Who will win it in 2010

[UA5straightin2008]

I know its early, but what do people think about next year?

I'm gonna have to go with the bears, i think they will be stronger next year than they were this past year and kilbourne loses a lot of talent and i'm not sure they will be able to replace it like who will...what does anyone else think?

[uahockeydad]

i agree. UA will have a lot of talent coming back. WK will also be good but not as good as they were this past year. Ruhl for jerome will have a great year but they need to give him more help. also Bowdy for Coffman looked good this year but he also needs help.

[umfootball17]

I think St. X is an up and coming team and will surprise a lot of people next year. I'm not saying they will win the championship or anything of that sort I am just saying look for them to make a solid run. They return mostly everybody except two poles and an attack. If they can replace poplis, imholt, and grombala, the bombers will be back and better next year.

[McGoo]

poplis, imholt, and grombala.

say that five times fast

[hdavlax04]

Hilliard Davidson?!

[kwikstik]

I'm not so sure WK will repeat but they will be very good in 2010. They return 2 starters on D w/ Rainey and Hertenstein, 2 starters at attack w/ Igoe and Spencer, 1 starter at middie w/ Campbell, and an amazing goalie in Horwatt. That is 6 starters from a championship team and more than most people probably realize.

Midfield is a big question for WK in 2010 with the loss of 3 senior first team all State middies. Except for Campbell, who is going to be on WK's top 2 middie lines for 2010?

[Donut3]

2010 Key Returners
UA:
G-Kloos
D-Benedick
Houck
LSM-Hardesty
M-Parsons
Cassady
A-Treece

WK:
G-Horwatt
D-Rainey
Hernstein
M-Campbell
A-Igoe
Spencer

Another consideration is coaching. New coach at WK vs best coach in Ohio

[noorangeballs]

WK is going to be a defensive team in 2010 rather than a run and gun high powered offense as in the past 2 years.

Horwatt in goal will be the anchor and Rainey, Hertenstein and Goldberg will be 3 solid poles. Goldberg played a ton of varsity as a soph in 2008, but was injured most of 2009. Two top LSMs return with Worley and Seidensticker and Campbell is the best D middie in the state. Igoe will score a lot but can't do it by himself. Spencer is good too, but they still need another attack and also will need 3-4 offensive middies.

[LettuceLax]

Who are some up and rising mids for WK?

[AshSchaeffBMW]

WK is going to be a defensive team in 2010 rather than a run and gun high powered offense as in the past 2 years.

Horwatt in goal will be the anchor and Rainey, Hertenstein and Goldberg will be 3 solid poles. Goldberg played a ton of varsity as a soph in 2008, but was injured most of 2009. Two top LSMs return with Worley and Seidensticker and Campbell is the best D middie in the state. Igoe will score a lot but can't do it by himself. Spencer is good too, but they still need another attack and also will need 3-4 offensive middies.

Also Nate Labine will be a key defender for the wolves whether he is at LSM or close def. we will see a lot of him.

[noorangeballs]

Also Nate Labine will be a key defender for the wolves whether he is at LSM or close def. we will see a lot of him.


Labine, a junior, is a good player, but the Kilbourne defense will be dominated by 7 seniors. They return 2 senior starters at close (Rainey and Hertenstein) and the next 2 close defenders will likely be Goldberg and Gebert who both played a lot of varsity this year. They also return 2 starting LSMs in Worley and Seidensticker. That is 6 quality senior defenders with long poles. Add Horwatt in goal and Kilbourne will be a very defensive oriented team in 2010.

[noorangeballs]

Who are some up and rising mids for WK?

Will Campbell will anchor the middies for WK in '10 and they may move Igoe from attack to middie. Giannamore played some varsity in 09 and probably is the next top middie. Ater that, is gets a bit thin. Johnson is mostly a face off guy and no one else had any real varsity experience.

This is what hapens when you lose 3 first team all state senior middies and 2 other senior middies who were also very talented. Competition for second line will be wide open in 2010.

[Donut3]

WKs really going to struggle putting points on the board. I dont see any of their production coming from anyone outside Campbell and Igoe. In the games I saw Kilbourne this year, I dont think any of Spencer's goals were without an assist...he mainly benefited from such great talent around him. Campbell's not the most threatening offensive midfielder either.

UA should get plenty of offense from their two All-Midwest selections returning (Cassady and Treece) and a starting midfielder, Parsons. Kloos will be an upgrade in goal and with Benedick, Houk, and Hardesty returning on D there wont be many goals scored against them.

DJ is going to be solid once again solely because Ruhl is such a threat, but he wont have much help once again other than maybe Del Prince.

TW's defense will have plenty of question marks losing Carey, Ross, and Hilliard. Nick Sharick will be their best defender returning as only a sophomore and Jake Sharick will lead their offense with Garris being their primary attackman

[laxgosher]

Yep. WK will be solid on D and may not play as much run and gun as this year. keep in mind the jva team went 13-1 averaging about 13 goals a game. only loss was to ua in OT. there a 3-4 soph on that team and 4-5 fresh on that team that will get serious varsity min next year. they can move some of those offensive kids around to fill in what is leaving and create depth. 2011 may be the year to look towards...

[hotsaladfinger]

Labine, a junior, is a good player, but the Kilbourne defense will be dominated by 7 seniors. They return 2 senior starters at close (Rainey and Hertenstein) and the next 2 close defenders will likely be Goldberg and Gebert who both played a lot of varsity this year. They also return 2 starting LSMs in Worley and Seidensticker. That is 6 quality senior defenders with long poles. Add Horwatt in goal and Kilbourne will be a very defensive oriented team in 2010.

from what i hear labine is a mix between worley and seidensticker. worley with pretty good defensive positioning but not very good stick skills and seidensticker has great stick skills but not very good one on one defense. all of them have great speed, im sure they will run those three as poles.

[3xchamp]

Payden Pierce is another middie, who i believe got some varsity time.

[reLAXin]

So who is going to take over at WK?

[r2d2]

"Campbell's not the most threatening offensive midfielder either."

...maybe not, but that left-handed rocket in the championship game was like sliding notebook paper sideways through a door that was barely ajar. ...likely he will come into his own offensively next year as a natural progression as well as a need to fill the void.

Hudson has a strong sophomore class with many of them playing major minutes this year, some as starters. The sick FO man, Althausen, is back next year for his senior year (80-90% vs. WK in semi). The next two years, ....Hudson should be a state presence at a very high level due to an excellent sophomore class.

Hudson

[johnnytoobad]

I know its early, but what do people think about next year?

I'm gonna have to go with the bears, i think they will be stronger next year than they were this past year and kilbourne loses a lot of talent and i'm not sure they will be able to replace it like who will...what does anyone else think?

Indian Hill. We're coming. Next year, the year after, and the year after and the year after that, we're coming at you like we did in the OMSLA tourney.

[hdavlax04]

Indian Hill. We're coming. Next year, the year after, and the year after and the year after that, we're coming at you like we did in the OMSLA tourney.

lol!

[UA5straightin2008]

Indian Hill. We're coming. Next year, the year after, and the year after and the year after that, we're coming at you like we did in the OMSLA tourney.

If i'm not mistaken, wont some of the kids from the indian hill middle school team go to St. X or Moeller to play in high school?

[noorangeballs]

Yep. WK will be solid on D and may not play as much run and gun as this year. keep in mind the jva team went 13-1 averaging about 13 goals a game. only loss was to ua in OT. there a 3-4 soph on that team and 4-5 fresh on that team that will get serious varsity min next year. they can move some of those offensive kids around to fill in what is leaving and create depth. 2011 may be the year to look towards...

WK will be very solid in 2010 with a really good junior class and lots of returning junior starters and varsity contributors from 2009. I'm not so sure there is much in the pipeline after that. Remember, at least 7 or 8 of the 2009 seniors were varsity starters as sophmores. There were no sophomore impact players for WK this year. Teams like Jerome, UA and even TW had a number of sophs and frosh at the varsity level in 09 and that will pay dividends in 2011 and 2012.

[kwikstik]

Yep. WK will be solid on D and may not play as much run and gun as this year. keep in mind the jva team went 13-1 averaging about 13 goals a game. only loss was to ua in OT. there a 3-4 soph on that team and 4-5 fresh on that team that will get serious varsity min next year. they can move some of those offensive kids around to fill in what is leaving and create depth. 2011 may be the year to look towards...

WK had a great JV record, but JV records can be deceiving. WK played a number of juniors on JV in 2009 to get them playing time because the varsity was so loaded with seniors. Some schools play only frosh and sophs on JV. There are some good sophs and frosh for WK and it will be interesting to see who steps up into varsity roles in 2010.

[johnnytoobad]

If i'm not mistaken, wont some of the kids from the indian hill middle school team go to St. X or Moeller to play in high school?

7 going to St. X, 2 going to Moeller, 10 to Indian Hill.

[decreased]

With regards to Kilbourne--> You also have new coaches next year, so maybe there will be an adjustment to that style. Kilbourne won't repeat.

UA and Jerome will be the best Columbus area teams, perhaps even Davidson, wouldn't that be a refreshing change!

