This past weekend, members of the Plattsburgh State Men's Lacrosse team took part in the Inaugural Polar Plunge to raise awareness and funds for the athletes of Special Olympics New York. Approximately 200 people leaped into the chilly waters of Lake Champlain to raise $22,000 for the Special Olympics.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Team FUNdraiser
I never realized until now that the word fundraiser literally means FUND-RAISER, as in we are "raising funds". Well now that the internet knows how much of an idiot I am I should pass along this gem to you guys and gals.
Looking to represent the Dirty Birds in your native town but don't have the chance to get up to Plattsburgh to buy the gear? Looking for that perfect holiday gift for your child or significant other? Just can't get enough Plattsburgh Lacrosse gear? Want to look like your favorite Plattsburgh lacrosse player? If the answer to the last question is yes I suggest you stop shaving and invest in a plethora of sweatpants. If the answer to the rest of those questions is yes than you my friend are in luck. We here at Plattsburgh have developed a way for you to help yourself to some fine Plattsburgh lax clothing while helping out the program! Head here to find a ton of men lacrosse gear that you can order to have shipped directly to your home! Also because we are so boss we got the nice folks at "Wear Your Colors" to give us free shipping on all orders over $50. A portion of the profit made on the items will be donated to the team so everyone wins. If you wanna get gear but can't find anything you like check out Turfers main site here and we'll see if we can update it.
That's really it for now folks. Hope your fall is going well. I'll feel a lot better when the Jets stop trying to kill me. Also Call Of Duty: Black Ops came out today so any parent curious as to why their son stopped calling them that is probably why.
Can you hear it....?
-DeFran
Looking to represent the Dirty Birds in your native town but don't have the chance to get up to Plattsburgh to buy the gear? Looking for that perfect holiday gift for your child or significant other? Just can't get enough Plattsburgh Lacrosse gear? Want to look like your favorite Plattsburgh lacrosse player? If the answer to the last question is yes I suggest you stop shaving and invest in a plethora of sweatpants. If the answer to the rest of those questions is yes than you my friend are in luck. We here at Plattsburgh have developed a way for you to help yourself to some fine Plattsburgh lax clothing while helping out the program! Head here to find a ton of men lacrosse gear that you can order to have shipped directly to your home! Also because we are so boss we got the nice folks at "Wear Your Colors" to give us free shipping on all orders over $50. A portion of the profit made on the items will be donated to the team so everyone wins. If you wanna get gear but can't find anything you like check out Turfers main site here and we'll see if we can update it.
That's really it for now folks. Hope your fall is going well. I'll feel a lot better when the Jets stop trying to kill me. Also Call Of Duty: Black Ops came out today so any parent curious as to why their son stopped calling them that is probably why.
Can you hear it....?
-DeFran
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Representing the Red, White and Blue
Awesome game on Thursday! I believe the final was something like 26-6, a far cry from last years thrashing. Although I don't think McGill was the team we expected them to be we still executed well up and down the field.
Today marked the official end of fall ball with our final practice on this rainy afternoon. I think we really finished our off season strong. Although their is plenty of room for improvement we are making moves in the right direction.
That's all for now. I'll keep you posed throughout the semester of the on goings of our team.
-DeFran
Today marked the official end of fall ball with our final practice on this rainy afternoon. I think we really finished our off season strong. Although their is plenty of room for improvement we are making moves in the right direction.
That's all for now. I'll keep you posed throughout the semester of the on goings of our team.
-DeFran
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
America got a couple of things right: cars....and freedom
Hello all! I'd like to start off this patriotic post by showing you a great commercial:
Sorry I haven't posted on here lately. Strangely senior year of college isn't as easy as senior year of college. For all who were there the alumni game went great, except for Luke's broken thumb that is. Other than that the game was a lot of fun for everyone.
Fall ball has gone well these past couple of weeks. The team is really starting to gel together. The younger guys have learned the system and are proving their worth day in and day out.
On to tomorrow. For those of you that don't know we will be shaving our heads at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow in the ACC as part of the St. Baldrick's foundation. Up to this point we have raised $5,250 which is $1,250 more than our goal! But we still could use more so if your interested in donating go here.
