Senior Writer Lee Roggenburg live at the MLL Draft from the US Lacrosse Convention in Baltimore Pardon the lack of a feature picture . . . it will not load.  Picture a Thompson or a Powell!It’s about 40 minutes to the live draft coverage on the Lax Sports Network and after a one-hour flight delay this morning at FLL, not for the storm, but because we needed another flight attendant for the plane filled with about 50 passengers . . .okay, enough of that.Man, it’s cold here though.  Snow hasn’t started yet but it should be by the time this is done.Hope the Chinese restaurant take-out is still functioning.Already have one hiccup as the Jet Blue return flight is now Monday night instead of Sunday morning.  Maybe hop Amtrak if that makes sense? The Launch hold 7 of the first 29 draft picks – 3, 12, 21, 22, 25, 28 and 29The needs are more on the defensive side of the ball but as the long poles get picked I can also see adding another goalie to the roster as well as another FOGO for depth.  The Launch finished last season with a lot of offense.  Convincing wins over both MLL title game participants.The future is now. ————— 2:18pm – the draft has been delayed a few minutes as the team representatives come on in.  Brain Clinton of the Launch comes fresh from league meetings.Three trades have been announced.Boston trades Scott Ratliff, the 15th pick and a supplemental pick to Atlanta for Brodie Merrill, Turri, Pellegrino,Chesapeake trades #11 overall and their 4th round 2017 Supplemental Draft to Ohio for Dana WilberChesapeake trades Niko Pontrello for the #22 pick from the LaunchAtlanta selects Myles Jones of Duke #1 overallWe’re off and running!—————Chesapeake on the clock at #2 – picks Dylan Donahue of SyracuseLaunch on the clock!Will Matt Landis be the pick?  Notre Dame All American Long Pole and someone Lyle Thompson is very familiar with!  IL and Lax Mag both have him pegged here.Launch pick . . . Matt Landis!!  The prognosticators get one right!————–Charlotte selects Ryan Brown of Johns Hopkins with the 4th overall pick.  Tremendous shooter, probably the best in the draft.Denver takes Matt Cavanaugh from Notre Dame with the 5th overall pick.Boston selects Greg Coholan from Virginia with the 6th pick.  Coholan projects as strong two-way middie.Rochester takes Matt Dunn, long pole from Maryland with the 7th pick.  That’s a little off the board given that Brandon Mullins of Syracuse and Yale’s Michael Quinn as still available.Ohio selects Michael Quinn of Yale with the 8th pick. Could Brandon Mullins fall to the Launch at 12?  Add Landis and Mullins to Tucker Durkin and the rest and all of a sudden you have a nasty starting defense to play against.Boston rounds out the 1st round with the selection of Brandon Mullins.Oh well . . .—————The 2nd round begins with Atlanta selecting Deemer Class of Duke with the 10th pick – middieThe 11th pick is Kyle Bernlohr, goalie from Maryland.The Launch are on the clock . . . back to back long poles?  Robby Haus of Ohio State or David Manning of Loyola?  Loyola did well with Pat Frazier last year for the Launch . . .And the answer is . . .Henry West of Maryland!  Big middie who put up 20 goals last season.At #13 the Charlotte Hounds select Pat Young of MarylandDenver selects with the 14th pick Steve Jahelka of Harvard, or what we Hobart grads call ‘the little H’.That makes 5 long poles taken in the first 14 picks.  Last seasons draft focused on other positions . . . this year the long poles are plentiful.Atlanta selects Tyler Albrecht, a middie from Loyola at #15 with the pick acquired from BostonOhio selects Bryan Cole at #16, middie from Maryland . . . and that ends the available Maryland middies.  I think . . . seems like they should be a Final Four team this year.  Not to put the jinx on them or anything . . .At #17 the Rattlers select John Edmonds from Cornell.  Ernie is happy.  As for me . . . well, not likely a Hobart grad goes this year . . . but you never know!The second round ends with Charlotte taking Nick Doctor, attackman of Penn.Harvard, Cornell, Yale and now Penn have been scooped up . . . can Brown and Princeton be far behind? Dartmouth?  Can’t be a full sweep . . . Columbia doesn’t play lacrosse . . . or pretty much anything else either.