This is one of a regular-day series of boys’/men’s and girls’/women’s stories looking back on this date in lacrosse history)
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 6/7/20
6/7/09 – La Salle downs Manheim Township, 7-5, for final Keystone Cup championship
By Chris Goldberg & Matt Blymier
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 6/7/08
MILLERSVILLE – It clearly was not the most impressive performance in a season that featured 31 victories – with some of them for the ages.
But Friday night at Comet Field, La Salle finished off a season that won’t soon be forgotten as it held off Manheim Township, 7-5, to claim the final Keystone Cup boys’ lacrosse championship.
The win capped a 31-2 season for the Explorers, who last won the crown in 2004. Manheim finished 19-9.
The title was the last of an era in which every team in the state was eligible for the “true” state championship. Next year the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) takes over jurisdiction of boys’ lacrosse and teams from the powerful Inter-Ac League will not be involved because they are not PIAA members.
6/7/11 – PIAA boys’ semifinals: St. Joseph’s Prep uses quick start to roll past Mt. Lebanon, 15-5
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 6/7/11
Staff Report
Anthony Marini had four goals and an assist and Jeff Heath scored three goals as St. Joseph’s Prep raced to a 6-1 lead early in the second period and coasted past Mt. Lebanon, 15-5, today in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) semifinals at Penn State.
The victory vaults the District 12 champion Hawks (19-4) into the championship game Saturday against Conestoga at HersheyPark Stadium at 3 p.m. Conestoga, the defending state champion, toppled Central Bucks East, 14-4.
Conestoga and St. Joe’s Prep met in the season’s first game; the Pioneers won, 12-9, in a game that was close until the very end.
Mt. Lebanon, the District 7 champion, finished at 18-4.
6/7/11 – PIAA boys’ semifinals: Conestoga routs Central Bucks East, 14-4, to reach state finals for 3rd straight year
By Russ Atkinson
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 6/7/11
Conestoga will compete in its third straight Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) final after defeating Central Bucks East, 14-4, today at Harriton.
The Pioneers (24-1), the defending state champs, will face St. Joseph’s Prep in the title game Saturday at HersheyPark Stadium at 3 p.m. St. Joe’s Prep defeated Mt. Lebanon, 15-5, in the other semifinal.
Central Bucks East, which fell to Conestoga in the District 1 final as well, finished its season at 22-3.
Conestoga bolted to a 4-0 lead after one period and 8-0 at halftime before CB East’s Parker Self (two goals) and Ryan Whitney (one goal, one assist) scored to make it 8-2. But the Pioneers scored three consecutive goals – by Kyle Morrison, Billy Flatley and Connor Frisina – in a 58-second span while a man up as East took five straight penalties.
6/7/14 – PIAA boys’ championship: Penncrest uses 8-0 run to defeat Avon Grove, 12-7, for first state crown
By Chris Goldberg
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 6/7/14
Will Manganiello scored five goals and Dylan McCleaft made 14 saves to spark Penncrest to a stunning 12-7 victory over Avon Grove today in the PIAA boys’ lacrosse championship at HersheyPark Stadium.
Penncrest – PIAA boys’ champion (Photo by Rene Schleicher)
The Lions (25-1) won their first PIAA title in their first appearance of the 6-year tourney and their first state title of any type. Penncrest had never won a state lacrosse title in the years before the PIAA began sanctioning lacrosse, having reached the EPSLA final one time (2000).
Manganiello put his team ahead, 5-3, with the four straight goals late in the first period and in the second period when he was the only player to score. One of his goals was a miraculous underhand behind-the-back tally.
When the Devils (20-5) finally scored again on an Eric Russo goal early in the fourth period, they had gone 25:19 without a goal and been outscored 8-0.
6/7/16 – .@LaSalle_Sports defeats Manheim Township, 10-2, to return to PIAA finals
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 6/7/16
Staff Report
La Salle held Manheim Township scoreless for the last 38:43 of the game and scored 10 unanswered goals to earn a 10-2, lightning-shortened victory today in the PIAA semifinals at Exeter High.
The District 12 champion Explorers (21-3, ranked no. 3 by Phillylacrosse.com) advance to their first state championship since 2013 Saturday at West Chester East (2:30 p.m.) where they will play Springfield-Delco, which downed Strath Haven, 8-5.
The La Sale-Manheim game was called with 1:23 left on the clock after lightning halted play.
La Salle will be making its fifth state final appearance. The Explorers have won twice (2009, 2013) and lost twice – all four games coming against Conestoga.
Cody Mazurek scored three goals and Chris Hladczuk and Brett Baskin each added two goals and an assist while Matt Clibanoff scored twice and Colin Cahill dished three assists for La Salle.
6/7/17 – PIAA Class AA boys’ semifinals: Springfield-Delco returns to state finals with shutout over LC
By Barry Sankey
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 6/7/17
Mike Tulskie scored four goals and James Spence collected seven saves and posted a rare shutout as Springfield-Delco defeated Lansdale Catholic, 12-0, Tuesday night at Methacton in the PIAA Class AA semifinals.
The Cougars (21-3) advance to play Henderson in the title game Saturday at West Chester East at 2 p.m. Henderson (20-3) – which fell to Springfield, 4-3, in the District 1 final – routed Mars Area, 20-8.
Lansdale Catholic (18-5) closed its most successful season as it won two state games after reaching the Catholic League semifinals and winning the District 12 championship.
Springfield-Delco was never threatened. Tulskie scored twice in the first period off assists from Kyle Long (one goals, four assists and 104 assists for the season) and the Cougars added six four more goals in the second period to seize a 6-0 lead.