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Lacrosse is MUCH more fun when the player can catch and throw with confidence. Wall ball is the most effective training tool to prepare young men for lacrosse!

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Is practice on for tonight?? Check the Bowie Ball field Status page or call the Bowie Ballfield Status line at 301-262-6200.
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If you are new to lacrosse and thinking of purchasing a stick read Coach Johns:
Tips for purchasing a lacrosse stick.

IMPORTANT INFO

Check out the 2012 SMYLA Tournament T-Shirts

(place orders with your son's coach)

PICTURES:

2012 Team and Individual Picture Forms

SPRING 2012
REGISTRATION CLOSES 1/31/12 AT 6:00PM
Late registrations will not be accepted.

BBGC Boys Lacrosse offers young men ages 5 to 15 years old an opportunity to play America's true pastime! We participate in the NEWLY RESTRUCTURED Southern Maryland Youth Lacrosse Association (SMYLA) in the Spring and will place teams in the newly created Chesapeake and Potomac divisions of SMYLA. How old your son is on SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 will determine what age group he plays in. Click on the Age Groups tab for complete details on each age group.

SPRING 2012
REGISTRATION IS OPEN JANUARY 1st - 31st 2012.
Practices begin in mid February. We place teams in the NEWLY RESTRUCTURED SMYLA LEAGUE. THIS IS A TRAVEL LEAGUE! Games are equally split between home and away. Practices start in late February and runs through the end of May.

To accommodate players participating on "select" teams, our SMYLA games will ONLY be played on SATURDAY'S with an occasional weeknight game.

There will be a $40 County Sports Fee charged to every child registered with Bowie Lacrosse this season (EXCEPT SCOOPERS). Sports fee includes a FREE ticket to the first Chesapeake Bay Hawks game, a clinic from Bay Hawks players and on-field access to a Bay Hawks practice in Bowie on APRIL 7th 1:00 - 4:00 PM

COACHES ARE NEEDED!!
Please contact Gary Hahn at lacrosse@bbgc.com if you are able to coach. High-School kids with lacrosse experience and need community service hours are welcome!!

For more information on lacrosse, visit the national governing body of lacrosse, US Lacrosse at www.uslacrosse.org

THE BAY HAWKS ARE COMING TO BOWIE!! SATURDAY APRIL 7TH FROM 1:00 - 4:00 PM. FREE TO ALL BBGC REGISTERED LACROSSE PLAYERS. WATCH THE TEAM PRACTICE THEN PARTICIPATE IN A CLINIC HELD BY THE BAY HAWKS ON OUR OWN TURF FIELD! PLAYERS WILL NEED THEIR EQUIPMENT.