Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 3/16/25
One of a series of scholastic previews for the 2025 season
Archmere Academy
League: Diamond State Athletic Conference
Head Coach: Pete Duncan (11 years at Archmere 133-42 record, 20 years as Head Coach 240-103 overall)
Assistant Coaches: Darren Mahoney, Jason Molnar, Ethan Kates, Connor Smeader
2024 Record: 13-5
2024 Team Honors: Diamond State Athletic Conference Champions, State Semifinalists
Opener: March 24, Home vs. Newark Charter School, 4:00 pm
Key returners: Aidan Mahoney ’25 midfield, Jack Chesman ’25 defense, David Pinto ’25 attack, Zidane Breña ’26 goalie, Ryan Hagenberg ’26 midfield, Jonah Kuzinski ’26 midfield
Key newcomers: Noah Blessington ’26 defense, Cole Rafter ’27, attack, Jack Shahan ’27 defense, Jack King ’28 midfield, Larry Formosa ’26 attack, Quin Duncan ’28 attack, Henry Hahn ’26 defense, Tiernan Matthews ’26 midfield, Wyatt Beekley ’28 midfield, Owen Kates ’27 midfield, Lucas Passehl ’28 attack, Ethan Beach ’26 midfield, Mason Kohl ’26 LSM, Luca Anerino ’26 defense
Coach’s Outlook for 2025: “Our team has the pieces to maintain a standard of success established by years of strong player leadership and commitment to the Archmere program. While our team will be relatively young, we do return a core group of upperclassmen with vital experience ready to lead us. Our schedule out-of-conference is still among the strongest in Delaware, and we will aim to get better as the season progresses.”
Delaware Military Academy Seahawks
League: Diamond State
Head Coach: Tyler Morrell (2nd year as HC)
Assistants: John Lunsford
John Beachell
Jack Gerber
Andrew Papanicolas
Jon Smith
Jerry Kryspin III
2024 record: 5 wins, 10 losses
Opener: March 25th @ First State Military Academy
Key Returners: Cole Rice, Erik Mischel, Logan Beachell, Davey Cresswell, Eric Pennington
Key Newcomers: Jed Olkkola
Coach’s outlook: “We are extremely optimistic for the season ahead of us. We have built a brand new culture of Lacrosse at the school. We are in the business of building lacrosse players, not importing them.”
