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Jake Reed, owner of the Jake Reed Nike Blue Chip Lacrosse Camp, Jamie Munro, CEO 3d Lacrosse, Inc. and the entire 3d Blue Chip team would like to thank our national team of local partners for their help with finding and nominating the very best lacrosse players all across the United States.


This impressive list of school and club coaches has spent the last few months scouting tournaments, tryouts, practices, and games, with the goal of discovering top talent in grades 8, 9, and 10 to invite to the all-new 3d Blue Chip Lacrosse Camp Series. Without the help of this dedicated crew, creating the ultimate level of competition in camp play would not be possible on such a large, national scale. 3d Blue Chip thanks the following recruiting coaches for their time and dedication to growing the sport of lacrosse, and for providing new opportunities for young athletes all over the country:

West: Ben Brenneman, National Director and Regional Manager for 3d Blue Chip West, Head Coach of Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch, CO, and an assistant coach for various teams in the 3d Select program. Below is the dedicated team of coaches from around the West that has been instrumental in the 3d Blue Chip recruiting process thus far.

Minnesota: Rob Graff of Team Minnesota and the Bloomington Youth Lacrosse Association. Rob had the following to say about 3d Blue Chip: "Jamie Munro's 3d Lacrosse is uniquely focused on player development. 3d has taken the western states by storm with its professionalism and knowledge. Jake Reed's Nike Blue Chip Camp is the pre-eminent recruiting event in the country - nothing more need be said. I thank each for the opportunity to partner with 3d Blue Chip, and to assist in identifying Minnesota lacrosse talent. I believe 3d Blue Chip is a great opportunity for Minnesota players to learn from a great organization, and show the development of the game in this state."
Denver, CO: Scott Evans & Trevor Barker of Panthers Lacrosse Club
Denver, CO: Chandler Lippitt of Bandits Lacrosse Club
Denver, CO: Dave Soran of Denver Lacrosse Club
Phoenix, AZ: Matt Rakowski, PJ Rovinelli, Beau Pich & Austin Gray of Force Lacrosse
Phoenix, AZ: Chris Malone of Arizona Burn
Northern California: Peter Worstell of San Ramon Valley, California Gold, and Be The Best
Northern California: Doug Appleton, Todd French, Nick Mayle, & JC Redi of Nor Cal Talons
Los Angeles, CA: Chris Jewett of Mira Costa High School
Los Angeles, CA: Shawn Trell of Palos Verdes Lacrosse Club
Los Angeles, CA: Kyle Harrison of DH Lax Elite
Orange County, CA: Jon Fox of Foothill High School
San Diego, CA: Jesse Foss of La Costa Canyon High School
San Diego, CA: Michael Watson of Lax West
San Francisco, CA: Braden Edwards of Alcatraz Outlaws
Austin, TX: Tom O’Grady of Vipers Lacrosse
Dallas, TX: Chris Surran of Dallas Jesuit High School
Dallas, TX: Anthony Crimmins of StickStar Lacrosse
Dallas, TX: Chris Van Dorn of Highland Park
Houston, TX: Sam Chambers of St. John’s School
Utah: Steve Gray of Utah Select
Utah: Dave Brattin of The Utah National Team
Seattle, WA: Lewis Ratcliff of Eastside Catholic School and Seattle Starz
Portland, OR: Dennis Sullivan of Oregon Episcopal School
Las Vegas, NV: Chris Eissler of Zip It Lax
Victoria, BC: Darren Reisig of the Claremont School
Alberta, Canada: Paul Rai of VIMY