[UA5straightin2008]

7 going to St. X, 2 going to Moeller, 10 to Indian Hill.

the talent dilution is unfortunate

[hdavlax04]

With regards to Kilbourne--> You also have new coaches next year, so maybe there will be an adjustment to that style. Kilbourne won't repeat.

UA and Jerome will be the best Columbus area teams, perhaps even Davidson, wouldn't that be a refreshing change!

Thats whats up! I'm just a tad bit biased, as you can see with my username, but Davidson is on the rise.. Two years ago, 0-16, and then to be 12-8 is quite amazing.

[johnnytoobad]

the talent dilution is unfortunate

Agree-but don't worry-IH kept the good ones :}

[hotsaladfinger]

WK will be very solid in 2010 with a really good junior class and lots of returning junior starters and varsity contributors from 2009. I'm not so sure there is much in the pipeline after that. Remember, at least 7 or 8 of the 2009seniors were varsity starters as sophmores. There were no sophomore impact players for WK this year. Teams like Jerome, UA and even TW had a number of sophs and frosh at the varsity level in 09 and that will pay dividends in 2011 and 2012.

2010 at wk does have some great players coming, of course the first thing that comes to mind is their D. with horwatt rainey and hurtenstien coming back, the other D spot i have no clue who it will b. also with offensive threats such as igoe spencer and will campbell will really help.

[Starniski]

Isn't the Indian Hill middle school stud on his way to WRA?

[LettuceLax]

Who are some of the younger guys for WK that will make and impact in 2010, and the same for arlington

[UA5straightin2008]

for UA, Luke Treece will for sure play a huge role at the attack position. Kevin McCarley has a good, hard, accurate shot as a midfielder and charlie houk will step up and take over the number two defenseman spot behind benedick....all three of those players are juniors...sophomore elliot allen also has good speed and athletic ability and should see more of the field next year as a sophomore

[hotsaladfinger]

Who are some of the younger guys for WK that will make and impact in 2010, and the same for arlington

for arlington no doubt luke treece he has alot of talent and while be one of their key players. for WK alot of young middies are going to need to step up like payden pierce im sure he will get alot of playing time.

[laxgosher]

WK has 3 very good fr attack that will be soph varsity players next year. offensive middies may be an issue so expect one of those 3 to run some middie as well

[noorangeballs]

WK has 3 very good fr attack that will be soph varsity players next year. offensive middies may be an issue so expect one of those 3 to run some middie as well

I can see Igoe going to middie ahead of any soph. next year. If Igoe goes to middie, WK's attack would probably be
1) C. Spencer - Sr.
2) B. Spencer - Jr.
3) Bassani - So.
4) Meager - So.

[noorangeballs]

With regards to Kilbourne--> You also have new coaches next year, so maybe there will be an adjustment to that style. Kilbourne won't repeat.

UA and Jerome will be the best Columbus area teams, perhaps even Davidson, wouldn't that be a refreshing change!


I saw in the newspaper that Riffee resigned at Kilbourne. Did Ewert resign or is he staying? WK has to be one of the top 3 LAX coaching jobs in Ohio.

[kwikstik]

I can see Igoe going to middie ahead of any soph. next year. If Igoe goes to middie, WK's attack would probably be
1) C. Spencer - Sr.
2) B. Spencer - Jr.
3) Bassani - So.
4) Meager - So.

Igoe at middie makes sense for Kilbourne next year. With Campbell, Igoe, Giannamore and Pierce, that makes 4 nice O middies. D mids would likely be Johnson, Engelhart and the 2 returning LSMs in Seidensticker and Worley. Maybe one of those 2 could be a SSD middie. Thats 8 middies who started or who saw varsity time in 2009. Malone should be in the mix too. Some combo of these 9 should make up the 3 midfield lines with Campbell and Igoe leading the way. Kilbourne really only ran 2 lines in 2009 and it obviously worked.

[Donut3]

I can see Igoe going to middie ahead of any soph. next year. If Igoe goes to middie, WK's attack would probably be
1) C. Spencer - Sr.
2) B. Spencer - Jr.
3) Bassani - So.
4) Meager - So.

That would make for one poor attack group. Ive never seen C spencer beat anybody one on one....never seen his brother play...and then 2 sophomores who have never seen the field. I think they need to leave Igoe at attack to have some semblance of a threat down there

[kwikstik]

That would make for one poor attack group. Ive never seen C spencer beat anybody one on one....never seen his brother play...and then 2 sophomores who have never seen the field. I think they need to leave Igoe at attack to have some semblance of a threat down there

You may be right about Igoe, but he can play either position. C Spencer is a crease guy and played very well in 2009. He can catch and finish. With him and Igoe, you return 2 of 3 starters and probably add little Spencer or Bassani who scored quite a few goals as a freshman as the #3 attack. Maeger played a little varsity in 09 at attack too.

Campbell, Giannamore and maybe Pierce are the O middies then. Maybe Bassani gets a little middie time too.

[karmastrong]

UA will win it...

[THE magicpanda]

i think ua is most likely to win it but if they play in the tournament next year like they did this year it will be very tough to get past teams in their region like tw and coffman

[McGoo]

shut down bowdy, you shut down coffman. plain and simple

[UA5straightin2008]

UA just beat Kilbourne 8-2 at the brine shootout at UMBC today, UA finishing 4-4 and im not sure about kilbournes record

[laxnut]

Kilbourne also finished 4 and 4

[kwikstik]

UA just beat Kilbourne 8-2 at the brine shootout at UMBC today, UA finishing 4-4 and im not sure about kilbournes record

Sounds like a dominating win for UA. I think WK will have a good defense in '10 but they are really going to struggle offensively with the loss of Riffee and all those middies.

[UA5straightin2008]

not saying there is any correlation at all and you can take from it what you want..but UA beat Brother Rice in a consolation game at brine shootout in 2008 in over time and beat them by 2 this year in the midwest tourney...they beat kilbourne in 2009 at brine 8-2...will be interesting to see what the score of next years UA Kilbourne will be..

[Rippinit09]

Heard UA looked really good at Brine; so did WK when they (also) beat Brother Rice.

[Donut3]

"if they don't score we can't lose" and my personal favorite "offense wins games, DEFENSE wins championships" Personally if kilbourne can hold to teams to 5 or 6 goals which they can do with the studs they have pack they won't need much offense, they will have to put up 5 or 6 and that will clinch it

the only problem with that is the UAs Defense will be better...

[kwikstik]

"if they don't score we can't lose" and my personal favorite "offense wins games, DEFENSE wins championships" Personally if kilbourne can hold to teams to 5 or 6 goals which they can do with the studs they have pack they won't need much offense, they will have to put up 5 or 6 and that will clinch it

WK will have a very experienced returning, but I'm not sure they have any so called stud defenders like Benedick and Hardesty from UA who are both going Div.1.

With all the offensive firepower WK had in 2009, they only put up 7 goals against UA in the state finals. I hope the Brine shootout is not an indicator of things to come where the 2010 wolves only put up 2 against UA.

I still think WK can make it back to the state finals in 2010, but they will have to get past Jerome and Hudson once again.

[Donut3]

WK will have a very experienced returning, but I'm not sure they have any so called stud defenders like Benedick and Hardesty from UA who are both going Div.1.

With all the offensive firepower WK had in 2009, they only put up 7 goals against UA in the state finals. I hope the Brine shootout is not an indicator of things to come where the 2010 wolves only put up 2 against UA.

I still think WK can make it back to the state finals in 2010, but they will have to get past Jerome and Hudson once again.

Agreed, Rainey is a solid defender, but not top tier Div 1 like those two. Also UA returns another starter in houk, who made the rutgers team as rsg Junior.

From what ive heard the 8-2 could have been much worse, as half of WKs starters were not from WK...horine, pendry, guten tag, and doughtery etc

[kwikstik]

Agreed, Rainey is a solid defender, but not top tier Div 1 like those two. Also UA returns another starter in houk, who made the rutgers team as rsg Junior.

From what ive heard the 8-2 could have been much worse, as half of WKs starters were not from WK...horine, pendry, guten tag, and doughtery etc

I wonder why WK would have all these non WK kids on their roster. Did UA have any non UA kids?

[UA5straightin2008]

UA had an all UA roster, kilbourne did not have a enough people who could/wanted to go

[kwikstik]

UA had an all UA roster, kilbourne did not have a enough people who could/wanted to go

Well that is too bad for WK. I would have thought players would be all over an opportunity to play at a tournament like Brine. WK certainly should have enough players in their program to field a 20-25 player team.

Maybe the 8-2 score is misleading if WK didn't have their key players like Campbell, Igoe, Horwatt, Rainey, Spencer etc. on the roster.

[Donut3]

Starting rosters should look something like...

UA:
G-Kloos
A-Treece
A-Williams
A-Powers
M-Parsons
M-Cassady
M-Yuhas
D-Benedick
D-Houk
D-Sorell
LSM-Hardesty


WK:
G-Horwatt
A-C. Spencer
A-B. Spencer
A-Bassani
M-Campbell
M-Igoe
M-Giannamore
D-Rainey
D-Goldberg
D-Hernstein
LSM-Seidensticker

[UA5straightin2008]

The 3rd UA attackman will be either nick camillo (rising junior) or alex powers (rising senior), the third middie will probably be timmy yuhas (rising senior) and the third defenseman could be wes sorrell (rising junior) or steve zid (rising senior)

[kwikstik]

I think WK will look like something like this...

