The 21 Lacrosse Mission

Our goal at 21 Lacrosse is to provide an environment that is both challenging and rewarding. Unlike many others in our field we will be focused on teaching the game. Yes we will have leagues, we will have All-Star teams, and all the bells and whistles.

What will make us different? We will offer additional sessions on a weekly basis that will help you hone your game. We will show you the proper way to play defense … proper stick handling skills … basic checks such as pokes, raps and slaps … we won’t be teaching our younger players “kayaks”, “ginsus” or “ding-dongs” … That comes later.

You’ll learn about team defense and team offense. You will learn a variety of defenses, and different slide packages. We will explain the advantages and disadvantages of each as we see them. We will explain how a defense is developed to take away what the other team wants to do offensively, and conversely, what an offense can do to attack any specific defense.

The game of lacrosse can be as violent as a street fight and as graceful as a bird in flight. We want our players to progress to the point where the hitting is secondary. If the game of lacrosse is played properly, the ball is constantly in the air and teams are not annihilating their opponents, but rather scheming ways to outfox the other team.

Lacrosse is a thinking man’s game. Our goal is to instill in our players those proper thoughts so that when you do hit the field of play, your lacrosse IQ is greater than your opponents.
Lacrosse is the greatest game ever. Respect the game and respect your opponent. Work hard and do your best. When the dust settles and you are on the short end of the score, don’t despair. If you have given 100%, that is all anyone can ask. Shake your opponents hand and congratulate them on a job well done … and remember … you’ll be seeing them again.

“Love life … live for lacrosse!”

The Players

RICK BAGBY- Rick grew up in Charlottesville, Virginia. A devout baseball player throughout his youth, upon discovering lacrosse his life and direction were forever changed. A member of the Lane High School star-studded lacrosse team of the mid 70's, Rick has been surrounded by great players and coaches throughout his career.

From Dick Proutt at Lane, a "cup of coffee" with Jack Emmer at Washington & Lee, and ultimately with the great Howdy Myers at Hampden-Sydney College, the impressions left by these coaches have been many. "I have been fortunate to have played for the greatest coaches. Each had an impact on my life, but none could compare to the mark left by Howdy." (Howdy Myers was selected by Lacrosse Magazine as "The Coach of the Century"). Rick was a 3-year starter and standout goalie at H-SC from 1977-1979.

Since leaving college Rick has been on a mission of sorts as he spreads his love for the game across the country. He coached club teams at the University of Georgia, Northeastern University, and Emerson College. He started new intercollegiate teams while director of athletics at Emerson College in Boston, MA (NCAA Division III) and Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY (NCAA Division I).

Rick has coached Boston College High School and is currently the coach at Scituate High School. He has also been involved at the grassroots level, as he has had a hand in helping to launch youth programs in Duxbury, Marshfield, and Boston, Massachusetts. "21 Lacrosse, for me serves two purposes; 1) it gives me a means to give to others the tremendous love of the game that was so graciously given to me, and, 2) most importantly, it provides a vehicle through which I can help preserve the memory of a great young man, PJ "Trendo" Trendowicz, who not only represented everything that is great about lacrosse, but more importantly, what is great about people in general."

CHARLIE LONERGAN – Charlie has been involved with lacrosse since his youth in Concord, Massachusetts. Never a baseball player, he was fortunate to have grown up in a lacrosse hotbed in Concord. A member of the powerful Concord-Carlisle High School lacrosse program, Charlie was an “All-Scholastic” performer as well as Concord-Carlisle’s “Most Valuable Player”.

Charlie took his game to Hobart College where he converted to midfield. An NCAA Division I postseason participant (versus Duke in 2000), Charlie has played the game at the highest level. He was a three-year player at the powerful upstate New York institution, from which he graduated in May of 2000.

Since college Charlie has served as a sports reporter for many local newspapers and is a writer for Inside Lacrosse. Charlie has worked as associate head coach and “offensive coordinator” for Rick at Boston College High School and Scituate High School, and will be serving as General Manager for 21 Lacrosse. Named “CL Smooth” by none other than “Trendo”, Charlie looks forward to building 21 Lacrosse into a local, regional and eventually national name. “Rick and I are a great team. We complement each other very well. Besides, given the reason why we are doing this (“Trendo”), I can assure you that we will be a success … I guarantee it.” Amen.