Hot-Dish Tourney Oct 8-9 looking for team commitments

[SJU Lax Loon]

2006 Hot-Dish Classic Fall Charity Lacrosse Tournament is once agian looking for Boys H.S. and Men's College/Club Teams to commit to participate in this well run fall event for a great cause...

Since the Chicago Shootout is not happining this year we would like to have the men's clubs from all over the Midwest play. We are working with the No. Metro Convention & Visitors Beauru to get great hotel rates and local clubs in downtown Mpls. for post-game entertainment.

Your team is invited to the beautiful Noble Sports Park Complex in Brooklyn Park (20 min north of Minneapolis on Hwy 610) on Fri-Sun., October 6, 7, 8 2006 for a 20 team tournament on six of the Twin City's best maintained grass fields for this 6th annual fall lacrosse charity tournament. (see last year's game schedule below).

The 2006 Hot-Dish Fall-Ball Tournament is a fund raiser for the Americam Cancer Society. I will again feature an 8 team A & B division college bracket, a 4-8 team Boys high school bracket and maybe a new men's club division. The championship games will be arounf 2:20pm on Sun afternoon. The cost will be the same $400 per team and Friday night will feature local A & B men's college games.

We would love to have your team participate. All the details and team registration info are posted on the Tournament button on the http://www.laxloons.com website.

For now send your team contact info (Name, Team, Address, Email, Cell & Hm #) to info@laxloons.com. If you any questions call tournament cooordinator Mark Hellenack at 952-938-2723. Mark will be sending out an email to all interested teams with the tournmanet details in early August.

Here are some of the highlights from the Tournament

THE CAUSE: The Hot-Dish Tournament raised over $3,000 for the American Cancer Society as a portion of our team fee goes to the them. There is no admission fee for games. However, American Cancer Society donations boxes will be will be placed at the gates to the all the fields.

TROPHIES: Huge Hot-Dish Casseroles are mounted on a base and used for the 1st place Trophies in each division and for the Hot-Dish making contest winners.

FRIDAY NIGHT MATCH-UPS: Last year we will had great rivalries to watch on Friday night featuring the U of M vs. the Minneapolis Men's Club and U of St Thomas vs. St John's under the lights at 7pm. We may also feature some HS All-Star teams MN Select vs Elite, etc.

HOT-DISH CONTEST AND EATING: We ask all fans, parents and friends of the game to bring a hot-dish covered casserole to the Saturday night Hot-Dish Judging Contest at 5pm. We would like to have all the player's parents and fans contribute at least four (4) casserole/hot-dishes per team. Your team and Midwestern pride are at stake. Judging starts at 5:30pm and great looking huge casserole dish trophies will be awarded at 6pm to the Hot-dish contest winners in the following categories:

1) Best Chilly Dish (any type of meat and beans, etc, with chilly spice)

2) Best Meat Dish (any kind of meat including chicken, pork, beef, not including chilly dishes)

3) Best Noodles & Cheese

4) Best use of Tater Tots.

PRE-REGISTER YOUR HOT-DISH CASSEROLE ON FRIDAY Oct 7th. You will need to pre-register your Hot-Dish by Friday by calling or emailing Hot-Dish Contest Coordinator - Jon McDowell cell (612) 743-0430, email jon.mcdowell@gmail.com. Let Jon know what you are bringing

ALL YOU CAN EAT HOT-DISH: Come hungry for an All-You-Can- Eat Smorgesborg of hot-dish and pop from 6-7:30pn which will follow the Hotdish Contest for a $5.00 per person donation to the American Cancer Society.

A FASTEST SHOT CONTEST sponsored by Lax Loons for several age levels.

FULL CONCESSIONS will be sponsored by the Andover Area Lacrosse Assoc.

A VENDOR TENT area sponsored by Great Atlantic/Lacrosse.com, DeBeer and other manufacturers and local retailers.

BROTHERS NIGHT CLUB in downtown Minneapolis is being asked to will host a special night for the 21 an over players.