G-Horwatt-Sr.
A-C. Spencer-Sr.
A-B. Spencer-Jr.
A-Bassani-So.
M-Campbell-Sr.
M-Igoe-Sr.
M-Giannamore-Sr.
D-Rainey-Sr.
D-Hertenstein-Sr.
D-Goldberg-Sr.
LSM-Seidensticker-Sr.
FO-Johnson-Sr.

[MEATMEAT01011]

looks like a solid lineup

[Donut3]

Starting rosters should look something like...

UA:
G-Kloos
A-Treece
A-Williams
A-Powers
M-Parsons
M-Cassady
M-Yuhas
D-Benedick
D-Houk
D-Sorell
LSM-Hardesty


WK:
G-Horwatt
A-C. Spencer
A-B. Spencer
A-Bassani
M-Campbell
M-Igoe
M-Giannamore
D-Rainey
D-Goldberg
D-Hernstein
LSM-Seidensticker

Based on the line ups Id say WK is the definite underdog...

Grades (out of 10):
UA:
A-8
M-7
D-10
G-9

WK:
A-4
M-8
D-7
G-10

DJ:
A-7
M-9
D-5
G-4

TW
A-5
M-8
D-7
G-5

[LIVE4LAX]

My prediction, WK will not be in the Championship game. Not that they are not talented (Far from it) but with the lack of Head Coaching experience from Drew May will cost them chances to win in tight situations. There is a lot to be said about experience. I'm not saying Drew May is a bad coach by any means but the lack of game managing is much different then being an assistant. Look how long it took Jon Ewert to win his 1st Championship!!!

I am looking for David's (Dublin Coffman, Hudson, Hilliard Davidson, St X, Sycamore to name a few) to come out in 2010 and crash the party. It would be great not to see either UA or WK in the Championship game. I could see Dublin Jerome vs Thomas Worthington which would be a great game.

[Born2Lax]

Watch out for Davidson. All their key players are back and they play with an attitude. They almost knocked off DJ in last year's playoffs. It looks like Godwin will be back so the program is stable. I see them as the surprise team in that Region. When was the last time that a team other than WK or DJ won this Region? Never?

[Laxin]

That's probably why they won't win it next year either, and what was the score of DJ and Davidson in the playoffs? I don't think it was too close

[Donut3]

That's probably why they won't win it next year either, and what was the score of DJ and Davidson in the playoffs? I don't think it was too close

Jerome won 11-3 during the regular season and 13-8 in the playoffs

I dont see region 2 going to anyone other than WK or DJ
With Davidson, St C, and Scioto fighting for the third spot

[madDOG71]

Kilbourne is extremely underrated as of now, they'll be better than everyone thinks.

[henro97]

There's also a chance that Jerome, Scioto, and Indian Hill (among others) will be dropping down to D-2 this season. There's talk of a proposed change in the division structure that will divide school teams by their population just like the girls did two years ago.

While a move like this would take a couple top contenders out of the hunt, it might also open the door for teams like Davidson, Hudson, Sycamore, etc. to be one or two upset wins from a state title. It might also change the way folks look at D-2. Just some food for thought.

[Laxin]

I don't think it'd be fair if Jerome dropped to D2

[mjbb]

I don't think it'd be fair if Jerome dropped to D2

From what side?

[Laxin]

For the other teams in D2 and I guess for the Jerome kids, they might have a D2 number of students in their school but they seem to traditionally have the talent of a D1 school every year

[kwikstik]

Kilbourne is extremely underrated as of now, they'll be better than everyone thinks.

Everywhere you look, people have WK in the top 4 in the state for 2010. How is that extremely underrated?

WK loses a lot, but they return more starters than most people think.

[UA5straightin2008]

so season starts up at the end of the month, whos it gonna be? my moneys on UA :D

[ohiolaxr]

With the divisions all messed up, I have to put UA back on top with Kilbourne following behind. Since Jerome is now D2 they obviously have the nod there. Not sure about the State Finals but looks like it may be another UA/Hudson thrashing. Season starts soon, spring break trips around the corner, hope someone reports back on how everyone does. And by the way, it's great to be back..thanks JJ!

[r2d2]

Yes, great to be back!

UA what has been happening with UA in preseason scrimmages? ...any idea on how they did today against Seneca Valley? ...assume Benedict was the shut down pole that handled Jake McAndrew, #7.

"UA/Hudson thrashing" ...nice, won't let us forget that one, will you. Last year's Hudson team would have given UA trouble. This year is a different story with a lot of work to be done between now and the playoffs. I've seen it done before but still,....a lot of work with this Hudson team.

The Midwest is at WRA again this year which should be a lot of fun. WRA is taking an East Coast butt kicking losing to St. Paul's, Calvert Hall and Avon.
Landon tomorrow and then WK on the East Coast. It should be interesting to see what WRA does with WK.

[UA5straightin2008]

UA beat seneca valley (PA) 10-3 in a scrimmage on their spring break, they tied penn charter 8-8 today

Hudson just lost to seneca valley 10-8...

and WRA got a big W over landon (MD) 7-5

[r2d2]

Seneca Valley-10 Hudson-8

...temperature in the 20's with clear skies!

Hudson pole, Charlton, shut down #7 the entire game which would have translated into a win if most of the other phases of the game were played somewhat even by Hudson. That was not to be the case as every phase of the game other than shutting down their stud was a nightmare. Althausen not controlling face-offs, average shots on goal not saved, slides never occurring, casual skip passes leading to turnovers repeatedly, errant passes continually thrown out of bounds by skilled players, failed clear after failed clear, lack of desire to dig out ground balls, reluctance to take open shots, absence of intensity at the 5 minute mark in the 4th. when the game was still in reach. Stupid penalties that led directly to multiple scores. ...etc. etc Ugly! Seneca Valley played within themselves and their level of talent while wanting it more. ...played as a team and won the game. Hudson will need to increasingly improve in some of these phases of the game to win in the next few weeks. ...and, all phases of the game before Jerome rolls into town on April 17th. and at WK on April 23rd.

[lax4fun]

kilbourne had a good weekend in maryland. lost 10-8 without campbell against avon old farms but beat western reserve academy. Kilbourne looks good. Strong performance from Campbell and Igoe but lots of great performance fromt he defense and young attack team...great job!

[r2d2]

WK win over WRA is a surprise after WRA beating Landon. Who scored all the goals? Is Campbell becoming an offensive threat? It sounds like they are playing well as a team early in the season which is impressive given all the change they went through with players and coaches.

[UA5straightin2008]

I know campbell is real good at defense, but I have always thought he was a real good offensive middie as well, he just didnt have as much opportunity to run the offense with wright, mack, riffee all on the team last year

[lax4fun]

good distributed offense this year from kilbourne...lots of goals from the attacks...igoe looks impressive...some nice play from the new younger middies and campbell showing that he can put he ball in the net...I like the way this team is coming together...hats off to the new coaching staff

[1Yoursiday]

UA will win the title this year. Jerome will be their toughest game. I heard that Igoe was switching to middie this year...any truth to that? I, however, was impressed with Wks win over WRA...didnt see that one coming.

[r2d2]

...here is the perspective from a WRA player on the WK-WRA game. Note: The official score reported to Laxpower was 10-8 WK wins.

"The wk/wra was a great game to watch and play in. The way Wk won was they made Reserve play their scrappy, run n gun game rarely slowing the pace so it was tough for WRA to get fresh legs in without giving up goals on fast breaks. It was 5-4 WK at half and WRA made it 7-7 after the 3rd. IT was 8-8 with about 5 min to go and penalties cost reserve 2 huge goals.
With about 50 seconds left WRA made it 9-10 but too little too late time ran out and WK scored a last second goal to seal the deal.
WK has a very athletic team, very well conditioned, fast break offense, team. What they lack in size, they make up for with athleticism. Cant wait to hopefully see how WRA comes back WK at the end of the year! "[/COLOR]

[UA5straightin2008]

UA opens up with Hilliard Darby tonight. I'm predicting 13-4 due to some lack of experience on the offensive end for UA.

GO BEARS!!

[UA5straightin2008]

well i underestimated my boys, UA handled darby 18-1...everyone got in for UA, looks like another rough season darby

[ohiolaxr]

wow...just saw the paper! Davidson 8 Thomas 6...I knew Davidson would be better this year...but what has happened to Thomas? Was anyone at the game who can venture a guess?

[mcnugget]

wow...just saw the paper! Davidson 8 Thomas 6...I knew Davidson would be better this year...but what has happened to Thomas? Was anyone at the game who can venture a guess?
Up until the 4th quarter, Thomas had only scored 2 goals. They scored 4 in the 4th quarter, but it just wasnt enough. Davidson had 10 penalties and their man down unit was 80%, so Thomas only had 2 man up goals, pretty amazing. Davidson seems to be for real this year. And I think Thomas was simply outplayed and out hustled

[UA5straightin2008]

wow only 2 goals in 3 quarters? that doesnt seem like thomas at all..will be interesting to see how they rebound from this and how they do the rest of '10

[mcnugget]

Thomas definitely has talent and should rebound just fine. Jake Sharick was completely shut down by Davidson's pole, Pat Dougherty. Most of the offense will probably run through Sharick this season, so when he's off his game, it wont be good for Thomas.

