North Coast Jaxx Summer Travel Team

The North Coast Jaxx is a new summer travel team based in the Duluth area.  This new team will compete at the U16 level and will work with the Minnesota Jaxx, a well-established and successful select lacrosse program in the Twin Cities metro area.  This will be the first summer travel lacrosse team opportunity ever in Northern Minnesota and will hopefully be a catalyst for more growth of the game in the Northern part of the state.

WHO:  The team will be open to any Northern Minnesota lacrosse player and will be composed primarily of players from the Duluth area, Grand Rapids and other Northern Minnesota lacrosse communities like Brainerd and St. Cloud.  Tryouts and practices will be held in the Duluth area.  This means it will primarily be open to current 9th and 8th graders.  There may also be a few Sophomores that would meet the U16 age requirements.  The cutoff for this team for 2012 would be players born on or after 9/1/1995.

WHEN:  Try out date is set for 2:45 p.m. Saturday, May 12 at Public Schools Stadium in Duluth, MN.  Try outs will be approximately 2 hours long and will be held after the 7/8 lacrosse games are played in Duluth.  There is NO COST to try out.  All experienced Northern Minnesota lacrosse players in the U16 age category are encouraged to try out. Registration form and waiver must be completed before tryouts.

Online registration form for tryouts can be found HERE

At a minimum, 20 players will be selected to fill the roster.

SCHEDULE:  The team will participate in two summer tournaments and the Homegrown Summer League in the Twin Cities. 

June 15-17 - Star of the North Games lacrosse tournament, Rochester, MN - High School Junior Varsity division

July 27-29 - Cherry Bomb Lacrosse Tournament, Traverse City, MI - High School "B" division

Homegrown Summer League - 8 game season starting the week of June 11 and ending the week of August 6.  The team will have the option of playing once per week during that period or doubleheaders every other week to reduce the amount of travel down to the Twin Cities for league games.  Practices will likely be twice per week.

COST:  The North Coast Jaxx will make every effort to keep costs as low as possible.  The primary goal of the North Coast Jaxx is to create more off-season lacrosse opportunities for players and grow the game in Northern Minnesota.  The player fee will simply cover the costs to participate.  This is entirely a non-profit endeavor.

To ensure that all players will be able to participate, the North Coast Jaxx will offer fundraising opportunities for players to help cover their player fee.  These opportunities will be announced as they arise.  Please contact the North Coast Jaxx if you're interested in fundraising opportunities to help cover your player fee.

CONTACT:  Andy Holak will be the team manager.  Interested players can email the North Coast Jaxx at trailrunners@gmail.com for more information. 

Additional information and updates can be found on the North Coast Jaxx webpage

Updates can also be found on the North Coast Jaxx Facebook page.