After the head shaving we will be playing McGill in our fall scrimmage. This is a huge game for us as it is our only scrimmage in the fall and one of our last events for the whole fall ball. It will be a good measuring stick for how far we have come and how far we have to go. The game is at 7:30 p.m. so if you can make it we would greatly appreciate it.
For those of you driving up tomorrow be safe. I leave you with a classic American tale of overcoming the odds.
-DeFran
Sorry I haven't posted on here lately. Strangely senior year of college isn't as easy as senior year of college. For all who were there the alumni game went great, except for Luke's broken thumb that is. Other than that the game was a lot of fun for everyone.
Fall ball has gone well these past couple of weeks. The team is really starting to gel together. The younger guys have learned the system and are proving their worth day in and day out.
On to tomorrow. For those of you that don't know we will be shaving our heads at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow in the ACC as part of the St. Baldrick's foundation. Up to this point we have raised $5,250 which is $1,250 more than our goal! But we still could use more so if your interested in donating go here.
After the head shaving we will be playing McGill in our fall scrimmage. This is a huge game for us as it is our only scrimmage in the fall and one of our last events for the whole fall ball. It will be a good measuring stick for how far we have come and how far we have to go. The game is at 7:30 p.m. so if you can make it we would greatly appreciate it.
For those of you driving up tomorrow be safe. I leave you with a classic American tale of overcoming the odds.
-DeFran
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Fresh Start
Hey all! So we just completed our first week of fall ball. Gotta say I am impressed with a lot of the new guys. Although we lost a lot of talent to graduation we definitely are bringing in some great players.
Fall ball kicked off at 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday for us all. In an effort to be one of the best conditioned teams in the country, our team has pledged to do the "Insanity" workouts featuring the infamous Shaun T. Let me tell you, their is really something special about going to sleep when it is dark out and waking up when it is still dark out. All kidding aside though it is a really good workout and it will definitely benefit our team. Getting 40 18-22 year olds up before 7 a.m. is a testament to how dedicated our team is to winning this year.
Not much else to speak of. Practice has been basic, nothing out of the ordinary. Alumni game is next weekend so that should be fun.
More importantly St. Baldricks is less than a month away! If your interested in donating to an awesome cause check it out here. You could honestly not pick a better foundation to give to. Any donation small or large is greatly appreciated!
Well looks like we all know who the REAL New York football team was this Sunday...
-DeFran
Fall ball kicked off at 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday for us all. In an effort to be one of the best conditioned teams in the country, our team has pledged to do the "Insanity" workouts featuring the infamous Shaun T. Let me tell you, their is really something special about going to sleep when it is dark out and waking up when it is still dark out. All kidding aside though it is a really good workout and it will definitely benefit our team. Getting 40 18-22 year olds up before 7 a.m. is a testament to how dedicated our team is to winning this year.
Not much else to speak of. Practice has been basic, nothing out of the ordinary. Alumni game is next weekend so that should be fun.
More importantly St. Baldricks is less than a month away! If your interested in donating to an awesome cause check it out here. You could honestly not pick a better foundation to give to. Any donation small or large is greatly appreciated!
Well looks like we all know who the REAL New York football team was this Sunday...
-DeFran
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Ready to Start
Hey all! Hope everyone had a great summer. I know I did. Their is nothing quite like learning the finer points of air conditioning installation and maintenance. Really makes you appreciate cold air.
Not much to report on the team over the summer but I'll hit the high points:
-The majority of the returners and new guys from Long Island played on a summer league team together that did pretty good in a tough league.
-As for our friends out West, although two of the Oswego natives weren't able to play on their usual summer league team (Tucker and Will), Sean Jaquin and sophmore transfer Brett McClelland brought home the teams third straight UOLL championship
-My summer league team won back-to-back-to-back league championships...BOSS.
-Sophomore LSM Ryan Phillips played for the Dutch national team in the World Games in Manchester, England. That's legit.
-In our own micro-version of "The Decision 2010" Kyle Norchi announced that he would in fact be bringing his talents back to Plattsburgh for a fifth year.
-I turned 21.
I think that about sums up everything important.
Now...onward and upward to this year! Believe it or not fall ball is just around the corner. Tuesday is our first official day of tryouts. The alumni game is less than 2 weeks from that, occurring on September 25! Our fall scrimmage is set for Thursday October 14 when we will take on McGill under the lights. As an added bonus all the Cards will shave their heads as part of the St.Baldricks foundation. St. Baldricks is a great organization that our team got involved with last year. Team members shave their heads to show support for children suffering from cancer. Last year we raised a ton of money and hope to bring in even more money this year. For more information and to donate go here.
