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7th Grade Boys Lacrosse

Tuesday, July 12th, 2016

Screen Shot 2016-07-12 at 9.38.58 AMSport: Boys Lacrosse

Age: 7th Grade

Date: 7/9/16

Wayne County Update

Lacrosse vs. Wayne

The 7th grade boys lacrosse team played in a very memorable game at home on Sunday. Camp Wayne came out fast and jumped out to a 8-3 lead in the first half. Starlight kept their heads up high and rose to the occasion and brought it back to lead the game 9-8 with 4 minutes to go in the game. With under a minute to go, Camp Wayne tied up the score and sent the game into overtime. In under 30 seconds, Max G. score the game winning goal! Final Score 10-9.

8th/9th Grade Lacrosse

Sunday, August 2nd, 2015

Starlight Vs Camp Wayne

Screen Shot 2015-07-31 at 8.49.41 AMThe 8th and 9th grade men of Camp Starlight stepped onto the elite field prepared to battle Camp Wayne. With Dylan G in goal as a motivational leader, their confidence was on a high. The game started with three straight goals from Spencer G. Wayne answered as well as Owen B and Harris G. The first quarter ended with the score of 6-2. The goals kept coming with Rowan K adding two and Owen B adding another. We went into the half time leading 9-4.

While Dylan G was an absolute force with 8 saves, he received huge help from Spence W, Jonny C and Theo O. The four held the powerful Wayne offense. This offense gained some traction in the second half. In the fourth quarter, Camp Wayne tied the game. With goals from Harris G (who ended with 3 goals), Spencer G (5 goals), David G (2 goals) and Rowan K (2 goals) we pulled ahead to win 14-13. We couldn’t be more proud of the great and mighty men of Starlight.

7th Grade Boys Lacrosse

Friday, July 31st, 2015

Camp Starlight vs. Camp Wayne

Screen Shot 2015-07-31 at 8.45.36 AMWhat a great day for lacrosse at Camp Starlight. Today’s matchup for the mighty 7th grade team was Camp Wayne. With not a single cloud overlooking the gorgeous elite field, the game was underway. While Camp Wayne scored the first goal, Starlight answered back quickly with a beautiful goal from Jared B assisted by Jake W. Ben W quickly scored as well with a great assist from Jared B. After another Ben W goal, the quarter ended with the score of 3-2. The second quarter contained 3 saves from Alec B. He would end the day with 11 saves in total. He was also integral captaining a solid defense featuring Andrew R, Harrison B, Jack T and Jacob P. We also saw amazing goals from Jared and Jake making the halftime score 5-2.

The second half truly showed our resolve. After a brilliant first break goal from Jack, we let in four unanswered goals to make the score 6-6. Jake B and Jonah S responded with two goals of their own giving us a two goal lead going into the fourth quarter. Justin H scored another great goal from Jake B off an assist from Lucas C. 10-6 was the final count and the 7th grade men of Starlight live to fight another day!

8th and 9th Grade Girls Lacrosse

Tuesday, July 28th, 2015

Screen Shot 2015-07-28 at 2.26.32 PMThe 8th and 9th grade Starlight campers came face to face with Camp Wayne, as they stepped onto the Elite Field for the Wayne County Lacrosse game.

The game started strongly, and with Dylan. G taking the lead in the goal, Team Starlight managed to come out on top with yet another victory.

Spencer G. immediately opened the game with three straight goals. Whilst Camp Wayne tried to get the better of Team Starlight, the first quarter ended with a score of 6-2 to Team Starlight. The lead was extended even more moving into the second half as Rowan K and Owen B added another two goals to the score.

Dylan G. was on fire throughout the game, managing to save eight attempted goals, with the help of Spencer W, Jonny C, and Theo O. As the game moved into the second half, the opposition gained some traction, even bringing the score to a tie at one point.

However, with 3 goals from Harris G, 5 goals from Spencer G, 2 goals from David G, and 2 goals from Rowan K, Team Starlight pulled ahead with a 14-13 victory.

Staff Catch up with Lacrosse Head Jason Robinson

Thursday, July 17th, 2014

Jason Robinson may be new to Camp Starlight, but he has quite effortlessly settled into the camp environment. He says that his favorite thing about his first year at camp is how cheery everyone is. “There are smiles all around.” When the Camp Starlight blog recently caught up with Jason, we learned a lot about him and his background as well as what drew him to Camp Starlight.

Jason found the idea of the camp environment in which he lives and works away from home intriguing and says the impressive facilities and owner David Miller’s enthusiasm and passion for camp made the choice to come to Starlight easy.

Although he lives and coaches in South Florida now, Jason grew up in South Bend, Indiana, attended West Virginia University, and comes from a sports loving family. His father is a football coach whose passion and excitement every day heavily influenced Jason’s decision to become a coach as well. “I also knew that my willingness to help people succeed was crucial,” he says, adding that he knew that’s what he wanted out of life. His favorite thing about coaching is when a kid “gets it after working on a skill and it finally clicks.”

