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2008 Varsity Boys Lacrosse

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There were no wild celebrations for Wootton’s boys lacrosse team this time. No all-out sprints onto the field, no shirts being twirled in the air. Few reactions other than some meager smiles and discussion of its next matchup.

The host Patriots, a year after becoming the first team in Montgomery County history to win a state playoff game, repeated as 4A-3A West Region champions after beating Bethesda-Chevy Chase, 11-3, last Wednesday night. As the bracket’s top seed and unbeaten in county, public-school play — Wootton (16-1) lost to Good Counsel by a goal in the season opener — it cruised to one-sided postseason victories over Springbrook, Walter Johnson and the second-seeded Barons before losing, 9-6, to Dulaney in the state semifinals. ...

While the Patriots did what they were expected to do all year, the Barons did not. They did a lot better than they ever have.

It was a magical season, one which head coach Alan Pohoryles won’t soon forget. His team did things no B-CC (14-3) team has done before — for the first time since Pohoryles stepped in as head coach back in 2001, it beat Walter Johnson, Churchill and Whitman.

For emphasis, the Barons had not beaten any of the three Bethesda schools in over seven years. This year, they beat all three, and reached the regional final for the first time in school history.

‘‘I already talked to them, they’re just bummed out right now,” said Pohoryles. ‘‘But hey, we’ve never been this far before.”

The contributions came from all over place. On the offensive side of the ball, B-CC was one of the most balanced teams in the county. They had five 20-plus goal scorers, and though they lacked the depth of teams like Wootton, which cost them on Wednesday night, they were extremely strong in the starting lineup.

Attackmen John Tschiderer (overtime game-winning goal against Churchill), Thomas Krogh and Christian Cobb (the team’s top returning scorer from a year ago) spearheaded an offense that scored no less than eight goals in a single county game prior to the regional championship.

They were aided by two midfielders, different in stature but similar in results. Mighty-mite Gus Vita led the team in points for most of the season, and scored the tying and winning goals in the Barons’ 8-7 overtime victory over the Wildcats. New Jersey transfer Chris Pappalardo was just as big — much bigger in size — a part of B-CC’s success, becoming a force in the midfield. He scored the Barons’ first two goals against the Patriots, and was the only offensive player able to create chances for most of the night.

The real story of B-CC’s season was on the defensive end. With wins by three, two, two and one goals this spring, it was often the back line, with defenders Beau Foreman, Jake Sandler and Ryan Haughey, that was counted on most.

It was what was behind them that turned the Barons from a good team into a great one. Senior goalkeeper Jon Goldberg was sensational all year, earning rave reviews from coaches around the county for his ability to make the difficult saves. A multi-year starter, he closed out his B-CC career with 26 saves against the Patriots.

‘‘Wootton’s a great team, they’re one of best teams in the state, and we left it out on the field,” said Goldberg. ‘‘I’ll just remember the guys on the team. We’re just a big family.”

On the way to becoming the first Montgomery County boys' lacrosse team to reach a state final last season, Wootton had a few scattered close games.

This season, the Patriots are making it look easy.

After a scoreless first quarter yesterday, Wootton controlled the remainder of the Maryland 4A/3A West Region final on its way to a 12-5 home win over Bethesda-Chevy Chase.

Wootton has won all 15 of its games against Maryland public schools by at least four goals.

"Each win builds more and more confidence," said senior Harry Shay, who had three goals for the Patriots (16-1). "We feel we're supposed to be here, and we're supposed to go on to the next one and the next one."

Wootton, which will face Dulaney in the state semifinals for the second straight year either tomorrow or Saturday, opened the scoring early in the second quarter with two quick goals from Shay and senior Jordan Montesano.

The Patriots led 4-1 at halftime, then padded their advantage with two straight goals to start the third quarter, again from Shay and Montesano.

Bethesda-Chevy Chase (14-3), playing in its first region final, trimmed the deficit to 7-3 by the start of the fourth quarter, but Wootton scored the first five goals in the final frame.

"I felt like [the Patriots] were picking up the intensity," said Barons junior Chris Pappalardo, "and we let down a little bit."

As soon as the game was over, word circulated among Wootton's coaches and players that Dulaney also had won and would be next.

"We know they're going to come out hungry after we ended their season last year," said Montesano, who finished with three goals. "But we have to come out hungrier because we have unfinished business. Our goal is to win a state championship."

May 15, DigitalSports.com: Different Wootton, Same Result

As Wootton’s boy’s lacrosse team posed for a team picture following its 12-5 win in the 4A/3A West regional finals against Bethesda-Chevy Chase, a player shouted one word and nearly every player echoed it and flashed a sign with his hands.

Dynasty.

It’s a word that made Colin Thomson cringe a small bit when he heard it, but not even the modest Wootton coach could deny his players their glory. Wootton convincingly won its third straight 4A/3A West region title Wednesday at its home field, setting up a rematch of last year’s 4A/3A state semifinals with Dulaney. ...

The Patriots are 17-1 and haven’t lost a game since falling to the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference’s runner-up, Good Counsel, in their season opener.

Thomson told his team it played its best game of the season Wednesday night. After a scoreless first half, Wootton scored six of the game’s next seven goals. Just when Bethesda-Chevy Chase made it a game, pulling to within 7-3, Wootton rattled off five straight goals to take a 12-3 lead with less than three minutes left in the game. ...

