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Local High Schools Add CIF Lacrosse Teams

Oct. 15, 2014

Santa Barbara, CA - All three local public high schools have added boys and girls lacrosse teams. The new C.I.F. programs at Dos Pueblos, San Marcos and Santa Barbara will compete in the Condor League with Cate, Dunn, Laguna Blanca, Midland and Thacher schools for the 2015 spring season.  Athletic directors Dan Feldhaus at Dos Pueblos, Abe Jahadhmy at San Marcos and Joe Chenoweth at Santa Barbara have been busy getting ready to administrate the new teams. Local girls now have high school lacrosse programs to which to aspire. 

First Girls Head Coaches

• Dos Pueblos, Cassie Aroyan
• San Marcos, Kelly Boyle
• Santa Barbara, Kristin Boehm & Jeannette Biava

In addition, Dr. Ben Drati, Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education, for the Santa Barbara Unified School District has started junior high school lacrosse at the four local public junior high schools. Drati recognized early the need for feeder programs at the younger ages and Goleta Valley, La Colina, La Cumbre and Santa Barbara junior high schools will have spring lacrosse teams starting in 2015.

In a related move the Santa Barbara Lacrosse Association is going to offer after school programs twice a week in the spring at as many local elementary schools as possible. Restrictions include availability of coaches and field space but SBCC and UCSB women's lacrosse players are going to help out.