West Side Lacrosse issued Week 4 of the STX/WSL Top 25.

THSLL North District is well represented by the usual list of suspects - St. Mark's, Highland Park, ESD and Dallas Jesuit

Austin High cracked the top 10 representing the Central.

The Woodlands and Strake Jesuit represent the THSLL South.

The list represents the top 25 teams in the 24 states covered by West Side Lacrosse. For the complete story visit West Side Lacrosse.

Planning is underway for the Central District DII Championships and the DI Super-Regional Playoff that will be held in Austin the weekend of April 30 - May 2. The games will start on Friday night with the DII Semifinals with the top 4 Central District DII playing. Saturday will have two DI games with teams from Austin, Houston, and Dallas. Sunday will have two more DI games to determine two of the semifinalists for the State Championships that will be held in Dallas the following weekend. The DII Championship for the Central District will also be held on Sunday and determine our representative to the Division II State Championships. This will be a big event with food, t-shirts, and great lacrosse. Mark your caledars.

During the summer and early fall, the New Horizons Lacrosse fund (http://www.newhorizonslacrosse.org/nhl/) was established in order to provide personal growth, positive life experiences, and enrichment through the participation in team sports by supporting the development of lacrosse programs in underserved and disadvantaged communities. It is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization under the direction of David Hamill and Al Picazo and is administered by the Austin Community Foundation.

In August, New Horizons received a US Lacrosse Chapter Grant to support the establishment of a program at Eastside Memorial High School in East Austin. See press release for more information.

In October, proceeds from the Mangia Pizza Lacrosse Clinic, held at Eastside Memorial (EMHS) campus were donated to the continuing effort there. See press release for more information.

In November, US Lacrosse announced that New Horizons Lacrosse Fund (NHLF) has been accepted into the USL Emerging Groups Program. This will allow both continued effort at EMHS and allow NHLF to expand targets for support.

The mission of New Horizons Lacrosse is to work in partnership with programs of demonstrated need to identify, gather, and provide resources and expertise in order to create successful and sustainable lacrosse programs.