But on Wednesday, it was Wootton’s defense that once again took over. The Patriots held Bethesda-Chevy Chase, who was making its first regional finals appearance, to just five shots in the first half. Senior Chris Pappalardo scored two first-half goals for the Barons but by the time others chimed in it was too late.

“They have a really strong defense that’s the backbone of their team,” Pappalardo said. “They really pressured us unlike any other team has this season. … It feels great making history for this school but it’s harsh to lose.”

May 14, Post: Prep Notebook

Bethesda-Chevy Chase junior attacker John Tschiderer (two goals, one assist) scored from five feet out on the right side on an assist from junior midfielder Gus Vita (one goal, two assists) with 18 seconds left in the first overtime period yesterday to give the Barons (14-2) an 8-7 victory over visiting Churchill (12-4) in the 4A/3A West Region boys' lacrosse semifinals. B-CC will visit Wootton, 10-5 winners over Walter Johnson, at 7 tonight for the region title.

Junior John Tschiderer scores game-winner on assist by junior Gus Vita to beat Churchill, 8-7, and advance to the 4A West regional final today

Bethesda-Chevy Chase beat Churchill, 8-7, in overtime Tuesday on a goal by junior John Tschiderer and assist by junior Gus Vita to advance to the 4A West regional final against Wootton today in Rockville.

“It was one of the best games I’ve been involved in as a coach,” Bethesda-Chevy Chase coach Alan Pohoryles said. “We didn’t do that well for most of the game but we did enough to win the game.”

Churchill took a 3-1 lead to start the game before Bethesda-Chevy Chase, who beat the Bulldogs 8-4 on April 19, came back to tie the game at 3 heading into halftime.

B-CC took a 7-5 lead during the second half before Churchill rallied to tie the game in the final minutes. The game went into overtime, where Barons senior goalie Jon Goldberg once again stepped to the forefront. Goldberg made three saves in overtime, two from point-blank range, to set up the game-winning goal.

“You can wipe all of them out; the three in overtime were unbelievable,” Pohoryles said.

Vita’s pass in transition was right on target, leaving Tschiderer wide open for the game-winner. Senior Christian Cobb also scored two goals, Tschiderer had an earlier goal as well, Vita had one goal and two assists and Chris Pappalardo notched one goal and two assists.

“It was a great game,” Pohoryles said. “Either team could have one. Somehow, the Gods were smiling on us and we pulled it out.”

Bethesda-Chevy Chase boy’s lacrosse goalie Jon Goldberg is a four-year varsity starter. But although he has an abundance of varsity experience, Goldberg still stood nervously between the pipes Saturday against Whitman.

That’s because Goldberg doesn’t have a terrible amount of playoff experience. In fact, Bethesda-Chevy Chase had never won a playoff game during Goldberg’s four years.

That changed Saturday as the Barons rolled over Whitman, 14-7, in their 4A/3A West Region quarterfinal game. B-CC will now face Churchill in the regional semifinals.

“For us, you know, playing as many games as we can is just great,” Goldberg said. “It’s great doing well. I think we can do something this year.”

Last year B-CC went 7-6 and lost in the first round of the playoffs to Walter Johnson, 4-3. Before making the move from 3A/2A/1A to 4A/3A last year, Bethesda Chevy-Chase fell in the playoffs to Urbana three years in a row.

The Barons posted the best season in B-CC history this year, going 12-2 during the regular season. The Barons’ only Montgomery County loss came against defending region champion Wootton on April 11, 12-8. Besides that, B-CC only lost to St. John’s of the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference.

Bethesda-Chevy Chase, who has five players with more than 20 goals, set three other milestones this year, beating Churchill, Whitman and Walter Johnson all for the first time in program history, something Goldberg certainly takes pride in.

“I think we have a lot of younger players and they don’t realize it as much that we’ve never done this before,” Goldberg said. “But the seniors on this team realize what this means to the school and the program of B-CC.”

“I know he cares more than anybody on this team,” B-CC Coach Alan Pohoryles said of Goldberg. “I’m happy for him. I’m happy for all the guys. They’ve earned it.”

Bethesda-Chevy Chase jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by juniors Chris Pappalardo and Gus Vita. But Whitman (7-6) won the share of faceoffs and ground balls during the first quarter and came back to make the score 2-1 on a goal by Pat Slawta. Goldberg held Whitman in check, however, posting 16 saves.

Pappalardo quickly put a stop to any chances Whitman had, winning the first faceoff of the second quarter cleanly and feeding John Tschiderer for a goal just six seconds into the quarter. The Barons scored exactly a minute later on a goal by Jake Sandler and closed the half with two straight goals to take a 6-2 halftime lead.

The Barons opened the second half with seven of the half’s first eight goals, taking a 13-3 lead with seven minutes, 26 seconds left in the game. Junior Thomas Krogh lead the Barons in goals with four, Vita had three goals and Tschiderer had two goals and four assists.

“This is like a new team, a new start for us and it’s real exciting,” Krogh said. “I think it adds a little more pressure but I think it’s better because I think it makes us hungrier to get farther in the playoffs.”

