Robur,
Honor, Fraternitas
Ave
Angele!
__________________________
East
Mens' Lacrosse was
founded in
1968
with the help of students,
parents and
other local enthusiasts. In 1971, East and Manual combined to form the
East-Manual Lacrosse Club. The club was supported by many individuals
throughout the community from 1971 to 1978. In 1979 Jon Barocas was
approached to be an assistant coach by a former teammate at
Graland Country Day and by Terry Claassen an
East-Manual player. After the first practice Coach Barocas became the
head coach and has remained at East for the past 31 seasons
accumulating a record of 345–98,
including 9 state championships, '85, '87, '88, '89, '90, '93, '96,
'98, '00 and 5 undefeated seasons.
In 1985 the East
team
began
traveling throughout the country playing teams in California, Maryland,
Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Virginia, Washington DC, New
Jersey and Florida at the Disney Wide World of Sports. Past teams
have won the San
Diego
Tournament
High School Tournament, the Big Red Tournament and the 1988 Daniel Hand
Tournament beating Yorktown. This tournament was the first
recognition Colorado lacrosse got as being competitive with the East
coast powerhouses. In 1994 Christian Cook was voted the overwhelming
MVP
of the San
Diego
Tournament
High School Tournament.
From 1979 to 1999, East-Manual became one of the powerhouse teams of
Colorado Lacrosse winning 8 state championships, including four
consecutive championships from 1987-1990. In 1999, with official
Colorado sanctioning,
East–Manual became “East” and won the CHSAA sanctioned state
championship in 2000. Over
the years, East has produced players who have gone on to win a combined
8 NCAA Championships with their respective teams, North Carolina,
Syracuse, Princeton, Johns Hopkins; 31 High School All-Americans
including Christian Cook, a 1993 Colorado High School All-American,
2-time NCAA All-American at Princeton, the 1998 NCAA Defensive Player
of the Year and the Major League Lacrosse 2002 Defenseman of the year
and Team USA.
was
inducted into the Colorado Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2005
and 2006
another East Alum, Jon Urbana '01, became the second two time Division
I
All American from East High School and only the fourth All American
from Villanova University. Jon was elected captain of the
Wildcats as a junior in '04. On April 22, 2006 East and Cherry
Creek made Colorado Lacrosse history when they played before 12,000
fans in the Rocky Mountain Shootout at Invesco Field.
Throughout the years, East has continued to produce players who have
contributed to major college programs including Cornell, Harvard,
Princeton, Dartmouth, Brown, Johns
Hopkins, North Carolina, Hofstra, Middlebury, Drexel, Villanova,
Delaware, Colby, Amherst, Williams, Kenyon, Colorado College, Denison,
Conn College, Gettysburg, Boston College, Columbia, Georgetown,
Bucknell, Bowdoin,
Connecticut College, Pennsylvania, Vermont, University of Denver,
Butler, Bates, Franklin Marshall and Towson.
Alumni,
parents, and friends have always stood
by the East Lacrosse
program. Their support has made our success possible. The current staff
and players want to extend their thanks, appreciation and gratitude to
all our fans for their loyal support.
Ave Angele!
Onward Angels!
updated
7/17/09
