Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 9/1/15
Registration is open for the Team ManUp tryouts on Sept. 13 and 20 at West Chester East High.
Dates, times:
September 13th 
Grades 6th, 7th & 8th – 8:30am registration – tryout from 9am till 10:30am
Grades 9th, 10th, 11th – 10:00 am registration – tryout from 10:30 till noon (8th graders can also tryout for a high school team spot)
September 20th
Grades 6th, 7th & 8th – 8:30am registration – tryout from 9am till 10:30am
Grades 9th, 10th, 11th – 10:00 am registration – tryout from 10:30 till noon (8th graders can also tryout for a high school team spot)
Players are encouraged to attend both tryout sessions. Registration will be open 30 minutes prior to your age level tryout. There is no pre-registration. Cost is $25 (Checks made out to Team ManUp).
Send your name, grade and position to manupsportsco@gmail.com for administrative planning purposes. Please contact Coach Jim Schorn at manupsportsco@gmail.com or 484-431-3299 with any questions.
Team ManUp is based out of West Chester and is a practice-based organization that offers low number rosters, a great turf and grass facility that is utilized for practices and exhibition games, positive coaching methods and a healthy, safe environment. We practice in the fall and winter to prepare our boys for there spring season and build the best player by preparing them for high school lacrosse and college recruiting opportunities.
Team ManUp summer events typically end in late June. This gives the players time to be with their families for the summer, lets their minds and bodies heal before fall sports start, and lets them enjoy some time off.
Team ManUp is also a mission-based team that provides help for lacrosse coaches and families in need of help. Its view is that we give someone in a fight a “ManUp” in their situation. See website (www.manuplacrosse.org) that lists some of the circumstances and people that we have helped with along with our committed players list.One of the 2014 grads and new coaches is Greg Merrill, who was a two-time winner of the prestigious Pansini & Mezrow Scholar-Athlete First Place Winner.
Lastly we are a very small intimate program that cares about the total development of our boys. We are not a huge marketing machine that needs to create hype around what we do. We do what we do well and that speaks for itself.
Coaching staff:
Greg Merrill, Princeton (ManUp Alum & Partner)
Greg Pelton, Duke (ManUp Alum & Partner)
Carson Cocco, Quinnipiac (ManUp Alum & Partner)
Ryan Hilburn, Boston U ( ManUp Alum & Partner)
Ryan McNulty, Loyola (ManUp Alum & Partner)
Ryder Harkins, Loyola ( ManUp Alum)
Trip Trainer, Penn State ( ManUp Alum)
Jason Kelly, Saint Joes (ManUp Alum)
Shane Sturgis, Penn State