The key word of the boys lacrosse playoffs in 4A-3A West Region is depth. Through the final weekend of the regular season, eight of its 11 teams have winning percentages above .500.

There is one definitive favorite to win the region — defending-champion Wootton, which at 13-1 once again has the best record in Montgomery County entering the postseason. But to make it into the 4A-3A semifinals this year, the Patriots would have to survive a stacked playoff bracket. ...

The elite are joined by a new face this time around. Bethesda-Chevy Chase (11-2) had its best season in school history, with its first-ever wins over Whitman, Churchill and Walter Johnson to boot. Entering Monday afternoon’s draw, the Barons had won seven games in a row. Led by an extremely deep offensive lineup (five players have over 20 goals) and one of the best goalkeepers in the county in Jon Goldberg, they’ve logged close victories — an overtime oust of the Wildcats and a 10-8 nailbiter over The Heights of the Maryland Independent Lacrosse League — in addition to numerous blowouts. They will be the region’s second seed, behind Wootton. ...

Bethesda-Chevy Chase boys' lacrosse coach Alan Pohoryles is hesitant to label any game as a good loss, but that's essentially what the Barons had April 11, when they lost to Wootton, 12-8.

Since that game, the Barons (9-2) have won five in a row, including an 8-7 overtime win at Walter Johnson and a 14-6 home win against Poolesville last week.

"The biggest thing is that I think we played [Wootton] very well, and I think the guys realize that," Pohoryles said. "We're a team to contend with. We played the only team in Montgomery County history to make the state finals [which happened last season] to a 12-8 game, and if we didn't make a few mistakes, we could have won that game."

In addition to the goaltending of Jon Goldberg and midfield play of Gus Vita, who scored the game-tying and game-winning goals against Walter Johnson, the Barons have had solid contributions throughout the field from senior defenseman Ryan Haughey, junior midfielder Chris Pappalardo and senior attackman Christian Cobb.

The B-CC Boys Varsity Lacrosse team is looking forward to the most difficult season in its brief history. The Barons have moved up to a newly formed 4A/3A Division, which includes the likes of Whitman, Wootton, WJ and Churchill. The team will also schedule games with private schools St. Johns and The Heights. With returning senior Christian Cobb and junior John Tschiderer leading the attack, returning junior Gus Vita and newcomer Chris Pappalardo creating a strong midfield, and seniors Beau Foreman, Jake Sandler, Ryan "Shruggs" Haughey, and superstar goalie Jon Goldberg defending our goal, the Barons may very well have the squad to battle this brutally tough schedule. Head Coach Alan "Poho" Pohoryles (8th year), Assistant Chris "Tattoo" Rimorin (4th year), and Assistant Coach Nick "Romeo" Hemans (2nd year) are all on board to take the Barons to a new level this season.

It’s turning into a storybook season for the Bethesda-Chevy Chase boys lacrosse team.

At 9-2, the Barons have won five games in a row and have a chance to finish with their best record in school history. But that’s only a part of the reason 2008 will be a year to remember — among their conquests this season include Whitman, Churchill and Walter Johnson, all schools they had never beaten before. The former two, annually two of the better teams in Montgomery County, came by a combined 13 goals.

‘‘I don’t think it’ll be a truly great season unless we make a little run in playoffs,” said head coach Alan Pohoryles. ‘‘If we do get the No. 2 seed [behind division-leading Wootton], hopefully we get a good random draw. The guys are really excited.”

What’s made B-CC such a powerhouse this year hasn’t been one superstar, or even two standouts. Five players are hovering around the 20-goal mark for the Barons, including attackmen Christian Cobb, Thomas Krogh, and John Tschiderer, as well as midfielders Gus Vita and Chris Pappalardo (‘‘he doesn’t have the stats but he’s been unbelievable,” said Pohoryles). Among the many defensive heroes is goalkeeper Jon Goldberg, who has been lights out in net when he’s been needed most.

The WJ victory was such an occasion, and maybe the defining game in the Barons’ season up to this point. It was a back-and-forth contest, with the Wildcats taking a 7-6 lead late in the fourth quarter. As time wound down, Vita beat his defender from the right sidelines and tied the game with just 10 seconds remaining. After WJ dominated possession in the overtime session, the Barons were able to retain possession on a penalty, and Vita punched home the game-winner late in the sudden-death period.

The real story was Goldberg, who made three spectacular saves after regulation to keep B-CC alive.

‘‘He’s made the biggest saves of any goalie I’ve ever had,” said Pohoryles. ‘‘Jonny played out of his mind in OT. We watched tape the day after, and people were coming up to him and just saying ‘Oh my God, I didn’t realize how great that save you made was.’”

Bethesda-Chevy Chase midfielder Gus Vita had already played the role of hero on his home field Wednesday night. He snaked through Walter Johnson defenders and fired a high shot into the back of the net with just 10 seconds remaining in the game to tie the score at seven.

In overtime, he did it again.

After Barons’ goaltender Jon Goldberg turned away three quality scoring chances at one end, Vita bounced in the game-winner with 1 minute, 2 seconds left in the extra session to seal the comeback victory. The win improved B-CC to 8-2 and pushed the team’s winning streak to four games.

