6/20/08

About 150 expected for lacrosse camp at Pavilion
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J. Bennett Harris, Greater Greer News

Some of the most prominent names in the lacrosse community will set up camp in Taylors next week.

The seventh annual All South Hall of Fame lacrosse camp will be held at the Pavilion beginning Monday, and camp director Ron Cadorette expects this year's camp to be the largest ever.

"We'll probably be pushing about 150 players this year," said Cadorette, who coaches at J.L. Mann. "Last year we had around 115 player in attendance, so we're definitely growing."

An instructional day camp will run Monday through Friday, while the Southern Exposure recruitment camp for players hoping to play in college will be held Friday and Saturday.

Duke University coach John Danowski, Clemson University coach Buff Grubb and Limestone College coach Mike Cerino are among the coaches participating, while former college All-Americans Frank Mezzanotte of Towson University and Marty Ward of Limestone College will also be on staff.

Eastside High coach Lisette Dimitrew will direct the girls camp along with four high school and college coaches from the lacrosse hotbed of Maryland.

"Ron has brought in some of the biggest names in coaching," Riverside coach Brent Boling said. "It's a good camp. There's no excuse for the camp not to be growing year to year."

Judging by the interest in the Greer area, it's no surprise that the camp's popularity is expanding so quickly.

During its first season on campus, the Riverside lacrosse program surpassed both soccer and baseball in gate receipts, finishing third behind football and basketball. Boling said he had 71 students attend the first day of boys conditioning.

"We weren't sure what to expect when we first started, but (lacrosse) has been big from the start," Boling said.

The Southern Exposure recruitment camp features a college recruitment seminar Saturday, along with an all-star game to help showcase the premier players.

"South Carolina is new in the face of lacrosse," Cadorette said. "We need to get these boys exposed to the coaches and let college coaches know that South Carolina has boys who can play."

EDITOR'S NOTE: Riverside HS baseball and soccer are among the state's best annually, so this definitely demonstrates that lacrosse is starting to take off in the Palmetto State. For one, I wish they would move the sport to the fall or winter away from the spring soccer season.