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And while it will follow the same format, feature many of the same teams and be played at its familiar Village Green venue, one thing could be different about this year’s 18th annual Lake Tahoe Lacrosse Tournament in Incline Village, which runs from today through Sunday.
The home team — just maybe — could be pretty good.
“We’re actually going to have one of our better teams,” said Incline resident Curt Wegener, a lacrosse enthusiast and goalkeeper for the Tahoe Dawgs, the host team at the tournament.
Perennially, the Tahoe Dawgs have struggled at its home tournament, including a 1-3 showing at last year’s event. To the team’s credit, it rarely gets to play and practice as an entire team for any time outside the days leading up to the annual Tahoe tourney.
But after last year’s tournament, Wegener said it was one of the team’s better performances, maybe the best since the Dawgs made it all the way to the title game in 1997, before coming up short.
This year, the team could even be better, he said, as the team recently scrimmaged in Palo Alto, Calif., winning two of three matches.
As for competition, the field will be impressive, Wegener said. Many of the tournament’s regulars, such as the Rocky Mountain Oysters, Olympic Club and Dub C (the defending champs from ‘07) are all signed up to compete again in 2008, among the tournament’s 16 total teams. Many of the teams hail from the Bay area, central California, Oregon, Colorado and Idaho.
The Dawgs lie in Group C, along with Big Foot, NW Nirvana and Palo Alto. Two new teams to this years’ field are Team Mexico and Woozles.
The entire tourney takes place at the Village Green. Matches played on Friday and Saturday will have 30-minute halves, with Sunday games having 25-minute halves. The semi-finals and finals will have 30-minute halves. Each team will play a minimum of four games this weekend, with a total of three games being played on Friday and Saturday and at least one on Sunday.
Today’s matches kick off at 11 a.m., with Marin playing Team Mexico and SLO Town playing Chico, on fields one and two, respectively, at the Village Green. The Tahoe Dawgs play their first match at 4 p.m. today against Big Foot. On Saturday, the Incline-based team plays at 12:30 p.m. against NW Nirvana and at 3 p.m. against Palo Alto.
“It’s going to be a great weekend to come and see some great lacrosse, some of the best lacrosse you can see around here.” Wegener said.
Onyx Lacrosse and New West Distributing are sponsoring this year’s tournament, and they will be on hand for tonight’s welcome party for the tournament, which takes place at Crosby’s in Incline. Also, during the tourney at the Village Green, hamburgers or sandwiches, soda, water and more will be sold.
The annual Lake Tahoe Women’s Lacrosse Tournament also will take place this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, with more teams and a larger pool than last year’s tourney, which featured six teams. Games will have 25 minute halves, and will take place Saturday at Incline High School.
On Sunday, both the men and women will play their respective championship games at the Village Green, with the ladies playing at 1:15 p.m. and the men playing at 2:30 p.m.
If you go
What: 18th annual Lake Tahoe Lacrosse Tournament
When: All day today, Saturday and Sunday
Where: Village Green, fields one and two
Notable No. 1: The Tahoe Dawgs, Incline’s home team, plays its first match at 4 p.m. today against Big Foot.
Notable No. 2: The annual Lake Tahoe Women’s Lacrosse Tournament also takes place this weekend, with Saturday’s games at Incline High School and Sunday’s title game at the Village Green.
And while it will follow the same format, feature many of the same teams and be played at its familiar Village Green venue, one thing could be different about this year’s 18th annual Lake Tahoe Lacrosse Tournament in Incline Village, which runs from today through Sunday.
The home team — just maybe — could be pretty good.
“We’re actually going to have one of our better teams,” said Incline resident Curt Wegener, a lacrosse enthusiast and goalkeeper for the Tahoe Dawgs, the host team at the tournament.
Perennially, the Tahoe Dawgs have struggled at its home tournament, including a 1-3 showing at last year’s event. To the team’s credit, it rarely gets to play and practice as an entire team for any time outside the days leading up to the annual Tahoe tourney.
But after last year’s tournament, Wegener said it was one of the team’s better performances, maybe the best since the Dawgs made it all the way to the title game in 1997, before coming up short.
This year, the team could even be better, he said, as the team recently scrimmaged in Palo Alto, Calif., winning two of three matches.
As for competition, the field will be impressive, Wegener said. Many of the tournament’s regulars, such as the Rocky Mountain Oysters, Olympic Club and Dub C (the defending champs from ‘07) are all signed up to compete again in 2008, among the tournament’s 16 total teams. Many of the teams hail from the Bay area, central California, Oregon, Colorado and Idaho.
The Dawgs lie in Group C, along with Big Foot, NW Nirvana and Palo Alto. Two new teams to this years’ field are Team Mexico and Woozles.
The entire tourney takes place at the Village Green. Matches played on Friday and Saturday will have 30-minute halves, with Sunday games having 25-minute halves. The semi-finals and finals will have 30-minute halves. Each team will play a minimum of four games this weekend, with a total of three games being played on Friday and Saturday and at least one on Sunday.
Today’s matches kick off at 11 a.m., with Marin playing Team Mexico and SLO Town playing Chico, on fields one and two, respectively, at the Village Green. The Tahoe Dawgs play their first match at 4 p.m. today against Big Foot. On Saturday, the Incline-based team plays at 12:30 p.m. against NW Nirvana and at 3 p.m. against Palo Alto.
“It’s going to be a great weekend to come and see some great lacrosse, some of the best lacrosse you can see around here.” Wegener said.
Onyx Lacrosse and New West Distributing are sponsoring this year’s tournament, and they will be on hand for tonight’s welcome party for the tournament, which takes place at Crosby’s in Incline. Also, during the tourney at the Village Green, hamburgers or sandwiches, soda, water and more will be sold.
The annual Lake Tahoe Women’s Lacrosse Tournament also will take place this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, with more teams and a larger pool than last year’s tourney, which featured six teams. Games will have 25 minute halves, and will take place Saturday at Incline High School.
On Sunday, both the men and women will play their respective championship games at the Village Green, with the ladies playing at 1:15 p.m. and the men playing at 2:30 p.m.
If you go
What: 18th annual Lake Tahoe Lacrosse Tournament
When: All day today, Saturday and Sunday
Where: Village Green, fields one and two
Notable No. 1: The Tahoe Dawgs, Incline’s home team, plays its first match at 4 p.m. today against Big Foot.
Notable No. 2: The annual Lake Tahoe Women’s Lacrosse Tournament also takes place this weekend, with Saturday’s games at Incline High School and Sunday’s title game at the Village Green.
