We are Massachusetts' home of REAL Box lacrosse! Mass Box offers Youth and High School Box Leagues as well as elite level travel "Honey Badgers LC Box specific lacrosse club" and tournament teams. The Honey Badgers are a tryout selection based that play in premiere box tournaments during the winter months, this does not conflict with your field club schedule.

MassBox was born with the goal of fostering REAL Canadian style box lacrosse and developing the game in New England's premier $25mil state of the art indoor facility.  Our home is Boston Sports Institute(BSI), which is centrally located on Rte 9 in Wellesley, MA. Coached by former pro and collegiate players that are accomplished coaches and love sharing their experience to the next generation of box players. 

Mike O'Brien - Director 

Mike served as an Assistant coach of the US Indoor U20 team in 2019 and the Head Coach of the U15 team in 2021 that took home a silver medal in the world games. 

In college, Mike O’Brien was a three-year starter and team captain at Hobart, one of upstate New York’s most storied lacrosse programs. After college, O’Brien signed professional lacrosse contracts in the National Lacrosse League and Professional Lacrosse League in both Minnesota and Charlotte where he suited up for the Minnesota Swarm and Charlotte Copperheads.

Mike also played for the Kitchener Waterloo Braves of the Junior A Lacrosse League in Ontario and was a two-time all-star. He is a member of the Gunnery Athletic Hall of Fame and was a US Lacrosse High School All-American, Defensive MVP, and three-year all-league selection in the New England Prep League.

Pro Player

• 8 years as a Professional Player
• League All-Star (2012)
• Selected by the Cannons with the 10th over pick in the draft

College Player

• Div. 1 All-American
• National Championship Participant
• UMass, Amherst. Only player in school history to score in every game played.

High School

• National Record for Goals Scored (and then trained players that broke the record)

Coach Connolly has a unique ability to train players to score more goals. His players have gone onto play at the following schools....Maryland, Virginia, Georgetown, Princeton, UMass and countless elite lacrosse programs & academic institutions.