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From the Friday Night Lights Lacrosse website:

After much confusion and scheduling nightmares associated with the crazy weather this year, the U15 playoffs are now underway!

Round 1 will begin tonight, Friday, June 3rd.

Game 1: Franklin Panthers v Westwood Wolverines, Beaver St Field, Franklin, 6:00 PM

Game 2: Walpole Rebels v King-Philip Warriors, Turco Field, Walpole, 8:00 PM

Read “2011 U15 Playoffs” on the Friday Night Lights Lacrosse

From the Friday Night Lights Lacrosse website:

Congratulations to the U13 FNL teams for a well played season, and extra special congrats to the U13 King-Philip Warriors for an undefeated season and 1st place during the regular season!

Our regular season has come to a close and we are now entering The 2011 Playoffs!

For 2011, the top 4 ranked teams will enter the playoffs. The semi finals will be:

Game 1: King-Philip vs Westwood, Friday, 5/20, 6:00 PM, Anderson Field, Wrentham

Game2: Franklin vs Walpole

The winners of game 1 and game 2 will meet for the U13 FNL Championship!

Dates, times, and venues to be determined

U13 SEMI-FINAL PREVIEW

King-Philip vs Westwood

This is a seed 1 v seed 4 game. The most disparate records in the playoffs; KP is a 6-0 team, Westwood a 3-3 team. The game results aren’t the real story here, the real story is found in the statistics and by all accounts King-Philip is a monster of a team, doling out beat downs as if the other teams owe them cash. Digest this for a second, KP has found the back of the cage 70 times this season while only allowing 8 goals. Eight. An average of 1.3 goals per game while killing the cage on the other end with almost 12 goals per game.

Westwood is going to have to become very aggressive offensively if they are to overcome the stingy KP defense. The Wolverines are a very balanced team, they’ve averaged nearly 6 goals per game, but they’ve also allowed an average just over 5 goals per game. Shutting down the KP offensive is a task unto itself, but finding the back of the cage will be the real test.

The last time these teams met, it was a 10-2 game in favor of KP. Westwood wants to return the favor.

Prediction: Warriors, and a long ride back to Wolverine town.

Franklin vs Walpole

By rights this should be the closer game in the semi-finals, however the last time these teams met at Beaver Street it was a 15-0 rout by the Panthers. Has Walpole learned anything since that game earlier in the season?

Looking at the numbers, Franklin leans towards being a very offensive team averaging almost 11 goals per game while Walpole appears to allow more than 6 goals per game. Walpole has actually allowed more goals than they’ve put up with a 35:38 ratio.

Walpole has gained some confidence and should find the cage this time around, but the Panthers are also on a 4 game winning streak and they’ve rested with their last game on 5/6.

Prediction: Panthers, Rebels start their golfing season early.

Read “2011 U13 Playoffs” on the Friday Night Lights Lacrosse

From the Friday Night Lights Lacrosse website:

It was a rough night for the Rebels on Beaver St in Franklin.

The U13 Panthers ran all over the Rebels, beating them up for a 15-0 debacle.

The U15 Panthers – Rebels game was more evenly matched, the teams traded goals throughout the game and ended it with the Panthers 6, the Rebels 5.

Read “Panthers rough up Rebels” on the Friday Night Lights Lacrosse

From the Friday Night Lights Lacrosse website:

The U15 Walpole-Westwood game has been rescheduled and moved venue. Please make note of the new date/time/venue:

Wednesday, 4/20, 6:30 PM, at Walpole High School

Read “U15 Walpole-Westwood game RESCHEDULED” on the Friday Night Lights Lacrosse

From the Friday Night Lights Lacrosse website:

Please make note of a game time change for tonight’s game, Canton v Walpole.

Originally scheduled for 7:30, tonight’s game will begin at 6:30

Read “Canton-Walpole U15 game time change” on the Friday Night Lights Lacrosse