NEWS
April 7, 2009
ALUMNI NEWS: Former Ironman, Taylor Brooks has had a great few games with the LeMoyne Dolphins! He was named as a Northeast-10 Freshman of the week [the first LeMoyne player to earn that honor], mentioned in Inside Lacrosse, Lacrosse Magazine, and even on the local news report! The Dolphins are currently undefeated in conference play.
Michael Mann is also doing well, being named a team captain for Sam Houston State, and currently ranked 3rd in the MCLA Division II for total points.
February 16, 2009
Great job this weekend at the tournament! Although the JV went 1-2 on the weekend, their two losses were to Division I JV teams. They played competitively against tough competition, losing their third game in double overtime to Strake Jesuit. Varsity had a great weekend with three straight wins advancing to the championship game which we’ll just say was…eventful.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Alford family and Strake Jesuit on the loss of Charles.
There will be no practice on Monday, but practice will resume on Tuesday-Thursday in preparation for Friday’s home game against Ft. Bend. We will be wearing WHITE uniforms for the game on Friday. Remember, we need lots of help to make a successful home game: field set-up, field tear-down, penalty timers, & game clock. If the printing company delivers on time, we should have our annual season program available at this Friday’s home game!! Thanks to Doug Humphries and Denise Mann for the many hours of work getting this together. It is going to be really nice.
February 9, 2009
Sorry for the interruption, we were trying something new - we're back to our regularly scheduled new page....
Late Goal Lifts Cy-Fair Past Bellaire in
Thriller, 6-5
Junior middie Jay Bowling scored the game-winning goal with 54 seconds remaining
to give Cy-Fair a thrilling 6-5 victory over Bellaire in a Texas High School
Lacrosse League South District Division II game Thursday night.
Coming out of a timeout, Bowling fired home the go-ahead goal with a low shot to
the left corner from about eight yards to put the Ironmen in front after
Bellaire had erased a two-goal, fourth-quarter deficit to draw even.
Following Bowling’s only goal of the night, Cy-Fair won the ensuing face-off
before Bellaire forced a turnover. Bellaire had one final chance to send the
game into overtime, but senior attackman Calvin Kaczmarick shot wide with 20
seconds remaining, and Cy-Fair got to the end line first to regain possession.
The Ironmen successfully cleared the ball out of their defensive end and ran out
the clock.
“It was a close game,” Cy-Fair head coach Tim Glass said. “A lot of defense was
played. We had a lot of possession and some bad shots that couldn’t find the
cage. They hit a lot of pipes and had a lot of off-cage shots. If we were all
dialed in, there would have been a lot more goals and the game still would have
been close.”
Sophomore middie Steve Hartshorn scored a game-high three goals, and Bowling
finished with two points on a goal and an assist for Cy-Fair (2-0), which won
its second straight. Junior attackmen Brennan Wolcott and Austin Adams also
scored single goals for the Ironmen.
Also playing a key role, Cy-Fair junior middie Donny Meyer won 11-of-15
face-offs and picked up nine ground balls.
Cy-Fair wins season opener against Katy
Junior middie-attackman Jay Bowling registered a
game-high six points on four goals and two assists to lead Cy-Fair to a 17-2
victory over Katy.
In both teams’ season opener, junior attackman Brennan Wolcott, sophomore
attackman-middie Steve Hartshorn, junior middie Justin Lundquist and sophomore
attackman Matthew Mann all added four points for the Ironmen (1-0).
Wolcott and Hartshorn each scored four goals, and Lundquist and Mann both had
two goals and two assists.
September 26, 2008
Boot Camp starts Monday, September 29th 4pm - 6pm. Bring Water and Running Shoes
Regular Practice begins Monday, Oct 6th 4pm - 6pm. Bring Water, running shoes, full gear. Make sure you have 2 rolls of tape, 2 mouth guards and 2 lax balls in your bag.
September 22, 2008
August 25, 2008
Our annual parent / player registration meeting will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 3rd at Hamilton Middle School in the commons area beginning at 6:30pm. We will be discussing this year’s program, changes for this season, coaches expectations, and important dates for the calendar. This is a very important informational meeting so please make plans to attend.
Click here for the registration packet. Please print it off and complete it prior to the meeting. We will only have a few blank forms available. Uniform ordering will also take place at this meeting, and various sizes of uniforms will be available for those unsure what size to order.
June 19, 2008
Congratulations to our new and returning officers! A big THANK YOU to our 'graduating officers, Robert Tabb, Tom Bogart and Pam McKay, for your hard work, time and dedication!
Richard Mann and Anita Marshall will be returning to their positions President and Secretary, respectively. New board members are: Aaron Drake, Executive Vice President; Jim Frye, Operations Vice President and Alan Rimel, Treasurer.
