Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 3/15/22
This is one of a series of previews for the 2022 scholastic lacrosse season
Bishop Shanahan
League: Ches-Mont
Coaches: Jon Heisman Head Coach, Beginning my 12th Season; assistants Paul Meyers, Jeff Poake, Brett Weinhardt, Tom Seifert, Ian Lewaka
2021 Record: 17-6, District Runner-up 2AA, State Final Four-2AA
Key Players:
Senior Def-Liam Blakely- Robert Morris Commit
Senior Mid-Colin McGrory- playing football
Senior LSM – Andrew Deviney- McDaniel commit
Junior Dmid- Ben Rodney-Tims
Others to watch: Freshman & Sophomore class: Soph Attack- Joe Devine
Coach’s Outlook: “We have strong sophomore and freshman classes who will get better as the season progresses. We should be competitive.”
Downingtown West
League: Ches-Mont
Coaches: Billy Davis (head coach), Ray Beneke, Will Loftin, Alex Wagner
2021 Record and accomplishments: 16-5, District Qualifier
Key Players: Bret Bergey (2021 All Ches-Mont, First Team), Jackson Chiappa (2021 All Ches-Mont, HM), Carter Grear (2021 All Ches-Mont HM), Zach Rossman (2021 All Ches-Mont, HM), Michael Straub (2021 All Ches-Mont, First Team), and Thomas Venzie (2021 All Ches-Mont, First Team).
Others to Watch: Kevin Conway, Tyler Fogel, Remi Hochhaus, Kevin Lundmark, Owen Lundmark, Gabe McErlean, Bram Monroe, Eddie Moore, Liam Nicolas, Adam Rowland, Dylan Stang, Jake Toth, Dom Varano, and Guy Villari.
Coach’s Outlook for 2022: “We have a great mix of confident upper-classman that have had competitive playing experience and are incredibly driven to take this program to a different level. Combine that with enthusiastic, hard-working underclassmen, and we look entirely different in so many ways for 2022.” – Coach Billy Davis
