Despite school holiday, Jupiter High clinic draws good crowd

By Mike English

TC Palm

Palm Beach County schools took Monday off to celebrate President's Day, but dozens of young lacrosse players turned up at Jupiter High School for lessons anyway.

The Jupiter High boys and girls lacrosse teams sponsored a one-day clinic at the idle campus for players from first through eighth grades.

The camp drew 18 girls and 38 boys, and on the boy's side most of them currently are enrolled in the JTAA or Palm Beach Gardens youth lacrosse programs.

"This was a great turnout for our first time," JHS boys coach Don Blumenthal said. "I would say three quarters of them have played in the JTAA. Only about seven or eight of them have never played before."

On the girls side, 18 young campers turned out, said JHS girls coach Sarah Burlingame.

"Only about half of the girls are involved in the JTAA program," Burlingame said.

For some, it was the first time they have touched a stick.

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