“We just kept our heads up and this team has so much heart,” said Vita, who also added an assist. “We’re trying to make a statement and become big in the county. This pushes us further toward the playoffs, so this is huge.”

Goldberg, who finished with 14 saves, kept his team in the game with several superb saves early in overtime, and Vita said he had to respond to his good friend’s key play. The two have played on summer teams together and Vita said the big saves fired up his squad.

“He’s been the backbone of our team the whole season,” B-CC coach Alan Pohoryles said of his senior goalie. “I think he’s the best goalie in the county and he proved it today. When I called a timeout [with 1 minute 30 seconds left on overtime], I said, ‘Guys, look, Jonny just made a huge save for you so guys can finish it on offense. Gus Vita had absolutely no gas in his tank and pulled out whatever he could to get those two goals.” ...

“With our games against Churchill, Whitman, and now, Walter Johnson, we had never beaten any of them,” Pohoryles said. “At least not in my seven years here, but I think before that as well. But this year we beat all three of them. Everybody on the team came together. [Walter Johnson] is a great team and the fact that we were able to hang with them is amazing.”

It’s been such an up-and-down season for the Whitman boys lacrosse team, even head coach Kevin Pope can’t explain it.

The Vikings have played in every kind of game just six games into the season. They’ve beaten good teams in thrilling fashion (a 9-8 victory over Sherwood), and they’ve lost to good teams in heartbreakers (a 9-8 loss to Walter Johnson). They’ve beaten Magruder and Northwest in 12- and nine-goal routs, respectively, while Bethesda-Chevy Chase wiped the floor with them, 15-6.

It’s only fitting that with the tremendous highs and equal lows, they’re 3-3, right down the middle.

‘‘How have we been, you tell me?” said Pope. ‘‘It just remains to be seen. We feel we’ve been doing some good things, and obviously B-CC really came in and rocked our world.” ...

It’s two weeks into the season, and Bethesda-Chevy Chase boys lacrosse coach Alan Pohoryles is ready to break out the superlatives. Not for no reason.

The Barons are 4-2, falling to Washington Catholic Athletic Conference power St. John’s (D.C.) by one goal and staying close with last year’s 4A state runner-up, Wootton. But Pohoryles said his optimism stems from the feeling of ‘‘team” he gets from watching them.

‘‘I mean, we move the ball better than any team I’ve coached,” said Pohoryles, who is in his seventh year at the helm. ‘‘It’s just great to watch. I find myself yelling less and letting the players take care of things.”

It really has been a team effort, specifically on the offensive end of the field, that has allowed the Barons to get off to their four-win start. Four players have scored at least 10 goals. Junior midfielder Gus Vita leads the way in both goals and assists with 14 and 10, respectively, while senior attackman Christian Cobb, the team’s returning scoring leader, has 10 and eight. Junior attackman Thomas Krogh has come out of nowhere to pitch in 11 goals and New Jersey transfer middie Chris Pappalardo had added 10 with seven assists.

The main addition defensively has been Pohoryles moving senior Ryan Haughey, an All-Gazette first-team goalkeeper for the Barons’ hockey team, to a close defender. He has been ‘‘lockdown,” according to his coach, as has goalkeeper Jon Goldberg, who is averaging nearly 13 stops per game.

The highlight of B-CC’s season was a 15-6 victory over Whitman last week. A nine-goal victory over a perennial county power was impressive enough, but it is believed to be the first time the Barons have ever beaten the Vikings.

‘‘It was definitely surprising to us, too; never did I think we would be up 10-0 going into the third quarter against Whitman,” said Pohoryles. ‘‘It was mindboggling. Coach [Kevin] Pope even told me at end of game, ‘I think this is first time you beat us. Congratulations.’”

Senior Harry Shay and sophomore Jeff Zifrony scored three goals apiece as Wootton concluded a big week with a 12-8 win at Bethesda-Chevy Chase.

The win gave the Patriots (5-1, 3-0) three victories in the past five days against Montgomery 4A/3A West Division opponents.

They also defeated Churchill on the road Monday and Walter Johnson at home Wednesday.

"It's huge because they're all division games," Wootton Coach Colin Thomson said. "We're not finished with division games yet and we're still a ways off, but it's a good beginning of the season for us."

The Patriots gained a 6-4 advantage at halftime and pulled away in the third quarter.

It’s a new era in Montgomery County for boys lacrosse. With Wootton’s trek all the way to the Class 4A state championship game — the first time a county team had ever gone so far in 10 years of playing the sport on the varsity level — suddenly, there’s a realistic shot for several of the top squads to exceed all previous expectations. ...

Despite being banged up a year ago, Bethesda-Chevy Chase finished a respectable 7-6. In what head coach Alan Pohoryles calls ‘‘the most talented starting 10 I’ve ever had,” the Barons feature senior attackman Christian Cobb, who will be the team’s go-to guy on the offensive end. Goalie Jon Goldberg is a gem in net and junior Gus Vita is a budding star in the midfield.

‘‘We plan on contending for the division title,” said Pohoryles. ‘‘In addition to our tough division, we play a difficult out-of-division schedule including Quince Orchard, Rockville, St. John’s (Frederick), The Heights and Poolesville. No easy wins on our schedule; I think that will help make us a better team.”

