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2008 Garden State Lacrosse Challenge

Sponsored by The New Jersey Lacrosse Foundation, a Chapter of US Lacrosse

Our Vision To be recognized in the lacrosse community as an annual, must-attend event for collegiate lacrosse coaches, to discover the elite lacrosse talent that the state of New Jersey has to offer.

Our Mission To provide the top New Jersey high school lacrosse players,  a high-caliber all-star experience, while at the same time providing an outlet for collegiate coaches to observe, evaluate, and eventually recruit these student athletes for their respective lacrosse programs.

Our Goal To annually conduct a highly competitive, round robin lacrosse showcase, that offers a rewarding experience for all participants and collegiate coaches, providing a best-in-class information resource that is considered an invaluable tool for collegiate lacrosse player recruiting.

2008 Objectives 

  • Provide the opportunity for all individuals who choose to participate to have a positive experience regardless of their selection to one of the area teams.
  • Field area teams every year with the highest level of high school lacrosse talent available in the state of New Jersey.
  • Offer all participants who try out the opportunity to present their personal, academic, and athletic credentials to all the collegiate coaches who attend the event or who request the information.
  • Provide on-line registration to all participants, players, and collegiate coaches, via the New Jersey Lacrosse Foundation’s website: www.njlacrosse.org and capture player profile information,  necessary to accurately represent their individual credentials.
  • Provide all attending collegiate coaches, with a binder and CD complete with player profile information on every individual who tried out for the Garden State Lacrosse Challenge games. For those collegiate coaches who cannot attend the event, a CD at a cost of $25.00 can be shipped to them, outlining player profile information. To ensure that all collegiate coaches receive their player profile information package, the NJ Lacrosee Foundation recommends that all interested coaches register for this event.

Participant Requirements The Garden State Lacrosse Challenge Games are open to boys entering grades 10-12 as of September 2008. Anyone wishing to tyrout for the games MUST  be a member of US Lacrosse.  If you are not a member of US Lacrosee, please click here to obtain membership information or call US Lacrosse directly ay 410-235-6882 x102.  You must provide proof of membership at the time of registration, in order to tryout for the games. Any falsification of a US Lacrosse membership on any registration form will automatically disqualify a player from participating in the games.

Any players who meet the criteria above and wish to tryout, registration will be available the first week in May.All Garden State Challenge participants must sign the New Jersey Lacrosse Foundation

Participants will tryout for a regional team, based upon the participants HOMETOWN Region. Click here for the Regional Breakdown. Please note that if your town or school is not listed, you should tryout for the team in the region in which you live.

Garden State Games Format:
  • GSC expanded in 2007 to six teams: Northeast, Northwest, Central East, Central West, South East and South West.
  • Seeding Games: All six teams play to decide seeding for playoffs.
  • All six teams will play Friday June 20th to determine all 6 places.

    All New Jersey High School coaches are encouraged to get involved and are invited to the tryouts.  All coaches in attendance at the tryouts will vote for one representative to be the head coach at the actual games.
  • For any questions you may have regarding this year’s Garden State Challenge Games, please contact our chairperson Sean Dowling at (973) 359-3144 or dowlings@madisonpublicschools.org.
     

     

    Regional Tryout and Practice Information

    Athletes that are interested in participating in the Garden State games will sign up and pay a Non-refundable $40 tryout fee online.

    All Athletes that tryout will receive a numbered reversible and have all of their athletic and academic information distributed to college coaches.

    Click here to begin online player registration.

    Region

    Contact

    Northeast - Bergen Catholic HS

    Joe Haemmerle

    Northwest - Chatham HS

    Steve Manitta

    Central East - Montclair HS (Fotunado Field)

    Peter Von Hoffman

    Central West - Watchung Hills HS

    Andrew Apel

    Shore - Jackson Memorial HS

    Nick Caruso

    Olympic - St. Augustine Prep

    JC Valore

    Try-out Dates and Times:
    (Monday-June 9th, Tuesday-June 10th and/or Thursday-June 12th)
    Northeast Ramapo (Previously BC) June 9th - 4 pm
    Northwest Chatham (Cougar Field) June 9th - 4 pm
    Central East Montclair (Fortunado Field) June 9th
    & 10th (If necessary)
    3:30-5:30pm
    Central West Watchung Hills June 9th &
    10th (If necessary)
    6-8 pm
    Shore Jackson Memorial HS June 9th &
    10th (If necessary)
    4:30 pm
    Olympic St. Augustine Prep June 9th &
    10th (If necessary)
    4:30 PM
    Seeding Games June 18 & 19, 4:30 pm at Mountain Park, Basking Ridge (15 Mountain Ave. cross st. with Martinsville Rd. 07920)
    5th Place game June 20 (4:00pm) at Bridgewater HS
    3rd Place Game June 20 (5:30pm) at Bridgewater HS
    Final June 20 (7:00pm) at Bridgewater HS


    Click here to begin online player registration.

     

    2008 Garden State Lacrosse Challenge regional breakdowns.

    Regional Breakdowns:
    (please note: if your county is not listed below, you should register and tryout for the regional team closest to the county in which you live. If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail the regional coaches listed )

    Northeast: Coach (Joe Haemmerle)  Bergen, Hudson and Passaic. 

    Northwest: Coach (Steve Manitta) Morris, Sussex and Warren.

    Central East: Coach (Peter Von Hoffman) Essex, Middlesex and Union.

    Central West: Coach (Andrew Apel)  Hunterdon, Mercer and Somerset.

    Shore: Coach (Nick Caruso) Ocean and Monmouth Counties.

    Olympic: Coach (JC Valore)  Olympic Conference Schools.

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