Fireside Chat with Duxbury’s Kane Haffey, who isn’t spending the next 8 months in jail.

Last summer, we took in this video.

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We love watching attackmen.

Especially attackmen with soft hands who finish in new and interesting ways (what he does to the goalie at 0:41 is so mean spirited.)

Especially attackmen with soft hands who finish in new and interesting ways and have amazing names.

So when we learned Kane Haffey was a reader of the blog, we knew we had to sit him down for a Fireside Chat.

412: How long have you been playing?

KH: I officially started playing lacrosse in the third grade, but my Dad had a stick in my hands before then.

412: What got you into the sport?

KH: Two things got me into the sport. The first was my Dad’s influence on me, and how he introduced me to the game. Second was as soon as I started playing, I fell in love with lacrosse. The physical aspect and the speed drew me in. It quickly became my favorite sport.

412: People outside of New England assume Duxbury is a private school in Boston but its really a public school 40 minutes south of the city. How did the program reach such a high level?

KH: The program started with a man named Burke Walker, who moved to Duxbury from Maryland. He had a son, Justin, who he told to get the twenty most athletic kids in his grade and he would teach them lacrosse. He brought the sport to Duxbury, and from there many other influential lacrosse coaches and former players, like Mike Connelly, Brendan Glass, Chris Ajemian, and others who moved to Duxbury or lived in town continued to teach the youth players and grow the sport.

The most common name that comes up is Chris Sweet, the current varsity head coach. He helped to build what the Duxbury youth program is today, which I think generates the success that the High School program achieves year in and year out.

412: What did you do last summer in terms of camps and tournaments?

KH: I played in several tournaments with the Fighting Clams including Tri-State, the Harvard Crimson Classic, and others. I also went to Top 205 Rising Juniors at Towson and the Maverik Showtime National Recruiting Spotlight.

412: What are the expectations for Duxbury this spring?

KH: In Duxbury the expectations are extremely high every year, but for six years straight we’ve been able to meet those expectations. Despite graduating fourteen seniors last year, this year is no different. We have a young team and some guys are going to need to come into their own, but the team has been putting in the work to continue the tradition we’ve built.

412: What are your summer camp/tournament plans?

KH: This summer I’m going to do my best to balance both getting out to recruiting events, but also being at home for my football team for workouts and preseason. Last year was a heavy lacrosse summer, and I wasn’t able to be around the football team as much as my coach and I would’ve liked.

However as of right now I am scheduled for two to three tournaments with the Fighting Clams, and I will be trying out for the Under Armour Underclassmen Games.

412: You’re were the starting quarterback this fall. How has football helped your lacrosse career? How has it hurt it, if at all?

KH: Football has done nothing but help my lacrosse career. It keeps me in shape, adds to my field vision, and definitely translates to a more physical style of play. Plus, college lacrosse coaches love recruiting football players.

412: Some D1 caliber recruits have already made the switch to the NCAA legal heads in an effort to prepare for the next level. What’s your stick set up for this spring?

KH: I have been trying out some of the NCAA legal heads. All last summer I used a Maverik Juice, and over the fall I tried out the Super Power for a little. However, as of right now going into the spring I’ve been using a Proton Power.

412: Are you working on a list of potential colleges if so where?

KH: Right now the schools I’m looking at include Harvard, Brown, Yale, Dartmouth, and Fairfield. Hopefully if I can do well on the SAT and keep my grades up I’ll know where I’ll be headed soon.

Thank you Kane and good luck this spring.

If you are in the Boston area, circle your calender May 1st when Duxbury visits St. John’s Prep in a rematch of last year’s state title match up.

Warriors, Come Out to Play

Just a lazy morning designing gloves and pants.

Recently obsessed with Florida State colors.

It’s actually an optical illusion. I’m taking them back to the pants store right now.

Still surprised NHL  gloves don’t  have team logos on them.

Next winter, we are buying hockey pants to wear around the house. Probably SUPER comfortable.

Why Warrior will let us design hockey gloves and not lacrosse gloves online is beyond the realm of our thinking capacity.

Tampa Timing

On December 29, 2009, STX posted these on Facebook.

On January 10, 2010, the Tampa Bay Fire lacrosse team posted these.

Certainly not suggesting any thievery maneuvers took place, but how does that happen?

Tampa says: Keeping with the state-of-the-art standards and traditions of the club, the Tampa Bay Fire announced its new uniform and equipment designs for the upcoming 2010 season.  To commemorate the addition of the “Black” team serving elite players in the 4th and 5th grades, the new color has been subtly intregrated into its uniform design and emphasized in the new equipment designs.

Subtle black indeed.

Notes

Landon’s Joe Paoletta highlight tape

Oregon vs. Santa Clara highlights

Cortland Gettysburg highlights even though we are offended by Gettysburg’s Cuse knockoff helmets

More record growth for lacrosse, what else is new

Puck Daddy reactions to Crosby snubbing Letterman