Would anyone consider Davidson as a legitimate contender?

[UA5straightin2008]

i would give them 2 more years, as long as they continually get better like they have the past 3-4 years

I still dont see them getting by UA or WK and i think thomas is down from the past 2 years

[1Yoursiday]

Way too early to indicate Davidson as a contender. They've beaten ONE team from Ohio and TW could easily be in a slump this year after losing their best player in many years (Carey) and most of their offensive production (Cleveland and Schrader). Even if TW does end up being a solid team this year, its understandable to see them play poorly early because of their lack of experience.

[UA5straightin2008]

UA ranked #24 in the nation in the most recent inside lacrosse poll

[r2d2]

Way too early to indicate Davidson as a contender. They've beaten ONE team from Ohio and TW could easily be in a slump this year after losing their best player in many years (Carey) and most of their offensive production (Cleveland and Schrader). Even if TW does end up being a solid team this year, its understandable to see them play poorly early because of their lack of experience.

Davidson-8, N. Canton Hoover-7

80+ degrees 6:30PM start, overcast, beautiful night

...not a contender, but a nice second tier team. In central Ohio UA, WK and Jerome are all on a different level and I would expect they would/will put up 14 to 16 goals on Davidson. TW must have been severely over rated.

...scoreless in the 1st. quarter then

Davidson scorers

#1
#5
#5
#10
#5
#24
#24
#24

Hoover

#26
#10
#10
#10
#26
#39
#9

Hoover was moving the ball into the box when time ran out. A very entertaining game which should have been a blow out.

Tomorrow should be a great one with WK at Jerome!

[1Yoursiday]

Despite what i viewed as a poor game for UA, they won 15-1 over Scioto

[UA5straightin2008]

^i heard they did not start out well at all, but 15-1 is still a pretty dominating win, either scioto has no offense, or UA has a pretty solid defense (i think it leans towards scioto has no offense, not to take away from UA's, they just werent tested)

what has happened to scioto????!! they have gone way down hill from the bob scott days

[mcnugget]

Davidson-8, N. Canton Hoover-7

80+ degrees 6:30PM start, overcast, beautiful night

...not a contender, but a nice second tier team. In central Ohio UA, WK and Jerome are all on a different level and I would expect they would/will put up 14 to 16 goals on Davidson. TW must have been severely over rated.

...scoreless in the 1st. quarter then

Davidson scorers

#1
#5
#5
#10
#5
#24
#24
#24

Hoover

#26
#10
#10
#10
#26
#39
#9

Hoover was moving the ball into the box when time ran out. A very entertaining game which should have been a blow out.

Tomorrow should be a great one with WK at Jerome!

I was also at the game r2d2.. It was a very entertaining game that went back and forth. Davidson played flat and never really got going, and Hoover played a great game. Hoover had some kids that could flat out shoot, I was very impressed. Hoover's goalie also had an outstanding game. I think Davidson was fatigued after the long bus ride up and after a tough game vs. Thomas 2 days before.

[zwick4qbin02]

Jerome-9
Ruhl-4, Horine-3, Sims-2
Kilbourne-5
Bassani-3, M.Wylly, Giannamore

very very windy day but still in the 60's-70's at game time

Campbell and Igoe held scoreless which i think is a big credit to Jeromes defense....

Jeromes D (close d and goalie) played out of their mind today but Jeromes O did not look good at all

Watson was in goal so no Horwatt and also no Rainey?(sp??) their close D guy for Kilbourne.

Jerome gets the other Worthington school and Kilbourne gets the other Dublin school on Wed (4/7)

[r2d2]

...just never got the impression that WK was in the game. Jerome took control and seemed to be the better team throughout. Defense played an outstanding game, ....Campbell stripped in traffic at least 5 times, had trouble all day trying to free up his arms to shoot. Jerome D made life difficult throughout lifting/stripping WK even the few times WK worked the ball in deep near the crease. ...swarming D. ...very aggressive, well coached. Goalie very confident/calm on clears, precise passes. Ruhl did not seem to relax and really start to rip until the game was already in hand. ...too bad Jerome moved to D2 as they look like a really nice D1 threat. And, I cannot understand how this WK team beat WRA. They were absolutely flat and makes me wonder if emotion/adrenaline drives their wins instead of raw talent. ...adrenaline that cannot be sustained from game to game. Time will tell.

[uahockeydad]

Its been a great start for the bears, but has anyone noticed that Parsons and Cassidy have combined for only one goal in two blowout games. I have also noticed that Pfister has scored 7 goals in 2 games and he is only a soph. I know its early in the season and Scioto and Darby arent the best teams but thats still pretty impressive, and when Cassidy and Parsons get going, UA will be very dangerous.

[UA5straightin2008]

well i look at this way, as one of my current teammates pointed out to me, its in what games and what moments you score goals that really matter. against darby and scioto, of what importance is it for two of the better players to score 5 goals eachs. they dont need to. when they play jerome or wk and score the game winner of game tier to send it to over time, that will matter. As for pfister, the younger guys love to get goals. its games like these they pad there stats because in the bigger games, they probably wont have a chance to play much so they get there goals when they can. a better player would much rather see the younger guys get goals and boost their confidence in games like these than try to score 8 or 9, because what is really the point of that?

just my two cents uahockeydad

[uahockeydad]

Oh, I completly agree. I was just going by the boxscores because i didn't get to go to the games. I don't know what Wolford drew up for Parsons and Cassidy in those two games, and you probably know better than i do because you played for him(?). But similar to hockey, it doesnt matter what team you score goals against, because you still learn how to score goals. However, I appreciate your two cents. Go Bears!

[UA5straightin2008]

well, i did play for him, but not on the offensive side of the field, so i dont know as much of what goes on on that side of the field (play calling wise), but i do know that because those games were such blowouts, both of them were likely to be out of the game before halftime. either way, i wouldnt look at it as a negative, I have confidence that they will create on offense when it really matters (parsons had the game winning or tying goal against st x or coffman in the playoffs last year...i'm losing my memory at the ripe age of 20 lol). GO BEARS!!

[UA5straightin2008]

UA wins in strong fashion tonight 11-1 over sycamore. next game against coffman a week from tonight, 4/14 at UA at 730

[zwick4qbin02]

Jerome - 14

Thomas - 5

don't know the scorers for each team but i do know that the game was 4-3 at the half.

- very questionable officiating led to some chippy play by both teams

- ruhl had probably a dozen or more shots and only a handful of goals

- sharick had 1 or 2, he had at least 1 on a giveaway by Jerome which had their goalie out of the cage.

- TW's goalie stood on his head...Jerome probably had 40-50 shots, he made 15+ saves and they even hit 5-6 pipes.

[UA5straightin2008]

the score isnt necessarily surprising after seeing the TW davidson score, but sounds like a 2nd half collapse by TW, giving up 10 goals and only scoring 2...i've heard from a lot of former TW players that they were not big fans of Kraus and that they need a new coach..could this be his last year?

[mjbb]

the score isnt necessarily surprising after seeing the TW davidson score, but sounds like a 2nd half collapse by TW, giving up 10 goals and only scoring 2...i've heard from a lot of former TW players that they were not big fans of Kraus and that they need a new coach..could this be his last year?

Kraus is no longer the head coach.

TWHS coaching staff. (http://laxteams.net/twhsboyslax/officerscoaches.html)

[UA5straightin2008]

well i stand corrected!

[zwick4qbin02]

Hilliard Davidson is now 8-0 after beating St. Joes (2-2) from South Bend last night 12-8.

SJ (2-2) — Goals: Corrigan 5, Jessup, Hart, Byrne. Saves: Wolgamott 11.
HD (8-0) — Goals: Strahler 6, Morrison 2, Winland 2, Ca.Topp 2. Saves: Lewis 16. Halftime: HD, 6-4.

St. Joes plays @ Coffman tonight and @ Jerome on Saturday after having started their 4 game spring break trip with a 11-6 win against DeSales on Wed.

Davidson doesn't get any chance at a breather as they take on 5-0 Mason saturday at home. That should be a great game i hope someone can get a little recap of that one.

[UA5straightin2008]

davidson has already played 8 games? wow

not a very surprising win, Indiana lacrosse is far behind Ohio lacrosse

when i played on team ohio at the vail shootout a few years ago, we beat team indiana 30-0, it was 21-0 at half....

this game will be the first test for mason, as they havent really played anyone worthy of mention, but i see HD taking it

[zwick4qbin02]

davidson has already played 8 games? wow

not a very surprising win, Indiana lacrosse is far behind Ohio lacrosse

when i played on team ohio at the vail shootout a few years ago, we beat team indiana 30-0, it was 21-0 at half....

this game will be the first test for mason, as they havent really played anyone worthy of mention, but i see HD taking it

i think Davidson counted their spring break games in Kentucky towards their record which is why they are 8-0.

