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The Eastview Boy’s Lacrosse team is working hard to make another successful season. There are many things that the team has been doing to prepare for the upcoming season in the spring. A lot of “laxers” or lacrosse players have been getting together to build up the team chemistry. The Eastview Boy’s Lacrosse team also is competing in the lacrosse winter league at the Rosemount Dome. Eastview has two teams that are participating in the league and they are both playing well. Due to the lack of gym time and field time in Dome, some of their practices and games have been late at night. Last Saturday the 27th of February one of the lacrosse teams had a game at 11:30 p.m. When the final whistle blew the score was 10-2 Eastview and it was already almost 1:00 a.m. When I interviewed senior lacrosse Captain Alex Weckerly, I asked what are practices be like before the season. His response was “A lot of fundamentals. We will be working hard to get our stick skills good before we start putting in our more complex plays”. The team also does a lot of drills that are game like situations so when the season starts they will be prepared. I also got a chance to sit down and interview senior lacrosse Captain Justin Vossen. I asked him what the attitude is like at Captains practice. Justin’s response was “The attitude at Captains is fun but also serious. We make sure we have fun but we focus when we need to”. I also asked Justin if the team is on a workout program. Vossen’s response was “Yes, this year we are trying a new twist for working out before the season starts. Everyone is responsible for themselves to go workout when they can. Once the season will start, everyone will lift together after school before practice”. For all of you lacrosse players out, there Justin gave me one tip to become a better lacrosse player. “Have Flow. They must have long hair, the longer the better” said Captain Justin Vossen. This is also the motto for this year’s Boy’s Varsity Lacrosse team, One Flow. The Varsity team has made an appearance to state every year since it has become a varsity sport. In 2007 the team placed 4th in state. In 2008 the team placed 3rd in state. Last year the team placed 2nd in state and lost a hard fought game to the Minnetonka, State Champions. This year the team will need a lot of focus and determination in order for the team to make another outstanding run in the state tournament. The team has a tremendous amount of team chemistry in the senior class because a lot of the athletes have been playing together since early youth ages. The senior class also has a great amount of playing experience at the varsity level. There are a few seniors that have been on the team since their freshman year and a couple that have actually started the sophomore year. While I interviewed another Captain of the lacrosse team Keaton Palo, a two year starting defensemen, I asked what his favorite thing to do in lacrosse. He replied “ROG, or the Rusty Old Gate”. This is a move in which he tricks the offensive player to going to his back side. When the player is behind him his swings his six foot pole behind his back and rocks the player. The player usually will get hit by this and drop the ball because he is not prepared for being hit. The Eastview Boy’s Lacrosse Coaches are also a big help to the team. They too are expecting another great season out of the team.