In this second portion of our three part interview series with two time national champion with UVA and NILCA Hall of Famer with St. Anne's Belfield, Doug Tarring, we learn what the high school lacrosse landscape was like back in the seventies as new regions emerged in Connecticut and Central New York and how they started to challenge the perennial powerhouses of Baltimore and Long Island. 

Coach Tarring reviews the importance of the NILCA as it played an instrumental role in getting lacrosse sanctioned in many states, paving the way for public high school lacrosse.  He also describes how the NILCA initiated the formation of the first U19 Team USA, whom our co-host, Jay McMahon, was a Tri-Captain for. Coach Tarring and Jay share a few entertaining stories and Coach Tarring reveals that the trip, the team, and winning the gold in Australia created one of his most memorable experiences, over a career that spans over forty five years!

Boys and girls lacrosse has been one the fastest growing sports in the country, year after year, for over thirty years, and in this episode we discover the key to that success: grassroots efforts by many a former player of Coach Tarring's and many players of his high school lacrosse colleagues volunteering their time to start youth programs and even becoming high school coaches themselves in virtually every state in the nation.  

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