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July 21 -- Brian Wells, a captain and punishing defenseman on the Blackhawks inaugural spring club team, started in this evening's prestigious East-West football game in Greensboro. Brian, a gentleman giant at 6 foot 5 inches, 280 pounds, is an offensive and defensive lineman. He delivered several "Pancake" blocks from his center position in the All-Star Game. He will continue his athletic career as a football player at West Liberty University in West Virginia.
July 18 -- The Triad Blackhawks just concluded their second summer, operating a hybrid travel and house lacrosse program that involved 170 players from throughout the Triad, along with 31 coaches. The house teams concluded their seasons on Thursday, July 15 while the travel teams finished up at the Baltimore Summer Sizzle this weekend. For more information, click on House League Results or Travel Team Results.
Summer Awards were as follows:
U15 Blackhawk Awards for Attitude, Effort, and Teamwork
Collin McCord (U15 Blackhawk of the Summer!)
Tshepe Dithane (U15 House Player of the Summer)
Cole Howard
Luke Mulvey
Grant Hennigan
Thompson Vickers
Jack Ruch
Samuel Kelton
Matthew Basel
Kellen Byrd (also winner of the "Coolest Shot" contest)
High School Blackhawk Awards for Attitude, Effort, and Teamwork
Daniel Richards (HS House Player of the Summer)
Jonathan Muse
Brendan Whitaker
Reece Atkins
Aaron Jones (House/Travel Combined Player of the Summer)
Zack Waldroup
Ben Royall
Sean Hamacher
DJ Potter (HS House/Travel Goalie of the Summer)
Arthur Wall (perfect practice attendance)
Alex Bergen (perfect practice attendance)
Michael Campbell (perfect practice attendance)
Per Kraft (perfect practice attendance)
June 1 -- The Blackhawks second summer program began today with over 170 registrants and 31 coaches, including players representing 28 different Triad schools. Unlike other programs, the Blackhawks offer a hybrid house/travel program in the summer. The Blackhawks also have a unique coaching intern program in which former Blackhawks learn the ins and outs of coaching lacrosse by learning from senior coaches.
April 24 -- The Triad Blackhawks today concluded the Triad's first-ever spring club season with an 10-8 victory over the Northeast Rams at High Point's Brentwood Park. For more information, click on Spring Team Results.
February 21 -- Blackhawk middie Tyler Caviness, who scored the first-ever goal for the summer Blackhawks and set as his goal last summer to play at the collegiate level, signed to play lacrosse with the Tennessee Wesleyan Bulldogs yesterday in Athens, Tennessee. Tyler's playing with the Bulldogs next year is a tribute to his work ethic and individual perseverence. To see the press release on the Tennessee Wesleyan website, click Press Release. Way to go Tyler!
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Tyler Caviness is pictured with his parents, Mark and Crystal, and his future head coach, Kevin Parker. | |
February 4 -- With its 5th straight exciting finish at Proehlific Park tonight, the Blackhawks winter games concluded with a 13-11 White team victory over Black. In a season marked by entertaining intensity, a high assist to goal ratio, and great comebacks, the Blackhawks played the game the way it is supposed to be played. Finals scoring leaders for the winter season were as follows:
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Winter League Scoring |
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Last |
First |
Goals |
Assists |
Pts |
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Hardy |
John |
15 |
3 |
18 |
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Jones |
Aaron |
12 |
4 |
16 |
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Guernier |
Clay |
7 |
4 |
11 |
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Kerr |
Stephen |
7 |
2 |
9 |
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Magdich |
Tyler |
4 |
4 |
8 |
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Summers |
Trevor |
4 |
4 |
8 |
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Saenz |
Will |
5 |
2 |
7 |
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Gray |
Dustin |
5 |
1 |
6 |
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Varga |
Nick |
2 |
3 |
5 |
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Hjelmquist |
Jordan |
0 |
3 |
3 |
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Martin |
Dustyn |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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Wallis |
Tim |
2 |
1 |
3 |
Following the final game, the Blackhawks recognized three players who showed great devotion, effort, and commitment to the Blackhawks in all three seasons -- Summer, Fall, and Winter - with the first annual Blackhawk Awards. The award winners were:
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Spencer Clark
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Tyler Magdich
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Tim Wallis
Congratulations and Thank You! See you in the Summer!
December 12 --The Triad Blackhawks' concluded their fall season today at the UNC Holiday Showcase with some exciting play against some of the area's top teams -- including three all-star teams -- almost pulling an upset against the defending state 4A champ Providence Panthers. While the ledger won't show wins, it will show some of the Blackhawks' best efforts of the season in the second half of its game against Top Tier I and the first half of the Providence game. The 'Hawks held a 4-2 halftime lead on the Panthers before succumbing to fatigue and the spectacular play of all-everything Duke signee Braxton Deaver to lose 8-4. In each, the offense showed precision and the defense showed its trademark tenacity, with Aaron Jones leading the offense and Brad Carter leading the defense. Throughout the tournament, DJ Potter was solid in goal and, after some early game problems with transition defense were corrected, the team really worked well together, showing marked improvement on both sides of the field as the tournament went on. Thank you to the players who participated and to the coaches and parents who came out bright and early in bone-numbing conditions to support our boys in black and silver. The tournament scoring breakdown was as follows:
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UNC Holiday Showcase Scoring |
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Name |
Goals |
Assists |
Points |
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Aaron Jones |
6 |
3 |
9 |
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John Hardy |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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Tyler Magdich |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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Jake Kielus |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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Tim Wallis |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Kurt Grindstaff |
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