Jerome - 12
St. Joes (IN) - 1

a big time game tonight in NE Oh. Western Reserve Academy takes on Franklin Regional (pa.).

tough weekend for Franklin Regional they play WRA today and have Jerome on sunday both games are played at WRA.

[r2d2]

i think Davidson counted their spring break games in Kentucky towards their record which is why they are 8-0.

Jerome - 12
St. Joes (IN) - 1

a big time game tonight in NE Oh. Western Reserve Academy takes on Franklin Regional (pa.).

tough weekend for Franklin Regional they play WRA today and have Jerome on sunday both games are played at WRA.

WRA-15 FR-5

60 degrees and full sun, perfect

WRA surgically dismantled FR. With the bench playing freely late in the game, three goals were given up by WRA. FR sloppy on clears, ... stripped and out hustled repeatedly on ground balls. Bernlohr looked sharp in goal.

Hudson-7 Jackson-6 Friday night with Hudson dodging a bullet. Clears are finally improving and some improvement on FO. ...desire to dig out ground balls still dismal. ...shots on goal not calibrated yet but getting better. ...slides on D poor.

Jerome vs Franklin Regional tomorrow should be a blowout. ...a lot of interest up here to see Jerome. ...maybe the best team I have seen in Ohio up to this point.

[UA5straightin2008]

i didnt suspect WRA would have any problem with FR, they havent been very competitive the past 5 years

still cant wait for the UA jerome game! should be a great one

[r2d2]

Sunny, mid 60's, beautiful day for lacrosse at WRA

Jerome-13 Franklin Regional-3

...Jerome D did not look as stifling as they did against WK, but did not need to be. ...played much slower pace than the WK game. ...not the same caliber of competition and Jerome seemed to just shift into cruise control. ...nice clears and active sticks, precise passes into the crease. ...also, nice keeper. Offense got into it bombarding shots on FR keeper, grabbing rebounds and attacking/shooting repeatedly. ...not very competitive as expected.

[r2d2]

...last night, 6:00PM start

WRA-17 TW-3

TW came out guns blazing and scored a quick man-up goal. WRA responded, scored and essentially never looked back as they carved up another opponent. ...release the hounds and they were off! The passes to the crease were like threading the needle and McIntosh as the recipient did not miss. ...repeatedly. ...WRA offense is starting to hit on all cylinders. ...a thing of beauty. ...and, aggressive rides & strips causing failed clears. ...nice effort.

...left at 2:00 before the half and it was 9-2.

...last night, 7:00PM start

Hudson-13 Solon-8

Solon made the first half interesting as Hudson got off to a slow start again, but the halftime speech must have been motivating as the offense put on a show in the second half. D still has some vulnerability, ground balls still lacking, saves better but still not optimal, FO improving as Alt is finding the groove. ...rides in contrast to WRA game almost MIA. ...improvement? yes, but enough to deal with Jerome on Saturday? I wish, but likely not. Jerome by 9. 14-5

UA, are the Bears going to lose their edge with the schedule they are playing this year? Do you think they will be ready for the Midwest? I know they are loaded again, but the competition looks weaker than normal.

[UA5straightin2008]

i would agree that there schedule isnt as strong, with the only two "tough" games on the schedule being Jerome and Kilbourne (and st. x but thats after the midwest). All the new teams in ohio is making it more difficult for teams like UA to schedule the tougher out of state (or instate, i.e. WRA) opponents. They play thomas on saturday. i think they will be ready for the midwest. everyone on the team knows that the midwest tourney is all about and Wolford will make sure they are ready, there is no doubt in my mind. But i guess we can only wait and see!

[r2d2]

Jerome-16 Hudson-8

39 degrees, flurries then rain, perfect conditions to slow down Jerome, but not to be.

...Jerome carved up Hudson in all phases of the game. All the weaknesses of the Hudson squad got amplified by the superior play of Jerome. ...close in D not working as a unit. ...goalie play not up to the standards of past years, ...McCoy should start when or if he recovers from his injury. ...much faster reaction to the ball and 4-6 shots by Jerome were stoppable. ...ground ball grit still MIA. ...you gotta want it with ground balls and stick your nose in there. Jerome not shy about digging the ball out and did. ...shot placement by Jerome on target. ...nice team, Jerome.

[zwick4qbin02]

other scores from 4/17

Tol. St Francis Desales - 9
University School - 7

St Ignatius - 10
St. Edward - 9

anybody hear anything from Brother Rice/Kilbourne? I would have loved to watch that game but it was up in detroit.

[Dellworth]

Thomas Worthington 5
UA 4

Thomas goalie had a great game. 16 saves is what I heard.

Great Job Thomas Worthington!

[r2d2]

Thomas Worthington 5
UA 4

Thomas goalie had a great game. 16 saves is what I heard.

Great Job Thomas Worthington!

Wow! I did not see this happening even on a bad day for UA. TW must have been looking for some street cred after that shellacking at WRA. ...and, they got it. UA, you have the inside line. What happened? This makes the Midwest tournament very intriguing.

[zwick4qbin02]

Brother Rice - 15
Kilbourne - 6

The midwest is getting fun now. With Brother Rice and Jerome still undefeated and now WRA, UA with 1 loss. Both Worthingtons have two losses...things are getting crazy.

The upcoming UA/Jerome game is huge for both teams, if Jerome wins they pretty much assure themselves A bracket, if UA wins they bring Jerome back to the pack and it goes down to voting pretty much.

[zwick4qbin02]

the box score from the Dispatch this morning...holy cow 21 saves for TW's goalie!

Thomas Worthington 5, Upper Arlington 4
UA (4-1)— Goals: Cassady 2, Parsons, Treece. Saves: Kloos 8.
TW (5-3)— Goals: Mills 2, Lisi, Cleveland, Kirchner. Saves: Steiner 21, N.Sharick 1.

[mcnugget]

the box score from the Dispatch this morning...holy cow 21 saves for TW's goalie!

Thomas Worthington 5, Upper Arlington 4
UA (4-1)— Goals: Cassady 2, Parsons, Treece. Saves: Kloos 8.
TW (5-3)— Goals: Mills 2, Lisi, Cleveland, Kirchner. Saves: Steiner 21, N.Sharick 1.

I was at the game and they announced the stats after the game and they said 15. Either way he played outstanding

[r2d2]

...it looks like Hilliard Davidson is about to run into an angry buzz saw. ...finally play a quality team in UA. ...should be a 10 goal differential or I begin to wonder about UA.

Jerome is looking better and better all the time. Based on what I have seen of Jerome in 3 different games, I give them the nod over UA. ...don't know how they match though in personnel.

[mcnugget]

...it looks like Hilliard Davidson is about to run into an angry buzz saw....finally play a quality team in UA....should be a 10 goal differential or I begin to wonder about UA.

Jerome is looking better and better all the time. Based on what I have seen of Jerome in 3 different games, I give them the nod over UA. ...don't know how they match though in personnel.

Davidson did beat TW, who obviously just beat UA. So TW isnt a quality team?

[r2d2]

...relative to the Midwest tournament.

New Trier beat BR and BR hammered WK. ...another surprise. WRA plays Culver & New Trier on the weekend in Indy. The New Trier-WRA game should be interesting.

I don't think WK can beat WRA again. ...and, surprisingly enough, I am not sure anyone else can either. Let's see how WRA holds up in the meantime.

[r2d2]

Davidson did beat TW, who obviously just beat UA. So TW isnt a quality team?

...yes, of course they are a good team. Although I watched WRA dismantle TW a few days ago and they appeared to be a second tier team at best. I also watched Davidson play Hoover to a one goal victory and neither team is an elite caliber team. As for the TW win over UA, maybe UA is not what we think they are. In all fairness, look at Davidson's schedule up to this point. ...match-ups from team to team always make comparisons tough. I think Davidson's record only reflects a weak schedule, but I stand ready to eat my words if they give UA a good game.

[UA5straightin2008]

if you cant pass and catch, you cant play the game

UA had trouble on the offensive end, not being able to really generate much. TW also had A LOT of things bounce there way. UA had 3 goals called back by very very very very questionable calls. they had a shot on an open net where a defenseman lunged his stick in front of the goal and the ball hit his shaft of all things keeping it from going in the goal. Kloos made a save and the ball bounced around his feet and unfortunately bounced into the goal before he could find it. Now had one of these things gone in UA's favor, wouldve been a totally different outcome. but, as they say, woulda coulda shoulda.

UA had HORRIBLE shot selection. Yes TW's goalie played pretty well, but more than half of the shots he faced were taken from too far away or horribly placed (too many shots at his stick side and right at his feet). On the otherhand, his clearing game was atrocious, he must have had 8-9 turnovers. I would have liked to see parsons or cassady try to initiate more and actually draw a slide when they dodge, which was something that UA's offense did not do last night. They werent dodging to shoot or dodging to feed and that didnt really get them anywhere. Also, 1 for 9 on man up. horrible! You cant expect to win many games scoring only 4 goals.