Midwest: Peter Hoffman, Regional Manager for 3d Blue Chip Midwest, Founder and Director of Pittsburgh Lacrosse, and the Offensive Coordinator for the North Allegheny Tigers. Pete is the primary recruiter for Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Below is the dedicated team of coaches from around the Midwest that has been instrumental in the 3d Blue Chip recruiting process thus far.
Central Pennsylvania: Doug Bailey of Blue Mountain Lacrosse
Central Pennsylvania: Chris Newman of Central PA Dawgs
Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Missouri: Jake Deane of True Lacrosse
Indiana: Chris Berju of Team Indiana
Indianapolis, IN: Danny Gray of Indiana Green Machine
St. Louis, MO: Justin Cutter of St. Louis Samurai Select Lacrosse
Missouri: Troy Hood of The John Burrough School
Missouri: Andy Kay of MICDS
Kentucky: Scott Howe of Team Stickhead
Buffalo, NY: Michael Wright of Buffalo Lacrosse Academy
Cincinnati, OH: Mike Collette of Cincinnati Royals
Columbus, OH: Anthony Kelly & Greg Bice of Resolute Lacrosse
Michigan: John Giampetroni of Cranbrook School

Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and South: Matt Rowley, Regional Manager for 3d Blue Chip Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and South, Director for 3d Lacrosse Northeast, and an Assistant Coach at The Nobles and Greenough School in Dedham, MA. Below is the dedicated team of coaches from across the Eastern Seaboard that has been instrumental in the 3d Blue Chip recruiting process thus far.
3d Blue Chip Northeast Local Area Recruiters include…
Boston, MA: Ken Allis, Marcus Young and Drew Curran of NESLL
Boston, MA: Justin Walker and Troy Peters of the Top Gun Fighting Clams
Massachusetts: Danny Chouinard of Laxachussets
New Hampshire: Chris Cameron of NH Tomahawks
Connecticut: Darryl Delia of the Connecticut Hurricanes
Connecticut: Alex Whitten and Steve Kraus of New Canaan
Connecticut: George Johnson
Connecticut: Jeff Brameier of Connecticut Chargers
Nick Daniello of Primetime Lacrosse
Yorktown, NY: Dave Marr of Yorktown High School
Rye, NY: Brian Dooley of Rye High School
Northern NY, Ontario & Quebec: Shari Adams of the Kanienkehaka Krunch

3d Blue Chip Mid-Atlantic Local Area Recruiters include…
Philadelphia, PA: Peter Rohr of Mesa Fresh Lacrosse
Pennsylvania: Brian Zappala of Penn Star
Pennsylvania: Jason Christmas of The Dukes
Long Island, NY: Mike Winkoff of For the Love of the Game
Long Island, NY: Pat Brennan of Long Island Outlaws
Long Island, NY: Mike Chananchuck of LI Express
Long Island, NY: Jim Byrns of LI Jesters
New Jersey: Bill Keane of South Jersey Shamrocks
New Jersey: Kerry Weigner of Team Turnpike

3d Blue Chip South Local Area Recruiters include…
Southeast: Drew Wardlow of Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)
Maryland: Mikey Matthews of Maryland Lacrosse Club
Maryland: Rick Roesner of Looneys
Baltimore, MD: Rick Brocato of St. Paul’s School
Baltimore, MD: Bob Shriver of Boy's Latin
Baltimore, MD: Brian Kelly of Calvert Hall
Bethesda, MD: JR Bordley of Landon
Potomac, MD: Bobby Pollicino of Bullis
Alabama: Chris Cos of Bamalax
Tennessee: Pat DiMento of No Excuse
Florida: Jeff Goldberg of PPL
Florida: RJ Dawson & Brian Cost of St. Andrew’s and Team 22
Florida: Terry Crowley of Florida Xtreme
Florida: Danny Loftus and Nick O’Hara of Blue Devil Elite
North Carolina: Chip Mayer of TSL and Fusion
Virginia: Hunter Francis of Ironclad

