Mountain View Lacrosse Club - MVLC

03/05/2024

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08/18/2022

What a beautiful evening to celebrate RYAN ❤️🥍🖤
Thank you to everyone that showed up to support the O’Connell family and come out tonight to play the best game out there. MV had a great showing, as well as all other teams in Central Oregon! Thank you Thump Lacrosse and Tarin for hosting this great Celebration of Life Game.

08/15/2022

Thank Thump Lacrosse for organizing this event to Honor Ryan’s love of the game and help our community heal. ❤️🥍🙏🏻

08/11/2022

This past Saturday Ryan George O’Connell beloved son, sibling and friend to so many was in a drowning accident. He has been at St. Charles with a severe brain injury and passed away last night.

Today the Cougs lacrosse family and many others said goodbye to one of our own at his “Honor Walk” to make his way to Portland in order to donate his organs to bless others.

Many have been praying for Ryan and the O’Connell family. This has been greatly appreciated and felt by all of them. The outpouring of love and support that has been shown is a testament to a community who loves this family dearly.

Ryan impacted every single person he ever knew with his positive, fun loving outlook on life and his willingness to bring all into the fold no matter what. We like to say that he really never had a bad day.

“As a coach many people are interested in what lessons you impart upon your student-athletes. What many people don’t realize is how much you learn and are impacted by the student-athletes you coach.

Ryan overcame immense adversity overcoming a season ending knee injury his junior year. When he returned his senior year, Ryan was that bright light at every practice always ready to get on the field, put in extra work, and compete with his teammates. After every game, win or lose, he would let us know he was so thankful to be competing with his friends and playing lacrosse.

Ryan was absolutely grateful and happy for every opportunity just to be out on the field. Being thankful and grateful for the opportunities in life are lessons Ryan taught and reminded everyone on the team.

While he will be missed, his lessons remain. I’m thankful and honored I had the opportunity to coach such a fine young man and be reminded of some very important lessons. Make the most of each day and be thankful and happy for every opportunity. Thank you Ryan, we love you brother.”– Coach Marut

07/03/2022

So very proud of this young man!!!💪🏻🥍

06/30/2022

I am absolutely filled with gratitude and feel extremely blessed for my opportunity coaching Cougs Lacrosse. What was supposed to happen at the end of the 2021 season, my retirement, was put on hold to ensure we made the transition to a new head coach the best it could be for the student-athletes in the program. While Samantha and I were planning to be on our next journey, we are so happy as we thoroughly enjoyed one more season. Every day I awake thinking I am living a dream!

When I first took the head coach position, I made my mission to “teach leadership and coach lacrosse.” The game provides so many learning opportunities outside of the Xs and Os to help boys along their journey to becoming young men. In the almost 8 years since taking over, we’ve achieved so much together in the Cougs Lacrosse community. Going from a fledgling low number varsity only just past start-up, struggling to win games, to a state championship playoff caliber program with not only high school teams, but also youth teams has been an incredible journey not many get to experience. Many program first have been achieved along the journey!

With that said, while on field success is great, the wins and losses are a dime a dozen. The much more important successes for me came in the form of watching our student-athletes learn the life lessons and seeing so many alumni come back to share how their experience with Cougs lacrosse helped them along their journey post high school. The leadership lessons are invaluable and the positive impact on the student-athletes are extremely significant. My time and energy was well spent helping these boys to become young men. When you’re asked to officiate a wedding of an alumni, you know your doing something right!

The ups, the downs, the challenges, and successes any coach gets the opportunity to experience with their student-athletes is a small microcosm of life. That’s where the learning opportunities exist for all to take advantage of. I’ve learned so much from my time coaching these amazing young people and smile every time I see a part of their journey or reflect on our experiences together. I look forward to continuing to stay in contact with the many I have had the privilege of sharing this journey with; student-athletes, alumni, their families, and our amazing assistant coaches.

Samantha and I have met so many great people, many who have become great friends. We thank everyone of you for making this opportunity possible, allowing us to become part of your lives for a brief moment in time and share in the experience with your family. It was an honor and my pleasure to coach your boys and teach the ever-important life lessons.

Lastly but first in my heart, I’d like to say thank you to my amazing wife, Samantha. I am forever grateful for her love and support. Like many coaches’ spouses, she knows what goes on behind the scenes. The extreme highs and lows, she has been my rock every step of the way and I would not have been able to do it without her unwavering support. Our next journey awaits us and as we take the next step, we are better people for sharing this incredible journey with you.

With gratitude and a blessed heart, thank you!

To all my boys and young men, I’m taking the $20 bill !!!

GO COUGS!!!

Coach Marut

06/19/2022

Happy Father’s Day to all the lacrosse dads out there supporting their student-athletes everyday! 💪🏻🥍

06/15/2022

As a coach, you can see the small impacts you have on those you teach when they are on the field of play. Years later, the greater impact is seen in their lives.

You know for sure you are doing something right in your program, beyond Xs and Os, when a former player asks you to officiate his wedding! This was a first for me and I was absolutely honored to this for Holden and Kaylene. An amazing couple on a grand journey! A very special occasion and lots for fun to see so many Cougs Lacrosse Alumni and their families’ celebrating together! Extremely grateful for the opportunity as it’s something I will never forget. - Coach Marut .oates17 tshaw

06/10/2022

My young men graduated today and I couldn’t be more proud of them!! They now enter the realm of Cougs Lacrosse alumni legends. I’m excited for their futures’ and look forward to watching them continue their journey as leaders in the world!💪🏻🥍

06/08/2022

Gotta love when you meet alumni legend and he’s just as pumped as when he was competing on the field with you! The Cougs Lax family bond is strong 💪🏻🥍and seeing these young men along their journey is a special treat!

06/05/2022

That feeling you get when playing in an All-Star game!! represented BIG time💪🏻🥍. Shout out to for absolutely crushing it 🔥and throwing down Gs from all angles! HUGE thank for to for hosting the Central Oregon All-Star game and growing the game!