As for UA's defense, they played a very solid game. Sharick played both attack and middie and hardesty and benedick held him to only 1 assist. they only gave up 5 goals, and giving up 5 goals you would expect your offense could give you AT LEAST 6. Kloos played well too, he definitely had more than the 8 saves that were listed in the paper (and TW's goalie did not have 21, 14-15 is more like it). UA cleared the ball very well, with only 2 failed clears maybe out of 20. When it came down to it at the end of the game and UA needed the ball, Benedick stepped up and took the ball away nicely and got UA the ball. UA called timeout and had a play set up and it led to treece being wide open for a shot, but he took his eye of the ball when it was fed to him and the pass went out of bounds. so like i said before, if you cant pass and catch, you cant play the game

as for the future, i think this loss makes UA better. much better. Ted will be sure they dont make the same mistakes again. Same thing happened in '08 vs scioto. That year there was so much hype about kilbourne and when UA lost to scioto, no one thought UA had a chance against kilbourne and the likes of beattie and wilfong. yet, UA went on to beat them not once, not twice but THREE times. in 07, UA lost to brother rice in the regular season and then went on to win the state and midwest championship. in 06 they lost to WRA (in the midwest tourney) and went on to win the state championship. in 05 they lost to St X and still won the state championship. So my point is, this isnt totally unusual that UA loses a regular season game. And dont everyone hop on the Jerome train like everyone hopped on the Kilbourne train in 08.

[Dellworth]

Wow! I did not see this happening even on a bad day for UA. TW must have been looking for some street cred after that shellacking at WRA. ...and, they got it. UA, you have the inside line. What happened? This makes the Midwest tournament very intriguing.

I'm guessing it had something to do with the "two tough games" quote by UA5 a few days prior that got Thomas' motor running.

[UA5straightin2008]

yep, i'm sure that had everything to do with it

[r2d2]

Hudson's turn.

Hoover-9 Hudson-8

...first win over Hudson, ...ever. It looks like Hudson is a second tier team this year. Medina will likely give Hudson everything they want which means the playoffs are questionable. Can Coach Blue get this team playing like a team by the playoffs? ...next up WK in Columbus. ...should not be pretty.

...must have been 10 passes thrown away in the box and shots on goal seemed almost non-existent in the first half. ...pole lost his composure in the 2nd. half and looked like he was chopping wood with opponent on the ground. ...etc.

[UA5straightin2008]

UA beats Davidson 9-5

[mcnugget]

UA beats Davidson 9-5

UA5 were you there? Could you tell us how the game went

[UA5straightin2008]

I was not there, because i am in college (made it home for the game last weekend against thomas), but i will speak with someone who was, and report back

[UA5straightin2008]

well, just made a phone call, sounds like the defense for UA played pretty well again (5 goals is not bad at all). Benedick held strahler to no goals when the teams were 6v6, but strahler scored 2 man up goals. Davidson scored two more goals from middie cuts, something that hurt UA against thomas, sounds like the middies need to step it up on defense. the final goal came towards the end when Davidson scored man down. Kloos had about 10 saves and played pretty well once again.

As for UA's offense, sounds like they were able to get things going a little better than they did last weekend. Cam Williams netted 4 goals while Spence parsons had 2. They were 2 for 6 on man up, compared to the 1 for 10 this past weekend.

From what I heard, the score should have been UA 12ish Davidson 3ish, but UA made a some simple mistakes that davidson capitalized on.

UA heads to Detroit this weekend to play Detroit Country Day and Birmingham Seaholm, two must win games if they want to have a shot of being in the Midwest A Bracket. Hopefully they can continue to improve, and be ready for next weeks highly anticipated match up vs Jerome. Hope i can make it to that one!!

[mcnugget]

ah got ya man. thanks for the summary

[UA5straightin2008]

no problem

[LAXMAN]

well, just made a phone call, sounds like the defense for UA played pretty well again (5 goals is not bad at all). Benedick held strahler to no goals when the teams were 6v6, but strahler scored 2 man up goals. Davidson scored two more goals from middie cuts, something that hurt UA against thomas, sounds like the middies need to step it up on defense. the final goal came towards the end when Davidson scored man down. Kloos had about 10 saves and played pretty well once again.

As for UA's offense, sounds like they were able to get things going a little better than they did last weekend. Cam Williams netted 4 goals while Spence parsons had 2. They were 2 for 6 on man up, compared to the 1 for 10 this past weekend.

From what I heard, the score should have been UA 12ish Davidson 3ish, but UA made a some simple mistakes that davidson capitalized on.

UA heads to Detroit this weekend to play Detroit Country Day and Birmingham Seaholm, two must win games if they want to have a shot of being in the Midwest A Bracket. Hopefully they can continue to improve, and be ready for next weeks highly anticipated match up vs Jerome. Hope i can make it to that one!!

The UA offense has been eratic this season. Any insight into the issues? They had high expectations before the season.

[UA5straightin2008]

it seems to me that they really only have shooters at the attack position, not too much dodging or initiating coming from the attack. this makes there game pretty one dimensional, with only midfielders dodging. hopefully they can find a cure for this soon

[r2d2]

Jerome by 1 goal over Liberty-O
UA beat by TW and looking human against HD
Hudson beat by Hoover
WRA taken to overtime by U.S.

Is this just a mid season slump or is the game fundamentally changing in the state?

[UA5straightin2008]

i think that it is a little bit of both, thomas was the only team to have an upset that has some sort of history in the state (oldest team i believe), the others (hoover, U.S. and Hoover) are all relatively newer programs...but again, its not completely unusual for good teams to slip up in the middle of the season, its better to lose now and learn from it, than to lose when it really matters (in the play offs) because then, its too late

[r2d2]

WK-12 Hudson-9

...not good for the overall record, but noted some real improvement in offensive identity and cohesiveness throughout the game except for the 3 minute man up opportunity from a stick violation that garnered nothing. For that 3 minute period of time the ball was thrown all over the field with catching and throwing errors. ...missed opportunity to score multiple goals as a 30 second penalty got thrown in too during the same penalty. Clears still shaky. WK ride good and Hudson could not/did not get a middie uncover for the outlet pass. ...poles getting stripped running too far without passing the ball. ...ugly.

Campbell was spectacular, a race horse with great lacrosse skills. No one could run with him and when doubled he broke through every time. ...didn't have stats but he must have had 5 or 6 goals with well-placed rips. ...definitely plays at another level.

...seems to be greater parity in the state this year. Midwest should be a toss-up. ...who matches up best with the tournament draw they get.

UA, Upper Arlington was represented at the game last night with some familiar faces.

[UA5straightin2008]

WK-12 Hudson-9

.

UA, Upper Arlington was represented at the game last night with some familiar faces.

what do yo mean by this? lol

and campbell is the real deal, but this score is closer than i thought it would be.

UA is playing DCD and Birmingham seaholm today and tomorrow (not sure which is which day) but i will report back with game summaries

[r2d2]

UA, Your mom and dad were at the game.

If Hudson had generated even a little scoring during EMO with WK down one man and then down two with the 3 minute being non-releasable..... ..things would have been very interesting.

[UA5straightin2008]

UA, Your mom and dad were at the game.

If Hudson had generated even a little scoring during EMO with WK down one man and then down two with the 3 minute being non-releasable..... ..things would have been very interesting.

hm, i wasnt aware of that, just talked to them to confirm haha, i wish i knew who you were exactly so this didnt quite creep me out so much lol, i have a few ideas, but no biggie...UA beat DCD today 14-4, sounds like DCD was just plain bad. They play Seaholm tomorrow.

[covercorner]

Does UA have the leadership to contend this year?

[r2d2]

...your dad and Mack's dad asked about #22 on Hudson and I told him he was a junior that had conversation with Ohio State. ...not committed to anyone. ...recognized your parents who ironically sat right in front of my group last year at the Midwest finals. The hat with the insignia "eggs" was the dead giveaway.

Little did I recognize back then that you were their son. ...nothing creepy to it.

WRA gets a spanking in Indiana from New Trier & Culver wins over WRA in a close one. ...just found out Nathan Klein was out for the season since Baltimore. Certainly that does not help. UA vs Jerome is looking very interesting. ...just in passing the Illinois Forum had predicted NT over WRA and is claiming NT as the best team in the Midwest. ...someone has to represent. UA? Jerome?

[UA5straightin2008]

haha i guess i wasnt aware you knew exactly who i was because i still dont know exactly who you are...creepy wasnt the best word, i was more just curious how you knew, makes sense

[1Yoursiday]

13-8 UA. Will post more later.

[UA5straightin2008]

as i said before, dont jump on the jerome train, GO BEARS!!!...will post more later as well!!

[UA5straightin2008]

so after conferring with my sources, UA played their best game of the year so far. Ruhl was limited to 2g,2a, with both goals coming on Man Up. Kloos had a pretty good game as well, having around 11 saves and started out on fire. UA went up big and had a 6-0 lead at one point and an 8-2 lead at half. Benedick did a good job of shutting down Horine who only had one man up goal. Horn did not play well in goal, giving up 8 goals, and have 2-3 saves in the first half, and was replaced by Simonetti towards the end of the second quarter who had 5-6 saves in the second half. UA finally got some productivity from the midfield, with Yuhas and Parsons each scoring two. Alex Powers on attack had 3 goals and Treece and Williams each had a goal. If UA can beat moeller on Friday (which they should, but they also should have beat thomas, so its no given), i see the Midwest A Bracket looking like this:

1. Bro Rice (0 midwest losses)
2. UA (1 midwest loss, TW)
3. Jerome (1 midwest loss, UA)
4. WRA or St. X (whoever wins that game, both already lost to WK)

First teams out: Kilbourne (2 midwest losses, Bro Rice and Jerome) and WRA or St. X (whoever loses)

if this is how it all pans out, Jerome will have a chance to avenge their loss to UA in a few weeks!

and as always, GO BEARS!!

