True Lacrosse - Illinois

 Thank you to all the players and coaches who came out to Rip the Duck 2012! We had 69 teams participate and the competition was better than ever. Teams traveled from all over for this tournamanet- IL, MI, MN, KS, MO, PA, IN and KY! We had less than ideal weather on Saturday but Sunday's blue sunny skies made up for it!

Vendors on site made this tournamnet a complete experience with the Warrior fan zone, Detroit Lacrosse, Elevation Lacrosse, The Lax Shop, Blackfeet Lacrosse, Pro Tech Dent Mouth Guard and True Lacrosse Apparel all on site. 

True Lacrosse also served up hot food off the grill all weekend and no one went home hungry. ClifBar sponsored this tournamnet and free ClifBars were given out all weekend at the Food Tent.

There was also a raffle. Two winners got Brine lacrosse stick heads and one winner got custom True Lacrosse Warrior cleats.

Rip the Duck 2012 Champions

U15A- Fox Valley Lacrosse Club Black (2nd- FHC Rangers, 3rd-North Shore, 4th-Shamrocks)

U15B- Huskies Lacrosse (2nd- KC Blue Lion, 3rd-Clarkston Select, 4th- MN Warrior)

U13A- Fox Valley Lacrosse Club Black (2nd- Western Springs White, 3rd- Jr Lions, 4th-Wheaton)

U13B- Windy City Selects (2nd- KC Blue Lion, 3rd- FVLC Green, 4th- Mt Lebanon)

U11- Fox Valley Lacrosse Club Black (2nd- Bartlett Hawks, 3rd- Kenilworth, 4th- Western Springs Blue)

2012 MVP's

U15A- Austin Griffin, Fox Valley Black

U15B- Suurnen Bossuah, Huskies Lacrosse

U13A- Colin McDowell, Fox Valley Black

U13B- Rondel Jamison, Windy City Select

U11- Jake Stegman, Fox Valley Black

As always, we encourage your feedback about the tournament so that we can continue to improve our tournament every year. Please send any positive or negative feedback to: cpotter@truelacrosse.com

Please note that game times are based on Eastern Time.

Last year, True Lacrosse had over 50 teams come out to Rip the Duck Youth Lacrosse Tournament from all over the Midwest, including Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. This year, the 4th Annual Rip the Duck Youth Lacrosse Tournament will be held April 28th and 29th.

This is a two day tournament at the University of Notre Dame with all participants and coaches receiving tickets to the ND vs Syracuse Lacrosse game. This will be the final home game for ND and will be a great way for all youth teams to watch a DI lacrosse game.

Tournament Info:
Date - April 28 & 29, 2012

Location - Junior Irish Sports Complex (located at 5200 Nimtz Parkway, South Bend, IN, 46628)

Divisions -

Divisions follow US lacrosse guidelines for youth age distribution (be sure to read the Tournament Rules to review age eligibility).

• U15 A (no 9th graders allowed)
• U15 B (no 9th graders allowed)
• U13 A
• U13 B
• U11
  

Cost: $850 per Team, Includes 5 games, and 25 tickets to ND vs Syracuse game, 25 max per roster
Full Registration and full payment must be completed by April 13th- no exceptions!

Each team gets 25 tickets to the Notre Dame vs. Syracuse game on April 28th, as included in their registration fee. If you need to purchase additional tickets, please have team manager contact Rita Baxter at Rita.R.Baxter.20@nd.edu and receive the discounted rate of $2.00 per ticket for groups of 20+.  If you need single tickets, you will need to contact the Notre Dame Ticketing office  or CLICK HERE.

• Newspaper!  I learned this trick last year as I was amazed at how dry the gloves and shoes were after stuffing them with newspaper Saturday night.

• Garbage bags!  To either try to keep your player's gear bag dry (as possible on the field) or at a minimum protect your vehicle from all that will be wet and muddy.

• Extra socks!  While they may not stay dry for long once you're player is out on the field, they'll feel great to change into when they are done - given our first game is at 8:00 and our last at 3:30 dry feet are important inbetween games.

• Towels, towels and more towels!  I love using beach towels as I lived in my car when the team wasn't playing last year. Whether you're drying off your player, yourself or protecting your seats and floormats, the fields well.....are fields and it certain areas got pretty muddy last year.

• OK, I know this next one is odd but stick some tissues or toilet paper in your driest pocket.  Last year I think folks were looking for anything absorbent they could get their hands on and all of the port-o-lets ran out of toliet paper early.  I'll say no more.

Louisville Collegiate Titans
Milford Hurons
Shamrocks
Clarkston Select
Detroit Bulldogs
Huskies Lacrosse Club
Caledonia Lacrosse
FHC Rangers
Anoka Tornados
White Bear Lake
Minnesota Warriors
Kansas City Blue Lion
Evanston Wolfpack
Windy City Selects
Fox Valley Lacrosse Club
Northwest Suburban Knights
Lincolnway
Lake Forest
Giant Warriors
Jr Lions
Jr HIlltoppers
Bartlett
Lake Zurich
North Shore
Blue Valley Spartans
Grays Lake
Scoutrageous
Glen Ellyn
Kenilworth
Wheaton
Glenview
Winnetka
Western Springs
Evansville

Mike Gabel- owner of True Lacrosse! Click the article below from InsideLacrosse.com to read the origins of the term "Rip the Duck".

http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2010/06/24/ripping-duck-a-historical-journey-phrase

We recommend all players, families and parents use our hotel coordinator for your hotel plans- we guarantee we can get you the cheapest rate!

True Lacrosse offers parents and players attending the Rip the Duck Tournament several hotel options all varying in prices. To view the different hotels and prices and to book your hotel room at a discounted rate for the Rip the Duck Tournament, download the form below and submit to Tina, our Hotel Coordinator: tina@travelteamusa.com