POW5R SPORTS LEAGUE
WTX LAX
West Texas Lacrosse, Inc. is a non-profit organization registered in the State of Texas with 501(c)(3) status. We encourage fitness through the sport of lacrosse and have big dreams to see lacrosse spread throughout West Texas to all ages of boys and girls. The program is in the early stages of league development and we will expand age groups in the near future as more families participate. We follow the guidelines of USA Lacrosse and require all participants to be current USA Lacrosse members.
Lacrosse is one of the fastest growing team sports in Texas. West Texans now have the opportunity to experience lacrosse as an exciting springtime sport. Lacrosse is a very physical game known as “The Fastest Game on Two Feet” and our intentions are to establish a foundation from which a healthy program can grow and enrich the quality of life in our part of the Lone Star State.
Our organization is managed by a Board of Directors and numerous volunteers to assist with the administrative and organizational duties. Our nonprofit lacrosse club depends on financial support from our lacrosse families, friends and corporate sponsors to help us develop a program that will eventually be among the elite in Texas.
How It Started
West Texas Lacrosse (WTL) began in Spring 2014 with learn-to-play clinics to expose the sport to West Texas youth. We had an incredible response to the clinics that exceeded our expectations. This led us to bring in the Texas Tech Lacrosse Club to help coach the kids and bring more attention to the sport. We will continue hosting the learn-to-play clinics in order to provide new young players the opportunity to build skills and meet area players and coaches. Over the past few years, our youth teams have been able to participate in tournaments in Albuquerque, NM and we plan to build a competitive youth program for our younger players.
In 2022, WTL formed a new high school club team- the “Wildcatters”- and is now actively competing in the Texas High School Lacrosse League. The team is open to all high school players in Midland/Odessa and is coached by an experienced group of former college lacrosse players. As the sport grows at the high school level, we seek to establish more area teams to provide competitive play opportunities for all.
2024 Roster
#11
Kelton
Anderson
9th Grade
Legacy Freshman High School
#99
James
Ashdown
8th Grade
Midland Academy Charter
#22
Colt
Berry
9th Grade
Legacy Freshman High School
#45
Colin
Berry
12th Grade
Legacy High School
n/a
Kylar
Childers
8th Grade
Abell Junior High
#9
Cutter
Clark
12th Grade
Legacy High School
#7
Rex
Heller
12th Grade
Legacy High School
#25
Charlie
Heller
10th Grade
Legacy High School
#40
Carter
Hubbard
12th Grade
Midland High School
#72
Hayden
Johnson
12th Grade
Legacy High School
#21
Tripp
Kelley
8th Grade
Abell Junior High
#13
Ian
Larson
11th Grade
Legacy High School
#3
Joseph
Larson
n/a
n/a
#1
Mike
Mead
12th Grade
Legacy High School
#88
Sam
Mojica-Castillo
12th Grade
Legacy High School
#15
Tyler
Montes
12th Grade
Legacy High School
#44
Micah
Mourik
12th Grade
Legacy High School
#27
Victor
Ochoa
12th Grade
Legacy High School
#13
John
Webster
11th Grade
Legacy High School
Coaches
William C. Klingensmith IV
Face off Midfielder Lacrosse
Kent Denver High School varsity 3 years Colorado State Champions 1991, 1992 and runner up 1993 Colgate Club team 1994 to 1997
Joesan Gabarda
Face off Midfielder/LSM Lacrosse
St Hugo of the Hills Catholic School State Champions 1988 Bishop Foley High School Team Captain Northwood University Division 2 Team Captain
Joshua Oakley
Attack Lacrosse
2 years box lacrosse 1994,1995, 4 years Riffel Flinstones high school 1996-2000, league MVP 2000, All province team 4 years, bronze medal in 1999, Silver medal 2000 in Western Canada Nationals on team Saskatchewan 1 year 21 and under Saskatoon Smash box lacrosse, first team provincial All-Star, Rogers cup participant 2002 with team Saskatchewan 6 years box lacrosse in Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League in Calgary Alberta with Calgary Mountaineers 2003-2009, Canada
Daniel Hayward
Klein High club lacrosse 1999-2000 Texas A&M - Corpus Christi - 2000-2004 founder, treasurer, VP, captain, L.O.W. GCLA all star team 2003, 2004 Team Crankshots - 2004 - Played with D1 Navy team at GCLA invitational- won 1st Dirty Birds Lax - corpus club 2004-2011- 3 peat champs in GCLA Lone Star Lacrosse - 2011-2015
Dom DiBiaggio
Union (PA) High School, 4 year letterman, 1x all league Midfielder Texas A&M club lacrosse 2x all league defensive midfielder
Matt Pardee
Coach Pardee started playing Lacrosse in 2003 as a Freshman at Gloucester High School in his hometown of Gloucester Massachusetts [MIAA District 5 North East Conference]. He played Junior Varsity in his first year while learning to play. Sophomore to Senior year he was starting Varsity, playing Close Defense and Long Stick Midfield. His senior year he was nominated and voted by the conference coaches committee to the 1st Team All-Conference team and subsequently chosen as Captain. After High School, Coach Pardee was recruited to play Defense and LSM for the Salem State University Vikings [NCAA Division 3 Little East Conference] where he graduated with a degree in Geology and was recognized as Defensive Player of the Year by his team in the 2009 and 2011 seasons, while having started all regular-season games from 2008 to 2012; he was unable to play in the 2010 season. After finishing his degree program and graduating, the Oil and Gas industry took him to Oklahoma City from 2014 to 2020 where he worked for Chesapeake Energy and worked on his Master in Geophysics at Oklahoma State University. While in OKC his LAX was limited to yearly Alumni Week scrimmages against the current players at his Alma Mater, weekend summer league tournaments with his old teammates and he volunteered with the Edmond Huskies Club Lacrosse team in 2017 as a Defensive Coach. Matthew moved to Midland in late 2020 where he lives with his wife Kaitlyn, their 3 dogs and is the Geologist for PBEX Resources. He sees West Texas Wildcatter Lacrosse as an amazing opportunity to share his love of the game, his passion for competition and the great importance that teamwork and dedication to self-improvement have on the development of young men and women. The future of this sport in Texas and New Mexico looks incredibly promising and he looks forward to doing all he can to see it flourish in years to come.
