PBLA Announcement

The Challenge Series will take place February 25 in Elmira NY.

February 25 doubleheader

Syracuse Spark vs Jim Thrope All-Americans 5 PM ET
Elmira Renegades vs Binghamton Bombers 8 PM ET

Players Invitational  March 18 and March 19 tentative

We would still love to know where the money is coming from to fund the entire operation.

PBLA coming back maybe

So according to back of the bird (what kind of handle is that? Do we even what to know? ) and Dan Arestia

The PBLA is coming back with the JIm Thrope Challenge and the Player Invitational.

No official word from the PBLA as of yet.

The Jim Thorpe Challenge has double headers February 25, March 3, March 10, and March 31. All in Elmira.

The Player’s Invitational will feature three weekends. March 18/19, April 7/8, April 21/22.

PBLA Inaugural Game

Update 10:10 PM ET  Jim Thorpe defeated Syracuse 15-12 tonight. Overall pretty decent game given the talent level.

 

The Jim Thorpe All Americans take on the Syracuse Sparks tonight in the inaugural PBLA game.

Game time is set for 7:00 PM ET and here are the rosters for the Americans and the Sparks

Face off is set for just after 7:00 PM ET and you can watch all the action from this link. (If the stream works fingers crossed.)

 

PBLA announces cities

The Professional Box Lacrosse Association today announced seven cities for the inaugural  PBLA season.

  • Binghamton, New York
  • Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Elmira, New York
  • Hampton Roads (Virginia)
  • New England (Manchester, Springfield)
  • Syracuse, New York
  • Trenton, New Jersey

However, the PBLA did NOT announce the seven Home Arenas for each individual teams today.