About 3d Blue Chip
3d Lacrosse has joined forces with Jake Reed, owner of the Nike Blue Chip Lacrosse Camp, to create 3d Blue Chip (3dBC), a national recruiting camp series. Jake Reed’s Nike Blue Chip Camp is nationally regarded as the premier and most sought after recruiting camp in the country for high school lacrosse players. In an effort to double the size of the Nike Blue Chip Lacrosse Camp, 3dBC is offering a National Feeder Camp series in five regions across the country, including West, Midwest, South, Mid-Atlantic, and New England. Each regional camp will invite 120 of the area’s best players in grades 8, 9, and 10, to train and compete in front of a panel of local, regional, and national coaches and evaluators, including Reed and Jamie Munro. From the national pool of 600 players per grade, 120 players will then be invited to Reed’s Nike Blue Chip Lacrosse Camp held every June. Reed plans to double the number of spots at the Nike Blue Chip Camp to 240 per grade, as well as add a rising freshman group. Reed will continue to invite the top 120 players in the country as he has done for a decade. The other 120 spots per grade will be granted to the top players from the 3dBC. For more information please visit www.3dlacrosse.com/3d-blue-chip.

About the Jake Reed Nike Blue Chip Lacrosse Camp
Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, Jake Reed’s Nike Blue Chip Camp is recognized as the nation’s premier recruiting camp for high school lacrosse players. Founded in 2001, the Camp now includes rising sophomores, juniors and seniors. Over 90% of Division I colleges and universities send coaches to watch players at the Nike Blue Chip Camp, and over 95% of all seniors in attendance go on to play Division I lacrosse. Invites are sent annually in the fall to 120 players at each level that pass a strict referral process. Reed earned All America honors at the University of Maryland, coached at Dulaney and McDonogh High Schools, was an assistant coach on the 1999 gold medal winning US U-19 team, has been selected three times as a US Lacrosse High School coach of the year, and served as the head coach at RPI and an assistant coach at the US Military Academy.

About 3d Lacrosse
Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, 3d Lacrosse is fast becoming one of the premier training, event, and select club lacrosse operations in the country. Founded by former Division I coach Jamie Munro, 3d Lacrosse has operations, offices, teams and events throughout the nation. Munro earned All American honors at Brown, played professionally, coached at Yale and Denver, is a current men’s Division I analyst on ESPNU and is a regular contributor to Inside Lacrosse. For more information on 3d Lacrosse, please visit www.3dlacrosse.com.

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Blue Mtn wins 2011 PA Keystone Games Gold Medal in HS Division

08/22/2011, 5:10pm (EST), By DCBailey

Feelin' Golden! Blue Mountain wins repeat!

2010 PA Keystone Games Gold Medal Champions

09/27/2010, 4:19am (EST), By DCBailey

Former Blue Mtn players and now coaches, Aaron Weber (D III All American Midfielder-Elizabethtown College) and Preston Ketchum (Defense-McDaniel College) lead the Blue Mtn U19 team to Gold!

2005 PA Keystone Games High School Gold Medal Champions

11/27/2009, 10:02am (EST), By DCBailey

Champions Extraordinaire!

2008 PA Keystone Games Middle School Gold Medal Champions

11/27/2009, 9:43am (EST), By DCBailey

2008 Middle School Gold Medal Champions!

2007 PA Keystone Games High School Gold Medal Champions

11/27/2009, 9:30am (EST), By DCBailey

2007 Gold Medal Champions

Blue Mountain Lacrosse: The Coolest Place to be this Summer!

Blue Mtn wins 2011 PA Keystone Games Gold Medal in HS Division

08/22/2011, 5:10pm (EST)
By DCBailey

Feelin' Golden! Blue Mountain wins repeat!


PSU's Beaver Stadium was our backdrop for the 2011 Keystone Games.

U19:

The day ended with Blue Mountain winning the 2011 PA Keystone Games Gold Medal defeating the York Legacy team by a count of 7-3 or 7-4.  The contest was a struggle, and York battled mightily but Blue Mtn found a way to break their stubborn defense down enough to scratch and claw for the 7-3 or 7-4 victory. 

In the HS semifinals, Blue Mtn defeated Bucks Co. 12-3, while York ended Lehigh Valley's hopes with a 7-5 victory.

Our first game of the day was against Bucks County, which was a prelude to the semi-final game in which we opened up the 10:00am game with a 12-2 win. 

Brian Neff, Ephrata goalkeeper, was named MVP of the PA Keystone Games tournament by the coaches.  Truth be told, Brian was superb all weekend, directing traffic as well as making both the solid save, and the spectacular save.  His clearing game was a sight to behold, with pinpoint outlets through the tournament.

