Blue Mountain Lacrosse

Outstanding Elizabethtown midfielder Bryce Mrakovich has selected Liberty College as his choice for his post secondary education and to play lacrosse.  Currently the Liberty College Flames play in the MCLA Div II for 2012, but will move to the MCLA Div I for the Spring 2013 season.  Liberty College men's lacrosse is coached by Kyle McQuillan. 

Bryce Mrakovich has an impressive resume of high school and club lacrosse success.  The talented midfielder was heavily recruited at the Div III NCAA level, but in the end chose to play lacrosse for the school he wanted to attend.  

Bryce helped lead the 2011 PA Keystone Games team to the Gold Medal as well as helped the 2011 Champ Camp team to an impressive tally this summer.  One of Bryce's most memorable goals came in the 2011 PA Keystone Games champoinship game against York Co. when he dodged and weaved around three York College defenders and shot while falling forward after being checked from behind.  Bryce's shot found net and helped seal the deal with his inspiring work that broke the opponent's spirit.  

Bryce's athletic and lacrosse talent will certainly be enjoyed at Liberty College as well as his great personality and off the field leadership.

Congratulations Bryce!

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With college lacrosse recruiting becoming more and more competitive at the D1 level, and D1 college coaches now looking at eighth and ninth grade players, Blue Mountain has joined with a national recruiting tournament  powerhouses, Jaime Munro's 3D Lacrosse and Jake Reed's Nike Blue Chip Tournament Camps.

This past summer Blue Mtn was asked to join this fellowship because of our impressive list of success of developing talent and tournament play; so in August, I recommended our top players going into 8th, 9th and 10th grade to play in a tournament with 3D Lacrosse.  Players selected from the 3D Lacrosse Tournament are then invited to the Jake Reed Nike Blue Chip Tournament.  Both the tournaments bring the top D1 recruiting coaching staffs ensuring that Blue Mountain's best talent gets a great opportunity to be seen intensively at the highest level of competition.  Click here for more information.

In my opinion, the ever expanding D2 and D3 level of college lacrosse will also begin to get involved in the recruiting process beginning in the sophomore year.  Click here to find out what I mean. 

What do I think about all this earlier college selection process?  It's great that your son's will have to start working earlier and thinking about their school and career paths, but on the other hand, it is also a lot of pressure to put on kids.  

Do I think it's time for the NCAA to use it's power to stop the madness at such a young age...YES!  But in the meantime, Blue Mountain is responding proactively to the changing college selection processes for its future athletes. 

U19 PA Keystone Games Gold Medal Championships: 2011, 2010, 2007, 2005. U15 PA Keystone Games Gold Medal Championships: 2008.  

Ephrata's outstanding midfielder Tucker Keefer has commited to Elizabethtown College and will play for the Division III Blue Jays in the MAC Conference for Head Coach Terry Corcoran.

Tucker will bring superb decision-making skills while under pressure to the Jays, great stick skills, and excellent speed/quickness/agility that makes him very elusive in a crowd and in the open field.  His ability to help create and finish plays is a hallmark of his skill set, and his field sense is second to none which will translate well to the college level. Maybe Tucker's best asset on the lacrosse field is his ability to persevere under pressure; he's just a mentally tough prospect on the field.  

Tucker has played Blue Mtn since his U15 years in which he helped Blue Mtn's MS team to their only Gold Medal to date at the PA Keystone Games in 2008!  In his sophomore and junior summer, he helped the Blue Mtn program as a superb two-way midfielder with our top Champ Camp teams and our PA Keystone Gold Medal Championships (2010 and 2011). 

Make sure you catch Tucker in action during his senior year at Ephrata!  You'll enjoy watching a very skilled, tough midfielder in action!

Congratulations Tucker!