June 10, 2008
It is once again time to elect a new board of directors for the Cy-Fair Ironmen for the upcoming year. This year’s election will be held on Wednesday, June 18th at 7pm at the cafeteria of Hamilton Middle School. Nominations and voting will take place at that time. If you would like to nominate someone for a board position who will not be in attendance to formally accept the nomination, please make sure you have discussed their nomination with them ahead of time to assure their willingness to fill the position. We don’t want to surprise anyone on vacation! All upcoming freshman through upcoming senior parents are encouraged to attend.
All positions are elected by the membership for a one year term. If you have any further questions about a board position, please feel free to contact any of the current board members for further information. If you are unable to attend the meeting, you may have someone who will be in attendance vote on your behalf by using the attached proxy voting form.
This is a very important meeting and usually doesn’t last too long, so please make plans to attend.
Contact Richard Mann for job descriptions.
Indoor Lacrosse Is under way! 1st session is June 7 - July 6th; 2nd session is July 26 - August 24. visit Kick's for more information
March 31, 08
On Wednesday, we will be having team PICTURE DAY. We will be taking both individual and team photo's (JV, Varsity, and all). We are going to try something different this year for the individual photo's instead of the same old kneeling in front of the goal picture. Individual pictures can be taken in either Red or White uniform, however the TEAM PICTURE WILL BE TAKEN IN THE RED UNIFORM!! Please make sure not to miss out on being in the team picture and don't be the only knucklehead to show up with only your white uniform!
Click HERE for the order form to order pictures. Please have it completed and attach payment to bring on Wednesday. Checks should be made out to Cy-Fair Ironmen. We will be set up to begin taking individual pictures at 3:30 for those who can arrive early. For those players who have brothers or sisters playing lacrosse, we would be glad to take a picture of you together (come on...do it for mom & dad).
March 11, 2008
An excellent article in a series from the NY Time on the realities of college sport scholarships.
Read the article here.
March 8, 2008
Thursday's game against Friendswood will be played at Goodson MS due to a field conflict at Friendswood.
The Varsity game against Houston Christian has been cancelled. Only the Junior Varsity will play on April 1st.
February 27, 2008
US Lacrosse has summer camp scholarships available for ages 6 - 18! For further information on the program, a list of 2008 donating camps and the necessary application form, can to: the US Lacrosse Website
February 26, 2008
The games with Memorial have been rescheduled! We play at Memorial on Sunday, March 2. JV at 2pm and Varsity at 4pm.
January 30, 2008
The Ironmen made the Chronicle online section again! Read and print the article here.
Player/Parent ads are due today! Check your e-mail for more information.
January 7, 08
Congratulations to our alumni who won for the first time in a long time! The alumni trumped the varsity 12 - 8, thanks in large part to the 16 alumni that showed up [is that a record?] and to Nathan Tabb who had half of the alumni's goals. It was good to see some of last year's state team return as well as some guys who graduated in the mid 90's, and the alumni in between. Check out the photos here.
Also - FYI - A tournament has been added for the JV on February 23 at Kingwood. Details will follow.
January 2, 2008
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
The coaches want to make sure everyone brings a pair of running shoes to practice because the will be doing quite a bit of running and running in cleats promotes shin-splints. Players you know what that means.....better start running those extra Christmas cookies off this week before practice resumes!
The Alumni game is still on for this Saturday at Goodson at 3pm. This is primarily a Varsity game, however, JV players should attend and bring your gear in case we need extra players. We will be wearing our RED uniform for the Alumni game (so the alumni blood won't show as much on the uniform:)
December 14, 2007
Calling all Ironmen Alumni,
The current Ironmen would like to issue a challenge to all you old, washed-up lacrosse has-beens to the annual Alumni lacrosse game on January 5th at Goodson Stadium beginning at 3pm (just after your nap-time). Dust off those helmets, re-string your rotted sticks, and fit those mouthpieces to your new dentures. Bring your own Ben-Gay. Our current Ironmen are gonna show you how lacrosse is supposed to be played!
Please RSVP so we can have enough ambulances on stand-by for you. If your a little nervous about facing these giants, we've set up a hotline at: 1-800-Im-2-scared-2-play. Psychologists are standing by.
Come show us what you got left (if anything).
Sincerely,
The Ironmen
December 10, 2007
The date for the Alumni game is set! We'll see everyone on January 5th at Goodson - time is still to be determined.
Picture links have been added to the photos section.
Roster pictures are being updated.
The season schedule is up!
December 4, 2007
Please note that the dates of the State Championship Tournament have changed! Juniors will now be able to take the May SAT's. The new dates are May 10 & 11 and will be in Houston
December 1, 2007
West Side Lax has their pre-season predictions for the South District up on their website here.
