In 1972, the UA High School Lacrosse Club started with volunteer coach Jeff Johnson, an OSU player. UA teacher Lee Spitzer took over as UAHS coach from 1974 to 1986. UA placed first in the MSLA (Midwest Scholastic Lacrosse Association) in 1975 and second in 1979,1980, and 1981. Under Head Coach Bill Wolford (1987-1991), the 1989 and 1990 UA Varsity teams rose to second in the Ohio State Championships. Younger brother Ted Wolford has been Head Coach since 1992. His teams have won seven MSLA Championships and eight State titles in fourteen years. For eight of the last fourteen years, UA has enjoyed a National ranking in the top 30 in either the Lacrosse Magazine or Face-Off Magazine polls. The record-breaking 61-game winning streak ended in 1999, but the high quality of UA play has brought college recruiters to Ohio and the Midwest, increasing participation on the collegiate level. In the 2006 season, more than thirty men's alums played on college teams and clubs. High School Lacrosse is growing nationally: Ohio men's high school programs (90) compares to New York (322), Maryland (193), Virginia (109), Pennsylvania (169), Connecticut (67), Massachusetts (140), Texas (62), Michigan (67), Florida (76), Colorado (42), New Jersey (133) and California (136) and sixteen more states with twenty or more teams each. UAHS players volunteer as coaches in the spring and summer leagues to share the lax tradition with UA's youth players.