I drafted my fantasy team named "Cromartie's Ninth" (in honor of one of my favorites cornerbacks) tonight. A couple of the guys on the team are in the league so I'll be sure to keep you posted on my dominance in our league "Jamarcus's Secret Sauce".
That is all that's really going on now. I'll keep you posted on fall ball throughout the semester. For now though it's mostly pick up.
By the way...He's backkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
As always I'll leave you with a jam:
-DeFran
Not much to report on the team over the summer but I'll hit the high points:
-The majority of the returners and new guys from Long Island played on a summer league team together that did pretty good in a tough league.
-As for our friends out West, although two of the Oswego natives weren't able to play on their usual summer league team (Tucker and Will), Sean Jaquin and sophmore transfer Brett McClelland brought home the teams third straight UOLL championship
-My summer league team won back-to-back-to-back league championships...BOSS.
-Sophomore LSM Ryan Phillips played for the Dutch national team in the World Games in Manchester, England. That's legit.
-In our own micro-version of "The Decision 2010" Kyle Norchi announced that he would in fact be bringing his talents back to Plattsburgh for a fifth year.
-I turned 21.
I think that about sums up everything important.
Now...onward and upward to this year! Believe it or not fall ball is just around the corner. Tuesday is our first official day of tryouts. The alumni game is less than 2 weeks from that, occurring on September 25! Our fall scrimmage is set for Thursday October 14 when we will take on McGill under the lights. As an added bonus all the Cards will shave their heads as part of the St.Baldricks foundation. St. Baldricks is a great organization that our team got involved with last year. Team members shave their heads to show support for children suffering from cancer. Last year we raised a ton of money and hope to bring in even more money this year. For more information and to donate go here.
I drafted my fantasy team named "Cromartie's Ninth" (in honor of one of my favorites cornerbacks) tonight. A couple of the guys on the team are in the league so I'll be sure to keep you posted on my dominance in our league "Jamarcus's Secret Sauce".
That is all that's really going on now. I'll keep you posted on fall ball throughout the semester. For now though it's mostly pick up.
By the way...He's backkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
As always I'll leave you with a jam:
-DeFran
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Every end is a new beginning
Sorry for slacking. I don't know why but for some reason I've kinda been dreading making this last post about this years season. I guess I figured if I never wrote anything I could wake up one morning and it would be January 25th and the season wouldn't have started yet. Honestly though that's how great this season has been for me. I'm not gonna lie, fall ball definitely had me a little skeptical. Losing as many guys as we did last year in key positions in addition to bringing in a huge freshman class definitely didn't seem like a recipe for a successful season. The young guys really stepped it up though and earned their keep and I couldn't be prouder of them. I don't know the stats off the top of my head but i think we had something like 8 come from behind wins and were 5-0 in one or two goal games. That just shows the will to win this team has.
Really sorry to see the seniors go. Great group of guys that I got the opportunity to play with for three years. I'd just like to say a little something about each of them.
Luke Flegar: Luke used to give me rides to fall ball every day when I was a freshman so I'll always owe him for that. Even though he wasn't a captain this year he definitely was a leader on the team and gave his all every single day in practice. Glad he came back for his senior year.
Kevin McMahon: One of the funniest kids off the field. Kev def keeps everybody on there toes. Great midfielder that was willing to do anything to help the team win. Kev's going to the NYPD and I wish him the best of luck and couldn't be happier for him.
Mike Keenan: I had the pleasure of being in Mambas weight lifting group this fall. Mike brought it hard every day to the gym and was willing to work out non-stop. It was definitely unfortunate that he tore his ACL this year but hopefully he will be back next year.
Ryan Price: Price was one of our most important players for us this year. Not only did he win face-offs for us, but he scored goals as well. As a captain he was one of the best I have ever had and was a truly phenomenal leader.
Mike Glynn: What can I say about this kid? I had the pleasure of playing defense with him over the past 3 years and couldn't be happy. I don't know many people that play with more heart than Glynn. And what a shot! Too bad that whole man-up thing never worked out.
