City TV Coverage https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2019/07/01/lacrosse-reclaiming-place-in-canadian-identity/ Big thanks to all who made this second annual Lax Bash a huge success. We had such a great time celebrating Canada Day with you! Big congratulations to all the teams and to this year's Two Rivers Cup Champs - Portage La Prairie! Wishing everyone a great restful summer. Keep on laxin'! Photos to follow next week! #portagelaprairie #laxbash #tworiverscup #lacrosse #cana

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Thursday July 13, 2019 - Peguis First Nation held the first ever Box Lacrosse demonstration game in the Peguis Arena. Over the past few weeks, we have been working hard behind the scenes to get lines painted on the floors, shot clocks in place, equipment and box lacrosse goals ordered and delivered. It all came together. :) Upon arriving into the community on game day, 8 school buses loaded up with students were pulling out of the school parking lot and heading over to the ar

Over the past number of weeks, Youth1st Lacrosse has been working with Ecole Arthur Meighen School in Portage La Prairie. Tons of great athletes in this school and we are pleased to announce that they will be forming a team from the school to compete in this year's Canada Day Lax Bash at The Forks! Youth1st lacrosse is very proud of the progress, respect, and potential of these student athletes. Big thanks to teachers Al Patterson, Dan Rosset, and all the others who joined in

This past weekend the lacrosse world erupted after National Lacrosse League star, Lyle Thompson was on the receiving end of derogatory comments made by an arena announcer at the professional level. In the game of lacrosse, the competitive spirit can run very high but there is absolutely no place for this in our game. Youth1st Lacrosse commends Lyle Thompson not only for his unbelievable talent on the floor, but also for stepping forward to speak openly, honestly, and respectf

It's been a busy month for Youth1st Lacrosse working with Long Plain, Sandy Bay, The Pas, Manitoba First Nation Education Resource Centre, Women's Box Lacrosse, Windsor Park Collegiate, and Gladstone, Manitoba. Lots of great things happening for the game of lacrosse all over Manitoba! In the new year we will once again be starting up our Senior Men's Lacrosse Night at Gateway Recreation Centre, expanding into new communities, and start planning for this year's Canada Day Lax

Over the past 8 weeks, Youth1st Lacrosse has been working with the Rok Day Camp in Portage La Prairie at the historic Centennial Arena. Once a week, every Wednesday morning....we came to play. From fundamental scoops to competitive Lacrosse battles, the days were spent pushing ourselves physically, communicating with our teammates, learning how our unique skills can benefit the team, discovering and appreciating respect for our opponents, finished off with a hand shake at the

Looking forward to continuing our work with Portage La Prairie tomorrow morning from 10:00am-12:00pm at Centennial Arena in partnership with Manitoba Aboriginal Sports and Recreation Council. Great to see so many returning students from last summer and new athletes learning about Canada's National Summer Sport. Lacrosse is on the rise and Youth1st takes great pride in being the catalyst to get that spark lit! #portagelaprairie #frontenacschooldivision #mfnerc #sunriseschooldi

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Big thanks to the Manitoba Blizzard Lacrosse franchise for donating 4 2019 Season Tickets to the Canada Day Lax Bash! For those who don't know about the Manitoba Blizzard, they are our elite Junior Lacrosse team in Manitoba who compete in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League across Canada. 2016 / 2017 League Champions, and this year are undefeated in their first 15 games! Unreal talent and a great goal for our youth to strive towards. #theforks #RoseauRiver #longplain #winnipeg