Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 3/24/12
This is one of a series of previews for the 2012 Philly lacrosse season
La Salle
Coach: Bill Leahy, 21 years
Last Year’s Record/Accomplishments: 14-6 PCL Finalist
Key Returnees: Corey Shaffer- Goalie, Matt Rambo Attack All-State and All-American (Maryland), Sean Coleman Midfield All-State (Harvard ), Casey Eidenshink defense (Lehigh)
Key Newcomers: Jeff Cimbalista- midfield/ Yale, zack Drake – attack, Aidan Kerrigan – attack
Outlook for 2012: “We hope to return to the PCL Finals.”
Cardinal O’Hara
Coach: Jim DeRose, 10th year
2011 Record: 11-7
Returning Players:
Rick Eglington, SR D
Pat Funchion SR D
Joe Simpson SOPH M
Key Newcomers:
Alex Cornish SR M
DeGregorio, Dan SR A
Nick Montalvo SR A/M
Tim Coyle JR Goalie
Zach Long JR D
Nick Techtman JR A/M
Dam MacNamara SOPH A
Sean McHugh SOPH A
2012 Outlook: “The young lions are short on experience, long on talent. Strong work ethic, should come together as the season progresses.”
Emmaus:
Head Coach: Scott Ketcham, 1st year
Last Year’s Recap: 15-6 overall; 9-1 LVC. Won third straight LVC championship, defeating CCHS (8-7) but were denied a shot at winning its third straight District XI title after being stunned by Nazareth (12-11).
Key Losses: Dan Kinek (MF, 70 goals, 24 assists, 94 points, LVC MVP); Joe Magargal (GK., All-LVC); John McGeary (MF, 10 g, 4 a); Hugh Boyd (Def.); Sunny Yu (Def.); Trevor Davidson (MF)
Key Returnees: Zack Schleicher (Jr. MF, 35 goals, 12 assists, 47 points, Honorable mention All-LVC); Travis Schmidt (Sr., MF 22 g, 8 a, 30); Tyler Kennedy (Sr., A, 20 g, 9 a, 29); Cole Campbell (Sr., A, 17 g, 11 a, 28); Marc Feldman (Jr., MF, 15 g, 13 a, 28); Drew Phillipes (Jr., A, 15 g, 7 a, 22); Andrew Brown (Jr., MF, 11 g, 2 a, 13); Jesse Kuehner (Sr., A); Cory Souders (Sr., Def.); Austin Schadt (Sr., Def); Steve Bitto (Sr., Def); John Garrity (Sr., Def); Corey Hill (Jr., Def)
Newcomers: Garrett Miers (Jr., GK); Matt Schleicher (Fr., A); Nate Kraemer (So., MF); Jace Liszka (Fr.); Ryan Cronauer (Jr., MF) ; Peter Conway (Soph., MF); Seth Workman (Jr., MF)
And the coach says: “I can deal with the expectations just because I can deal with the fact that if we give everything our results are going to be pretty good. I like being here and I like being around parents of kids that want to win and they’re serious about it. Regarding what happened last season, I think there’s a feeling that they let it (a District XI title) slip away, but there’s also a feeling this year that things are going to be different and we’re going to take things into our own hands and dictate pace of play, how we do things, how we hold ourselves accountable and how we act as a team and that’s probably the biggest goal I have more than wins or losses. I just want to play as a group with 20 to 25 guys that we can put in our rotation.”
Germantown Academy
Coach: Dave Martin, 28 years
Last Year’s Record/Accomplishments: 15-6, tied for second in the Inter-AC
Key Returnees:
Reid Weber, Attack
Billy Oppenheimer, Attack
Connor Crump, Midfield
Greg Shildkrout, Midfield
Jake Adoni, Goalie
Key Newcomers:
Hayes Nolte, Defense
Pat Sawyer, Defense
Brad Garcia, Defense
Outlook for 2012: “The team and the coaching staff is excited about the upcoming season. Playing in the Inter-AC means that every game is a battle. The league continues to be one the strongest if not the strongest in the country top to bottom. It should be an exciting season.”
Interboro
Coach: Justin McQuaid, 4th season
Last Year’s Record/Accomplishments: 11-6
Key Returnees:
Dan Hopson, Def
Nick Graham, Def
Brian Van Wyk, Mid
Dave Hearn, Mid
Jake Herrmann, Att
Key Newcomers:
Dillon Mollica, Att
Christian Fisher, Att
Steve Lee, Goal
Outlook for 2012: “We have a good mixture of veteran leaders and young, skilled players. The boys know our systems, and have to prove that last year was not a fluke. We are all hoping to get over the hump and make it to the district playoffs this year. And then from there, we’ll see. Starting off with Ridley on Friday should
be a great test.”
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