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Spring Is Here

This is a special spring for BRIDGE Lacrosse. Like last year, we have six teams off and running. However, what’s different about this year? The Lady Saints 5/6 is now a new team at Irma Rangel. This new team helps create a feeder team into our Irma 7/8 girls. And for the first time in our history, we now have four parents serving as assistant coaches. They are helping our head coaches while learning and gaining valuable lacrosse experience. We are thrilled to be adding another Irma Rangel alum to our coaching staff too. Coach Clarissa, will be a assisting Coach Jessica with our new Irma Rangel 5/6 team. Why else is this spring special for BRIDGE? The legend of Coach Jack continues as he is now serving as a coach with the Barack Obama Eagles. It is great to see Coach Jack working with our older boys and passing the torch to our younger coaches at St. Philip’s School & Community Center. Our Irma JV girls are well on track to scoring 100 goals this season. An accomplishment that would have been completely unprecedented a mere two seasons ago. This team, under Coach Amber and John, are truly making tremendous strides on the field. After winning their season opener, locking in a huge home win and scrapping with some of the more established programs, like Ursuline, we believe that this team is destined for greatness. For this spring, the BRIDGE coaches agreed to focus on respect and responsibility. These two character values embody what being a BRIDGE student-athlete means. We look forward to seeing our coaches implement these values into their spring season and how our student-athletes reflect on them each. #respect&responsibility

 

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Jesuit Varsity Lacrosse Goalie Hosts Goalie Clinic for BLD Players

On Wednesday, March 14, 2012, Jesuit Prep’s starting Varsity goalie, Dan Morris, hosted a goalie clinic for BRIDGE goalies at St. Philip’s School & Community Center.

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When asked why he wanted to be involved with BRIDGE Lacrosse Dallas, Dan had stated “I wanted to run goalie clinics for BRIDGE because I love the idea of helping to develop the next generation of goalies in Texas. The kids I coach remind me of when I started playing as a little kid.”

Six goalies from St. Philip’s, Hillcrest, Barack Obama, and Irma Rangel came out to the clinic looking forward to having fun while bettering their goalie skills.

Irma Rangel’s JV goalie left the clinic saying, “I thought it was a fun and helpful experience! I definitely enjoyed the clinic because I learned things I wouldn’t have had a chance to learn at practice. It’s always good to hear feedback from different people about how you can improve.”

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BRIDGE is Gearing up for Spring Season

With the fall ball season having served nearly 100 youth boys and girls from around the South Dallas area, BLD’s coaches, players and parents anxiously await the start of the Spring season.

This past fall was a busy time for those involved with BRIDGE Lacrosse Dallas. With the addition of the Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy’s Eagles 7/8 boys program, BLD continued to served the 7/8 and JV Panthers at Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School as well as the 3/4 and 5/6 Saints and the 5/6 Lady Saints at St. Philip’s School and Community Center. 

Coach Lewis working with the Saints before the first game of the season. Ground balls win games!

Coach Lewis working with the Saints before the first game of the season. Ground balls win games!

During the fall ball season, teams participated in weekly Sunday practices that ran September thru late November. Volunteering their time and assisting BLD’s coaches were the Junior Board members from various high schools from around North Dallas such as Highland Park, ESD, St. Mark’s, Jesuit and Greenhill. Both the Panthers JV girls and the Saints 5/6 boys were able to participate in their first tournament of the year at the Halloween Shootout in McKinney, TX back in October. The Saints 3/4 boys participated in the McKinney Shootout the following weekend.

Aside from fall ball season, BRIDGE also worked with KIPP Truth Academy in South Dallas to host two clinics for over 120 youth boys and girls with the help of high school lacrosse players from Parish Episcopal School in Dallas. With the hard work and dedication of the BRIDGE coaches and the assistance of high school volunteer lacrosse players in the fall, the Spring 2012 season will be the first for over 50 percent of BLD’s current players. BLD’s teams are set to kick off the Spring season on Sunday, January 22nd and will continue to have weekly practices Tuesdays and Thursdays with monitored study hall sessions, that includes a healthy snack, available to the players prior to practice.

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