Author: Clayton Melrose

Weekend #1 the the books!

Limitless was Limited By The Dons!

The St. Louis Mastodons opened their season with a weekend sweep of Limitless Lacrosse.
Game 1: Mastodons 37 – Limitless 3
Game 2: Mastodons 29 – Limitless 4
We are extremely excited for this upcoming weekend’s games!
– Kansas City Smoke vs St. Louis Mastodons
– Limitless Lacrosse vs Minneapolis Moose
– Sioux Falls Stealth vs Chicago Outlaws
– Sioux Falls Stealth vs Milwaukee Muskies
It’s going to be a great weekend!

Harvesting Our Heroes

Great news from the Great Plains Box Lacrosse League! “Harvesting Our Heroes” is a newly founded charity committed to giving back to our supporting communities. Our principal fundraiser is the Harvest Classic where two senior high school students who are pursuing a career as either a police officer, a firefighter, or an EMS First Responder will win a $500 scholarship. To kick off this event, our first host city will be St. Louis, MO. This is an exciting way to support those who protect us. Your support is sincerely appreciated!

Official GPBLL COVID-19 Statement / Policy

The Great Plains Box Lacrosse League is and has been closely monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and the precautions that governments, health organizations, businesses, and other international organizations continue to take to limit its spread and impact. We would like to remind all athletes, coaches, staff, officials, and fans to follow the guidelines set forth by the CDC to take all the proper precautions to remain safe and healthy during the current COVID-19 outbreak. The GPBLL is taking precautions to protect our players, staff, and fans as we continue forward with our season during this COVID-19 pandemic. Our first priority is for our teams and staff to stay as safe as possible. Each team is instructed to follow their state, city, county, and facilities guidelines as it pertains to COVID-19 regulations. For the 2020 season, at a minimum all GPBLL teams and staff are required to follow the following guidelines, to be enforced by the home team’s general managers.

  •  Contact-less temperature screening is mandatory for ALL spectators and team personnel taking part in practices and games.
  • All non-dressed players and staff while inside the facilities are required to wear face-masks.
  • All players are required to wear face-masks when entering and exiting the facility.
  • Players may only use personal hydration containers, no sharing.
  • During intermissions teams must separate and properly distance all players.
  • There will be no post game handshake between teams.
  • If spectators are allowed per the facility, county, city, and state guidelines, then those who have not been in previous contact are to remain within a six-foot distance and all spectators are required to wear a mask.
  • All individuals entering any practice or game facilities must go through a screening process as it relates to COVID-19. If you can answer yes to any of the following – please do your part and stay home!
    • 1) Do you have shortness of breath?
      2) Do you have a fever?
      3) Do you have a cough?
      4) Have you traveled outside to any areas there are “hotspots” for COVID-19 in the last 14 days?
      5) Have you been exposed to anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 14 days?
      6) Have you been in contact with anyone that has been exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 14 days?

Should you have any questions or concerns with our league outlook, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Lacrosse Origins

Lacrosse was first played by Native American tribes in different regions of North America, the Great Lakes area, the Great Plains and the Mid-Atlantic.  There were many different versions of the game, rules, numbers of players, and sizes of the fields that would change depending on the tribe.

For many Native American tribes, lacrosse wasn’t just a sport, but rather part of their culture and their religion. Since the game was very rough and people could be injured and even die while playing, the Iroquois used lacrosse as a way of training young men to be warriors, and the game was used to settle disputes without actually going to war.

Lacrosse also had religious significance among some tribes. It was called the Creator’s Game, and it helped the players put their lives into perspective and teach lessons, some of the most valuable lessons being that everyone has struggles and opponents and the key to survival is friends and allies.

Lacrosse is a sport that has a beautiful history and carries a meaning that many of us will never be able to understand. To Native Americans, lacrosse was a sport, a teaching tool, a religion, and a way to connect their cultures with other tribes. To many the history and meaning behind lacrosse has been lost, and it has become just another sport played for recreation and friendly competition.

During the formation of the Great Plains Box Lacrosse League, we wanted to make sure that the rich culture and history was not lost. As the GPBLL grows, you can be sure more educational information will become available so everyone can learn to respect the game and it’s founders.