Good afternoon lax fans! Thank you for spending some time with the Utah Lax Report today. I hope that you’re all well and staying safe. I’m going to start sending these twice monthly instead of weekly until games come back (which I think they will). Let’s dive into what is going on around the world of lacrosse.

Utah

Lacrosse in Utah is still on hold. Nothing new there. My guess would be that if COVID-19 improves in the state, we could see high school and youth games this year. It would obviously have to be a shortened schedule with some creativity but I think at this point, it wouldn’t matter to any of us; we just want lacrosse! It wouldn’t surprise me to see temperatures taken before games and also not having any fans attend but I’m not a doctor or epidemiologist, so don’t quote me on it.

The Deseret News has been doing a 20 for 20 series where it highlights athletes from the 2020 class. The third article in the series featured Park City attackman Dylan Bauer.

Deseret News Sports @desnewssports

High school sports 20 for 20: COVID-19 spoiling what Park City’s Dylan Bauer hoped would be a magical lacrosse season By @DNewsPreps High school sports 20 for 20: COVID-19 spoiling what Park City’s Dylan Bauer hoped would be a magical lacrosse seasonPark City’s senior helped lead Park City to a state title in 2018 and 2019, and he was eyeing a three-peat in 2020deseret.com

April 2nd 2020

The Deseret News also wrote about the abrupt stop of the University of Utah lacrosse season.

Deseret News Sports @desnewssports

In 48 hours, Utah lacrosse went from preparing for one of its biggest games of the year to having its season cut short By @JoeAColes In 48 hours, Utah lacrosse went from preparing for one of its biggest games of the year to having its season cut shortUte lacrosse was six games into second Division I campaign before season was canceleddeseret.com

April 1st 2020

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And Inside Lacrosse featured a crease dive goal from Utah attackman Jimmy Perkins as its No. 6 goal of the season.

Inside Lacrosse @Inside_Lacrosse

No. 6️⃣ of our Top 10 Goals of the Season goes to this beautiful crease dive from Utah attackman Jimmy Perkins! How about the mid-air fake on this one? (🎥 @UtahLacrosse) What goals do you want to see in our top 5?7

March 31st 2020

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The MCLA is hosting a virtual tournament where they theoretically play out match-ups and votes via Twitter. UVU is in a showdown with Texas at the moment.

MCLA Tournament '21 @MCLA_Tournament

D-I Round II: Texas at Utah Valley | mcla.us/news/2020/04/d… #virtualmcla20D-I Round 2: Texas at Utah ValleyApril 6th, 2020 - It’s an RMLC showdown for a trip to the quarters on the linemcla.us

April 6th 2020

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National News

The MLL suspended the start of its 2020 season. They haven’t totally canceled the season, just delayed the start.

Major League Lacrosse🥍 @MLL_Lacrosse

Statement Regarding Start of 2020 MLL Season: Statement from MLL Commissioner Alexander BrownToday, Major League Lacrosse elected to suspend the start of the 2020 season, originally scheduled for May 30.buff.ly

April 3rd 2020

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The PLL, according to its latest ‘State of the League’, is still looking at all the data points before determining if the league 1) continues as normal, 2) starts later with a full season or 3) starts later with an abbreviated season.

Speaking of the PLL, last week they introduced the #AtHomeTrickshot as a way to connect the community. Check it out on Twitter.

Also, Episode 2 of GAME IQ with Paul Rabil is out.

Jamie Munro is hosting a Virtual Lacrosse Summit starting next week! Be sure to sign up to get some insight from some of the brightest lacrosse minds out there.

Jamie Munro @jamiemunro3

I'm fired up to announce the Q2 VLS starting April 13th! We have an amazing line up of speakers that will allow us to forget about this dreadful virus and focus on lacrosse! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER: VirtualLacrosseSummit.com Read more 👉 lttr.ai/O8gG #BoxLacrossey

April 6th 2020

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Speaking of Jamie Munro, he does a great podcast and this week his guest is Inside Lacrosse CEO Terry Foy.

Jamie Munro @jamiemunro3

New Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast with @Inside_Lacrosse CEO @TerenceFoy where we talk about NCAA Lacrosse, how the 5th year will play out and ripple effects, the potential effects of COVID-19 on the future of the sport. ‎Phi-Lacrosse-ophy Podcast on Apple Podcasts‎Sports · 2020podcasts.apple.com

April 6th 2020

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US Lacrosse Resources

Editors Note: This came from an email last week from US Lacrosse.

We've expanded the e-learning content available to all US Lacrosse members and are providing free webinars for officials throughout April. Our magazine team has been working hard to provide some sense of normalcy through storytelling, and has put together lists of lacrosse-related books, movies and documentaries, podcasts, and social media accounts to check out.

10 Tips to Keep Kids Active at Home

You’ll likely be spending more time on social media than usual over the next few weeks so be sure to check out Kohort, a great app for communicating. Also, we have a Facebook Page and a Twitter account.

If you have any other news, let me know: tim@timhaslam.com

Thanks again for reading, wash your hands, stay safe, stay home and please forward it to a friend.

- Tim Haslam