[UA5straightin2008]

UA up on WK 8-1 with 6 min to go in the 1st half.....WK got a 3 minute non releasable stick penalty and UA took advantage by putting in 4..more updates to come

[UA5straightin2008]

UA 9-1 at half, hopefully they can hold the lead

[UA5straightin2008]

10-4 end of 3

[UA5straightin2008]

15-4 318 left to go, looks like the bears won handily and solidified their spot in the A bracket. Great win Bears!!

[UA5straightin2008]

16-5 final, more to come later

[r2d2]

Hudson-12 Medina-11 in 2-OT

Medina knocked out of the unbeaten and I expect out of the number 1 position in the power rankings in the state. How they ended up on top with their schedule is beyond my mathematical comprehension. ...but, give them credit as they fought back to tie the game late in the 4th. quarter. ...a physical slug fest.

[zwick4qbin02]

if tonight really was a preview of the D1 state title game it will be UA walking to another D1 state title

[UA5straightin2008]

so from what i heard, the defense played great, especially Benedick, who held Igoe to only 1 assist. kilbourne played both goalies, watson giving up 9 in the first half and horwatt playing the second half giving up 7. UA's offense moved the ball very well and had a great game man up wise (great improvement from the 1 of 10 at TW). Kilbourne scored 3 pretty quick to open the second half to cut it to 5, but the UA stopped the bleeding and put in a few more to ice the game. GREAT WIN for the bears. looks like the A bracket will look like this

1. Bro Rice
2. UA
3. WRA
4. Jerome

Now, the 3 and 4 could go either way. yes jerome beat kilbourne who beat reserve, but jerome is a new team to the midwest and WRA (5-1) has one more midwest win than jerome (4-1). Because it is coaches voting they could look at the more wins and the fact that jerome is new and give WRA the 3rd spot. This would be nice because youre giving teams chances to play teams they havent played before. should be a great weekend up in Hudson!! GO BEARS!!

[UA5straightin2008]

p.s. r2d2 you have a private message...

[r2d2]

if tonight really was a preview of the D1 state title game it will be UA walking to another D1 state title

If UA emerges as the clear power out of the Midwest tournament this weekend, I would have to agree.

[zwick4qbin02]

If UA emerges as the clear power out of the Midwest tournament this weekend, I would have to agree.

the only reason i say that is they just smoked the #6 team in the state on the road.

they also beat the #3 team in the state but that team is D2 so they won't have a chance to redeem that in the tournament (yes they can redeem it in the Midwest i know)

UA is clearly the #1 team in the state and may have the best team in the midwest. It will be interesting to see how that goes down this weekend if they end up seeing Brother Rice in the championship.

[r2d2]

zwick,

...agreed and why they play the game. It is a great weekend for lacrosse. ...so much talent and very accessible to the crowds. UA looks like they are on a roll,
again. We need to drink some of that water up here in the North!

[mcnugget]

Davidson 7 Jerome 6.

[UA5straightin2008]

wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, looks like UA wins the OCC championship outright

[mcnugget]

Here's the box score from the dispatch
Hilliard Davidson 7, Dublin Jerome 6
DJ (10-2) — Goals: Ruhl 2, Sims 2, Horine 2. Saves: Horn 7.
HD (15-1) — Goals: Strahler 4, Winland, Hohn, Detmer. Saves: Lewis 16. Halftime: DJ, 4-3.

[r2d2]

Here's the box score from the dispatch
Hilliard Davidson 7, Dublin Jerome 6
DJ (10-2) — Goals: Ruhl 2, Sims 2, Horine 2. Saves: Horn 7.
HD (15-1) — Goals: Strahler 4, Winland, Hohn, Detmer. Saves: Lewis 16. Halftime: DJ, 4-3.

...amazing! I have seen Jerome 3 times this year and Davidson once. Davidson must match up well against Jerome because as a team they did not look like they were the same caliber. Jerome thoroughly dominated a good WK team and lifted Campbell 5 times in 3 quarters. ...would not let him free up his hands/arms to shoot. What happened to this Jerome? ...off night? This is still a season of surprises. ...anyone see this game that can provide some insight? Would Jerome be taking Davidson too lightly looking past them to the Midwest?

[r2d2]

Saturday, 2:00PM Start, Cold & Extreme Winds

North Allegheny-17 Hudson-12
...in a game that was not worthy of reporting from the Hudson perspective. ...only out of respect for the competition, North Allegheny, who put a pounding on Hudson. This is the type of game you never want to see as a coach or an avid fan. Hudson needed the the Old Spice guy to ride through the locker room after that one..... As memory serves, the game was something like 8-5 Hudson in the 3rd. and in a matter of 5 or 6 minutes, NA ran away with the game. ...scoring goal after goal on a non-existent defense and a goalie who did not see the ball. Gilman clears all around from Hudson. Who were they passing to way down there? ...still no executed clears to middies who can run and handle the ball. Did it look like they quit late in the game? .....yes. And, that is unacceptable. Sure, it was cold and very windy, but the same conditions existed for NA. The same conditions existed at the Midwest tournament for UA &Jerome down the street at WRA. The same conditions for WRA and Brother Rice. ...for TW and Mt. Lebo. They all competed. With 3 games left in the regular season before the playoffs, will Hudson uphold the tradition? Certainly Medina and Hoover have their own ideas about the North. ...gut check time.

[UA5straightin2008]

Kilbourne 12 Davidson 9

[r2d2]

playoffs http://www.ohsla.org/Docs/2010%20Tournament%20Bracket.pdf

[r2d2]

Whereas UA earned the top seed, the most preferential path to the quarter finals belongs to WK who apparently got to choose the cross over bracket that ends up playing one Cbus team then all one or two year old programs in the NE before playing the NW for the quarter final slot. What a joke! Will they play on their knees? ...or blindfolded? ...maybe a blessing for UA in the finals as WK will be playing at about 20% speed after all of those JV games.

[UA5straightin2008]

i agree, i think it will be UA Kilbourne final, with a similar result to the first game, im calling 14-6

[r2d2]

I'll go with...

UA-9 WK-7

[r2d2]

Ignatius-10 Hudson-9

Hudson goes home for the season being beaten by Hoover and Ignatius in the same year. 1st. time since 2004 that any team (s) from the NE has defeated Hudson.

...return almost the entire team for next year.

[r2d2]

WK-18 Green-5

I tried to understand some type of justification for this bracket/match-up, but the best explanation I could come up with was a "cross pollination" of the state's best lacrosse with the emerging, new lacrosse programs. In reality this game served no purpose in that the disparity of talent was insulting. This very nature of this bracket allowed essentially a JV team to play an elite varsity team. The bracket methodology is flawed.

At any rate, WK trotted up and down the field, the WK fans muttered the opponents really ################## and started talking about running clock in the 1st. quarter. WK apparently had the opportunity to choose this bracket. However, the poor competition is a double sided coin. Although an easy win gets chalked up, WK certainly did not refine any skills or prepare for playoff lacrosse by playing in this bracket. Also, emerging programs tend to rely on football skills when their lacrosse skills are not established. The FO man for WK got his clock cleaned in front of the goal and Campbell got decked as well. ...flags flying all over for unnecessary roughness. One of the Green fans yelled, "Tackle him". The communication in the stands was that #24 did not have a concussion, but is it really worth the easy path to the finals? Jones probably would have dismantled Green, I left with 5 minutes left in the 2nd. quarter and the score was 12-2. Another penalty was announced as I got to my car. Hopefully, WK walked out of there intact.

[r2d2]

UA,

What is happening with Upper Arlington?

[mcnugget]

from the Dispatch- All-OCC teams
Buckeye Division
First team: Daniel Kloos, Joseph Benedick, Luke Treece and John Hardesty (Upper Arlington); Jacob Gilbert and Eric Ruhl (Dublin Coffman); Joe Bano and Leo Horine (Dublin Jerome); Conor Igoe and Will Campbell (Worthington Kilbourne); Jake Sharick (Thomas Worthington); Sky Strahler (Hilliard Davidson). Second team: Adam Lewis, Drew Morrison and Pat Dougherty (Hilliard Davidson); Austin Duncan (Dublin Jerome); Kyle Cassady, Timmy Yuhas and Spencer Parsons (Upper Arlington); Ryan Borcherding and Even Bowdy (Dublin Coffman); Marcus Rossetter (Dublin Scioto); Jake Hertenstein and Cory Spencer (Worthington Kilbourne). Honorable mention: Chris Kendall (Dublin Jerome); Danny Winland (Hilliard Davidson); Phil Steiner (Thomas Worthington); Michael Dilenschneider (Dublin Scioto); Sam Gains (Dublin Coffman); Charlie Bassani (Worthington Kilbourne); Alex Powers (Upper Arlington). Player of the year: Ruhl. Coach of the year: Jason Godwin (Hilliard Davidson).

