A Sea Of Red

UNM Lacrosse is coming.

Sounds good. Keep us posted.

thanks for checking in, Coach- we look forward to hearing from ya.

You only get stronger by playing better competition. Your guys may take some lumps but its all good int he long run.

Saturday Game time at 2PM New Mexico vs Colorado School of Mines at Johnson Field
University of New Mexico located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Thelaxman

Wes:

You are the one that needs to chill. I saw your comments on the USL Board for the Rocky Mountain Conference. You are a little out of control. I guess Saturday is a big day for you. I just think you need to calm down. I sent your comments to some of the Alumni so they may join in on the USL MDIA Board.

Good Luck Saturday,

Laxfan69ner

Good Luck Wes:

I know you will have a good day win or lose. One thing I always admired about you was that you never talked trash to your Attackmen or anyone on the field. You just had that look of intensity and everyone knew the kid from Baltimore was ready to play. I also remember many a time when a fight was about to break out that old number 5 was always walking the other way to keep his Testimony for the Lord. I saw the weather forcast for Albuquerque and it is going to be close to 70 degrees on Saturday and Sunny. You lucky Dog!

God Bless you Man, sorry everyone is on your case.

Beat the Ore Diggers!

Colorado School of Mines 7 New Mexico 4

It sounds like your guys are picking things up quickly. Congrats on the solid performance.

Thanks Sly Fox.

Our Team is coming along. There are a lot of positive things in this program.

Northern Arizona 19 New Mexico 2

The new site that is under construction is www.unmlacrosse.com .

Thelaxman

New Mexico 10 Colorado State Pueblo 6

This was the first College win for UNM in close to 10 years. It was an exciting game. A lot of our developmental Players had a great day.

All the best,

Thelaxman

Our Proposed Schedule for 2006-2007 looks like this:

Fall 2006

Western State Tourney Gunnison, Colorado
RMLC Fall Tourney Utah
Northern Arizona Flagstaff,AZ

Spring Schedule:

Nebraska Home (*)
Wyoming Home (*)
Ft. Lewis College Home (#)
Western State Home (#)
Colorado School of Mines Away
Colorado State Pueblo Away
Regis University Away

Spring Break

Northern Arizona Home (#)
Weber State Away
Utah State Away
Arkansas Neutral @ Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State Away
Oklahoma Away
UNLV Home (*)
RMLC Div. B Conference Championships Colorado

(#) Johnson Field at the Campus of the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque,New Mexico.
(*) Rio Rancho High School Facility Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

The Rio Rancho facility is one of the best Athletic venues in the Southwest. The facility has the new turf and a brand new Stadium and Lockeroom and Trainner facilities. This facility is much nicer then even Williams Stadium at Liberty University. I am very excited about the future of UNM Lobos Lacrosse Team.

Good for you man. Keep that positive attitude! I hope that you do well,sounds like you are on the right track!!
BTW, thanks for not ansering my IM!!! What gives? Anywho, it sounds like there is some excitiment in New Mex!!

Hey brokeback Flamer,

I was sick for about two weeks. Along with that the demands of coaching again and my own Family have taken most of my time. Your letter called for an in depth reponse and I have been meaning to get around to it but have not. I will write you this week I promise.

Since you live in Montana, check out this Article on the University of Montana Lacrosse team and pictures from last week's Montana vs Montana State game.

All the best,

Thelaxman

Click below:
University of Montana Lacrosse: Overlooked and Underrated
Will Moss takes a look at the Grizzlies lacrosse program with superb photographic work.

http://willmoss.typepad.com/photos/laxstory/index.html

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Montana State at Montana Photos
The Battle For Lacrosse Supremacy in the state of Montana between the Bobcats and the Grizzlies.

http://willmoss.typepad.com/photos/um_vs_msu/index.html

The University of New Mexico Lacrosse team announced today they will play a 14 game schedule. UMM will be a member of the USL MDIA next year and the RMLC www.rmlax.com .

thelaxman gets some run in the local fishwrap:

Coach sees nationals on lacrosse horizon

Riley Bauling
Issue date: 5/3/06 Section: Sports

Daily Lobo



Give the head coach of UNM's club lacrosse team three to five years, and the team will be playing for a national championship.

"How long is it going to take to be competitive? We'll be competitive next year," John Westfall said. "How long will it take to win a conference championship? Three to five years. To win a national championship? Three to five years. I really think it's going to happen."

That assertion might sound ridiculous to some people, but not to Westfall. He's been on the road to a college lacrosse national championship before.

That was before the accident.

On a road trip with his Liberty University team that was ranked nationally and was one of the best teams in the country, he was rear-ended while driving one of the team vans on March 14, 2005, in Alabama, he said.

The impact caused Westfall to hit his head on the windshield. He was knocked unconscious as the van veered into the other lane of the highway where it was struck by a tractor-trailer head-on, Westfall said.

The season was put on the back burner while team members and Westfall recovered in the hospital, he said. The national championship just wasn't that important anymore.

Westfall had brain surgery in November. Liberty's goalie at the time, Chad Gurney, had to have one of his legs amputated after the accident. Westfall said it was a miracle no one died.

Westfall said he's finally recovering, but the accident was one of the reasons he retired from his job at U.S. Airways. He owned property in New Mexico and decided to return to Albuquerque where he had coached UNM's lacrosse team in the mid-'90s.

He said he had no intentions of coaching again. Then he met with some UNM lacrosse players and changed his mind. He agreed to help coach them, and now the team is ready to begin its first season as part of the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Conference's B division.

Westfall said now that the team is legitimately part of the two-division league that includes teams from Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, things can only improve.

"I lost a chance of taking a team to a national championship," he said. "So you can imagine where I'm going to take it. I've been in the game for 30 years. We're going to work on developing this team and taking it all the way."

Wes Stallcup, one of the team captains, said being part of the league is going to convince people the team is here to stay, and it is no longer just something to do for fun.

"Sometimes with the lack of organization that we've seen in the past, people lose interest and they don't come back," Stallcup said. "Now with the fact that we're eligible to be in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League, that's a huge step. Once we can attach that to our names, people are really going to come around."

The team paid $3,000 to be part of the league starting in February 2007. It will have 14 games, seven of which will be played at home at Johnson Field or at Rio Rancho High School's stadium. If it does well enough, it can move up to the A division with the more elite teams.

Team member Mike Mooney said the team has all the right pieces to make its inaugural season a success.

"It's safe to say that there is talent on our team," he said. "There are guys that deserve to be playing on an A-league team, except we all go here. We have to figure out a way to get the guys who have the experience and then get the recruits up to the point where they're playing at a competitive level."

Westfall said he doesn't plan on taking any of the credit if the lacrosse team goes as far as he says it will.

"We have some great kids, and if we didn't have the kids, I wouldn't be here," he said. "We got the kids to take it to the next level. I don't have any doubts at all. When I get a winning team, I tell the kids that I'm just along for the ride."

http://www.dailylobo.com/media/storage/ ... lylobo.com

Thanks Slyfox.

Thanks for all your support.

All the best,

Thelaxman

PS. The reporter misqouted me on Chad Gurney and left out that he had his leg reattached in Surgery after the accident. The good news is he is now walking.

Never trust reporters.