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Re: SB Lacrosse 2016 Season
« Reply #30 on: January 13, 2016, 11:49:47 am »
the easty family should be very proud!!!  rogers too!

http://www.insidelacrosse.com/article/the-next-great-canadian-duos/33629

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Brody Eastwood, Sr., A and Challen Rogers, Sr., M

Brody Eastwood (Victoria, B.C.) does essentially one thing on the lacrosse field: he gets open, catches and finishes with his left hand. During the 2015 season, he only scored three unassisted goals, tallied just six assists and recorded only 11 turnovers, but still managed do more than his part to fill up the stat sheet by scoring 59 assisted goals — nine more than any other player. 
Though the variety of Eastwood’s game might be limited, it is difficult to understate the prolific rate and astounding efficiency at which he manages to do what he does best. On his way to a 62-goal season in 2015, opposing goalies only saved 14 of his shots and only 21 of them were off target (and three of those hit the post). The combination of putting more than 78% of his shots on goal and having goalies save less than 19% of them means that Eastwood was the most efficient shooter in all of DI lacrosse. His career total of 146 goals in just 50 games puts Zach Greer’s DI career mark of 206 within reach, and the rate of 2.92 goals per game would have him in a tie for the 21st best career average of all time.

The primary beneficiary of Eastwood’s finishing ability in 2015 was Mike Rooney, who accumulated 30 assists feeding the ball to Eastwood. One of the players tied for second on the team with eight assists to Eastwood is another Canadian: midfielder Challen Rogers (Coquitlam, B.C.).

Those that don’t pay attention to the box game might to surprised to learn that Rogers is actually one of indoor’s top defenders. Big, fast and athletic at 6-4, 220 lbs., he makes such an impact on the defensive end that he was not only named the top defender in the British Columbia Junior A Lacrosse League, but also was named the league's MVP. He has the talent to merit consideration as a first-round pick in the 2016 NLL draft.

Given his size and position, the natural comparisons are to either Myles Jones or Sergio Perkovic. Rogers is less of a ball-dominant creator than Jones, and while he is a good step-down shooter, he lacks Perkovic’s overpowering cannon. In short, Rogers is probably best described as a more, well, Canadian version. While he can certainly use his physical abilities as a dodger, he also excels as a cutter off-ball with the stick skills to finish inside.



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