Booster Club Letter 2025
Players, parents, family, and friends –
We look forward to a great season!
Members of the Lane Tech Lacrosse Booster Board – LaneTechBoysLax2023@gmail.com
Kristen Van Dyke - kristenjvandyke@gmail.com | Mother of Jackson Van Dyke
Kim Watts - kdanieliwatts@gmail.com | Mother of Zach Watts
Bob Girolamo – rgirolamo@gmail.com, Emily Girolamo – Girolamo.emily@gmail.com I
Father & Mother of Manny and Mateus Girolamo
Josh Braun- braunsjo@gmail.com |Father of Jacob Braun
Allison Wilk- amleary233@yahoo.com | Mother of Patrick Wilk
Jodi Cohen - jodiscohen@gmail.com | Mother of Sam and Zach Schwartz
BOOSTER CLUB:
As parents of LT Lax players, we are thrilled to have you join our Booster Club. We know our parents are great supporters of their sons and the game, and we look forward to having you volunteer to support this program!
Opportunities include: assisting with Senior Day, the End-of-Year Banquet, player/parent communication, assisting in creating team spirit throughout the season, and joining the Booster Club Board to help guide the program. Please email LaneTechBoysLax2023@gmail.com if you are interested in volunteering.
COMMUNICATIONS:
Coach Cashion communicates with players directly through Google Classrooms via the “Lane Tech Men's Varsity/JV and Frosh Lacrosse 2025” groups. As a parent, if you have questions or concerns, please reach out the Booster Board at lanetechboyslax2023@gmail.com
Action item: The Booster Club will send out weekly emails on Sundays about any schedule changes, updates, and special events. Please add yourself and your player to the distribution list by clicking here, if you haven’t done so already. You may also email lanetechboyslax2023@gmail.com to be added to the distribution list.
Action Item: FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: LANE TECH MENS LACROSSE
This is monitored by Coach Cash and a great place to get last minute updates and see photos from previous games.
TEAM COACHES:
HEAD COACH/ VARSITY: Michael (CASH) Cashion mqcashion@cps.edu PH# 847-868-5163
FROSH HEAD COACH: Andrew Kirby awkirby@cps.edu PH# 847-530-8825
Volunteer Coaches:
VARSITY: George Browne George.s.Browne@gmail.com PH# 716-390-4118
JV HEAD COACH: Brendan Hipp Bhipp79@gmail.com PH# 616-819-0722
GOALIE COACH: Sam Erickson Swe317@gmail.com
V/JV ASSISTANT COACH: Alec Witte alec.witte@outlook.com PH# 630-815-6161
JV ASSISTANT COACH: Brandon Paetznick bpaetz14@gmail.com PH# 678-975-2510
PRACTICE & GAME CALENDAR: We are working on getting all the practices and games by team on a Google Calendar that you may download to your personal calendar. Until then please refer to either the website or MaxPreps.
PRACTICE SCHEDULE:
The best location to find information regarding practice schedules will be the calendar on the
Lane Tech Boys Lacrosse website.
GAME SCHEDULE:
The best location to find the game schedule will be the Lane Tech Boys Lacrosse website.
Varsity games are on MaxPreps: MaxPreps Varsity Schedule
JV Games are on MaxPreps: MaxPreps JV Schedule
PARENT GATHERING:
This season we will be hosting a number of more casual gatherings for the parents. Please be on the lookout for gathering communications!
Action item: Save the Date for the Lane Tech Lacrosse Parent Fundraising Party: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
PLAYER PROGRAM FEES:
Every player is asked to contribute: to the Lane Tech Boys Lacrosse Booster Club for Player Programs Fees. This fee assists in covering expenses such as coaches, field space, referees, uniforms, and helmets.
VARSITY FEES: $275
JV FEES: $250
FROSH: $200
*This fee is different from the $100 fee Lane Tech charges students to play a sport. That fee is collected through the Lane Tech website and 100% goes to Lane Tech.
Please do not let this fee be a deterrent from playing. If you need a financial scholarship or can only pay a reduced amount please contact Kristen Van Dyke (kristenjvandyke@gmail.com).
We apply for several grants over the year to supplement our program and will also take other donations both monetary and in-kind.
Action item: We ask that you Zelle this fee to LaneTechBoysLax2023@gmailcom
HOWEVER: if you bank with Chase and run into issues, please Zelle pay: kristenjvandyke@gmail.com
EQUIPMENT:
High school lacrosse players require specific equipment to ensure their safety. Certified lacrosse helmets will be provided for LT players however if your son wishes to continue playing after the season, we recommend they purchase their own Cascade white mens lacrosse helmet
Action item: Please purchase a lacrosse stick, mouthguard, shoulder pads, arm guards/elbow pads, gloves, cleats, a protective cup, and a water bottle. Click here for promotional codes for Dick’s Sporting Goods.
Optional: equipment bag, lacrosse balls, rib pads
Goalies require additional protective gear, including a chest protector, throat guard, and goalie-specific gloves and goalie-specific helmet. If you have questions please reach out and we can assist with which items are correct.
Here's a comprehensive list of essential lacrosse equipment for high school players: https://www.lanetechlax.com/news-resources/lax-equipment
Online Store Options:
2025 PLAYER PRACTICE AND GAME GEAR ORDERS:
The RECOMMENDED player gear kits have been spec’d for the teams, if you have not had a chance to order your gear, the store will be reopening this coming week. PLEASE NOTE: If your player has gear from last year and they would like to wear those items they are more than welcome to do so. This list is recommended but not required. Estimated Cost: $275 per player
We will send an email when the store opens!
LT LACROSSE GEAR:
Grab gear for you, your player, even your dog while you support our program.
A portion of the purchases will be donated back to our program!
Action item/ Parent Gear: To order Parent swag and additional items your player may want (sweatshirts, blankets, shorts, t-shirts, hats, bags, and more).
STORE OPTION: Squad Locker: Order items for LT Boys Lacrosse
LT LACROSSE WEBSITE:
Looking for the latest news, updates and schedule.
Action item: Click here to check it out.
IMPORTANT DATES: SAVE THE DATE!
SENIOR DAY - TBD
LT LACROSSE FUNDRAISER- Wednesday, April 30th 6:30 PM-9:30 PM- location to be shared
END OF SEASON BANQUET- at LA VILLA
RESOURCES:
We wanted to share some resources with the parents on the general rules and game overview of High School lacrosse. The USA Lacrosse website is a great resource and below are some of the links that are terrific. Feel free to share these with your player if he is new to the sport. Sometimes figuring out the rules is half the battle. In addition to these resources are numerous videos on YouTube that are highly recommended.
Here are the online resources:
For Parents: https://www.usalacrosse.com/players-parents;
Rules and FAQ: https://www.usalacrosse.com/boys-and-mens-rules,
Sport overview: https://www.usalacrosse.com/boys-game-overview