B-CC Barons
Head coach: Alan Pohoryles, 7th year
Last year’s record: 7-6
League affiliation: Montgomery 4A⁄3A West
Players to watch: Christian Cobb (Sr., A), Gus Vita (Jr., M)

The final game of Bethesda-Chevy Chase’s boys lacrosse season was a microcosm of its entire spring: fall down early, only to come back with a vengeance, and fall in heartbreaking fashion once again.

Well after Walter Johnson scored the go-ahead goal late in its 4-3 victory over the Barons (7-6) in Saturday’s 4A-3A West Region second-round contest last Saturday, head coach Alan Pohoryles was proud of his team’s up-and-down season. They began the year by losing not only their first three games by a combined 23 goals, but also sophomore Chris Landon to a torn meniscus in his knee.

But B-CC bounced back, winning its next five games. Even the Barons’ losses after April were close ones. And while they had trouble completing their late game rallies this season, they had much to be proud of.

‘‘In all honesty, we played a very good game,” Pohoryles said. ‘‘We held their offense to four goals, which in my opinion was a win, and our keeper [Jon Goldberg] played amazing. They just had a little more than we did, but I was proud of our guys.”

After the season’s slow start, several of the Barons’ offensive weapons hit their stride. Senior Martin Wiegand, of whom Pohoryles said, ‘‘A little guy who played twice his size,” paced the squad with 33 goals and 24 assists. Junior Christian Cobb added 32 goals and 14 assists, and sophomore midfielder Gus Vita showed his potential with 21 goals and 12 assists.

Though Wiegand will certainly be missed, B-CC returns five starters next year, including Landon, one of the best defenders in the county. His health would help the Barons start next season how they finished this one, instead of how they began it.

‘‘I’ve already started really looking forward to next year,” said Pohoryles. ‘‘I think we got a lot better as the season went along.”

Although its season ended on a down note, the Bethesda-Chevy Chase boys varsity lacrosse team outdid any team before it and set a new standard for years to come. After a season of many firsts, including collecting the first wins ever by a B-CC boys team over Whitman, Churchill and Walter Johnson, the team also got past the first round of the playoffs for the first time in its history in beating both Whitman and Churchill for a second time to line up a date with Wootton in the West Region final on May 14.

Although the heady feeling of knowing they were one of the last eight teams left contending for a 4A/3A state championship felt pretty good, this was tempered by the fact that they were facing the only other public school to beat them this year, the very talented Patriots, who were state runners up the year before.

Surrounded by the thick forest around Wootton's home field, the game got off to an intense start, with both squads playing good defense. As has been the case all year, the Baron's backline of Beau Foreman (#32), Ryan Haughey (#24), Brendan Casey (#29), and longstick middie Matt Dellinger (#5) had to come up big to keep the very quick Patriots attackmen from finding a way to beat goalie Jon Goldberg (#3), who made several great saves to keep the game scoreless after one quarter.
However, while the Barons have a talented first line of players that ran up big margins this season, the Patriots boasted a large squad with multiple players as skilled as any in the county. As a result, they struck first, getting a man-up goal about 2 minutes into the second. Less than a minute later, Wootton's Jordan Montesano got the first of his three, driving up the side of the net and quickly twisting off a hard shot for the 2-0 lead.

Although largely unable to penetrate the very tight marking of the Wootton defense for most of the night, Chris Pappalardo (#35) smartly bounced a shot from about 15 yards out that beat the Patriot keeper to draw the Barons to 2-1 with 9 minutes left in the half. Wootton would collect the next 4 goals from there on, though, and with just over a minute left in the third, the Barons would find themselves down 6-1 until Pappalardo would again twist back and forth to find some shooting space to bring the score to 6-2. Although able to work in close to great effect all year, the Patriots continued to keep the Barons outside or punish them in close, until Christian Cobb (#2) took a feed from Johnnie Tschiderer (#13) and buried the ball with 13 seconds left to close the gap to 7-3 as the third quarter expired.

Although both teams had played the night before, the depth of the Wootton squad also worked to their advantage as they were able to give players rests throughout, leaving them the fresher team in the fourth. As a result, they used this energy to beat the increasingly more worn down Barons for the next 5 goals to take a 12-3 lead. However, in showing a never-say-die spirit, Gus Vita (#21) scored with about 3 minutes to go, and Kerry Goebel (#4) took advantage of a slip by a Wootton player to scoop up a loose ball and drive in for the team's fifth goal. Although ultimately falling 12-5 to a great team, the Barons have much to feel proud of this year, and though they will lose several key contributors to graduation this year, they will return a nucleus of strong players that could look to repeat the success of this year's squad.

Going farther than any Bethesda-Chevy Chase boys lacrosse team has ever gone before, the boys varsity lined up a date in the West Region Final by downing the Churchill Bulldogs 8-7 in overtime on Tuesday. Although the Barons have displayed plenty of potent offense in compiling their 14-2 record this year, the team owes much of its success to its strong defense and goaltending, so it was fitting that the team had to dig deep and come up with another strong defensive effort in order to survive in the state playoffs this year. Although the Barons had downed the Bulldogs earlier in the season 8-4 after getting out to a strong start and shutting down the Bulldogs the rest of the way, Churchill came out with a much better game plan for shutting down the Barons talented attackmen. A big factor that kept this game close was the very solid game in the pipes by Churchill junior goaltender Griffin Farha, who made at least 7 saves in the first quarter alone, helping his team take a 1-0 lead after the first 12 minutes—the first scoreless quarter for the Barons this year.

