WASHINGTONVILLE TOWN LACROSSE TAKING A STAND

By HAILEY SCHNEIDER

HAILEY SCHNEIDER FOR WIZARD WEEKLY

Washingtonville is home to an unbelievable number of talented athletes of various sports.  Athletics are a major part of the culture here at Washingtonville, not only in the high school, but in the district and community as well.

One sport people do not frequently hear about is lacrosse.  Lacrosse is on the rise here in our village and many people in our district and community would like to keep it that way, but places for town lacrosse to play have become few and far between. Here in Washingtonville, town lacrosse has become a major part of beginning one’s lacrosse career, making it a pressing issue that the town teams do not have a field to play on. 

On Tuesday, April 25th, various members of the lacrosse community in Washingtonville made an appearance at the Blooming Grove Town Hall to make it apparent that they need the fields that they have been asking for over the past nine years.  This is imperative in order to continue the town’s lacrosse program or they will be forced to move the program elsewhere. 

Directors of the Youth Lacrosse Club of Washingtonville, Elaine Perri and Scott Perri spoke for the lacrosse community stating that the fields that they use now are school fields which they cannot play on most of the time due to varsity and junior varsity using them.  Ms. Perri explained, “My children are a part of the lacrosse community here in Washingtonville and we would like continue that and also bring business into our village.” 

The town lacrosse program has previously been given permission to use the fields at Lasser Park, but the directors noted to the town board that every time they try to use the fields they are driven out. The Blooming Grove Town Board sympathized with all the members of the lacrosse community and are going to put their best foot forward in order to get a field in time for next year’s season.