Lax Is Life

Woody Thompson

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Discussions with the people who love - and live - the game of lacrosse.

07/21/2020

Lax Is Life #8: Graham Niemi

For high school lacrosse players, the sting of losing the 2020 spring season won’t go away any time soon. But with club lacrosse in full swing with a more "local" flavor, the kids are back on the field. Graham Niemi has been coaching high schoolers in club ball for years, and as the head man at Fairfield Prep since 2016 he's got a strong read on how the talent in CT has changed with the times. We sat down and talked about this altered season, what 2020 might have been for the Jesuits and general thoughts about the game and his long tenure as a Yale assistant.
06/26/2020

Lax Is Life #7: Brian Mayglothling/Bunnell HS

I admire the lacrosse people who live in a place where the game is struggling to find a foundation. People who make the effort to build something from the ground up. Brian Mayglothling its a former Wilton All American who played at Notre Dame and came back to CT to eventually live and coach in Stratford. After a brief stint as the head boys lacrosse coach at Stratford High School, the 2020 season would have been his first at the helm of crosstown rival Bunnell High School. He's heavily involved at the youth level for both boys and girls and is trying to create a culture in town where kids want to play lacrosse at the local high schools. Brian and I used to work together and it was great to catch up with him and talk lacrosse.
06/12/2020

Lax Is Life #6: Bob Russell/Lacrosse Guy

In the state of Connecticut very few people have a better lacrosse resume than Bob Russell. We talked about youth lacrosse, high school lacrosse and college. I could barely get a word in edgewise - but that's what you get when you get a lacrosse guy like Bob Russell talking about the game that has defined so much of his life.
06/10/2020

Lax Is Life #5: Maura Fletcher/Newtown HS

Maura Fletcher and I have been friends for a long time. We met because of lacrosse - and her dedication and commitment to the game - both in our town and elsewhere - makes me proud to have her friendship. I had a free afternoon, so I went over to her house and sat across a very wide table and we talked about her 2020 team, the game itself and how people who love it are part of a special family.
05/29/2020

Lax Is Life #4: Brian White/Guilford HS

Guilford Boys Lax head coach Brian White shares his perspective on missing the 2020 season and the CT high school lacrosse scene in general.
05/20/2020

Lax Is Life #3 - Gregg Simon/CIAC

Gregg Simon was the long-time Athletic Director at Newtown High School and is now doing great work at the CIAC overseeing the administration of HS sports state-wide. In this episode of "Lax Is Life" we talk about what it was like inside that organization as the decisions were made to cancel the 2020 sports activities in general. And then of course we got around to talking lacrosse.
05/06/2020

Lax Is Life #2 - Will Koshansky/Staples HS

Over the past 10+ years, the Westport lacrosse program - from youth to the high school level - has undergone an amazing evolution from mediocrity to status as one of the elite programs in Connecticut. As the chief beneficiary of all that town's athleticism, talent and coaching, the Staples High School Wreckers have become a force to be reckoned with in the FCIAC and Class L. In 2019, Will Koshansky left his assistant's job in New Canaan to assume the head coaching job at Staples and, along with it, the massive expectations that have become part and parcel of running that program.
04/26/2020

The Lost Season/Episode One: Scott Bulkley

For the inaugural episode of the Podcast I sat down with Scott Bulkley, the head coach of the Newtown (CT) varsity boys lacrosse team. We talked about what could have been in this missed 2020 season, the players he would have coached this year and the general impact of having no lacrosse this spring.

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Discussions with the people who love - and live - the game of lacrosse.

Creator

Woody Thompson
Years Active

2020
Episodes

8
Rating

Clean
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Lax Is Life