Smoke Picture Updates:

Please check out our latest team photos (thanks to Rusty Transou) from our tournament in Wilmington on 7/24....CLICK HERE 

Smoke Fall Travel Team Information:

The Smoke Travel Team will be comprised of 18-24 elite players from Charlotte, Matthews, North Carolina and other Mecklenburg and Union County surrounding areas. We want to continue to keep this U15 group together from our summer program with the addition of other new players for our Fall tournaments as well as Winter tournaments.

We realize that during the fall season players are involved in school and other activities, so practices will be limited to one time a week. We will look to play in two fall tournament this year. The first in Jacksonville, Florida on October 9 and 10. The second tournament will be TBA in November.

Open Evaluations:

Costs: The team costs will be $300. Costs will include experienced coaching from former and current NCAA players and coaches, game jersey and shorts, a practice jersey,a shooting shirt, a sweatshirt, the Jacksonville tournament fees, and field rentals for practice. This does not include the tournament in November.

Practices: We will practice 1x a week TBA for 1.5hrs starting in September, leading up to our tournament in October. 

Fall Tournaments:

We will be attending a tournament in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday, October 9th and Sunday, October 10th. The tournament will be a 10v10 format, with a guaranteed 4 games (3 on Saturday and 1 on Sunday) plus play-offs on Sunday. We will be getting more information on specific game times and locations by the end of July.

Our second tournament will TBA in November.

Age Requirements: (as indicated by US Lacrosse)

Youth players will be age 15 years and under in grade 8 or below and further qualify as follows in order to participate in USLYC sanctioned youth lacrosse activities: (a) player has not attained 15 years of age as of December 31st in the year preceding a USLYC sanctioned event; and (b) the player has not participated in any high-school program as a member of a high school freshmen, junior varsity, or varsity team.

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2010 Summer Schedule:

Practices will begin Tuesday May 18.  Practices will continue to be on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 7-8:30PM at MARA. 

July 11 1st Annual South East Lacrosse Cup. A Round Robin tournament vs teams from GA, AL, FL, and TN. There will be a 3 game minimum.

The tournament will be played at Mill Springs Academy, 13660 New Providence Rd, Alpharetta, GA 30004.

July 17 Round Robin vs teams from North Carolina and Virginia. We will play at a sports complex just outside of Martinsville, VA. Games will start at 10AM. Please be at the sports complex by 9:15AM so that we can get set up for the games. We are supposed to play at 10AM and 12PM.

July 24 Round Robin vs North Carolina travel teams at Wilmington, NC. Specific game times and scheduling TBA.

The tournament will be played at Emma Trask Middle School, 2900 N College Rd, Wilmington, NC 28405.

July 31 Maryland Trip. We will play against TB Maryland and other area teams, attend a Chesapeake Bayhawks Clinic, and finish with the Chesapeake Bayhawks game vs the Chicago Machine.

More scheduling information and details will be available soon.

2010 Summer Roster:

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Coaching Staff:

Offensive Coordinator:  Rob Horrigan will be directing the offense for the Smoke. Rob has years of experience playing some of the most competitive youth and high school lacrosse growing up in Severna Park, MD. He went on to play D-I, graduating from Towson University.  After graduation Rob became one of the youngest head coaches in D-III history when he started York College's program. He then made the move to Belmont Abbey to start their D-II program and become the 2006 "Deep South Conference Coach of the year". 

Midfielders: Randy Jones will be in charge of the midfield play, as well as assisting with the offensive strategy. Randy grew up playing lacrosse in Bel Air, MD. He joined Queens University's program during its second year and immediately made an impact; receiving both the Most Improved Player and Coaches Award within his first two years. Randy was then the Team Captain for his final two seasons at Queens. Currently Randy is a graduate assistant at Queens University, pursuing his MBA through Queens' McColl School of Business.

Defensive Coordinator: Luke Kannor will be in charge of the defense. Luke started his lacrosse career in Yarmouth, ME playing middle school and Freshman year of high school there before moving to Idaho. He joined the first recruiting class Division II Queens University ever had. Within four years at Queens he had made his impact as a starter, helping take Queens to the CVAC Championship and finishing first place twice in the regular season. Since graduation Luke has been working with Turn and Burn trying to help grow lacrosse in the Charlotte area.

Goalies: Joel Heimbigner will be the goalie coach and defensive assistant. Joel grew up in San Diego, California where he won the state Championship in 2002 at Poway High School. He was also a part of the first recruiting class at Queens and immediate success they enjoyed. He was a three-year captain at Queens, earning defensive MVP honors two years. Joel has also been coaching with Turn and Burn since it has been in Charlotte, helping goalies get the attention and individual work they need.

Player Requirements:

Turn and Burn is looking for middle school players who are serious about playing competitive lacrosse in High School. Our goal is to help develop and expose a younger age group to quality lacrosse so that by the time they reach HS they will already have a better understanding of the game and the transition for the players into high school will be seamless. This team will be comprised of 20-24 players who want to compete against better talent nationwide. We will compete in tournaments year-round, but the majority of the playing will be in the summer.