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Garrett Epple and Ricky Miezan ruled out for the Championship Series

By Jerome Taylor | February 16, 2024
By | After a promising start to his professional career, Ricky Miezan‘s run in the Championship Series ended on Friday night.  Miezan suffered a non-contact lower-body injury in the fourth quarter of the ‘Woods’ 20-14 loss to the Waterdogs. Miezan was able to walk off on his own power, but after the game, the team…
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Film Study on Ricky Miezan’s Professional Debut

By Jerome Taylor | February 16, 2024
By PLL Analyst Romar Dennis put Ricky Miezan’s talent into perspective during a press conference before the start of the Championship Series: “I think you hear a lot about how big and athletic he is, but he’s truly skilled, he shoots it, he cuts… and I think that people miss that part,” Dennis said.  “At…
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California Redwoods Championship Series Practice

How the Redwoods’ size can shape the Championship Series

By Jerome Taylor | February 13, 2024
By | With the fast pace, high scores, and SportsCenter Top Ten goals, physicality can be overlooked in the Championship Series format.  “I think people think because the poles are missing that, there isn’t as much physicality, but there is definitely physicality,” last year’s Golden Stick Award winner, Romar Dennis said.  “Just being so close…
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California Redwoods re-sign Rob Pannell through 2024

By Jerome Taylor | February 7, 2024
Throughout the 2023 season, while he stacked more and more all-time accomplishments, one thing overshadowed Rob Pannell’s 12th professional season: Retirement.
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How Rob Pannell plans to use X in the Championship Series

By Jerome Taylor | January 30, 2024
By | Last year, while the California Redwoods and Rob Pannell watched the Championship Series from their homes, Pannell made an observation:  “This may not come as a surprise to some, but I would go behind the cage all the time in Sixes…” Pannell tweeted.  Since then, his 2023 tweet has recirculated as he and…
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From Tupac to Blink-182: The Redwoods’ Welcome to California Playlist

By Jerome Taylor | December 19, 2023
By | Once the Premier Lacrosse League announced home bases, every team in the PLL had to begin immersing itself in the geographical culture of their new home.  Fortunately for the California Redwoods, there are several ways to show off your geographical affiliation, and there may not be another location in the country with a…
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California Redwoods add former Stanford football captain Ricky Miezan

By Jerome Taylor | December 6, 2023
By | When predicting the California Redwoods roster for the 2024 Championship Series, the availability of the former #1 high school lacrosse recruit in the nation who went on to play football at Stanford wasn’t initially accounted for.  On Friday, Field Yates reported that Ricky Miezan will be suiting up to join the Redwoods at…
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Projecting the Redwoods LC Roster for the 2024 Championship Series

By Jerome Taylor | November 6, 2023
By | Redwoods LC may have fallen short of capturing their first Cash App Championship in 2023. Still, they did achieve something they missed out on in the previous season – qualifying for the Championship Series.  That brings on a new but welcomed set of challenges for Redwoods’ Head Coach Nat St. Laurent – narrowing…
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Connor Maher Dive

An Oral History of Connor Maher’s Dive Out

By Jerome Taylor | September 29, 2023
By Sunday. September 23, 2023. Subaru Park. With 1:10 remaining in the Cash App Championship, sandwiched between Tom Schreiber‘s game-winner and one of the most clutch saves in pro lacrosse history, lies possibly the most iconic hustle plays in Premier Lacrosse League lore.  Latrell Harris: Oh Jesus [laughs], roller coaster of emotions. In those games,…
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Mac O'Keefe Shooter

Is Mac O’Keefe the best shooter in the world?

By Jerome Taylor | September 15, 2023
By “Without a doubt [I consider him one of the best shooters in the pro game].”  That was Archers’ Head Coach Chris Bates’ response to the question.  “That’s not a knock on anybody else,” Bates added.  “But with his range, all over the field… he’s always a threat.” Mac O’Keefe has carried his reputation as…
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