But Brian's award doesn't stand alone.  His teammates were just as accomplished in their roles too.  Brian would not tell you any differently. The fact is we had MVP performances from many Blue Mtn players this weekend!  Congratulations boys, you are the Champions!

Coaches Trey Keeley and Austin Schultz led this squad with precision and adjustments throughout the tournament.  Their leadership and performance this weekend was outstanding.

On behalf of the families and players of Blue Mountain Lacrosse, I want to thank you for your patience, your perseverance and your loyalty to our program.  There is no question that there is competition from many summer programs, but in the end Blue Mtn strives to bring together people from Central PA to focus on competing with any teams in the country and that is representive of our region.  I take great pride in trying to give Central PA players the best opportunities to shine as a region.

We had many great performances from great student-athletes throughout the summer; everyone trying to learn a system that is new and somewhat foreign to them as they have been taught previously.  The boys get a heavy dose of the fundamentals and incorporate that into a system that works to put people in the right spots on the field at the right time.  As our U13 and U15 groups sometimes find, that is sometimes the most difficult aspect of our program; working through the style of play that is dependent not only on individual performance and ability, but a firm grasp of the team concepts we preach and try to teach.

Today, our 2011 Blue Mountain PA Keystone Games Gold Medal Champions stand proud among their peers of the past, and present as student-athletes who sacrificed their time and efforts for a team effort second to none.

First, many thanks to a very worthy opponent, the York Legacy program.  You have much to be proud of and you made history this afternoon when both the York and Blue Mtn teams made the 2011 PA Keystone Games HS Division Final an all Central PA event. 

Blue Mountain scoring at Keystones

KSG Goals Assists
Attack:    
Harry Manning 11 2
Mitchell Phiilips 3 2
Nick Brown 7 2
Ryan Glass 4 9
Tyler Karpinski 9 1
Midfield:    
CJ Bosch 6 2
Adam Hess 1 2
Bryce Mrakovich 5 5
Dillon O'Dell 4 1
Adam Lenhard 6 2
Tucker Keefer 6 1
Matt Kase 1 1
Ryan Morgan 1 0

KSG MVP: Ephrata's Brian Neff, Goalie

Brian Neff, Ephrata goalkeeper, was named MVP of the PA Keystone Games tournament by our coaches.  Truth be told, Brian was superb all weekend, directing traffic as well as making both the solid save, and the spectacular save.  His clearing game was a sight to behold, with pinpoint outlets through the tournament.

Alex Ready (MT), Alex Cummings (PM)

Tough to imagine a Rising Soph who is an excellent goalie, dominating the faceoff X, however, that's what Manheim Township's Alex Ready did all weekend at the Keystone Games.

Alex could have easily been named our MVP for the tournament just for the impressive performance he gave all weekend as our Face Off specialist.  In my 25+ years of coaching, I've never seen a FO middy use his butt end of the stick like a pool cue until Alex demonstrated how its done!  Alex won at least 90% of his face off tries all weekend.  Great job Alex!

Penn Manor's Alex Cummings was a dominating defender all weekend, and led our defensive unit shutting down and at times taking away the ball from the attackman trying to make plays with the ball.  Alex's performance all summer has been outstanding and at the Keystone Games he was dominating!  Superb job Alex!

2011 PA Keystone Games HS Roster

2011 Keystone Games Champions
Blue Mtn Coaches:  
Trey Keely  
Austin Schultz  
Attack:  
*Harry Manning Penn Manor
*Mitchell Phiilips Wilson
*Nick Brown Cocalico
*Ryan Glass Wilson
*Tyler Karpinski Manheim Township
Midfield:  
*CJ Bosch Hempfield
*Adam Hess Penn Manor
*Bryce Mrakovich Elizabethtown
*Dillon O'Dell Manheim Townsip
*Adam Lenhard Conestoga Valley
*Tucker Keefer Ephrata
*Alex Ready Manheim Township
*Matt Kase Holy Name
*Ryan Morgan Manheim Township
Defense  
*Alex Cummings Penn Manor
*Alex Pstrak Ephrata
*Jacob Snyder Governor Mifflin
*John Sullivan Wilson
*Zack Shelly Conestoga Valley
*Paul Bliudzius Wilson
*Tanner Biemsderfer Warwick
Goalies  
*Brian Neff Ephrata


