Congratulations

Sincere congratulations go out to the following players:

Paul Fischer: All-State nominee, Academic All-American nominee, Regular season scoring leader for Kentucky.

David Spielberg: All-State nominee

Buz Hancock: All-American nominee, All-State nominee

Hunter Smith: All-State nominee, KY Elite/Gait Cup selection

Daniel Clark: All-State nominee, KY Elite/Gait Cup selection

Cary Walker: KY Elite/Gait Cup First team selection

John Haselden: KY Elite/Gait Cup Selection, All-State nominee

Taylor Gustafson: KY Elite/Gait Cup First Team selection

Steve Hehir: All-State nominee

Ty Unthank: All-State nominee

Jeremy Stein: All-State nominee

Sumer Camp Sign-ups

Stickhead Lacrosse & Sports is excited to announce Summer League Lacrosse registration is now open.

Please visit www.stickheadusa.com to register online.

This Saturday's Schedule

All players and parents-

Saturday's game schedule has changed slightly. Eastern has cancelled the freshman game. and Lexington Catholic has asked to make the Varsity game first. So, the schedule will be as follows:

V vs Lex Cath 12:00noon

JV vs Lex Cath 2:00pm

Both games are at home. ALL players will need to be on the field at 11:00am for pre-game.

This is our last home game and we are both top teams. This will be a great game, so please spread the word and lets fill those stands.

Coach

Banquet Update

All,

We still need to get information from players and families on attending the banquet. Here are details below. If there are any questions, please call Sue Levermore or me.

Thanks,

Tim Burchell

BALLARD MEN'S LACROSSE BANQUET

HOLLOWAY CENTER

7400 FLOYDSBURG ROAD

CRESTWOOD, KY

TUESDAY, MAY 20TH

6:15 P.M.

DINNER @ 6:30 P.M.

MENU

GRILLED HERB CHICKEN-GREEN BEANS

CHEESY POTATO'S

SALAD-ROLLS-DESERT

PLAYERS FREE

DRESSY - CASUAL

ALL OTHERS $5.00 PER PERSON

RESERVATION WITH PAYMENT BY MAY 10TH

CONTACT SUE LEVERMORE

This Week's Schedule

All players and parents-

It's almost here- this is the last week of the regular season. Congratulations gentlemen, you have worked hard and the rewards are yours. But the job is not done yet. We have the chance to make our way into the playoffs on our terms, to give ourselves the position that gives us the best shot at the championship. We have two things to focus on for the next two weeks: School and Lacrosse. After that, you can do whatever you want. Focus and motivate yourself for the next two weeks on those two things and you will see results.

Monday 5/5:

Practice at 3:00 sharp. One of the Bellarmine face-off middies is coming to work with us. We need to be ready to go to use our time with him wisely. Anyone that wants to work on faceoffs can work with him after warm-ups.

Tuesday:

JV vs CAL @ Seneca Park, 5pm. This is a scrimmage. All players should be at the field at 4:00pm for pre-game.

Varsity: Practice 3:30-5:30

Wednesday:

Pregame practice 3;30-5:30

Thursday:

JV @ St. X 5:30; all players on field at 4:30 ready for pre-game

V @ St. X 7:30. Varsity players be ready to warm up when JV hits 4th quarter. All players are encouraged to be there to support your teammates.

Just a reminder. If you are not able to play in any game due to illness or injury, you are still expected to be in uniform, on the sidelines to support your teammates.

State Championships is on the line. Work hard, Win.

Coach

Schedule Change - Notice

OK...everyone should know now that tomorrow's game is against Trinity. It is an away game that will be held at Trinity's field.

This is the biggest game that the Ballard team has had up to now, so we need everyone...dad, mom, grandparents, sibs, friends, and Ballard students to be there and cheer, scream, and yell for your team.

Wear your best Ballard Bruin school colors and show your spirit. Wear your son's team jacket if it is not bunched up at the bottom of his gear bag and has taken on that certain "funk" that comes from being oxygen deprived for 2 months.

