree in Spanish and Latin American studies. After graduation, she spent two years in Honduras, Central America as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Upon return to the United States, she earned her teaching certificate and taught Spanish at the middle school level for four years before taking her current position at Cony. She attended The School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vermont during the summers of 2004 and 2005 to earn her Masters Degree in Teaching Spanish. Señora Livingston is one of the Spanish Club Advisors, and advisor to the National Honor Society. She coaches girls lacrosse at Cony in the spring. She currently resides in Augusta with her husband, Robby Vachon, and her daughter, Gabriella Livingston Vachon.

David Pelletier, Messalonskee Middle School

Coach Pelletier returns to MidMaine Lacrosse from the Oakland/Messalonskee Lacrosse Program. Messalonskee has developed a very strong local program. Coach Pelletier brings with him years of experience and solid teaching skills. He worked previously, for four years, with the Kennebec Cannons in Augusta. He is an amazing coach and especially focuses on basic skills critical to development of middle school players. He has served as the Messalonskee Middle School Coach for five years and as their Head Coach for the last four years. Coach Pelletier has worked previously with MidMaine Lacrosse Athletes and it is a privilege that he returns to assist our young and eager athletes.

Shawna Melanson, Certified Personal Trainer

Shawna Melanson, Fitness Expert and Certified Personal Trainer joins us for two training sessions this month. Shawn is outstanding in her field and in her enthusiasm to seeing that our young athletes arrive in prime shape when games begin in May. This is her third season assisting MidMaine Lacrosse. Shawna is an ACSM certified personal trainer and holds a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science. Shawna loves sharing her passion and knowledge of fitness to help her clients to reach their goals. She incorporates a multitude of training techniques, all of which create a challenging and fun environment.

Alex Michaud, Goalie St. Dominic’s Academy

Alex Michaud is the varsity lacrosse goalie for Saint Dominic Academy in Auburn.  He has been a lacrosse goalie since 3^rd grade when he started playing lacrosse.  He has attended several lacrosse goalie clinics and camps including 207 lacrosse’s goalie clinic and Peak Lacrosse goalie camp.  He played for 207 Lacrosse during the summer and fall of this past year.  He has been Saint Dom’s starting varsity goalie since his freshman year as well as one of their captains since his sophomore year and is currently a senior.  He has received several offers to play for Division 3 college and plans on attending Clarkson University in the fall.  

Why does MidMaine Lacrosse name events using Native American words?

Why does MidMaine Lacrosse name events using 
Native American words?

Modern day lacrosse descends from and resembles games played by various Native American Original First Peoples.  These include games called: 

dehuntshigwa’es in Onondage (“men hit a rounded object”), 

da-nah-wah’uwsdi in Eastern Cherokee (“little war”), 

begadwe in Mohawk language (“little brother of war”), 

baaga’adowe in Ojibwe (“bump hips”) 

kabucha in Choctaw.

MidMaine Lacrosse, in respect to the origins of the game of lacrosse, names many of our festivals and events using words from Native American languages.

Tegenhondi Tournament “In the Spring” (Mohawk)

http://www.wampumchronicles.com/oldmohawkwords.html

Tsothohrha Tree Festival “Time of Cold” (Mohawk)

https://www.wwu.edu/depts/skywise/indianmoons.html

Wuttahminneash “Strawberry Moon Festival” (Narragansett Iroquois)

https://archive.org/stream/indianplacenames00hude/indianplacenames00hude_djvu.txt

Wakina Lacrosse Camp “Thunder” (Lakota)

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/English/other/359023dream_seeker_in_any_native_american_language.html

MidMaine Lacrosse also celebrates Native American Traditions as we host another annual event.

“Sticks & Stones” Olympics

This year, Sunday, April 10^th, 2016, in conjunction with our Annual Indoor Tournament

http://citci.org/event-programs/nyo-games/competitive-events/

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