Cheyenne Mountain Lacrosse Club

by posted 10/01/2009

Inside Lacrosse magazine names Denver Best Overall Lacrosse Town and the Best Pro Lacrosse Town in its October issue.

According to the article, Inside Lacrosse searched the globe for the 10 best lacrosse cities, with the criteria being a unique blend of great lacrosse culture, successful teams and an ever-growing enthusiasm for the game.

Denver received a 99 percent rating for its pro teams, the National Lacrosse League's Colorado Mammoth and Major League Lacrosse's Denver Outlaws. Denver also received a college rating of 90 percent and a high school rating of 96 percent.

The magazine called Denver "a professional mecca," citing regular sellouts for Mammoth games at the Pepsi Center and the MLL's best crowds at Outlaws games at Invesco Field at Mile High.

The article went on to say: "Don't forget the college game either. University of Denver made all-decade-worthy news this summer by hiring Bill Tierney, while Colorado State, in nearby Fort Collins, is a four-time MCLA champ.

"Top high school teams like Kent Denver and Cherry Creek have held their own against the country's best for years. And youth lacrosse is continuing to explode — the Colorado Youth Lacrosse Association, started in 1991 with two squads in Denver, has expanded to 275 teams." Baltimore was ranked No. 2, and Long Island, N.Y., was third.