Fire Fall Tournament Information:

The Fire will be comprised of elite players from Charlotte, Matthews, North Carolina and other Mecklenburg and Union County surrounding areas. This summer, Turn and Burn's latest travel team addition was the Fire, and we have had a great experience so far with players from both North and South Carolina. We want to continue to keep this U13 group together for Fall tournaments as well as Winter tournaments.

We realize that during the fall season players are involved in school and other activities, so practices will be limited to one time a week. We will look to play in one fall tournament this year in Jacksonville, Florida.

Open Evaluations:

We will hold an open evaluation for the Fall team on Sunday, August 29th from 1-2PM. You MUST pre-register for this online here. Everyone is expected to bring full equipment.

Register Here for the Fall "Fire" Evaluations

Costs:

The team costs will be $300. Costs will include experienced coaching from former and current NCAA players and coaches, game jersey and shorts, a practice jersey, a shooting shirt, a sweatshirt, and field rentals for practice. **Tournament Fees will not be included in the initial cost.**

Fall Tournament:

We will be attending a Fall Benefit tournament in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday, October 9th and Sunday, October 10th. The tournament is to benefit the Pediatric Palliative and Hospice program for children with life-limiting and life threatening conditions. The tournament will be full field 10v10 format, with two 25 minute running halves. Each team will be guaranteed 4 games and a play-off game (3 on Saturday and 1 on Sunday) plus single elimination play-offs on Sunday.

The fall tournament will be held at 4387 Lakeshore Drive, Orange Park, FL 32003.

Practices: We will practice 1x a week, for four weeks, leading up to our tournament in October. Practices will run on Saturday evenings from 5:30 to 7PM, September 11 through October 2. All practices will be held at MARA's Arthur Goodman Park.

Age Requirements: (as indicated by US Lacrosse)

Youth players will be age 13 years and under in grade 6 or below and further qualify as follows in order to participate in USLYC sanctioned youth lacrosse activities: (a) player has not attained 13 years of age as of December 31st in the year preceding a USLYC sanctioned event; and (b) the player has not participated in any high-school program as a member of a high school freshmen, junior varsity, or varsity team.

Coaching Staff:

Offensive Coordinator:  Rob Horrigan will be directing the offense for the Fire. Rob has years of experience playing some of the most competitive youth and high school lacrosse growing up in Severna Park, MD. He went on to play D-I, graduating from Towson University.  After graduation Rob became one of the youngest head coaches in D-III history when he started York College's program. He then made the move to Belmont Abbey to start their D-II program and become the 2006 "Deep South Conference Coach of the year".

Midfielders: Randy Jones will be in charge of the midfield play, as well as assisting with the offensive strategy. Randy grew up playing lacrosse in Bel Air, MD. He joined Queens University's program during its second year and immediately made an impact; receiving both the Most Improved Player and Coaches Award within his first two years. Randy was then the Team Captain for his final two seasons at Queens. Currently Randy is a graduate assistant at Queens University, pursuing his MBA through Queens' McColl School of Business.

Defensive Coordinator: Luke Kannor will be in charge of the defense. Luke started his lacrosse career in Yarmouth, ME playing middle school and Freshman year of high school there before moving to Idaho. He joined the first recruiting class Division II Queens University ever had. Within four years at Queens he had made his impact as a starter, helping take Queens to the CVAC Championship and finishing first place twice in the regular season. Since graduation Luke has been working with Turn and Burn trying to help grow lacrosse in the Charlotte area.

Player Requirements:

Turn and Burn is looking for elementary and middle school players who are serious about playing competitive lacrosse in the spring and want to continue playing high competition through the summer. Our goal is to help develop and expose a younger age group to quality lacrosse so that by the time they reach HS they will already have a better understanding of the game and the transition for the players into high school will be seamless. This team will be comprised of 20-24 players who want to compete against better talent nationwide. We will compete in tournaments year-round, but the majority of the playing will be in the summer.