Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 7/29/15
The Mesa Fresh Fever Lacrosse Club will be holding tryouts for teams from third grade (2025 grad. year) through eighth grade (2020 grad. year) on August 22-23 at Haverford School.
Register for tryouts at www.mesafreshfever.com.
Building on the successful integration of the Mesa Fresh and Fever Lacrosse clubs, the program offers a comprehensive suite of teams and programs from beginner to college and beyond. Some of the program’s accomplishments include:
· 110 Division 1 commitments in the past five years
· 95% of players go on to play college lacrosse
· 10 Mesa Fresh Fever players were among the 109 invited to try out for the United States’ Under-19 World Championship team
· 6 Mesa Fresh Fever players were asked back as part of the 50 players that will make up United States’ Under-19 World Championship training team
· 6 Mesa Fresh Fever players were part of the Philadelphia team that won the Under Armour Underclass championship and Mesa Fresh Fever’s Michael Sowers was the tournament MVP
· 2 Mesa Fresh Fever players were part of the winning South team at the Under Armour All-American game
· Mesa Fresh Fever’s Drew Supinski was named USA Today national high school Player of the Year
· Mesa Fresh Fever’s Grant Ament was named the Lacrosse Magazine national high school Player of the Year
· Mesa Fresh Fever’s Dox Aitken has been recognized as the nation’s top rising senior by Inside Lacrosse
Under the leadership of Haverford School coaches John Nostrant, Travis Loving, and Mark Petrone, the architects of the most successful high school program in the country, along with Mesa Fresh Lacrosse founder Bob Aitken, the Mesa Fresh Fever program has a particular emphasis on teaching and fundamentals.
There is a formal curriculum for the program’s coaches that provides consistency, maximizes the efficiency of practice time, and creates a common approach through all levels.
The Mesa Fresh Fever program includes two teams at each level for third through eighth grade, fall positional clinics, winter skills, optional box lacrosse in the winter, a spring league team, and summer practices and tournaments.
Tryout Schedule
Grad. Year (Grade) Date Time Location
2025 (3rd) August 22 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Haverford School
2024 (4th) August 23 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Haverford School
2023 (5th) August 22 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Haverford School
2022 (6th) August 23 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Haverford School
2021 (7th) August 22 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Haverford School
2020 (8th) August 23 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Haverford School