Roster Announced for 2nd Annual National Faceoff Combine
Our flagship event will be run next month at the Hampshire Dome in Milford, NH.  Over 40 of the nation's best high school faceoff specialists will battle in a competitive, highly instructional setting to prepare them for the college game in front of 60-90 NCAA coaches.  See the NFOC roster

Sufferling Commits to Army, Reichert to Trinity
Blake Sufferling of Saint Andrew's School (FL) and Tim Reichert of Champlain Valley Union (VT) are the latest FaceOff Club recruits to commit to colleges.  Sufferling heads to play Division 1 lacrosse at Army while Reichert will be headed off in the fall to NESCAC standout Trinity.  Our College Commitments page

TFOC Announces the 2008 High School FO Specialist of the Year Awards
The votes from our panel of coaches were recently tallied and the names of our 4 regional Specialists of the Year have been announced.  See the highlight video on Inside Lacrosse TV and Our press release posted on Inside Lacrosse

Raising the Bar of Faceoffs in Europe: the '08 Euro Championships
Nolan Godfrey traveled to Lahti, Finland for the recent 2008 European Lacrosse Championships.  He met up with teams he trained on an European tour in '07, and led a FO clinic attended by players from 14 different nations.  See the Inside Lacrosse TV video for a recap!

Anthony Kelly Named MLL All-Star and League's 'Fastest Shot' 

Los Angeles Riptide FO specialist Anthony Kelly brought The FaceOff Club a new dimension - the MLL's Fastest Shot.  Clocked at 109 mph, Kelly tied the league record set in 2004 by David Evans.  Kelly continued to show that he is multi-dimensional by scoring 3 goals (including a 2-point shot) and adding an assist.  This was all in addition to him faring well at the X against East All-Star Pete Vlahakis by going 24 of 45 on faceoffs.

Ortolani Dominates X On Way to All-Vail Recognition
After concluding his 3-time All-New England collegiate career for Endicott in the title game of the Commonwealth Coast Conference, John Ortolani entered the post-collegiate ranks in style.  Orto led the Brine Elite team at this year's Vail Lacrosse Shootout en route to garnering All-Vail honors at the faceoff position.  Not only did he display excellence on draws, Orto collected 5 assists throughout the tournament.  His  ending stat line at the X was 49 of 75 for a 65% winning percentage.