About 3 minutes into the second, Thomas Krogh (#7) got the team's first goal, but the tenacious Bulldogs kept up the pressure and scored twice to go up 3-1 with over 7 minutes to play until the half. After Krogh found Gus Vita (#21) streaking in for a close-in shot, the team pulled to within 1. Then, with just about 40 seconds left, Chris Pappalardo (#35) got doubled and smartly found the open man, Christian Cobb (#2), who finished from in close to knot the game at 3 going into halftime. Another two Pappalardo markers coming off assists from Vita and Cobb put the team up 5-3 halfway through the third. The teams then traded goals, with the Bulldogs narrowing the margin to 7-6 after three quarters were in the books.

The tense fourth frame saw Churchill again holding the Barons scoreless in the quarter, and they netted their own goal at 8:21 to tie the game at 7. With the Bulldogs having several possessions down the stretch, the Barons' defensive corps of Beau Foreman (#32), Ryan Haughey (#24), Brendan Casey (#29), and longstick middie Matt Dellinger (#5) had to step up and keep the Bulldogs off the board until the horn sounded.

The overtime again saw the team with its back against the wall, especially after a penalty by Cobb put the team down a man with 3:34 in the OT. However, the defense forced a turnover, and the team survived the penalty. Although they generated several quick shots on Farha, his saves led to offense for his own team, and with about a minute left the Bulldogs again looked to set up in the Barons' zone. After a long pass down to a wide-open Churchill attacker, it looked like he would have a clear run at the Barons' goal until senior goalie Jon Goldberg, who had alertly followed the play, crashed the ball out of the Bulldog player's stick with a fearsome check. Regaining possession, the Bulldogs got ready to make another assault when the Barons' heads-up defense again forced a loose ball. As if expecting a penalty call, the Bulldogs froze, and the ball got hurled down the field, and Vita chased it down with just two defenders to beat. Driving his man towards the goal, Vita hit Johnnie Tschiderer across the goal slot, who buried it with 18 seconds left in the OT, and he was swarmed by his joyous teammates behind the Churchill goal. As a result, the incredible run by this year's Barons team keeps rolling, as they will take on the winner of the Wootton/Walter Johnson regional semifinal on Wednesday, May 14. Hopefully, the boys can avenge themselves against the only public school team to defeat them this year, as the Patriots, who lost in the 4A final to Severna Park last year, have not been as dominant this year.

Getting off to a strong start in the state playoffs, the Bethesda-Chevy Chase boys varsity lacrosse team turned in a dominating performance on Saturday, beating the Whitman Vikings 14-7. As has been their signature all season, the team played solid defense and again got great goaltending from senior Jon Goldberg, who finished the day with 16 saves. Until giving up several late goals with reserves on the field, the Barons backline of defensemen Beau Foreman (#32), Ryan Haughey (#24), Brendan Casey (#29), and longstick middie Matt Dellinger (#5) largely kept the Viking attackers to the outside and had only given up 4 goals with about 5 minutes left.

The first half of the first quarter was all Barons as Chris Pappalardo (#35) and Gus Vita (#21) tallied in the first few minutes. But the Vikings came back and kept possession for much of the last 6 minutes and had pulled to within one goal at 2-1 by time expired. From there on, the Barons began playing with their usual flair and after goals by Johnnie Tschiderer (#13), Jake Sandler (#1), and Thomas Krogh (#7) had stretched the lead to 5-2, Kerry Goebel (#4) scooped up a rebound off a hard Pappalardo shot and beat the Whitman keeper high to give the team a commanding 6-2 margin with 35 seconds left in the half. The bench also smartly called timeouts at two critical junctures to maintain possessions after Baron ball carriers came under significant pressure.

In the third quarter, the Barons continued to work their offense effectively, moving the ball around the perimeter quickly until an open man appeared. During this span, juniors Tschiderer and Vita showed why they have keyed the potent Barons attack this year. Just 2 minutes in, Vita dodged around a Viking defender to bury his second goal of the game. Minutes later he caught a high pass from Tschiderer, who was behind the goal, and immediately buried a shot high for his third of the game. Vita finished his strong quarter by leading a fast break into the Vikings zone, passing down to Christian Cobb (#2), who moved the ball back to Tschiderer coming down the other side, who zinged the ball home. In addition to his own two scores, Tschiderer was his usual playmaking self, setting up an amazing 6 goals this game. The Barons will now play Churchill in a regional semifinal game at B-CC Stadium.

In a game tailor-made for sending off the Bethesda-Chevy Chase boys varsity lacrosse seniors in style, the team completely overwhelmed the Rockville Rams 15-0 on Monday. With the talent level of the teams so lopsided, the only real suspense of the evening would be whether certain senior members of the team would reach various personal milestones. To the delight of their parents and supporters, the matchup and the smart play of their teammates proved just right. After opening up a quick 3-0 lead, Christian Cobb (#2) netted his 100th goal of his 4-year B-CC career—an amazing feat. Although his goal total—while still impressive—has been lower this year than his two previous years, Cobb has quarterbacked the team’s offense from behind the opponents’ net this year with great precision, hitting open attackers with accurate passes and driving in close to net many goals himself.

