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Bucktooth and Burnam added to 2025 Upstate Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame

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The Upstate Lacrosse Foundation has announced the 2025 Hall of Fame Class.  This year’s class includes Freeman Bucktooth and Mark Burnam. Freeman Bucktooth grew up playing on the Onondaga Nation.  He earned All-League recognition as a strong attackman at LaFayette High School.  He excelled for the Onondaga men's box lacrosse team helping win many league NALA titles. … [Read more...] about Bucktooth and Burnam added to 2025 Upstate Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame

Minor Lacrosse Playoff Action

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Onondaga Nation - Saturday, August 2, 2025, Tsha Hoñnoñyeñdakwha (Onondaga Nation Arena) is host to 2025 NAMLA Minor Lacrosse Playoff action. Peanut, Tykes and Novice teams will compete throughout the day.  Games will begin at 10am.  Please call the front office 315-498-6813 for individual game details. Admission is free. The Power Play Cafe will be open. … [Read more...] about Minor Lacrosse Playoff Action

Haudenosaunee’s quest: Lacrosse will make the 2028 LA Olympics. Will the game’s creators?

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By Connor Pignatello Lacrosse is coming to the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, but there’s already a complicated and emotional storyline playing out: Will the Haudenosaunee Confederacy – the originators of the thousand-year-old sport – be included when lacrosse returns to the Olympics? It’s the subject of a decades-long bureaucratic, diplomatic and moral negotiation. If this … [Read more...] about Haudenosaunee’s quest: Lacrosse will make the 2028 LA Olympics. Will the game’s creators?

Neal Powless Inducted Into American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame

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Syracuse University News By Kelly Homan Rodoski   ou could say that lacrosse is in Neal Powless’s blood. Powless G’08, the University ombuds, is a member of the Onondaga Nation Eel Clan. He is the son, grandson and brother of legendary lacrosse players. Powless picked up a lacrosse stick for the first time at age 2. He played in his first game at age 4; his older … [Read more...] about Neal Powless Inducted Into American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame

George, Thompson, and Sullivan join 2024 Upstate Lacrosse Hall of Fame

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Syracuse  - On Sunday, November 10, 2024 Drumlins Country Club hosted the Upstate Lacrosse Lacrosse Hall of Fame dinner where three Onondagas were added to this year’s class.  Those individuals are Russ George, Jeremy Thompson, and Cory Sullivan who was a member of the 2004 LeMoyne Lacrosse championship team.  Russ George who is already a member of the Ontario Lacrosse Hall … [Read more...] about George, Thompson, and Sullivan join 2024 Upstate Lacrosse Hall of Fame

Inside Lacrosse: Alfie Jacques’ Legacy Honored With Ambassador Award

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Inside Lacrosse: Alfie Jacques traveled the world, sharing the rich history of the Creator’s Game. The late Jacques, of the Turtle Clan, the Onondaga Nation, and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, was a world-class stickmaker and one of the greatest ambassadors the sport has ever seen. He loved lacrosse, loved the people who played it from all walks of life, speaking of the rich … [Read more...] about Inside Lacrosse: Alfie Jacques’ Legacy Honored With Ambassador Award