Monday morning started tragically in the Vail Valley as one of our long-time vending partners lost his two year-old son in a drowning accident last night in Gore Creek. It was a day filled with mournful hearts as everyone around the tournament gave pause to consider what’s really important. Just about every person involved as a player, coach or staff in the Vail Lacrosse Shootout is considered family and this tragedy hit home for a lot of people. The Vail Lacrosse Shootout extends its deepest condolences to the family during this extremely difficult time.
On the lacrosse side of things, Monday was one of the busiest days of the tournament. The Grandmasters and Masters divisions crowned champions Monday afternoon with the Polar Statesmen and Jagermeister taking home titles fairly comfortably. The Polar Statesmen were dominant all week long in Grandmasters, piling up an impressive 47 goals and only allowing 12 over three games. Jagermiester was similarly strong, winning their three games by a combined score of 37-15.
The Boys U-19 division completed quarterfinal play while the Girls U-19 finished up Pool Play and sorted into three divisions. In the Supermasters division, Millennium/Team Rock-it Pocket will join the Elder Statesmen in the championship game tomorrow at 1:00 on Ford Field.