Another talented member of the senior class, Jake Sandler (#1) also got into the scoring act—scoring three times this game. Although he had not scored since the first league game versus Quince Orchard, Sandler was a critical member of the Barons’ balanced offense this year, and frequently set up his teammates with scoring chances with his speedy runs into the offensive zone and his solid ball-handling and passing skills. Senior Eddie Regan (#22) was serenaded by the Barons’ faithful with a rousing “Eddie, Eddie, Eddie” chant after he scored his first goal this season with a blazing angled shot off a feed from playmaker Johnnie Tschiderer (#13).

Displaying a fierce physical presence, senior Ryan Jones laid out Rockville players with crushing hits at least twice and played unselfishly in the attack and tallied 2 assists on goals by Peter Henderer (#11) and Chris Lawson (#10). And another defensive masterpiece was turned in by the two longpole defenders, Beau Foreman (#32) and Ryan Haughey (#24), who, along with sophomore Brendan Casey (#29), have backstopped the Barons into shutting down many talented teams this year. As he has all year, many of the Barons’ scoring opportunities this game came after senior Matt Dellinger (#5) used his longpole to wrest balls away for critical turnovers.

With his team up 13-0 on Cobb’s second of the night, Coach Poho finally signaled for his keeper to head to the bench after about 3 quarters of shutout play. A considerable amount of the team’s success this year—and much of their hopes to advance deep into the upcoming state tournament—ride on the shoulders of their goalie extraordinaire, senior Jon Goldberg (#3). In 14 games this season, Goldberg held his opponents to 3 goals or less 5 times, including two 1-goal games and 2 shutouts. However, the Barons are 12-2 at this point mainly because of all the saves that he made in the other games with some of the toughest teams in the county. The close wins that came against Walter Johnson, The Heights, and Quince Orchard all easily could have gone down as losses had Goldberg not been between the pipes this year.

The best season ever for the Bethesda-Chevy Chase boys varsity lacrosse team hit two more high points in recent action, winning 11-3 over Paint Branch on Friday and holding off The Heights 10-8 on Saturday.

Squaring off against a disciplined, well-coached Paint Branch squad, the Barons found themselves in a tight match from the beginning. Going up 3-1 in the first quarter on goals by Thomas Krogh (#7), Chris Pappalardo (#35), and Johnnie Tschiderer (#13), the Barons defense forced multiple turnovers that kept the Panthers from scoring opportunities. With Tschiderer scoring on a two-on-one fast break, the Barons were up 4-1 at the half, in control but largely kept in check by the tight marking of the Panther defenders. Junior Gus Vita (#21)—by no means the biggest player on the team—had two huge hits to jar a ball loose and force an out-of-bounds to gain possessions for the Barons, and long-stick middie Matt Dellinger, who also plays bigger than his size, continued his solid play in forcing turnovers of his own.

After Tschiderer got his third goal for a hat trick early in the third, the Panthers finally managed to solve netminder Jon Goldberg (#3) with two scores in the last half of the quarter. All of a sudden, the victory that seemed like a foregone conclusion was in no way certain, with the Barons leading just 5-3 going into the final frame. However, after Vita scored a minute and half into the fourth, the Barons reeled off 5 more goals, including 4 more by Tschiderer who finished with 7, to overwhelm the Panthers 11-3 by the time the final horn sounded.

Taking on the private school The Heights in a non-league match, the team exhibited the across-the-board balance that has been a huge key to their success this season, with multiple players again making critical plays throughout this game. After grabbing an early 1-0 lead, the Barons were down 3-1 early in the second quarter to the stocky, talented Cavaliers. However, it could have been much worse without the quick reflexes of goalie Goldberg, who repeatedly stopped Heights players' shots with his fast stick play. Picking up their one-on-one defensive play, the Barons started taking advantage of their opportunities, with goals coming from Christian Cobb (#2), Pappalardo, and Vita to pull into a 4-3 lead by the half. After The Heights tied it at 4 four minutes into the third, the Barons used their team speed and individual talent to get goals from Cobb, Tschiderer and Pappalardo to put themselves up 7-5 with one quarter remaining.

After an exchange of goals that had the Barons clinging to an 8-6 advantage with about 7 minutes to go, defensive middie Ryan Jones (#35)—one of the few Barons with the size to match up against the heftier Cavalier players—whacked the ball loose from a Heights attacker in the Barons' zone.

After a furious groundball scramble involving as many as 8 players, eventually the ball got chipped up by Dellinger to another Baron who carried into the zone, where Tschiderer finished another two-on-one feed from Pappalardo to extend the team's lead to 3. Minutes later another forced turnover was quickly moved down the field through a series of quick tic-tac-toe passes among at least 4 players, with Krogh finally twanging the twine despite being battered hard after taking the last pass from Tschiderer. With just under 5 minutes to play, the Barons had a 4-goal lead over a solid private school team. Although The Heights would battle furiously and net two more scores, the Barons held on and played solid defense to escape with the 10-8 victory, giving them critical momentum heading into their final league game and the upcoming state playoffs.

