The Tahoe Dawgs are a men’s club lacrosse team consisting of players from Lake Tahoe and Northern Nevada. The team competes in regional men’s open division tournaments throughout the year, and holds regular practices and scrimmages May through October. Players are selected for the team based on experience and skill as well as attendance to practices, scrimmages, and games. For more information about the Dawgs and Reno/Tahoe lacrosse please contact Albert, Curt, or Andy.

News and Notes - July 2010 (Updated 7/29/2010)

July 23-25, 2010 - Dawgs Finish 2-2 at the 20th Annual Lake Tahoe Lacrosse Tournament
The Tahoe Dawgs lost their first 2 games of the 2010 campaign to West Sunset and the San Diego Tropics on day 1. The team rebounded with wins over Central California and Chico on days 2 and 3, respectively. More details and photos to come...

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July 10, 2010 - Santa Cruz Hops and Barley Tourney
The Tahoe Dawgs finished 2-0 at the Santa Cruz Hops and Barley Tournament with wins over Palo Alto and Santa Cruz. It was a good day for lacrosse and a great environment consisting of live music and 20 local brewery sample tents. Thanks to the Santa Cruz guys for hooking up the tourney and to all involved.

April 22, 2010 - Tahoe Tournament Expansion Announcement
After many years of toying with the idea of expansion, the forces behind the Lake Tahoe Lacrosse Tournament have secured additional field space and will be expanding the tournament to fit eight additional men’s open division teams for the July 2010 event. The expansion has been on the back burner for the last few years, but with increased registration and deposit submissions the tournament director, Curt Wegener, was looking to get teams off the tournament waiting list and on to the field. In an exuberant text Curt exclaimed, “…Tahoe’s up to 24 teams. Help!” Though the expansion requires added logistical preparation, it is not a major hurdle with the support of volunteers from the Tahoe Truckee Lacrosse Association (TTLA) who have signed on to staff the additional field space located 1.2 miles north of the Village Green Playing fields at Incline High School.

The men’s open division tournament is the foundation of a tournament cluster running from July 16-25th in Incline Village on the shore of Lake Tahoe. Lake Tahoe Lacrosse and the TTLA will once again host a boys U-19 lacrosse tournament July 17-18 and an eight team women’s open tournament will also run consecutively with the men’s tournament July 23-25th. Men's teams will now be seeded into 6 groups. Top teams from each group will advance to the playoffs and remaining teams will square off in the consolation bracket. For more information about the 20th Annual Lake Tahoe Lacrosse Tournament please visit the norcallacrosse page.

March 6-7, 2010 - Dawgs Place 3rd
The Tahoe Dawgs made their 2nd consecutive appearance at the Annual Fresno Lacrosse Festival. The team came roaring out of the gates on a humid, overcast Saturday morning with a 19-1 victory over tournament host team Fresno/Central California. Following a few “intermission” refreshments the team dispatched the spry, young San Diego Kings by a 10-goal-margin scoring 14 goals. On the 2nd day of the tourney the team faced a common, and also undefeated, opponent in the Chico Fat Catz. The contest began with Chico scoring two early goals. The Dawgs answered with a few and went into halftime trailing 2-4. The second half proved to be a back and forth battle and Chico maintained a narrow one goal lead for the last part of the 2nd and escaped with a 6-5 victory. After their lone defeat, the Dawgs faced another common opponent in the 3rd place game, the Palo Alto Ducks, who the Dawgs took out 9-1. Curt Wegener was by far the all-star for the Dawgs only letting in 12 goals (at least ˝ in man-down situations) over four games allowing the team to achieve a +35 goal differential, probably the best recent tournament performance. He also stopped a shot by stepping on it – rarely seen. Everyone played solid and let cooler heads prevail. Thanks to the tournament hosts and everyone involved.

October 3, 2009 - OKTOBERFEST BEKOMMT MAN BETRUNKEN!
This year was the 1st Annual Laxtoberfest Lacrosse Tournament hosted by the Tahoe Dawgs and the Tahoe Truckee Lacrosse Association (TTLA). The inagural tournament welcomed the Palo Alto Ducks and a team from Chico, both of whom the Dawgs played before staffing the Squaw Valley Oktoberfest in the Olympic Village. The first game against Chico Republic went well for the Dawgs who were beat by Chico earlier in the year at Fresno. The teams both played well, but a second half deluge of goals fueled by attackmen Cody Hart and Adam Gift put the Dawgs in the driver’s seat for an 8-5 victory. The second game of the morning put the Dawgs up against a familiar opponent, the Palo Alto Ducks. The Dawgs had lost to Palo Alto earlier in the year by two goals at the Sacramento Tournament and were looking to equalize their record. The game opened up strong for the Dawgs with two unanswered goals on crisp passing and shooting, but Tahoe soon fell behind and went into halftime down a goal 4-5. The second half was played in a similar back and forth fashion with Palo Alto establishing a narrow lead near the end of the 2nd half. The Dawgs could not recover, though they almost did, and dropped another loss to the Ducks 5-7. Curt Wegener had a strong performance in goal and FOGO Eric Peacock dominated faceoffs in both games. Thanks to all involved!