Our Fifth Season has come to an end.  Our 2013 youth lacrosse season will began January 21.  

WANT TO COACH IN DAVIE?  HERE IS THE REGISTRATION LINK FOR COACHES

Davie Youth Lacrosse Foundation, Inc. is a non-profit organization created to promote the development of a youth lacrosse program in the Town of Davie, Florida.   

The American Indians invented it, the Canadians made it their National Sport, and the youth of America have made it the fastest growing youth sport in the nation.  Nicknamed The Fastest Sport on Two Feet, lacrosse has infectiously made its way from the hot beds of New York and Maryland to all parts of the United States and many parts of the world.  Top-level college programs are fielding players from Ohio, Texas, Colorado, California, and even Florida. 

The charge has been led by the private schools in the area, such as 16-time State Champion St. Andrews School in Boca Raton and perennial powers Gulliver Prep and Pine Crest.  Other high school programs have been popping up prolifically throughout the state.  The demand has driven the Florida High School Athletic Association to officially “sanction” the sport of lacrosse and Broward, Dade, Palm Beach and Martin Counties are all on board.  Varsity programs now exist in many of Florida’s high schools including local high schools such as St. Thomas, Archbishop McCarthy, South Plantation, American Heritage, Western, Cypress Bay, Pines Charter,  West Broward and Cooper City. 

PROGRAM INFORMATION

The program is organized and run by the Davie Youth Lacrosse Foundation, Inc., a 501.c.3 charitable organization.  Davie Youth Lacrosse is a "travel" recreation program with focus on giving players of all skill levels a quality learning experience and lots of fun playing lacrosse.  The players will be taught  improved agility, conditioning, team work and respect for the game and other players as well as the finer points of playing lacrosse.   Our 2012 season will run from late January to the end of April.  We will field both boys and girls teams, Kindergarten through 8th grade.  Practices are 2 nights per week with games on Saturdays.

Davie Lacrosse Training Academy

See our online video training sessions available on our How To Play page.  Be sure to choose your skill level on top Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced.  These are great video shorts that can teach you fundamentals and finer points of the game.

Game Play Policy

Equal game play time in our program is not guaranteed but rather earned through attendance at practice and effort displayed in practice and games.  Skill or talent level is not used as the basis for game play time, except possibly during the last few minutes of a close game or during overtime.  The full policy can be found here.

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NEWS

League Changes Girls Divisions

The South Florida Youth Lacrosse League has expanded the girls youth divisions for 2012.   The new divisions are Bantam (K-2nd grade) with option to combine w/ boys, Lightning (3rd & 4th grades), Junior (5th & 6th grades), Senior (7th & 8th grades).  

Five Questions With...Coach Pete

A weekly segment by Tony Lowe and his Snipers organization ask some questions of Coach Pete.   See it here

Fast Start Lacrosse Clinics

Florida Lacrosse Classic

January 20-22, 2012

The Florida Youth Lacrosse Foundation will hold  the Thirteenth Annual on January 18-20, 2013.  This is the main fund raising event for the Florida Youth Lacrosse Foundation.  Twenty five Grand Masters teams (45 and over) will compete for the National Championship title.  Fifteen Half-Century teams (50 and over) will compete as well over the 3 days.  The teams are made up of the premier players from their time.  The legs are not as spry but the games are still exciting.  The local favorite FROGs (Florida Real Old Guys) won the Brine Division in 2009.  This event is used to help fund startup youth lacrosse programs in Florida.  We seek youth and adult volunteers for score and time keeping, ball boys/girls, etc.  Please consider giving the gift of your time to the organization that has helped fund Davie Lacrosse.  www.floridalaxclassic.com

Youths stick to the game plan
Area lacrosse program enjoys solid growth in only its third year
March 22, 2010|By Gary Curreri, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT-SunSentinel

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OLD NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

4/2/11 Giving Lax Collection Day

Bobby Rauch, a 9th grade at St. Andrews is collecting gear on Saturday at Bamford for the charity he created to give back to those less fortunate.  Please bring your excess lacrosse gear to donate to this worthy cause.  READ MORE ABOUT IT HERE

Barracudas Fall Ball

Lacrosse Muscles Its Way West - Wall Street Journal

May 20, 2009 - A Sport Incubated by Eastern Prep Schools Quietly Picks Up Converts; Big Gains in California READ

Coach Pete Dunne Honored As 2009 Hall of Fame Inductee

May 2, 2009 - The South Florida Chapter of US Lacrosse has announced its 2009 inductees for the Lacrosse Hall of Fame.  Jim Delang (Columbus HS/Wooster), Pete Dunne (Davie Lacrosse/Virginia), and Michele Sternberg (St. Edwards/Virginia) joined the list of distinguished players, coaches, referees and contributors already enshrined in the Hall.  A dinner in their honor was held on Saturday, May 2 at the Boca Raton Marriott.   Florida High School player and coach awards were also given at the event as well as Florida men's club league awards.  more

Syracuse star and pro laxer, Liam Banks, works with Davie players

APRIL 15-16, 2008 - Pro lacrosse player and MVP of the 2000 National Championship game, Liam Banks, worked practices with the Davie players on Monday and Tuesday.  Liam played his college lacrosse for the Syracuse Orangemen and currently plays with the San Francisco Dragons professional team in the Major Lacrosse League.  Liam talked with the players about work ethic and ran the players though various moves and skills.   He then wowed the parents and players with a shooting exhibition and some "slight of stick" trickery.

Sun-Sentinel Article - Davie Youth Lacrosse

MARCH 23, 2008

Davie Lacrosse Parents Code Of Conduct