Fall Ball 2024 Season Registration
Registration for Fall Ball is open! Are you new to Lacrosse? No problem Fall Ball is the perfect opportunity to learn the sport. We have rental equipment available for male players. Fall ball is the ideal opportunity to work on your skills, and participate in the Fall Jamboree in October. Registration for this session is $75.00. The season will begin September 3rd and run through mid-October. You must have a current registration with USA Lacrosse.
Do you have a 3rd grader through 8th grade who would like to try Lacrosse? Join us and try Lacrosse during the first week of practice on September 3rd and 5th. More information to come!
USA Lacrosse
https://www.usalacrosse.com/membership
WDM Lacrosse Registration
https://go.teamsnap.com/forms/438649
Local Opportunities to try Lacrosse
Can Play Lacrosse Clinic: August 12-15th for players ages 5-13. Clinic will be held at Linnan Park 1872 NW 82nd St Clive, IA 50325.
West Des Moines Parks and Rec: Sept 9th and 12th from 5:30-7:30. For players ages 7-14. Try Lacrosse will be held at Jordan Creek Elementary on the fields behind the school.
http://www.wdm.iowa.gov/ParkRecReg
West Des Moines Icebreaker 2024
On April 13th our Girls held their annual ICEBREAKER Event. This is an all-girls Lacrosse event held at RecPlex in West Des Moines. This was our largest year yet with 11 HS, 4 Middle School, and 4 Youth teams from Iowa, Nebraska, Illinois, South Dakota, and Kansas. Thank you to Meghan Greuver, our HS coach for organizing the event every year and to all of our parents and refs who came out to assist with the games we couldn't have done it without you.
Fundraising Underway
Our Club is embarking on a fundraising campaign to help with rising costs and to continue to offer scholarship support to families who would struggle financially to participate in the sport. Like most others these days, the Club finds itself facing higher costs in equipment, uniforms, and field rental. This additional funding also helps the Club keep its fees at reasonable levels and helps bring the sport to youth in the West Des Moines Community that otherwise would not be able to afford to play.
Your help is needed!
- Corporate or personal sponsorship levels, Review our sponsorship levels and contact us if you’d like more information about this opportunity.
- Area restaurants promotional night where proceeds from that evening will come back to the club – mark your calendars.
- Grant support, if you know of any grant opportunities, please pass them onto our club so we can look into.
Local Fundraising Events
More information to come.
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!!!!!
The West Des Moines Lacrosse High School Girls’ Team won their 2024 league championship on Saturday, May 18, which made this year the third year in a row that the team has taken the title.
The team, which includes athletes from ten high schools throughout the metro, won the Midwest Girls Lacrosse League title by defeating Omaha’s Millard West, 10-8, at Valley High School. They had defeated Omaha’s Westside 11-6 in the semifinals on May 17, and Omaha’s Millard North 15-10 on May 11 in the quarterfinals.
The team is coached by Meghan Gruver and assistant coached by Caley Backstrom and Jackie Williams. Athletes include: Lola Arthurs (Winterset High School), Victoria Bakros (Dowling Catholic High School), Alexis Bogardus (Woodward-Granger High School), Scarlett Brown (Roosevelt High School), Caleigh Carlson (Johnston High School), Reese Connor (Northwest High School), Elizabeth Ebinger (Valley High School) Sydney Gobel (Valley High School), Ainsley Henderson (Northwest High School), Paige Krantz (ADM High School), Adalyn Offerman (Valley High School), Rowan Sandvig (Valley High School), Eliza Schmidt (ADM High School), Tori Schmidt (ADM High School), Jenna Thomason (Valley High School), Hayley Thompson (Lincoln High School), Julia Van Keuren (Waukee High School), and Thea Welge (Valley High School).
The following players were selected to the MGLL All-Conference Teams:
Rowan Sandvig - 1st team
Lexi Bogardus - 1st team
Caleigh Carlson - 1st team
Tori Schmidt - 2nd team
Eliza Schmidt - 2nd team
The team’s end-of-the season awards included:
Co-MVP - Tori Schmidt and Hayley Thompson
Offensive MVP - Lexi Bogardus
Defensive MVP - Rowan Sandvig
Rookie of the Year - Caleigh Carlson
For additional information, contact Meghan Gruver at meghanlayers@gmail.com.
Dicks Sporting Goods Coupons
Please use the coupons ago and help continue to Support WDM Lacrosse throughout the year when you are looking to upgrade your Sporting Needs! We would like to thank Dicks for continuing to support our organization year after year. Use the link below to access the coupons!
Upcoming Events
WDM LAX Supports CanPlay Camp
Coaches and players from our club helped run a multi-night camp put on by the CanPlay organization which provides no-cost athletic and youth development opportunities for kids. The camp was held June 13-16 at Linnan Park in Grimes, and was the first of its kind. WDM Lax staff and players worked with 25 boys and girls from the metro on the basic skills of lacrosse. USA Lacrosse also supported the event with an equipment grant given to CanPlay. Thank you to all that participated and supported the worthy event.
Welcome Rock Valley PT
West Des Moines Lacrosse Club welcome and thanks Rock Valley PT for support high school teams on the sidesline with trainers during home games.
Rock Valley Physical Therapy has been successfully treating individuals in the West Des Moines and Des Moines Metro area for over 16 years rehabilitating people of all ages and activity levels. We provide Physical Therapy Rehabilitation including orthopedic and sport rehabilitation, return to sport rehabilitation and hand therapy for athletes and the general public. We’re a therapist owned company who is independent working with the best medical resources in the Des Moines metro and Central Iowa region. We are passionate about working with the athletic population, the orthopedic population and also have several specialty niche practices within our clinics including, but not limited to, pool therapy, vestibular and balance therapy, amputee rehabilitation, work injury rehabilitation, employee health services and pelvic health to name a few. We offer a comfortable, confident and joyful clinic environment striving to provide our patients with a great outcome, great customer service and the promise that if we can’t get you better, we’ll get you to a medical provider we trust to do so.
