High School Boys Lacrosse Rules – Changes Seek to Minimize Risk of Injury
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (August 18, 2010) — The definition of an illegal body check in high school boys lacrosse widens next season to include initiating contact directly to an opponent’s head or initiating contact to an opponent’s body that then follows through to the head. This addition to Rule 5-3 was one of four changes made Read More …
Youth Officials Training Recap from the Riggs Brady Benefit Lacrosse Tournament
This past Saturday twenty five young men completed the Level 1 lacrosse training program hosted at the Brady Benefit Tournament. These new officials exceeded the expectations of the trainers during the classroom session on Friday night and the field training on Saturday afternoon. Each trainee officiated two halves while shadowed by an experienced GLOA official. Read More …
Thank You from Team Georgia
GLOA members, through their generous donations to the Ron Mallonee Fund, helped sponsor Team Georgia this summer as they traveled to Orlando, Florida. Five GLOA members officiated at the U-15 National Championship Tournament (Topher Lawson, Gordon Corsetti, Bob Foster, Jeff Green, and Sonny Pieper). One of the team coaches was former GLOA President Jim Westbrook. Below Read More …