The sport of lacrosse is sweeping the nation especially in the state of Ohio. It has been very popular for many years in several specific regional areas such as Baltimore, MD, Syracuse, NY and Long Island, NY. In the last ten years or so, the sport has increased in popularity in the Carolinas, Georgia, Virginia and even Ohio. The sport has grown from the Columbus, OH area into the suburbs of Akron, Cleveland and Cincinnati and will continue to expand.
This growth justs adds another sport to manage for an Athletic Director. He has to arrange for officials, workers for scorekeeping and scoreboard management along with keeping up with eligibility requirements for the athletes. Solon has had lacrosse for a few years now and today's opponent is a private school near Akron, OH, Walsh Jesuit High School. Walsh has been fairly solid in recent years but this year might be Solon's year. For example, in a span of 3 minutes in the second quarter Solon scored 5 goals to all but put the game on ice by making the score 15 to 3. Solon commanded the rest of the game and provided all of the kids a chance to gain valuable playing time. As for the operation of the game which is a primary purpose of the Athletic Department, there was a slight problem to deal with. The sound system quit operating in the first quarter. Mr. McGuire phoned the sound system "expert" that was working with the class play. His advice did not solve the situation. This will be another thing to correct come Monday when school is back in session.
This growth justs adds another sport to manage for an Athletic Director. He has to arrange for officials, workers for scorekeeping and scoreboard management along with keeping up with eligibility requirements for the athletes. Solon has had lacrosse for a few years now and today's opponent is a private school near Akron, OH, Walsh Jesuit High School. Walsh has been fairly solid in recent years but this year might be Solon's year. For example, in a span of 3 minutes in the second quarter Solon scored 5 goals to all but put the game on ice by making the score 15 to 3. Solon commanded the rest of the game and provided all of the kids a chance to gain valuable playing time. As for the operation of the game which is a primary purpose of the Athletic Department, there was a slight problem to deal with. The sound system quit operating in the first quarter. Mr. McGuire phoned the sound system "expert" that was working with the class play. His advice did not solve the situation. This will be another thing to correct come Monday when school is back in session.