The Ballard Lax Blog shows that the games are at 5:00 & 7:00 for JV and V respectively. I know today's email said 5:30 & 7:30 per coach. We will get this cleared up because we don't want anyone to miss a single minute!!!

See you at the game!

Tim Burchell

Schedule Update

Wed: Practice at 3:00 Thurs: JV vs Trinity at 5:30 Players need to be on the field, suited up by 4:30 V vs Trinity at 7:30.

Players need to be at the field, ready to suit up when JV hits the beginning of the 4th quarter.

Sunday's game has been cancelled. I have decided not to risk the injuries with an out-of-conference game this late in the season. After we beat Trinity on Thursday, everybody has the weekend off. Parents and coaches included.

Thanks,


Coach

Banquet Information

BALLARD MENS LACROSSE BANQUET

HOLLOWAY CENTER

7400 FLOYDSBURG ROAD

CRESTRWOOD, KY

TUESDAY, MAY 20TH

6:15 P.M.

DINNER @ 6:30 P.M.

MENU

GRILLED HERB CHICKEN-GREEN BEANS

CHESSY POTATOS

SALAD-ROLLS-DESERT

PLAYERS FREE

DRESSY - CASUAL

ALL OTHERS $5.00 PER PERSON

RESERVATION WITH PAYMENT BY MAY 10TH

CONTACT SUE LEVERMORE

WILL COLLECT PAYMENT AFTER PRACTICE ON TUESDAY AND AT GAME ON THURSDAY

Tuesday's Schedule

Tomorrow the (newly) Freshman/JV team will play St. Francis at Ballard. These boys need to be at BHS at 4 pm for the 5 pm game. We will not need volunteers but please come support the boys.

Also tomorrow the older boys will be playing CAL at Seneca Park. The boy’s need to be at Seneca Park by 4 pm for the 5 pm game. I was told that Ryan has sent out a voicemail and the boys already know where to be tomorrow. If you have any questions, please email Ryan.

Pancake Fundraiser News

All,

The pancake fundraiser was last week. Everyone enjoyed it...including the complete strangers who came, paid, and ate. This is such an easy fund raiser and we need to make complete use of it by getting lots of friends and family to come and support us. We had a total of 22 boys participate in serving. I think the best comment that I heard was from one of the staff as he was prepping for lunch. Several of the remaining boys sat at tables and made up a full basket of napkin-wrapped-utensils for Applebee's to use after we left. The employee said that 9 out of 10 groups leave with tables not bussed, garbage on the floor, and they never wrap new utensils. He was very impressed with our group. I was also pleased.

We are making the final tally of envelopes, tickets sold, etc. If you have an envelope still, then please get it to Dave Cummings or Coach Wallace by tomorrow evening.

If you have questions about this, see Dave Cummings or me.

Regards,

Tim Burchell

2008 Banquet News

All,

This is advance notice to "Hold the Date" for the lacrosse banquet on May 20th. This date appears pretty open for the school calendar. This year we are doing the banquet separate from the alumni game. The banquet will be a catered dinner thanks to Sue Levermore who is organizing the event. She will be handing out the invitations tomorrow and will start to collect money. How much??? Players are no charge, coaches (who we love) are no charge, and our team managers are no charge! But what about everyone else??? Parents and sibs will only be $5 each. The booster organization will be subsidizing this event to keep the cost low for the families.

Look for details. Look for Sue tomorrow at the games.

Regards,

Tim Burchell

2008 Senior Night - Austin Seiz #1 - Attack

2008 Senior Night - Buzz Hancock #6 - Midfielder

2008 Senior Night - Andrew Parrot # 7 - Midfielder

2008 Senior Night - David Spielberg #9 - Attack

2008 Senior Night - Clay Simpson #10 - Defense

2008 Senior Night - Nick Helfers #13 - Midfielder

2008 Senior Night - Max Levermore #22 - Midfielder

2008 Senior Night - Jason Gilbert #23 - Attack

2008 Senior Night - David Bottom #29 - Midfielder