November 30, 2007
Summer Camps are already sending out information! here is a note from the coach at Denver University [It's a beautiful campus and not as cold in the winter as you might think!]:
I hope all is well down South. Things up here
is
This is why we want to make sure your guys know
about our camps for the 2008 Summer and that our registrations are now open,
these camps will fill up quickly and I can honestly say these are some of the
best teaching camps in the country. Here is our link
www.lacrossecamps.com Also I am very happy to say we are going to be
playing our first game in
All the Best,
Jon Torpey; Associate
Head Lacrosse Coach; The
November 19, 2007
Thank you to Athlete's Connection for coming out on Saturday! Check out their story, photos and video on their website http://www.athletesconnection.com/
[scroll down past the football stuff]
Mr. Hickman also took photos at the tournament, and has some great behind-the-scenes shots. He's trying out a new online photo album so these will only be up for 11 days... click here to see his photos!
Parents, if you have photos you would like to share, e-mail your online photo album link to the webmaster at cyfairironmen dot org :)
November 13, 2007
There are still a few spots to fill on the volunteer schedule for the tournament. please e-mail Richard ASAP if you have not signed up yet. It takes all families to help and benefits all the players equally.
Players:
Denise and Stacie will be at practice today [Tuesday] and Wednesday to apply decals to your helmets. Even if you are injured and can not practice, please bring your helmet if you need decals.
October 29, 2007
The deadline for Spirit Gear delivered before the Tournament has passed.
Now is the time to place orders to be delivered before Christmas! Download the order form HERE. The new deadline is November 17th.
October 22, 2007
IRONMEN and PARENTS,
This week we will be taking orders for Ironmen spirit gear, add'l optional
practice gear, and state champ shirts.
Download the spirit gear form here.
This will be due with payment this THURSDAY, 10/25.
Items ordered this week will be ready in time for our tournament on November
16th. Please return your form and payment to Janice Hartshorn at practice not
later than Thursday.
E-mail Janice.
If you have questions about the form, please e-mail or call me.
Spirit gear orders will
also be taken at the tournament ... orders placed at the tournament will be
ready just before Christmas.
As for add'l practice gear & state shirts/cap options below, please
e-mail me your order and specify
item, quantity & size. Janice or I will collect your payment for these items,
however, please place that payment in an envelope and label accordingly. Those
will also be due this Thursday. All payments should be made to Cy-Fair
Ironmen.
Practice Penny, S - XL = $16
Practice T-shirt, S - XL = $8
Practice Shorts, S - XL = $18
Practice Hoodie, S - XL = $20
Replacement Game Day Shirt, S - XL = $22
State Champ T-Shirt, YM-YL, S - 2X = $12 (2X, +$2)
State Champ Long Sleeve T-Shirt, YM-YL, S - 2X = $15 (2X, +$2)
State Champ Crewneck Sweatshirt, YM-YL, S - 2X = $18 (2X, +$2)
State Champ Cap = $10
I know this is a short turn-around, and I appreciate receiving your orders as
soon as possible. It will be great to get the orders in this week to ensure all
spirit gear is ready in time for our tournament.
Practice gear will be ready
in about 2 weeks. If you would like to place an order, but are unable to do so
by Thursday afternoon, please contact me.
Thanks very much,
Denise :)
GO IRONMEN!!
October 21, 2007
Every year in October the THSLL holds an annual meeting to look at proposed rule changes. Each team from around the state, both DI and DII, are allowed to vote in this process.
Saturday, October 20 the annual meeting was held in Friendswood. There were several issues voted on, but one of which that will have a significant impact on the Ironmen. We had been watching this proposed rule closely and had been providing statistical information to the state commissioners on the negative impact it would have on our program. The rule states that any DI team must have 100% of it's players coming from a single high school, and any DII team must have 50% of it's players coming from a single high school in order to be eligible for the State Championship. Unfortunately, there are only 2 other lacrosse programs in the state that draw it's players from multiple high schools as we do. The rule change passed overwhelmingly and goes into effect this season.
How does this impact the Ironmen? First of all, we could continue playing in Division II as we have in the past, but the farthest we could advance is the South District Championship. We could move up to Division I, but we wouldn't be eligible to advance beyond the South District Championship in that division either. It basically eliminates us from advancing to the State Championship. Since we draw from several high schools, we don't have any one school that has 50% of our roster.
In order to be eligible for a shot at the Division II State Championship this season, we are going to request a waiver from the THSLL Commissioners. If we are not granted the waiver, we could still play the regular season games, but we would not be considered eligible for the State Championship playoffs. Another option would be to recruit 5 more Cy-Woods players before regular season starts in February. As part of the waiver request, there will have to be a plan for how we will meet this new rule in the future. I have gotten the Iron Eagles roster and looked at the current 8th grade players who will be projected freshman Ironmen next year to get an idea of our team composition for the 2008-2009 season. Our projected roster will meet the new criteria with exactly 50% of the players coming from Cy-Woods.
This will have a significant impact on the future of our team, but by working together we will be able to develop a plan to meet this new challenge.
For the Board,
Richard Mann
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