 

2010 PA Keystone Games Gold Medal Champions

09/27/2010, 4:19am (EST)
By DCBailey

Former Blue Mtn players and now coaches, Aaron Weber (D III All American Midfielder-Elizabethtown College) and Preston Ketchum (Defense-McDaniel College) lead the Blue Mtn U19 team to Gold!

Our Gold Medal Team:

1     G. Tanner    Biemesderfer     Defense       Jr     Warwick                      
2 Ryan Bailey Attack Sr Hempfield
5 Quint Miller Attack Sr Manheim Township
6 Jake Weber Middie Sr Manheim Township
9 Jaquan Presbery Defense Sr Penn Manor
10 Alexander Pstrak Defense Jr Ephrata
11 Michael Ondrusek Attack-Mid Sr Hempfield
12 John Sullivan Defense Jr Wilson
13 Connor Rowe Attack Sr Penn Manor
14 Christopher Ruger Defense Jr Lampeter Strasburg
17 Zachary Campbell Defense Sr Penn Manor
18 Robert Wertz Middie Sr Manheim Township
21 Spencer Barnett Middie Sr Penn Manor
22 Alexander Bradbury Attack-Mid Sr Manheim Township
23 Chase Miller Middie Jr Manheim Township
26 Joshua Beals Defense Sr Hempfield
29 Jake Watson Goalie Jr Warwick
30 Alex Cummins Defense Jr Penn Manor
32 Travis Scheurich Middie Sr Conestoga Valley
35 Mark Curtin Middie Sr Penn Manor
49 Tucker Keefer Middie Jr Ephrata
58 Dillon O'Dell Middie Jr Manheim Township
Alternate:         
15 John Black Goalie Sr Hempfield

 

2005 PA Keystone Games High School Gold Medal Champions

11/27/2009, 10:02am (EST)
By DCBailey

Champions Extraordinaire!

2008 PA Keystone Games Middle School Gold Medal Champions

11/27/2009, 9:43am (EST)
By DCBailey

2008 Middle School Gold Medal Champions!

2007 PA Keystone Games High School Gold Medal Champions

11/27/2009, 9:30am (EST)
By DCBailey

2007 Gold Medal Champions

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Blue Mtn College Players Offensive Impact Watch March 4-7, 2010

The weekend for some of our former Blue Mountain Lacrosse Players:

Aaron Weber (Elizabethtown, MT):  Aaron Weber scored four goals and dished out three assists and Cory Boushell and Jon Day added three goals apiece to lead Elizabethtown College to a 14-5 victory over Immaculata University in non-conference men's lacrosse action at Wolf Field Saturday afternoon.

 

 

Matt Mersky (Lafayette Co-Captain, LCDS):   Matt Mersky scores 1 goal and 3 assists as the No. 20-ranked Lafayette men's lacrosse team continued its early season perfection on Saturday afternoon, turning in a workmanlike 15-4 victory over Wagner at Rappolt Field.

Matt Mersky

 Trey Keely (Roanoke, Conestoga Valley):  Trey records 2 goals, 3 assists in 21-7 romp over Cabrini College.

Trey Keeley

Kyle Piper (Salisbury, Hempfield): 1 assist in 12-6 victory over McDaniel.

Kyle Wimer (UMBC Co-Captain, Hempfield): Kyle scored 3 assists in a 12-7 loss to #4 ranked UNC today.  UMBC fought hard, but UNC's offensive pressure finally wore down the UMBC defense by the end of the third quarter to pull away.

.Men's Lacrosse at Rutgers Rescheduled for Sunday, Feb. 28

Tim Stratton (Towson, MT):  Stratton scores 1 goal, 1 assists in 14-11  loss to Stony Brook.

