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Premier Lacrosse League arrives at Audi Field hoping for another hit
Fans at Homewood Field during the Premier Lacrosse League's stop in Baltimore, part of the league's inaugural season. (Terrance Williams for The Washington Post)
By Jacob Bogage
July 5 at 6:00 AM
BALTIMORE Foremost on Paul Rabils mind after his new professional lacrosse leagues first prime-time game back at his college campus: His team lost, surrendering nine ugly goals in the fourth quarter.
And still, easily a hundred children screamed his name waiting for an autograph. An old coach at Johns Hopkins, where Rabil played college ball, came down to shake hands, praising Rabils highlight-worthy fourth-quarter goal Just like when I was back here in school, Rabil said and his creation.
The Premier Lacrosse League, which Rabil launched with his brother Michael last fall, had sold out Homewood Field, hallowed ground to lacrosse fanatics. The official attendance here for three games on June 22 and 23 was 16,701. It may have been more; when every seat was filled for the prime-time game on Saturday night, ushers let fans stand around the fencing that surrounded the playing surface. More spectators sat on the balcony of the Hopkins lacrosse training facility behind the south goal.
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Nine months after its launch, Rabils new league with teams named Whipsnakes and Atlas, Chaos and Chrome, Archers and Redwoods may well be lacrosses professional future. Games have been broadcast live on NBC and the networks family of sports properties, to rave reviews from critics. An early June game in New York, broadcast on NBC, averaged 412,000 viewers, making it the most-watched outdoor pro lacrosse game ever, according to the network.
[Two pro lacrosse leagues are fighting for talent, attention maybe survival]
The league lands at the Districts Audi Field on Saturday and Sunday, the sixth stop on its 14-week cross-country tour. Stakeholders are hoping to draw another large crowd in Rabils hometown he grew up in Montgomery County and attended DeMatha and another of lacrosses historical hotbeds. ... In the D.C.-Maryland area, theres a ton of lacrosse: high schools, clubs, youth teams. When we come down here, people are passionate, said Mike Chanenchuk, a former University of Maryland midfielder now playing for the PLLs Whipsnakes. They want to see pro lacrosse.
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[A decade ago, these girls werent allowed to play lacrosse. Now they inspire a reservation.]
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Jacob Bogage writes about sports for The Post, where he has worked since 2015. He previously covered the automotive and manufacturing industries for the Business section. Follow https://twitter.com/jacobbogage
Premier Lacrosse League arrives at Audi Field hoping for another hit
Fans at Homewood Field during the Premier Lacrosse League's stop in Baltimore, part of the league's inaugural season. (Terrance Williams for The Washington Post)
By Jacob Bogage
July 5 at 6:00 AM
BALTIMORE Foremost on Paul Rabils mind after his new professional lacrosse leagues first prime-time game back at his college campus: His team lost, surrendering nine ugly goals in the fourth quarter.
And still, easily a hundred children screamed his name waiting for an autograph. An old coach at Johns Hopkins, where Rabil played college ball, came down to shake hands, praising Rabils highlight-worthy fourth-quarter goal Just like when I was back here in school, Rabil said and his creation.
The Premier Lacrosse League, which Rabil launched with his brother Michael last fall, had sold out Homewood Field, hallowed ground to lacrosse fanatics. The official attendance here for three games on June 22 and 23 was 16,701. It may have been more; when every seat was filled for the prime-time game on Saturday night, ushers let fans stand around the fencing that surrounded the playing surface. More spectators sat on the balcony of the Hopkins lacrosse training facility behind the south goal.
....
Nine months after its launch, Rabils new league with teams named Whipsnakes and Atlas, Chaos and Chrome, Archers and Redwoods may well be lacrosses professional future. Games have been broadcast live on NBC and the networks family of sports properties, to rave reviews from critics. An early June game in New York, broadcast on NBC, averaged 412,000 viewers, making it the most-watched outdoor pro lacrosse game ever, according to the network.
[Two pro lacrosse leagues are fighting for talent, attention maybe survival]
The league lands at the Districts Audi Field on Saturday and Sunday, the sixth stop on its 14-week cross-country tour. Stakeholders are hoping to draw another large crowd in Rabils hometown he grew up in Montgomery County and attended DeMatha and another of lacrosses historical hotbeds. ... In the D.C.-Maryland area, theres a ton of lacrosse: high schools, clubs, youth teams. When we come down here, people are passionate, said Mike Chanenchuk, a former University of Maryland midfielder now playing for the PLLs Whipsnakes. They want to see pro lacrosse.
....
[A decade ago, these girls werent allowed to play lacrosse. Now they inspire a reservation.]
....
Jacob Bogage writes about sports for The Post, where he has worked since 2015. He previously covered the automotive and manufacturing industries for the Business section. Follow https://twitter.com/jacobbogage
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Premier Lacrosse League arrives at Audi Field hoping for another hit (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2019
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3catwoman3
(24,070 posts)1. My husband played lacrosse at the Air Force Academy, and...
...later returned there to coach it.
Weve been watching.
I think being a camera man/woman at a lacrosse game must be damn near impossible with as fast as that ball moves.