————————– We are now in the 3rd round and the Launch have #21 and #25At #19 Atlanta takes Greg Danseglio of MarylandMore pressure on the Maryland coaching staff . . .With the 20th pick Charlotte takes Colin Woolford of Denver . . . The Launch are on the clock and the two long poles are still there.  Maybe Schmidt of Bellarmine?The pick is in . . . #21 Liam Byrnes of Marquette! At #22 Charlotte selects John Maloney of AlbanyAt #23 Denver selects Matt Hosack of Rochester Institute of TechAt #24 New York takes Rob’s younger brother James Pannell of Virginia.  Look for a commercial featuring them both. At #25 the Launch are up again!So far, including the Pontrello trade, each position has been added to except goalie and FOGO.  Could Gunnar Waldt be on the radar?  Top goalie from Bryant.  Another long pole?And with the pick . . .Welcome to Steve Pontrello, midfielder from North Carolina.  Niko’s brother! At #26 Brown gets on the board in the Ivy sweeps . . . Charlotte takes Brendan CaputoAnd that ends the 3rd round as Ohio forfeited a pick—————The 4th round begins with Charlotte taking goalie Tyler White of Towson Launch are again up for the next two picks!Still some long poles available that went high in mock drafts as well as a few big names from power programs. At #28 Gunnar Waldt is now a member of the Launch.  We Hobart fans know too much about him!This draft is falling nicely for the Launch, just like last year’s did!Coach Ross nailing it again!And at #29 the Launch take Robby Haus of Ohio State, a long pole.That’s it for the Launch until #46 . . . but remember that Casey Ikeda was an 8th round pick last year . . . At #30 Charlotte takes Mark Glicini of Yale, a middieAt #31 Denver takes Hofstra’s Sam Llinares . . . he was projected higherAt #32 Boston takes Challen Rogers of Stony Brook, a middieAt #33 Ohio takes Bobby Schmidt of Bellarmine, a long pole.At #34 Rochester takes Fairfield’s TJ NeubauerAt #35 New York takes Jacob Richard, middie from Marquette —————–Round 5 startsAtlanta takes Warren Hill at #36, goalie from SyracuseAt #37 Charlotte takes Goran Murray from Maryland, a player who fell through the cracks a little after not playing in 2015At #38, Ohio selects Dan Lomas of High Point, an attackman.  Nice to see Bellarmine and High Point continue the growth of programs, getting their players drafted!New York takes Ryan Ambler of Princeton with the 39th pickAt #40 Denver takes BJ Grill from Marquette, a long poleAt #41 Boston takes Jake Matthai of North CarolinaAt #42 Ohio takes Mike Messinger of Limestone . . . our first D2 selectee . . .At #43 New York takes David Manning, long pole from Loyolaand there goes the 5th round————— Round 6Ohio leads off with with Cam Williams of Colgate at #44At #45 Charlotte takes Joseph Radin from Marist.  Some love for the MAAC! And now the Launch are up at #46it’s Devin Dwyer, an attackman from Harvard . . . helps with ticket sales up at #47, Chesapeake takes Zach Herreweyers of LoyolaAt #48 Denver selects Tim Harbor, a middie of SyracuseAt #49 Boston takes John Huffman, Tufts.  Good for another D3 player . . .At #50 Ohio takes Zach Powers, defenseman from North CarolinaAt #51 Rochester takes Blaze Riordan of Albany, guaranteeing more replays of his end to end goalAt #52 New York takes Brody Eastwood of Stony Brook Round 7Atlanta takes Case Matthias of Duke . . . remember when he was the top player in his high school class?At #54 Charlotte takes Evan Connell of North CarolinaAt #55 Chesapeake takes Michael Howard of VirginiaAt #56 Chesapeake takes Carter Brown, an attackman from Ohio StateAt #57 Denver takes Jack Kelly, goalie of BrownAt #58 Boston takes Matt Thistle of High PointAt #59 Ohio takes Vince Gravino of CanisiusAt #60 Rochester takes Eric DeJohn of St. John’sAt #61 Charlotte takes Zac Sappora of Rutgers Round 8At #62 Rochester takes Austin Schultz of ArmyAt #63 Charlotte takes Shane Morrill of Bryant And for the Launch’s last pick, at #64, the pick is  . . . Alex Spring of Bucknell At #65 Chesapeake takes Holder CattoniAt #66 Denver selects Connor Helfrich, a FOGO from TuftsAt #67 Boston selects Cameron Bell, goalie from EndicottAt #68 Ohio selects Derek Kadimbo, LSM from JHUAt #69 Rochester selects Sal Cullen, attack from AdelphiAt #70 New York selects Scott Bieda of Rutgers on to the convention floor! John Danowski speaks at 5:30 . . .