Back-To-Back Barrels Back in The Prize League
In two seasons, the Barrels Lacrosse Club has racked up two titles and $4,500 in prize money, dominating the Sixes Prize League in its opening year.
Their success, in large part, is due to all of them playing together most weekends out of the year. Whether it’s box, field or Sixes lacrosse, the Barrels “play anyone, anytime, anywhere,” Barrel player Tim Schreiber said.
Ben Tackett with Barrles Lacrosse Club SPL Draft #1 Overall Pick Michael Nelson
Teams who develop their skill along with their interpersonal chemistry are a welcome site in The Prize League. The Barrels travel to tournaments, support each other’s businesses and drink together. That bond is tough to stop on the field once the Barrels roll.
The Sixes Prize League is unique for the team because it’s an opportunity for the Barrels to compete against each other, as they always enter the league with two teams and two chances for the club to win the prize money. A proven formula, the Barrels enter Season 3 as “Barrels Prep” and “Barrels Public,” teams divided by their academic backgrounds for those who went to public school and those who went to private school.
On October 29, the Barrels held the third consecutive Barrels Lacrosse Club SPL Draft. Captain of Barrels Prep, Ben Tackett, selected two-time SPL champion and 100-point scorer Michael Nelson first overall. Tackett and Nelson will lead the Prep squad against good competition this season, assisted by their second-round pick, Connor Brumfield.
Brumfield led the Division III stalwart Ithaca Bombers. He is a legend of the Liberty League, being named the Liberty League Rookie of The Year in 2018 and a four-time All-Liberty League Second Team member. Each year on campus, he was a top-five-point scorer for the Bombers.
Tackett and Brumfield were Liberty League combatants only for a year in 2018. Tackett’s RIT Tigers handled Brumfield’s Bombers 23-3 on the way to their second Final Four appearance in two years, First Team All-Liberty League honors and a USILA Honorable Mention All-American selection for Tackett. Between the two of them, Brumfield and Tacket have 227 collegiate points.
See if the Barrels and Barrels Public can keep the mojo running for a three-peat. Watch the Sixes Prize League this Fall. You can watch the games live on Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Roku, and SixesPrizeLeague.com via the Boxcast streaming app. Three SPL games this season also air on cable TV on The CW via 22 The Point, the regional station in Pittsburgh that carries The CW.