History of Lacrosse In WV

1971 - West Virginia University Lacrosse Club formed in January and playing the first game in the state Mar. 24, 1971
1974 - Bethany College started their men's club team. They also had a women's team at one time. Dates unknown.
1978 - Morgantown Lacrosse Club formed. a.k.a Redbeards. It lasted until the fall of 1987.
1979 - Wheeling College had a club team from 1979 to 1999 until they became an NCAA D2 Varsity in the fall of 1999
1980's - West Virginia University fielded a women's club team off and on in the 80's and 90's.
1990's - West Virginia Wesleyan attempted to start a men's varsity program in the early 90's, but ended up with a club team for a few years
1995 - Morgantown Cougars, a combined team from Morgantown & University High competed in the WPSLA through the 1997 season.
1998 - Morgantown High and University High started fielding boys and girls teams in the spring of 1998
1999 - Wheeling Jesuit University fielded an NCAA D2 Varsity in the fall of 1999
1999 - Shepherd College formed men's lacrosse club and joined the NCLL in the fall. They have had a team off and on to the present.
2002 - Concord College formed men's lacrosse club and joined the NCLL in December. They had a team for the 2003 season.
2003 - Marshall University formed men's lacrosse club and joined the NCLL in January. They continue to the present day.
2003 - Wheeling Jesuit's Varsity finished up the season ranked 10th in the nation in D2
2005 - Fairmont Senior High started fielding boys and girls teams
2006 - Charleston YMCA awarded an equipment grant from US Lacrosse to establish a Charleston area youth lacrosse league sponsored by the YMCA.
2006 - Morgantown Area Middle School lacrosse programs started for both boys and girls.
2006 - Da Lazy Lizards men's team was formed in Morgantown and continues to the present.
2006 - Linsly, Wheeling Central, and Wheeling Park were admitted to the Western Pennsylvania Scholastic Lacrosse Association (WPSLA) as associate members
2007 - Saint Albans High School started fielding boys team in the spring of 2007.
2007 - Morgantown Area MS boys team split into two teams feeding their respective high schools, Morgantown Middle and University Middle.
2007 - Morgantown Area girls middle school team began competing against western Pennsylvania programs.
2007 - Bridgeport started organizing to field a boys team for the 2008 season.
2007 - The West Virginia Scholastic Lacrosse Lacrosse Association (WVSLA) held it's organizational meeting at University High in September.
2008.- Buckhannon-Upshur High School started fielding boys and girls teams
2008 - George Washington High School started fielding a boys team.
2008 - Wheeling Park High School started fielding a girls team.
2008 - The WVSLA sponsored the first state championships in boys and girls lacrosse.
2008 - Shepherd University announced that they would add women's lacrosse as a varsity sport in the fall of 2009 to compete in 2010.
2008 - Herbert Hoover High School started organizing to field a boys team in the spring of 2009
2009 - West Virginia Wesleyan College announced that they would add women's lacrosse as a varsity sport in the fall of 2010
2009 - George Washington High School started fielding a girls team.
2009 - Capital High School started organizing to field a boys team in the spring of 2010
2009 - Herbert Hoover High School started organizing to field a girls team for the spring of 2010
2009 - West Virginia Chapter of US Lacrosse incorporated in the state September 30
2009 - Greenbrier East High School started organizing a boys team