Down The Alley

Down The Alley

P-Mac, Ted, and Katie bring you "Down the Alley" podcast. We are thrilled to be able to talk Lacrosse with you each and every week. We will dive into specifically into Minnesota High School Lacrosse, Club Lacrosse (we run 36 Lacrosse and Team36) as well as sports business in general.

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June 13, 2025 72 mins

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Well, we are down to 4 teams remaining.  2 Boys.  2 Girls.  Winners of Saturday's contest are crowned 2025 CHAMPS!! What a run we had this year and it's shaping up to a fantastic championship saturday.  


In this episode we talk about some big news for MN lacrosse, learn about all the conversations PMAC has been having this week, break down the quarterfinal and semifinal games and preview the state finals...

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Well, hard to believe we are in the final week.  Congrats to all the teams who punched their ticket and won their section... we breakdown the section winners, talk about our potential state seeding and pick who we think will win state in 2025

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May 26, 2025 85 mins

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In this episode we have an instant reaction to the section tournament brackets and some quick thoughts on what we expect over the next few weeks.  Lots of good matchups and potential matchups on tap as the journey to state begins!  Good luck to all the teams 

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Feels like yesterday we were kicking off the first week of games.  Now we are previewing the final week of the regular season.  Conference titles on the line.  Section seeding implications.  Really no clarity whatsoever, this year continues to be wide open as ever.

Plus, pmac might be smoking a brisket this weekend!

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In this episode we have coach Varhol (Stillwater) and Coach Joe Bear (BSM) on to preview the big boys matchup on Thursday between the Ponies and the Red Knights.  We talk about some teams climbing the rankings and some teams that have some of their bigger coming at the end of the regular season 

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Lots of wild scores this week and another upcoming week of great matchups.  Edina boys and PL girls have solidified their status as the front runners - but, the mighty middle continues to get bigger and bigger.  Could be in store for a crazy month of MAY MADNESS 

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Week 3 was awesome, we had some big matchups, some crazy scores and maybe even some more upsets? Depends who you ask.  But... Nonetheless, some teams are popping up on the radar

LaxNumbers has their first live ranking of the year.  Some interesting disparity between the voting polls

Some more upsets on the girls side.  The Wayzata Trojans might be a top 5 team.

And... like it or not, we are in a tornado watch... the Anok...

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In this episode we catch up with Scott Stark, the head coach of Maryville University and Prior Lake/Minn-Duluth alum.  He gives us a quick inside look at his program, what players can expect at the collegiate level and talks about his new showcase event starting in MN this summer - the MN Lacrosse Showcase (mnlacrosseshowcase.com)

This will be a great opportunity for MN players to get a recruiting look and should be on...

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In this episode we look back at the first week of games, talk about what we think were some early season upsets, teams to watch and at the end shout out a big concession update coming out of Orono that we got from a listener

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April 11, 2025 65 mins

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Games kicked off this week with a huge slate of awesome matchups coming this weekend.  We talk about early opening night scores coming in as well as preview the games this weekend.  Happy Laxin'! 

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Well, we finally made it.  The 2025 season is here!  Every team is 0-0, clean slate, filled with hope.  The road to the state tournament has begun!


In this episode we have a special guest giving us his pre-season concession rankings, we talk about some of the initiatives being worked on by the boys coaches association and preview a couple of the interesting matchups for opening night (4/10).

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Last, but not least, we have section 8.  The final section breakdown before we head into the 2025 season.  With us, we have the whole Moorhead contingent, Logan & Alex from the boys program and Briann from the girls program.  They give us the run down of section 8 and life as a lax coach in Moorhead!


00:11:13 Boys Breakdown with Logan/Alex

00:56:17 Girls Breakdown with Briann

01:35:00 Predictions & Conclusio...

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This week we dive into Section 7 with Jon Beach, who works with the Blaine Boys program and Brent Eaton, Head Coach of Chisago Lakes Girls Lacrosse.  Both coaches share valuable insights on section 7, a section that stretches far and wide in the state of Minnesota - and definitely has a handful of teams we personally don't get to see a ton of.  

00:08:00 - Boys Breakdown with Coach Beach

00:49:00 - Boys P...

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This week we dive into Section 6 with Lance Kuehn of the Rosemount Boys and Heather Pierson of Prior Lake Girls.  Two coaches that have not only been at the helm of their respective teams for many years but are influential in Minnesota Lacrosse as a whole.  Both coaches do extensive work in their youth organizations and the Minnesota Lacrosse Coaches Association's

00:01:24 - Boys Breakdown with Lance Kue...

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Breaking down Section 5 this week.  A section that has been extremely competitive in recent years with tons of success at the state tournament.   In this episode we talk to guest coaches Brandon Carlson of Wayzata Boys and Jeff Johnson of Champlin Park Girls

They give us a nice breakdown on section 5 and a little more insight on what their teams are looking like in 2025

0:11:06 - Boys Breakdown with ...

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The halfway point of the section deep dives with Section 4.  In this episode we talk to guest coaches from Hill-Murray, Merek Regan and Theresa Hanson!

They give us a nice breakdown on section 4 and a little more insight on what the boys and girls Pioneer's will look like for 2025.

0:05:09 - Boys Breakdown with Merek Regan
0:33:38 - Girls Breakdown with Theresa Hanson
1:10:59 - Girls Pre...

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Moving on to the People's Section, Section 3 w/ guest coaches Brian Willson (Hastings Boys Lacrosse) and Jeff Rosga (Cretin - Derham Hall Girls Lacrosse)

Brian and Jeff give us an inside look at Section 3 and their thoughts as we look ahead to the spring season.

0:01:20 - Boys Breakdown with Brian
0:50:20 - Girls Breakdown with Jeff Rosga
1:24:18 - Girls Predictions
1:28:32 - Boys Pr...

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This week we tackle the breakdown of Section 2 with Minnetonka Lacrosse -  Garrett Brunsvold for the boys and Chandler Dezellar & Anna Rydeen for the girls. 


Garrett, Chandler and Anna give us an inside look at Section 2 and how they think things might shake out for 2025.


5:55 - Boys Breakdown with Garrett

1:19:00 - Girls Breakdown with Chandler & Anna

1:33:00 - Girls Predictions

1:37:55 - BIG ANNOUNCEMEN...

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We are finally here!  The road to the 2025 High School season begins this week with our first section deep dive - Section 1

To help us, we brought in Farmington High School Girls and Boys coaches, Brooke Rutherford and Mitch Grengs to give us the inside scoop on section 1 for the upcoming season.

Brooke and Mitch not only coach in section 1, but, both played in section 1 growing up.  They have seen t...

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In this episode, we have Charlie Hayes, the head coach of University of Detroit-Mercy and former teammate of P-Mac.  We discuss his new role as head coach of the program but also dive into his professional playing career in the PLL with the Philadelphia Waterdogs.

We also dive into some of the favorite stories and traditions with special guest Mike Turnbull from all of their playing days at Detroit Mercy
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