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2/2/08 Newsletter 2008 Excel Aid Capital Project Proposal In December, the Canandaigua City School District Board of Education voted to bring a $19.7 million capital project for facilities improvements to district residents for their approval. The public vote will be on February 12, 2008, at the Elementary School gymnasium. More information can be found here. Of particular interest to Canandaigua Lacrosse in the proposal is a new artificial turf surface to replace the grass at Exhibition field at the Academy. The Varsity will play 4 home games at Exhibition this season. Drive into the Academy parking lot after school beginning in March and you will see lacrosse teams practicing in the parking lot or in the gym for usually at least the first 2 or 3 weeks of practice. Early scrimmages are either scheduled for away or rented surfaces, or are cancelled. A turf field will get the teams onto a regulation field right away and will contribute to the success of our teams. The ones that stand to benefit the most are those players currently in the modified and youth program. Please get out and vote on Tuesday, Feb 12, between 7 & 9 at the Elementary gym. Registration is now open for the 2008 Canandaigua Youth Lacrosse Spring Travel League. Canandaigua Youth Lacrosse provides an entry level lacrosse experience for all Canandaigua area boys in grades K-6, with 3 grade-based levels that participate in the Rochester Area Lacrosse League (RALL). Emphasis is on fun and fundamentals of lacrosse. Anyone interested should go to www.calacrosse.org for more information and to sign up. Registration deadline is March 11. There is NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY and lacrosse equipment other than a stick will be provided. For any questions contact Dave Munn at munzy86@hotmail.com or 394-1927. Work on this year’s program has begun. It will contain rosters, schedules, varsity profiles, stats, 2007 Year in Review, 2008 Season Preview, Canandaigua Lacrosse history, action pictures and ads. Last week we mailed information and pricing to 500 local businesses. This week we will begin to follow-up with those businesses to sell ad space in our program to raise money for all levels of Canandaigua Lacrosse. This is turning into a great fund-raiser. If you are interested in helping, or have leads to businesses that might want to advertise, contact Dan Knapton. The 2008 Season game schedules for Modified thru Varsity have been posted online. The games are still subject to change but this will give you a good idea of who, when & where we are playing. You can take advantage of the Outlook Sync option on the schedule site to load the dates into your calendar. Here are the schedules so far: Varsity JV Modified Red Modified Gray. Youth games become available early April. If you are looking for one calendar of all of Canandaigua Lacrosse games & events we now have a consolidated calendar on our website at www.calacrosse.org. If there are events missing that you would like to see on the calendar let me know. Canandaigua Lacrosse Names in the News Dan Groot, 2005 Canandaigua Grad currently a junior playing at the University of Maryland, was chosen by Inside Lacrosse magazine as the #7 top Middie, #30 overall player, in the country in their 2008 Season Preview issue. You can read the article online or check out page 110 in the Feb edition. Dan was also chosen preseason 2nd team All American. Maryland is ranked preseason #7. Mandy Friend, also a 2005 CA grad and current junior at the University of Richmond, was chosen as the #19 top women’s player in the country - see page 128 of the same issue. Richmond was chosen #20 in the country in the preseason polls. Upcoming Canandaigua Lacrosse events February 12 - Booster Club meeting 6:30 at Wegmans March 1 - Midnight Madness - varsity preseason scrimmage at TSE March 10 - First Varsity practice March 16 - Youth coaching clinic at the Academy March 29 - Youth Kickoff Meeting at the Academy April 6 - Applebee’s Pancake Breakfast fund-raiser April 7 - First Youth Practice
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