IYL Regular Season Photo Gallery is Live

The first sets of IYL regular season photography are now live on the Issaquah Youth Lacrosse Gallery. New photographs will be added to the gallery over the coming weeks. Check it out and check back!

All profits from the sale of PrintRoom products will go to support Issaquah Youth Lacrosse!

Battle of Bothell PrintRoom Gallery is Live

The IYL media team is digging out from a busy season and now has the Battle of Bothell 2009 Gallery live on Printroom. You can browse game action photos and order prints, photo products and file downloads.

All profits from the sale of PrintRoom products will go to support Issaquah Youth Lacrosse!

Check it out!

Issaquah-Sammamish Reporter Features the Sammamish Shoot-Out

Check out the great Sammamish Shoot-Out coverage by Reporter editor Kevin Endejan in this week's Issy-Samm Reporter! Catch ILC "Sonic" team member Jake Fritz going airborne and catching nothing but net on the Sonic's way to winning the boy's Grand Championship at this year's Shoot-Out.

Can't wait to get your copy? Click through to the Reporter's online edition for a quick preview before racing out to grab your own print edition suitable for framing.....

Netting the News - Issy Press Reporter Chris Huber

Issaquah Youth Lacrosse has received a lot of press this season. This has a lot to do with the incredible growth of the sport in the Northwest and especially in your IYL organization. It also has a lot to do with great reporting by local writers such as Kevin Endejan (Issy & Samm Reporter) and Christopher Huber ( Issy Press & Samm Review).

Your IYL webguy thought it would be interesting to interview the interviewers and take a peek behind the curtain and see what these journalists think about the explosion of LAX in their community and how they approach covering it.

I first caught up with Issy Press' Chris Huber at the Sammamish Shoot-Out where he was covering the Summers hottest cool LAX event - Chris was working the Boys HS Grand Championship match between the ILC's upperclassmen entry, the Issy2010, and underclassmen Sonic team. Check out the shot of Chris capturing the photo that became the lead image in Issaquah Press coverage alongside the featured shot (Photo courtesy of the Issaquah Press).

Chris has inked a lot of the local coverage of youth lacrosse this season and I asked him about increasing attention Issy Press is giving our favorite sport. Chris' response tells the story - "As a young sports reporter and photographer, I had not thought much about covering youth lacrosse as one of the mainstream sports, like football, baseball or track, but after making some connections within the local youth leagues, I began to appreciate the competitiveness, commitment and organization of lacrosse. " He goes on to comment on the explosive growth of lacrosse in the region - "As football and the other major school-sanctioned sports are something we've always covered and are such an integral part of the community, lacrosse quickly became one of the sports I payed more attention to, due to its increasing popularity here."

When asked about shooting lacrosse he responded, "As I learned more about the sport that helped me develop an eye for the action. I still have a tough time shooting lacrosse, partly because the IYL has reliable, more lacrosse-savvy photographers who provide the Review and Press with great images, and partly because it takes a lot of shooting to get good at such a fast-paced sport." Chris goes on to say "That's the fun of it, it poses a challenge that all sports photographers need and seek out: how to anticipate the next move, the decisive moment. Once I know lacrosse like football, I think it will be just as fun to shoot and report on."

Chris Huber concludes, " It's definitely a sport I and the papers I work for like to cover."

Music to our ears Chris!!!

You can see more of Christopher Huber's work on his personal website - check it out!

Issaquah Youth Lacrosse is hosting a **free** Washington Stealth Shooting Clinic featuring LAX super-star Paul Rabil with Stealth Transition stand-out Jason Bloom on Monday, 13th July at the Skyline Community Fields!

Paul Rabil Shooting Clinic

Monday, 13th July - 4:30 to 5:30 PM

Skyline Community Fields, Sammamish

Clinic Agenda: Rabil on shooting, shooting clinic, and autograph session

Bring: Stick, gloves, helmet and something you would like autographed

Who is Paul Rabil?

2010 USA National Team Top 40
2009 NLL All-Rookie Team
2008 NLL Entry Draft #2 overall selection
2008 MLL Collegiate Draft #1 overall selection
2008 and 2009 MLL All-Star
2008 John's Hopkins University Team Captain
2007 NCAA Midfielder of the Year
2006, 2007 and 2008 Tewaaraton Trophy Finalist
Four Time NCAA All American
Two Time NCAA National Champion
John's Hopkins University All-Time leader in goals, assists and points as Midfielder

Do not miss this opportunity to meet and learn from one of the rising super-stars of lacrosse!

This is also a great opportunity to welcome the Stealth to Washington, meet some of the Stealth organization management and the newest Stealth member - Jason Bloom, former Boston Blazer stand-out.

Sammamish Shoot-Out 2009 Featured in Issaquah Press

The 2009 edition of Summer's hottest cool event - the Sammamish Shoot-Out - is featured in a great article by reporter Christopher Huber in this weeks Issaquah Press and the Sammamish Review. Turn off the tube, run out, and get your copy - check out what SSO Grand Champion Sonics team member Tyler Lucas has to say about Jake Fritz' around-the-world shot and what it takes to win it all at the SSO!

Prefer to click for your news? Check out the Issaquah Press online edition!

Issy Press Online Features Battle of Bothell Web Gallery

Issaquah Press online is featuring a great Battle of Bothell 2009 web gallery -

Check it out!!