Outside of camp, Jason has a pet Chihuahua named Tiny eagerly awaiting his return home in August. But, for now, Jason is quite content to be here, concluding that he loves camp and loves lacrosse.

Two Times the Lacrosse

Wednesday, July 16th, 2014

As campers advance throughout their Camp Starlight careers, there are lots of rites and privileges to which they look forward. In addition to annual traditions, however, there are those “once in a camp lifetime” opportunities that happen when campers are at the right age at the right time. The Camp Starlight boys’ 8th and 9th grade lacrosse team now has the bragging rights of saying that they were a part of the first match ever to be played on Camp Starlight’s new Elite Field.

The lacrosse program here at Camp Starlight has exploded in popularity over the past several years, with boys and girls demonstrating equal enthusiasm for the sport. It became obvious during the summer of 2013 that one lacrosse field could no longer accommodate campers’ love of lacrosse. Elite Field will be the new home of the Boys Lacrosse program at Camp Starlight, while Varsity Field (the existing field) will remain home to the Girls Lacrosse program. Elite Field, along with the adjacent (and also new) flag football field, also significantly expands the Camp Starlight campus.

As for the game, the 8th and 9th grade boys were amazing hosts for the inaugural match, which took place against Camp Wayne.  The July 4th holiday may have been over, but the boys of Camp Starlight had some fireworks for Camp Wayne. Wayne took an early lead, but goals from Ethan E. kept the match close. A time out was all it took to really get the sparks going and turn things around. Camp Starlight was up 13-7 at the half, thanks to hat tricks by FOUR different players—Owen B., Josh B. (also 2 assists), Griffin S. (also 1 assist), and Spencer G. During the second half of the game, Ethan E. (also 1 assist) and Sam S. both put two goals in the back of the cage. Jake M. was a force with which to be reckoned in the cage with an incredible 11 saves and plenty of assistance from his defensive team of Jordan K., Justin S., and Sam S., which effectively shut down the Wayne offense. The final score of 19-9 not only helped Starlight advance closer to the Wayne County Championship, but was an exhilarating initiation of the brand new Elite Field.

Checking in at the Camp Starlight Lacrosse Field

Sunday, July 14th, 2013

Few realize that lacrosse, which is finally hitting its stride among youth sports in America, is actually the oldest sport in America.  In fact, it’s believed to have been invented by Native Americans.  For the past decade, though, lacrosse has been number one on the list of fastest growing high school sports in America, and the lacrosse program at Camp Starlight has very much mirrored that trend.  Just a few short summers ago, lacrosse was a sport enjoyed primarily by Upper Camp boys at Starlight.  Within the past few years, however, it has exploded in popularity and is now very enthusiastically enjoyed by Upper and Lower Camp as well as boys and girls alike.  In fact, some of Camp Starlight’s most powerful teams are Girls Camp teams.  We talked to Starlight’s new Head of Lacrosse, Georgia State University Head Coach Billy McCullough, about the program, and he had some really positive things to say about his staff and the program.

Billy came into the summer hoping to improve the skills of his specialists as young coaches and turn campers onto a great sport.  So far things on right on track.  In fact, if he had to pick just one word to describe how things are going at lacrosse this summer, it’s “great”—as in “great games, great kids, and building some great friendships.”

In particular, Billy is proud of the amount of growth he is seeing in the skills of the younger campers, to which he credits the assistance of his great staff and instructors.  In fact, he can’t help but brag about them.  “Taylor is the best! A great instructor and learner with a positive attitude everyday.  And Jordan has done a wonderful job with the boys.  He’s a great young coach with a bright future.”

Billy himself is a very enthusiastic former football player.  In fact, he played four years of college football at his alma mater, Valdosta State University in Georgia.  After college, he coached youth, high school, and college football and lacrosse before transitioning full time into his current head coaching role at Georgia State.

As for looking ahead, Billy says he hopes to take away great memories from the summer and for each camper to take his or her experiences home and apply the skills they learned here at camp.

Successful First Half of the Summer for Starlight Lacrosse

Monday, July 16th, 2012

A lot of Camp Starlight campers have discovered a passion on the lacrosse field here at camp that they’ve pursued into high school and even college athletics.  So it’s probably no surprise to many the first half of the summer was a banner year for Camp Starlight lacrosse that has, so far, continued.  In fact, our lacrosse teams have conceded only one game so far this season.  With a record like that, it’s hard to believe that for many years, lacrosse was primarily a boys only sport here at camp.  However, from their first exhibition game a few years ago and into their Wayne County league play now, the girls have given the boys a run for their money as equally competitive teams.  This year, both our Lower and Upper Camp girls’ lacrosse teams are undefeated thus far in the season.  The Upper Camp boys’ teams are also undefeated going into the latter half of the summer.   We wish all of our teams luck as they continue their Wayne County league play!