Central Division
First team: Matt Schaublin, Jared Allan, Drew Hathaway, Kenny McCauley and Evan Matsumoto (Westerville North); Matt Taflan, Tanner Ayle, Kamren Curtis and Bill Calpin (Westerville Central); Drew Watson (Pickerington Central); Brent Gonzalez (Westerville South). Second team: Kyle Hoggarth and Nick Snyder (Westerville South); Josh Wagner, Jake Marburger and Zach Swick (Westerville Central); Jarrod Culp and Kyle Mick (Pickerington North); Logan Coyle and Brit Donahue (Westerville North). Honorable mention: John Haynes (Westerville North); Kyle Stephenson (Westerville Central). Player of the year: McCauley. Coach of the year: Tom Welsh (Westerville North).

Ohio Division
First team: Rob Gouhin, Jimmy Chickerella, Jason Binkley, Ben Lando and Jimmy Ruska (Olentangy Liberty); Braden Passias, Jay Griffith and Grant Pendrey (New Albany); Tyler Grassman and Thomas Fuss (Gahanna); Logan Muether (Hilliard Bradley); Kyle Moses (Olentangy). Second team: Adam LaChappelle, Ben Schembri and Jeff Moore (Gahanna); Andrew Mink, Collin Laviola and Clyde Wallace (New Albany); Nick Cory and Corbin Wolf (Hilliard Darby); Aaron Gutentag (Olentangy); Cody Holbrook (Olentangy Orange). Honorable mention: Alex Titus (Olentangy Orange); Grant Woods (Olentangy Liberty); Jordan Weir (New Albany); Frankie Riffe (Hilliard Bradley); David Jordan (Hilliard Darby); Brad Tarbutton (Gahanna). Player of the year: Binkley. Coach of the year: Sean McGinnis (New Albany).

[r2d2]

Saturday

Medina-20 Hoover-8

Medina hammered Hoover from the start to the finish. I wonder if WK will coast into town tomorrow assuming an easy victory. The personality of this WK team seems to be one of emotional swings. Which WK team shows up from the first FO is the key. If disinterested WK shows up like at the Midwest, they may be down 5-6 goals before they know what hit them. If the defending state champions show up, Medina should experience their second loss of the year after playing a soft schedule. Does the young coach have the horses ready to run?

[UA5straightin2008]

UA,

What is happening with Upper Arlington?

sorry for the delay, was enjoying my memorial day weekend. UA got the W over thomas 11-5 on saturday, playing pretty well, but no where near their best. Kloos stepped up BIG in the first quarter making 3 or 4 fastbreak/point blank saves and the defense played very well overall, giving up only 5 (just like the first game). The offense played much better this game and had much better shot selection (compared to the first meeting). I don't know much about the Mason team they will face on Wednesday, but I am going to predict a 13-6 final. GO BEARS!!

[UA5straightin2008]

so after sitting at the UA game for an hour and a half waiting for these crazy storms to stop, the game was called off and is rescheduled for tomorrow at 7:30 UA will maintain their 3-0 lead, and the game will start with about 3 minutes left in the 1st quarter.

From word of mouth at the game, Kilbourne beat Medina, and Jerome was tied with Mariemont before the game was called. I would assume that game would be rescheduled for tomorrow as well, not sure what time.

[r2d2]

WK-8 Medina-7

6-4 Medina at half, 8-6 WK after 3rd., 8-7 final. Medina really played well and represented. ...an exciting game with Medina in the box late with an opportunity to tie. ...really nice goalie play from WK with some spectacular saves. Campbell got lifted/stripped again at least 4-5 times or more. I wonder how that will translate to the D1 game. Jerome had the same success earlier in the year getting to his hands and stick. Igoe took at least a quarter calibrating his shot with the first 4 or 5 sailing well over the top of the goal before he found the right elevation. FO man for WK was clutch throughout the game and especially when WK had to have it with about 1:30 left in the game. A great game to watch. ...one of the best all season.

The storms stayed just to the south in the distance during a beautiful night.

[lax4fun]

No need to worry about campbell's d 1 play...

[r2d2]

No need to worry about campbell's d 1 play...

...of course not, D1 college players will have a much more difficult time lifting or stripping him than high school players, right? The stats from the Jerome game had him lifted/stripped 5 times in the first 3 quarters. The AA pole from Medina, #33, seemed to be in his pocket all night. Campbell is a stud, but he gets lifted a lot. I have no need to worry about it, ...just an observation. ...sorry if I insulted you with the comment.

[zwick4qbin02]

both the Jerome-Mariemont, USchool-St Francis and UA-Mason games got postponed due to the weather...

both are rescheduled for thursday night

Its just unfortunate for the road teams in all of these games because they have to travel a couple hours home and then turn around and do it all again tomorrow.

[UA5straightin2008]

UA rolls by Mason, winning 12-3. The game was never really close and UA didnt play near there best. They came out very slow, but by halftime it was 6-1. The day delay i'm sure had something to do with it. Hopefully the bears will get as much rest as they can for Saturdays game (Kilbourne lucks out and gets and extra days rest b/c they got there game in last night). Should be a great game on Saturday. I'm changing my previous prediction from 12-6 to 11-5 :D GO BEARS!!!

[r2d2]

Medina, surprisingly, was able to minimize/neutralize Igoe and Campbell. In fact, Campbell turned the ball over at least 5 times due to aggressive Medina D. WK took what Medina gave them and got just enough from the rest of the team to slip through. BTW, the BTB goal by Spencer was as good as it gets. ...fluid, precise placement. It energized the stadium and the WK players.

UA is a better team than Medina and it should be interesting to see how they handle Igoe and Campbell. I don't think the balance of the WK team can beat UA if Igoe and Campbell are handled.

I'll stick with UA-9 WK-7

[UA5straightin2008]

in the words of freddie mercury, WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, MY FRIEND!!!!! UA wins a great game 10-8. UA never really seemed to be able to pull away, but gets the job done well enough in the end to be the D1 2010 Ohio High School Lacrosse State Champions!! GO BEARSSS!! 6 state championships in 7 years. UA also took 4 out of 5 player of the year awards. Luke Treece (jr-osu) was attackman of the year, john hardesty (sr-osu) was LSM of the year, Dan Kloos (sr-Bryant) was goalie of the year, and Joseph Benedick (sr-UPenn) was defenseman of the year. Will campbell (kilbourne-sr-UNC) was the midfielder of the year. Cam Williams was the offensive MVP of the state championship game and Joseph Benedick was the defensive MVP of the state championship game (taking after his older brother, a goalie, who was the defensive MVP of the 2008 state championship game)

anyone find it odd there wasnt a single player of the year award given out???! they have always had it and even D2 had a single player of the year?? what gives!!!

[iualum]

Any idea who the All Americans were this year in the OCC? Usually announce around this time.

[UA5straightin2008]

All Americans for Central Ohio

Eric Ruhl-Jerome-Middie (Hopkins)--first 2x AA in a long long long time
Will Campbell-Kilbourne-Middie (UNC)
John Hardesty-UA-LSM (OSU)
Sky Strahler-Davidson-Attack
Conor Igoe-Kilbourne-Middie (Jacksonville)
Jake Sharick-Thomas-Middie (OSU)

Academic All American
Joseph Benedick-UA-Defense (UPenn)

[luvlacrosse]

Conor Igoe

[1Yoursiday]

anyone find it odd there wasnt a single player of the year award given out???! they have always had it and even D2 had a single player of the year?? what gives!!!

There was only a single OHSLA POY award given out (for all divisions) and it was given to Scott Loy.

[r2d2]

The UA machine! In what appeared to be less than a dynasty year, UA takes the championship again. ...must be running out of space with all of that hardware!

For WK, Igoe was on fire and Campbell was relatively quiet. Medina was much more physical with both of them. However, UA was effective in limiting Campbell. UA just has "lacrosse talent" that runs deep on that team. Although I see teams with athletes who play lacrosse, I don't see many entire squads with pure lacrosse talent. ...year in and year out. The focus runs deep as well as evidenced by the WK illegal substitution that evoked an immediate, unified response from the entire UA sideline. No one was daydreaming or off somewhere else, but rather clearly focused on the game at hand. Also, the attention to detail of turning mistakes into opportunities
is still impressive. ...an errant pass or missed ground ball quickly turns into a goal. Who refines the tenacity and discipline? Clearly in a 2 goal game, it made all the difference. Benedick is the real deal too. ...goes man to man anywhere on the field and never seems to get into trouble. ...glides and effortlessly strips the ball if it is held too long. ...never appears to be concerned about getting beat that far out from the goal. ...don't think I have seen a pole play like that this year. Congrats to UA!

[tripleg]

Didn't see the final but the times that I have seen UA, r2d2, you hit it right on the head. They have a definite "system" and focus. Everything they do has a purpose. Most teams have that one guy (whether a Campbell or a Ruhl, etc.) and UA always seem to take them out and make you beat them with someone else. They just never seem to be in the wrong place on offense or defense.

[tripleg]

Oh and P.S. - I hear that they will be very solid next year too.