Luke Weidlein: Playing against Luke definitely wasn't the biggest confidence booster over the past 3 years. But he made me a better player and I can't thank him enough for that. Luke made the most out of his four years here and it was fun to watch him play from the other end.
Also quick side note: I doubt he remembers but when I first came to PSU as a walk on during the tryout my first time playing in front of coach I was matched up against Luke. The first time the ball came down I threw a back check and helicoptered his stick. To this day I think that was a major reason why I made the team so thanks Luke!
Kyle Norchi: Kyle Norchi hands down has the most passion out of anyone I have ever played with. I have never seen someone get so mad during 3-on-2's or fast break drills. It definitely brought practices to a new level of intensity. I'd love to play another year with Kyle but if he heads somewhere else I wish him the best of luck.
As crazy as it sounds next season is already in the works. We had our first team meeting for 2011 and captains were named. Kyle Norchi and Mike Keenan were both named captains if they choose to remain at school to use their extra year of eligibility. Also I am honored to say that I was chosen as well. I think that was the best way to say it without sounding like a tool. But seriously I am very proud to have been chosen and am looking forward to next year.
In case you haven't noticed I'm a big fan of absurd news stories that aren't really news. This one takes the cake though.Not only does it include sports and mascots, but Jerry Springer as well. The Mets aren't doing to bad all things considered.
That's about all for tonight. We have a team BBQ tomorrow where our team awards will be announced so I'll let you know how that goes. Also will keep you posted on SUNYAC honors.
When I write my first movie Mr.Norchi will be selecting my soundtrack.
-DeFran
Really sorry to see the seniors go. Great group of guys that I got the opportunity to play with for three years. I'd just like to say a little something about each of them.
Luke Flegar: Luke used to give me rides to fall ball every day when I was a freshman so I'll always owe him for that. Even though he wasn't a captain this year he definitely was a leader on the team and gave his all every single day in practice. Glad he came back for his senior year.
Kevin McMahon: One of the funniest kids off the field. Kev def keeps everybody on there toes. Great midfielder that was willing to do anything to help the team win. Kev's going to the NYPD and I wish him the best of luck and couldn't be happier for him.
Mike Keenan: I had the pleasure of being in Mambas weight lifting group this fall. Mike brought it hard every day to the gym and was willing to work out non-stop. It was definitely unfortunate that he tore his ACL this year but hopefully he will be back next year.
Ryan Price: Price was one of our most important players for us this year. Not only did he win face-offs for us, but he scored goals as well. As a captain he was one of the best I have ever had and was a truly phenomenal leader.
Mike Glynn: What can I say about this kid? I had the pleasure of playing defense with him over the past 3 years and couldn't be happy. I don't know many people that play with more heart than Glynn. And what a shot! Too bad that whole man-up thing never worked out.
Luke Weidlein: Playing against Luke definitely wasn't the biggest confidence booster over the past 3 years. But he made me a better player and I can't thank him enough for that. Luke made the most out of his four years here and it was fun to watch him play from the other end.
Also quick side note: I doubt he remembers but when I first came to PSU as a walk on during the tryout my first time playing in front of coach I was matched up against Luke. The first time the ball came down I threw a back check and helicoptered his stick. To this day I think that was a major reason why I made the team so thanks Luke!
Kyle Norchi: Kyle Norchi hands down has the most passion out of anyone I have ever played with. I have never seen someone get so mad during 3-on-2's or fast break drills. It definitely brought practices to a new level of intensity. I'd love to play another year with Kyle but if he heads somewhere else I wish him the best of luck.
As crazy as it sounds next season is already in the works. We had our first team meeting for 2011 and captains were named. Kyle Norchi and Mike Keenan were both named captains if they choose to remain at school to use their extra year of eligibility. Also I am honored to say that I was chosen as well. I think that was the best way to say it without sounding like a tool. But seriously I am very proud to have been chosen and am looking forward to next year.
In case you haven't noticed I'm a big fan of absurd news stories that aren't really news. This one takes the cake though.Not only does it include sports and mascots, but Jerry Springer as well. The Mets aren't doing to bad all things considered.
That's about all for tonight. We have a team BBQ tomorrow where our team awards will be announced so I'll let you know how that goes. Also will keep you posted on SUNYAC honors.
When I write my first movie Mr.Norchi will be selecting my soundtrack.
-DeFran
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