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Nick Sherman and Will Danielson Are Reaping The Benefits of Their Fellow Palisadian's Vision

August 17, 2006

Sue Pascoe , Post Contributor

Charlie Meister has an intense love of lacrosse. His infectious enthusiasm for the sport inspired him to organize the Los Angeles Lacrosse League six years ago and has watched it grow ever since.

"Lacrosse still inspires me to be something better than I am today and I hope the boys and girls we introduce the game of lacrosse to through the LALL will be inspired to be one day better than they are."

If any two local players have benefited from the LALL, it is recent high school graduates Nick Sherman and Will Danielson.

"If you took the best part of all the sports and put them into one, it would be lacrosse," Sherman says. Sherman and Danielson were both part of a team that started in sixth grade when Meister took a chance and introduced the sport to the Palisades in 2000. Since then, its popularity has sky-rocketed both locally and throughout the Southland.

"Lacrosse still inspires me to be something better than I am today," Meister says. "I hope the boys and girls we introduce the game of lacrosse to through the LALL will be inspired to one day be better than they are."