HOTEL RESERVATIONS and Lodging suggestions are being handled by the Minneapolis North Metro Convention & Visitors Brueau. Contact Jenny Heger (Sports Event Mgr) for the best rates from the area hotels at 763.566.7722, toll-free 1.800.541.4364 or via e-mail jenny@visitminneapolisnorth.com

RULES & FORMAT: Each team gets a minimum of three games with 2 ceryified officals per game. Each bracket play a round robin format with two games on Sat and one Sun morning. Games consist of two 25 minute halves. The winning team from each bracket play in the championship (1st & 2nd place game) on Sunday afternoon. The second place teams in each bracket will play for 3-4th place games.

2006 Teams should make their $400 check for the Hot-Dish Tournament payable to the "Minnesota Chapter of US Lacrosse". Send it to the address below. The deadline for checks is Oct 3rd 2006

Hot-Dish Tournament
c/o Mark Hellenack
138 14th Ave. No
Hopkins, MN 55343

Please contact me if you have questions or would like to enter a team or volunteer to help. Mark Hellenack, Tournament Coordinator (952) 938-2723 mhellenack@earthlink.net [/size]

Here is list of teams that participated in the Hot-Dish Tournament in 2005.2005 HOT-DISH BRACKETS
College/Club Division A
UW-Madison A, U of M -Twin Cities, UM-Duluth, UMD-Alumni, Mankato St, Moorehead State, Mpls. Men's LC, and Lakers Men's LC,

College Division B
St John's U, U St Thomas, UW Stout, UW-Eau Clair, UW-Madison B, Carleton, Bethel, and Augustana

Boys HS Division
Osseo HS, Andover Area HS = Andover,
Wayzata/Benilde = Way/BSM

Last Fall's 2005 HOT-DISH GAME SCHEDULE

Saturday's Schedule

Times: 10am 11:30am 1pm 2:30pm 4pm

Field 1...Mankato vs. Mpls Mpls vs. UMD 1 Mankato vs.UW-Mad Osseo vs Andover UMD1 vs.UW-Mad

Field 2...Lakers vs. UMD Alum MHS vs. U of M Lakers vs. MHS UMD Alum vs.U ofM Way/BSMvsAndover

Field 3...Bethel vs. UW Stout SJU vs Bethel UW-Mad B vs.UW Stout No Game SJU vs UW-Mad B

Field 4...UW-EC vs. Carleton August vs. UST UMD Alumni vs. UST Carleton vs. August No Game

5:30pm

Field 1...Osseo vs. Way/BSM



Sunday's Game Schedule

Times: 11am 12:30am 2pm 3:30pm 5pm

Field 1...UW-Mad vs. Mpls Mankato vs. UMD 1 A 3-4th Place Game Boys HS 2 vs 3rd seed HS Champ

Field 2...Lakers vs. UofM MHS vs. UMD Alumni A Championship Game No Game

Field 3...SJU vs. UW Stout UW-Mad B vs. Bethel B 3-4th Place Game

Field 4...Carleton vs. UST UW-EC vs. Augustana B Championship Game

[Sonny]

Is this for 2006 or 2005?

2005 GAME SCHEDULE & BRACKETS...

Here is list of teams participating in the Hot-Dish Tournament college A & B divisions. Each team got a minimum of three games. Each bracket play a round robin format with two games on Sat and one Sun morning. The winning team from each bracket play in the championship (1st & 2nd place game) on Sunday afternoon. The second place team in each bracket will play for 3-4th place.

2005 HOT-DISH BRACKETS
College/Club Division A
UW-Madison A, U of M -Twin Cities, UM-Duluth, UMD-Alumni, Mankato St, Moorehead State, Mpls. Men's LC, and Lakers Men's LC,

College Division B
St John's U, U St Thomas, UW Stout, UW-Eau Clair, UW-Madison B, Carleton, Bethel, and Augustana

[TexOle]

I think that is from last year. I remember doing the Carleton game in full St. Olaf regalia on the day that St. Olaf played Carleton in football. The Carleton guys loved it since they stole a few Oles. In all honesty the Hotdish is a lot of fun. I think we need to see if we can get the Scandanavian schools (especially those with Norwegian heritage) in a tournament and make the loser eat lutefisk. Then again I would finally have a reason to lose.

[Dylan Dickey]

glad you guys caught the 2005 'cause I was pretty bummed when I thought "he's using the same schedule as last year"