Chris Zielinski (Colgate, MT):  Chris had two goals as Colgate lost to Hobart, 12-9. 

:Zelinski

Parker Dickerson (Essex CC, Hempfield): scrimmage vs Stevenson University JV.

Dan Wertz (Ohio State, MT):  Dan recorded one shot in the Buckeyes win over PSU, 11-10 OT.

Mason Risner (Gwyneed Mercy, Hempfield):  Week of: 3/7/2010 Player of the Week for CASC:
Honor Roll:
Gwynedd-Mercy College's Mason Risner (Fr., Lancaster, PA/Hempfield) was named to the Colonial States Athletic Conference honor roll for men's lacrosse for the week ending March 7, 2010.  The first-year player has made an immediate impact scoring three goals in  each of the three games to help the team to a 3-0 start.  Of his nine total goals on 29 shots, two are game-winners, along with a man-up tally and one man-down score.

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Kyle Sproles (Messiah, Warwick):  Kyle's team lost 12-1 to Ursinus.


Hempfield Nation mourns for 2007 CoCaptain Brandon Lehr


Brandon Lehr #8, doing a great job boxing out his man on the face off allowing his Hempfield teammates to gain possession of the ball.

Hempfield Lacrosse mourns the passing of 2007 Co-Captain Brandon Lehr.

Brandon was a vivacious and personable young man, filled with the joy of living life.  It was a rare day that Brandon wasn't wearing his bright smile, and sharing his day with teammates and friends as a high school ball player.  Brandon was first and foremost an outstanding individual who was a very good athlete (swimming and lacrosse), superbly conditioned and could literally run all day; who was also a member of the National Honor Society at Hempfield HS and a young man gifted with intelligence. 

He chose to attend PSU, where he was a civil engineering student and had a very promising future.

I ran into Brandon this summer during a luncheon with my staff from Manheim Township, and spoke with Brandon about what he was up to and where he was going.  As always, Brandon just beamed with his persona, and shared his dreams and goals.

Something all of you should know about Brandon that will always live with me, and describes Brandon's perseverance and sacrifice during his senior year.  Brandon's swimming season was spilling over into the lacrosse season, which for us (Hempfield Lacrosse) at the time wasn't a good thing.  We were sorely missing him on the lacrosse field.  Brandon then discovered he had mono, but hadn't known about it through the swimming season, but with the finding that he had mono, he now had to sit out a little bit before coming back to the lacrosse field; and 'oh by the way', Brandon had agreed to switch from a midfielder to a long stick midfielder to help his team out where we needed him most for his senior season.

We had a big game coming up against Downingtown West, who at the time was ranked 5th or 6th in the PA polls, and finally Brandon was able to join us.  In his new position, Brandon was the big difference in our play, solidifying our midfield defense and transitional play with his incredible hustle and skills, helping us upset a very good Downingtown West team, 9-6.  After the game, Brandon was exhausted, but as soon as he took his helmet off, he was wearing his classic smile and sharing in the excitement of the victory with his teammates.  After the game the coaches and I looked at each other, knowing that Brandon's appearance back on the field of play and his sacrifice for his team (switching positions), had made a big difference in our team play that day.  Brandon simply was the kind of person who made me a better coach every time he stepped out onto the field.

Brandon will be sorely missed by many of us, just like he was missed on the field of play during that brief period of time when the district and state swimming playoffs and his bout with mono had interefered during the beginning of the 2007 Spring lacrosse season. However, Brandon's passing cannot alter what Brandon has to teach us, that in life, we should live with an enthusiasm for each day, a hustle and bustle of activity, a need to learn and strive for our personal best, a willingness to sacrifice for the team, and most of all, a smile that communicates a love for each and every moment we have with our friends, family and colleagues. 

Brandon...I know you will be missed by your family and friends, and as well, your time with Hempfield Lacrosse will never be forgotten.   Our prayers are with you and your family.

For those of you who know...

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Coach Bailey