This Saturday is the highly anticipated Spring Mulch Delivery Day!  Close to 7000 bags to schlep, so make sure you eat your Wheaties and don’t simply rely on the donuts and pizza provided during the delivery marathon.  All hands on deck!!!

First trucks will roll at 7:30am.  For you first-timers, we will meet by the mulch mountain in the parking lot nearest the YHS pool.  Record sales this year, so all able bodies (boys and parents) bring your trucks, suvs, flatbeds, dump trucks, and chase cars.  Many hands make light(er) work!

This is a reminder that fans are expected to honor the wishes of the host school when selecting seating at games.  At most sites, the fans sit opposite each other, not on the same side.  This is a conference rule in many conferences and is considered to be best practice at high school sports venues.

If someone decides to not honor the host school's guidance, they do so at their own risk of being asked to leave.  In this case, the expectation is that one remain quiet and not comment when seated in the "other team's" section.  Failure to do so can create an unpleasant environment for all those attending the game and can result in removal at the discretion of the host school.

Thanks for your cooperation. 

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The boys and girls lacrosse teams will practice at Bluemont this year when they have practice which are not scheduled on the turf.  The teams will use the field closest to the tennis courts.

Saturday practices when not at Yorktown will continue to be at Jamestown.

Pay Your Lax Boosters Dues Online here! $75/family suggested donation.

March Turf Schedule is posted here.

Also, please mark your calendars for the Spring Mulch-a-thon which is scheduled for Saturday, April 16.  Order your mulch online here!

Spring Break: Saturday 3/19 >> We have an Away Game at Robinson (JV at noon and Varsity at 4:00pm). For those planning to travel for spring break, please plan accordingly. 

Registration is now open for Fall 2016 VEL. Please register now!

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/highschools/boys-lacrosse-bullis-is-confident-this-will-be-its-year-goalie-mason-pollack-is-making-history-at-yorktown/2016/03/30/a11d50e4-f674-11e5-9804-537defcc3cf6_story.html

Yorktown off to fast start

Yorktown goalie Mason Pollack has accomplished plenty in 58 games and 2,500-plus minutes between the pipes.

But the senior was nowhere near his own net in what might’ve been his most memorable Patriots moment.

The play happened in the fourth quarter of the March 15 season-opener against Chantilly, with Yorktown trailing 9-6. Pollack scooped up the ball, sprinted to the outside and then kept on running until nine seconds and 70 yards later, when he bounced a shot into the net for his first varsity goal.

Pollack, a Tufts commit, has been making plays for the Patriots since eighth grade when he played for the junior varsity team. Most of the time he’s done so by stopping shots, not taking them. The 6-foot goalie has registered 40 wins and 535 saves, approaching Yorktown’s all-time record of 568 set by Andrew Jaffke in 2004.

He also has a perfect shooting percentage. Rarely does Pollack cross midfield, let alone fire a shot, but when he saw the opportunity against Chantilly, he couldn’t resist. His goal triggered a fourth-quarter comeback that resulted in a 10-9 Yorktown victory.

“I felt a little urgency to run out of the goal and get the ground ball because we were down, but I didn’t necessarily feel the urgency to score,” Pollack said. “None of the defenders picked me up, I had nothing to do but shoot.”

Pollack and fourth-year starter Conor Shears (Bucknell commit) anchor a defense that’s turned Yorktown into a perennial contender in the Virginia Conference 6. The Patriots (2-1) kicked off this season with one-goal wins against Chantilly and Langley — a 9-8 game decided on a double-overtime goal from Paul VI transfer C.J. Stowell (St. Joseph’s) — before losing to defending state champion Robinson, 7-3, on March 19.

“We’re focused on winning championships,” Shears said. “We haven’t won a championship the whole time I’ve been there, so that’s what we’re focused on.”