Owyhee
Lacrosse
Four seasons old. Last spring we posted the program's first winning record and played in the state semifinal. Varsity and JV, March through May — no experience required.
Our mission
Students first,
athletes second
The Owyhee Lacrosse Club Corporation is dedicated to organizing, developing and promoting the sport of lacrosse within the Owyhee High School community, while fielding a competitive team at the high school level.
We honour the game by instilling sportsmanship and integrity, in an environment that places team accomplishment above personal achievement. We develop leaders through scholastic achievement, athletic endeavour and community service.
Fielding a competitive team
- 2023 1–10 First season on the field
- 2024 0–7 A winless year. Nobody quit.
- 2025 5–6 Goal differential from −56 to −7
- 2026 6–5 First winning season. State semifinal.
How that works in practice
We carry two rosters so new players get real minutes instead of a bench. JV is not a holding pen — it is where most of our varsity came from, usually within a season or two. Team accomplishment over personal achievement is not a slogan here; it is the only way a program this young gets competitive.
Two seasons a year: a developmental fall season, practicing 4:30–6pm Tuesdays and Thursdays from August 18 through October, and the competitive spring season from March to May. Spring is the real season — the one where the schedule counts, played on Owyhee High School's own football field. Fall keeps costs down and stays out of the football team's way on that same field by playing elsewhere; it's built for newer players finding their feet. League play across the Treasure Valley is run by the South West Idaho Lacrosse Association.
Lacrosse is not a school-sanctioned sport in Idaho, so the Storm is a club team. No district budget, no taxpayer dollars, no line item anywhere. The program runs entirely on registration fees, sponsors, and parents who show up.
Schedule
Where to
find us
Fall home games are at Sawtooth Middle School, 5:30pm. The one road trip is to Mountain View, at Gordon Harris Park — also 5:30pm. Fall 2026 runs August 18 through October 31.
Also this fall
Fundraiser
Potato fundraiser
50-lb boxes of Idaho russets, $40. Order by Nov 1, pick up Nov 7. →
Community
Sawtooth field clean-up
Rebuilt the long jump runway and pit, repainted the staff lot. See the photos →
Community
Soup kitchen
Volunteering with the City of Meridian's soup kitchen.
Giving back
A Saturday at
Sawtooth Middle School
In September the team spent a morning at Sawtooth Middle School — digging out and rebuilding the long jump runway and pit, and repainting the staff parking spaces. It's the same ground the Storm plays on: every home game this fall is at Sawtooth. The school lends the field, so the team turned up and put a Saturday into it.
Play for the Storm
Four steps
to the field
Registration runs through USA Lacrosse, the national governing body. It takes about twenty minutes total, and the only thing you cannot borrow from us is the membership itself.
Fall 2026 is open now through August 31, $295. Practice runs 4:30–6pm Tuesdays and Thursdays, August 18 through October — the low-intensity developmental season, and the easiest place to start.
- Get a USA Lacrosse membership and verify your player's age.
- Register with the Owyhee Storm club and pay season fees.
- Clear the school's athletic paperwork and physical.
- Get geared up, then show up to the first practice.
Gear
You don't have to buy a helmet
The biggest cost of starting lacrosse is the helmet, so we took it off the table. The club buys them and loans them to players — red chrome for varsity, white for JV. Earn one, wear one.
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6/7
Red chrome left
Varsity -
4/7
White left
JV
2 of 12 already claimed. Register early if you need one.
Sponsorship
Put your name
on this team
Fall 2026 registration is open right now, and new players are joining who'll need loaner gear and coaching before their first practice. This team gets no taxpayer money, so every dollar a sponsor puts in is a dollar a family doesn't. Sponsorship starts at $500, it is tax-deductible through the club's 501(c)(3), and it is the reason a player who cannot cover the registration fee still gets a season.
Every sponsorship is tax-deductible. The Owyhee Lacrosse Club is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, EIN 92-0339321 — keep this for your records at tax time.
Bronze
$500
- Business listing and logo on the Owyhee lacrosse website
- Mention in a social media thank-you post
Silver
$1,000
- Business listing and logo on the website
- Sponsor logo on the Owyhee Lacrosse sponsor banner at the main field, all spring season
- Mention in a social media thank-you post
Gold
$1,500
- Business listing and logo on the website
- Logo on the back of the team shooter shirts
- Yard sign or banner along the field
- Recognition in game day announcements
- Social media highlight post with sponsor spotlight
Platinum
$3,000
- Logo on the back of the team shooter shirts
- Top-tier placement on the website with a clickable link
- Large logo on the stadium banner
- Business name in all league-wide email communications
- Advertisement on the scoreboard during halftime
- Monthly dedicated social media post thanking you as a Platinum sponsor
Where the money goes
Lacrosse is not school-sanctioned, so the Storm receives no taxpayer funding and no district budget. Not a dollar. Everything below is paid for by families, sponsors and donors.
Including, to most people's surprise, the field. We wear the Owyhee name and we still rent Owyhee High School's own football field for the spring season — and pay for the lights on top of that.
- Field time and lights. Rental on the Owyhee High School football field for spring practices and home games, plus the lights for anything that runs past dusk.
- Officials. Certified refs for every game, every season.
- Equipment. Uniforms, balls, and the 14 loaner helmets that let a new player start without buying gear.
- Player development. The coaching and practice hours that turned a winless season into a state semifinal run.
- Scholarship opportunities. Fees and loaner equipment for players who would otherwise sit the season out.
Club treasurer
Talk to Ellie
Ellie Richey handles every sponsorship — any tier, the full packet in writing if you want to see it before you commit, or in-kind support instead of a check: printing, field equipment, meals on game day, a trade skill, all of it counts. Tell her what you have in mind and she will take it from there.
Goes straight to the club treasurer.
Donate
No kid sits out
over a fee
Fall 2026 registration is open right now, and new players are signing up every week — each one needs a helmet before their first practice on August 18. The club owns 14 total, 7 red for varsity and 7 white for JV, and 4 are already claimed — that's the entire supply until donations grow it. Every gift goes straight into the helmet and equipment rental program, the loaner gear that lets a new player start without buying anything first. It gets a kid on the field this season, and it stays in the program for every season after.
Every donation is tax-deductible. The Owyhee Lacrosse Club is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, EIN 92-0339321.
What a gift does
100% goes to the club · Zeffy
Prefer to mail a check? Make it payable to Owyhee Lacrosse Club Corporation and send it to the club's mailing address — or email Ellie and she'll help.