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NEWSFort Lewis selected Kelley Queisser to be the college’s first women’s lacrosse coach, athletic director Kelly Higgins announced. Queisser most recently was coach of the San Diego State women’s lacrosse club team.
Queisser was a four-year Division I player at the University of California. The Skyhawks expect to play next season at the club level before playing a full Division II schedule in 2010. Publish Date: 6/21/2008 Prep lacrosse coaches selected By Kyle Koso
The Reporter-Herald Good thing the coaches of the area’s co-op teams will have plenty of experience to fall back upon. Pending school board approval, Jim Loonan will run the boys program with Chantal Gemperline set to handle the girls team. Both squads will be based out of Thompson Valley High School, but any district athlete interested can come out for the team. The boys program may have as many as 45 players on the roster, allowing for full varsity and junior varsity scheduling. The girls team is not quite as far along in terms of numbers, and that’s fine with Gemperline. She’s hoping the opportunities on the roster will attract fresh new talent and a sense of excitement for the newcomer on the block. “A lot of the girls have talked about trying for junior varsity and varsity, and if that’s the case we’ll need more bodies,” said Gemperline, who also started a lacrosse program in her own high school in Long Island, N.Y., one that earned a state title its first year. “We don’t want anyone to be afraid to join up — there are a lot of new girls, and we’ll be a young team.” Lacrosse now a part of GSHS Starting in 2009, the boys and girls teams currently known as the Glenwood Springs Lacrosse Club will be playing as Demons. Lacrosse goes varsity in Eagle County |