First year coaches Josh Maisel and Jonathan Walker, assisted by veteran coach John Croney led the U15B team to an ‘almost’ undefeated season, when they were knocked out in the play-offs by a strong Conestoga team. Teams are organized by: age(boys)/grade (girls), experience and skill.The mission of Wilmington Lacrosse is to provide an opportunity for young athletes to learn and play the game of lacrosse, and to have fun in a safe and positive environment that fosters good sportsmanship and citizenship.The following are excerpts from an article in the April 1, 2010 edition of the Witherell, Rhett SchweizerCoaches Bill Haggerty, Booth Farwell, Matt Middleton and Eric Brinsfield pose with theCoaching the Girls 7/8 A team were Rob Julian, Lecia McDermott, and Andy Podolsky. “I can tell you she is a big, big … The B1 Orange Wings were coached by Clayton Albright, Omar McNeill, Rich Schmidt and Will Mette. For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Meghan Cobb was born and Mary Jane, Irene, Lea and I would push Baby Meg around the track at Friends School while her dad coached. Booth Farwell and Andrew Layman oversaw the U7 boys. At this 27 year marker of 2016, I hope to summarize each year as I recall it, from a handful of rosters, photographs and mostly memories. If my memory needs correcting, do not hesitate to get in touch with me. Spiker started the league as a way to help her son gain valuable coaching experience as a young lacrosse player. The two B3 teams were coached by Matt Daley, Rob Grant, Eric Davis, Kyle Cathers and Mark Parsells. Paralyzed from the waist down since 1998, Spiker continued her involvement with the program until only a few years ago. The Girls Program gets the short shift with this history challenge. 3/4 PROGRAM . These teams played Delaware and Pennsylvania teams:  Haven, Caesar Rodney, Upland, Unionville, Lionville, Cape, Brandywine, Newark, Radnor, Conestoga, Lower Merion, Springfield and Middletown. I do not have the same kind of records for the girls as I do for the boys, until 2011 --- and even then they are not the best. WELCOME TO WILMINGTON WINGS! We called the team Westover Lacrosse. Cary, Kyle and Deanne Mellor played with Wilmington Lacrosse. Players included: Scott Elliott, Jay Sagar, Mark Kurtz, Beau Eyster, Jamie Jennie, Matt Pacinelli, Mike Lassman, Brady Nemeth, Hamilton Pollard, Ted Annos, John Wilkinson, Drew Searl, Chris Rowland, Geordie Reynolds, Jeff Jordan, Mike Spiker, Jamie Lassman and David Foote.We lost Sean O’Sullivan to his UD team but we found a capable coach in Brian Messinger to coach a team of 7/8There were a number of players from these first two years who went on to play in college:  Scott Elliott/Amherst, Chris Rowland/Dartmouth, Drew Searl/Syracuse, John Wilkinson/Cornell, David Foote/Roanoke, Ed Swiatek/Western Maryland, Hamilton Pollard/Penn State and Jeff Trench/Shanandoah College.Westover Lacrosse contined to grow. Clayton Albright coached the 5/6First Team All-State:  Fred Freibott, Andrew Pettit, A.J. Jay’s death rocked our little lacrosse program to the core.Tom Woods, John Nagowski and Steve Mockbee directed the first 3/4Rick and Skip continued to coach the 7/8th graders. In turn, I donated the funds from this award to the Jay Spilecki Scholarship Fund and to create an award in memory of a friend and former Wilmington Lacrosse parent, Chris Mellor. The two U13 C teams were coached by Ernest Higgenhotham, Mark Love and Bill Madison and veteran coaches Rob Grant, Eric Davis and Bob Watson. Nathan Weidwald was a new and valuable addition to the 7/8 coaching staff in 1999. And when we ran out of funds, I made pinnies from old drapery fabric. Cam went on to play for UD, becoming one of their all time high scorers.Mick Ferruci and John Carey guided the 5/6th grade White Wings to a great season.Clint Walker and Mike Riley took the reins of the 7/8 Blue Squad and Fred Michels and David Millio coached the 7/8 White Squad. Eigth graders playing on these two teams were:  Lauren Ross, Graham Chitty, Riley DeBaecke, Tully Liu, Jane Lyons, Meghan Reilly, Cecillia Krienen, Maggie Podolsky, Kelsey Pogonyi, Caroline Bollinger, Alexander Riley, Melissa Duko, Ally Ewing, Cleo Troy, Lilliana Bifferato, Maggie Rice, Alexandra Zeller, Brigid Monahan, Cecilia Krienen, Jordan Bramble, Sophia Gioffre, Shea Sweeney and Elizabeth McCoy.Both U15 Boys teams had very good and competitive seasons in this inaugural year with the Chester County league. Here are the In January of 1990, 24 seventh and eighth boys, all students at Wilmington Friends signed on to play. Pat Dolan oversaw the sixty U9 boys. field in the shape of a perfect parallelogram. Both of these teams saw increased skill, competiveness and success as the girls program continued to strengthen.