Condolences to the Swezey Family

Christian Swezey, arguably the best lacrosse reporter anywhere and all-around good guy, lost his father last week. Our thoughts and prayers to his family.

No Jail Time For Hobart Player's Death

The teammates who supplied alcohol to an underage Hobart lacrosse player will not face jail time in connection with his death:

Facing up to a year in prison, two former students at a college in upstate New York were instead sentenced to community service yesterday for providing alcohol at an off-campus party where a classmate from New Jersey died.

Summit resident Warren Kimber IV, 20, who had been a sophomore at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in the Finger Lakes region, drank a staggering amount of alcohol in the hours before his death on Jan. 31, an autopsy found.

Kimber's blood alcohol level was .29 percent, more than 31/2 times the legal limit to drive. He also had the painkiller oxycodone in his system. It was the combination of drugs and alcohol that killed him, a medical examiner ruled.

Bradley Hester, 22, of Cumberland, R.I., and Matthew Smalley, 23, of Woodbridge, Va., pleaded guilty in May to a misdemeanor charge of providing alcohol to a person under 21. All three students were members of the varsity lacrosse team.

Yesterday, a judge in Geneva City, N.Y., ordered Hester and Smalley to spend 50 hours educating children about the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse. They also must undergo a drug and alcohol evaluation and follow any recommendations issued after the assessment.

Read the rest here.

R.I.P. Peter Kohn (Updated)

Very sad news today in the lacrosse world as we hear of the passing of Peter Kohn. Inside Lacrosse has a report here. He was a legend in lacrosse and was featured in one of the best movies ever made.

If you haven't seen Keeper of the Kohn, you should. It is outstanding.

Updates: Lacrosse Magazine starts to give him his due. More here.

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