Team LAXFU has returned battled and bruised from Lake Placid, NY for the 20th annual Summit Lacrosse Classic. Since there was little media coverage on one of the biggest and best lacrosse events we’ve ever attended, we thought we’d share our notes from the weekend here on the LAXFU News Blog.
As far as lacrosse goes, Lake Placid is the mecca. With around 120 teams entered in the tournament, along with families, friends, and fans – it was truly one of the more impressive lacrosse events you will find anywhere. Lake Placid is a great town in the Adirondack Mountains with amazing scenery and surprisingly plenty to do for a relatively small village in northern New York. While we didn’t get a chance to check out many of the tourist sites (bobsled run, insanely high ski jump, Olympic Training Center, etc…) we did manage to get around to most of the bars and restaurants in town. Everywhere we went lacrosse players were met with a warm welcome and the service was great.
Each day starts bright and early with the first games going off at 8:30am, and the final game each day ending around 7pm. There are eight fields laid out in the main venue, and then there are additional satellite fields around town. All of the fields are surrounded by panoramic views of the mountains, making for a great lacrosse setting that makes you pause every once in a while to soak it in.
When you look around and see eight intense lacrosse games going on side-by-side simultaneously, stacked with the best lacrosse players in the world, it’s one of the more impressive sights you will ever witness as a lacrosse player (or fan). There are too many names to mention here, but it was pretty much a “who’s who” of all-time great lacrosse players, along with many who will go down as future greats.
Team LAXFU was in the Men’s Masters Division 1, which was arguably one the best divisions in the entire tournament. Game 1 against long-time powerhouse Sailin’ Shoe left our squad with some key injuries that made the rest of our weekend a bit of a struggle. Considering that we were the only team that was stuck playing 4 games in less than a 36 hour span, we fared pretty well.
In the end, the weekend is all about having a great time and reuniting some great players and friends from around the country. Rest assured that Team LAXFU will return next year stronger than ever.
InsideLacrosse also attended the event and posted daily blog entries with some insightful coverage. Click on the links below to read their write-ups from the weekend.
- 20 Years of Lake Placid in NY
- Thursday’s Game Coverage
- Friday’s Game Coverage
- Saturday’s Game Coverage
- Lake Placid Weekend Wrap-up
