Six college lacrosse teams will come to the Landon School next weekend to benefit the foundation started in memory of one of the school’s all-time greats.
The 3rd Annual Capital Lacrosse Invitational is set for Sunday, Oct. 12 at Landon (6101 Wilson Lane) to raise money for the Mario St. George Boiardi Foundation. Boiardi was an All-Met in football and star in lacrosse at Landon, before going on to star for Cornell’s lacrosse team.
In the fourth quarter of a game in 2004, Boiardi was struck in the chest by a lacrosse ball. He collapsed, was rushed to the hospital and pronounced dead.
The foundation raises money for grants to organizations such as Lacrosse for Life, which teaches and promotes the game in cities, and Teach for America, which Boiardi had planned to volunteer for after college graduation.
The lacrosse teams from Cornell, Georgetown, Lehigh, Penn State, Richmond and UMBC will compete in an all-day fall league tournament on two of Landon’s fields. The event also includes a free youth lacrosse clinic from 8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
Tickets for the games are $15 for kids 12 and younger and $20 for adults.
For more information, visit the event website.
Photo via Capital Lacrosse Invitational
