Panther City Lacrosse Club opens 2nd season at Dickies Arena

FORT WORTH, Texas — Panther City Lacrosse Club opens up its second season within the National Lacrosse League (NLL) on Friday night time towards the Las Vegas Desert Dogs.

The staff will play its house video games at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth and is the primary skilled indoor lacrosse staff, also referred to as “box lacrosse,” in Texas.

Panther City is about to play an 18-game common season, cut up evenly between house and away. For a glance at the complete schedule, click on right here.

Panther City Lacrosse Club introduced its roster in late November. Here is a breakdown: 

• Goalies: Nick Damude and Cam MacLeod
• Defense: Liam Byrnes, Chad Cummings, Patrick Foley, Matt Hossack, Josh Medeiros, Brooker Muir, Liam Patten, Connor Sellars and Nate Wade
• Transition: Tyler Burton and Tony Malcom
• Forward: Phil Caputo, Patrick Dodds, Jonathan Donville, Dean Fairall, Nathan Grenon, Will Malcom, Evan Messenger, Cam Milligan and Cam Wengreniuk

At every of the 9 house video games this season, Panther City Lacrosse Club will honor its “community champions”: 

• Dec. 9 – Meals on Wheels: Meals On Wheels, Inc. of Tarrant County began in 1973 as a collaboration between 11 faith-based organizations in downtown Fort Worth to carry meals to the aged. Approximately 1.4 million meals per yr are ready and delivered in Tarrant County.
• Dec. 17 – A Wish With Wings: Founded in 1982, a Wish with Wings was Texas’ first wish-granting company and has granted the needs of over 1,700 Texas kids who’ve life-threatening medical circumstances.
• Feb. 11 – Boys & Girls Club of Tarrant County: Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Tarrant County is dedicated to being the premier youth improvement program in our neighborhood, a low-cost or free useful resource obtainable to all, offering a secure and welcoming surroundings.
• Feb. 18 – Inter-Tribal Council of AT&T Employees: Focuses on creating widespread curiosity Native American group open to all workers, lively and retired, dedicated to the cultural improvement, profession development, schooling, understanding and the overall well-being of all workers and extra particularly Native Americans.
• March 4 – Fort Worth Library System: Featuring 18 branches all through Fort Worth, the Fort Worth Library is dedicated to constructing a neighborhood of learners and desires and partnered with Panther City beforehand to supply lacrosse kits obtainable for take a look at.
• March 18 – One Safe Place: A complete crime prevention company dedicated to stopping crime and violence in Tarrant County’s neighborhoods, faculties, and houses. They’re a frontrunner in constructing a safer neighborhood and overcoming the affect of violence by means of dynamic and sustained partnerships. Together they can assist make our neighborhood safer for all. 
• March 24 – Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas (Fort Worth Chapter): Seeks the development of girls in company, public and civic life. HWNT seeks to advance the academic, cultural, social, authorized, and financial well-being of all girls by means of a broader consciousness of their position in society, enterprise, and household – Fort Worth is the most important chapter in Texas with over 200 members.
• April 1 – Cancer Care Services: Supports most cancers sufferers, cares for caregivers, and empowers survivors to cut back the affect of most cancers in Tarrant County
• April 21 – United Way: United Way of Tarrant County dates again to 1922, when a bunch of Fort Worth neighborhood leaders gathered to consolidate the fundraising efforts of a number of native charities and continues to now present management and harness assets to unravel Tarrant County’s hardest social challenges.

You can observe the Panther City Lacrosse Club on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. For tickets to Panther City video games, click here.