Coming off an emotional hard-fought win against rival Walter Johnson, maybe a letdown could have been expected for the boys varsity team. And through one quarter on Friday night, the Barons had all they could handle from 3A/2A Poolesville HS. Despite getting goals from Chris Pappalardo (#35) and Gus Vita (#21), the team found itself down 3-2 to the very pumped-up Falcons. However, after letting the Falcons drive in for close-in goals, the Barons' defense, including Ryan Haughey (#24), Brendan Casey (#29), Beau Foreman (#32), Matt Dellinger (#5), and Henry Eshelman (#17), all settled down and started getting turnovers and forcing bad shots. This allowed the Barons' talented attack to get rolling, running off the next four scores on two goals by Johnnie Tschiderer (#13), and one each from Christian Cobb (#2) and Pappalardo to go up 6-3 by the 7-minute mark of the second.

Giving up one more goal a few seconds later, the Barons defense got solid help from their middies and attackmen in their own zone to hold the Falcons scoreless over the next 18 minutes. Continuing his streak of stellar play between the posts over the last few games, goalie Jon Goldberg (#3) withstood multiple Poolesville shots to keep the Falcons off the board until just 26 seconds were left in the third quarter. By that time the Barons had added 7 more goals of their own, using their superior speed and ball handling to work the ball around until they got a good chance to score. One highlight was Foreman losing the ball on a clear but pursuing the Falcon ball carrier relentlessly until he hit him hard and regained possession at midfield. The thirteenth tally came on a pretty play as Tschiderer passed the ball out from behind the net to Thomas Krogh (#7) streaking straight on to the goal who in one motion caught the pass and zinged in the shot to beat the Poolesville keeper.

The Falcons, whose physical style caused them to take numerous penalties, would get 2 more goals by the 11-minute mark, but would be shut out the rest of the way by the determined Barons. After Vita put the Barons up 14-6 with 8 minutes to play, the team maintained possession of the ball for almost all of the remaining time to close out the their ninth win on the season.

In one of their toughest matches of the year, the boys varsity overcame a physical Walter Johnson team on Wednesday night, pulling off a come-from-behind win with a goal from ace Gus Vita (#21) 3 minutes into the overtime. From the opening faceoff, the team found itself in an intense battle, going down 0-2 early in the first quarter under the relentless pressure of the Wildcats. Finally, the team settled down, and Johnnie Tschiderer (#13) popped in a rebound off a shot by Christian Cobb (#2) with 4 minutes left in the first. A minute later Chris Pappalardo (#35) faked a pass to the left and then zinged a shot back to the right that went low between the WJ goalie's legs. Cobb then gave the team their first lead with just over a minute left, but a late goal by WJ knotted the game at 3 right before the quarter ended.

The second quarter saw both teams play tight defense as the Wildcats continually pressed the Barons in their own end, thwarting numerous clearing attempts with tight defensive marking of Baron players. Fortunately, the Barons defensive corps responded with their own takeaways in their own zone.

The only score came about midway through when Kerry Goebel (#4) hit Thomas Krogh (#7) with a waist-level pass that Krogh took in an arc across the high crease and whipped a sidearm shot past the WJ keeper to give the Barons the 4-3 lead at the half. The third quarter seesawed back and forth with another Cobb tally sandwiched around 2 Wildcat goals to leave the sides even at 5 as the fourth frame began.

After Tschiderer buried a feed from Vita with over 8 minutes left to pull the Barons ahead by 1, the Wildcats' pressure defense forced turnovers and that led to 2 fast-break goals less than a minute apart that gave them a 7-6 lead with just over 5 minutes to play. The teams traded possessions until the Barons got a possession with just over a minute left. Although the Wildcats shook the ball loose from Baron attackers several times, they regained the ball each time. Putting the ball back in play on an out-of-bounds with just 19 ticks left on the clock, the Barons had little time to try to avoid the loss. However, taking the pass from the sideline, Vita moved in close and launched a rocket that hit the back of the net for the tying goal with just 10 seconds left. Coming under heavy pressure in the extra period, Barons goalie Jon Goldberg had to make 3 great saves to keep the team's chances alive until Vita gave the team the 8-7 victory by scoring his second goal on the team's first possession in the Wildcats' zone in the overtime. For the game, in addition to Vita's 2 goals and 1 assist, Tschiderer also tallied twice and Cobb finished with 2 goals and an assist, with Pappalardo and Krogh netting the other two scores.

Taking on perennial power Churchill on Saturday, the team used a fast start to put the Bulldogs on their heels. About 5 minutes into the first, John Tschiderer continued his hot streak, putting the team up 1-0 off an assist from Chris Pappalardo, and he would net 2 more before the end of the quarter as the team took a 3-0 lead into the second. Whereas double-digit scoring had been a big part of the Barons' success thus far, from the very beginning this game, the team set a tone with active, physical defense by all members of the squad, who hit and harassed Bulldog ball carriers into multiple turnovers throughout. In fact, the Bulldogs failed to even register a shot on goal until more than 7 minutes had elapsed.

After the Bulldogs climbed back to 3-2 early in the second, Thomas Krogh finished a beautiful series of passes in which at least 4 Barons moved the ball between by burying the ball from in close to put the team up 4-2. A minute later, defensive middie Ryan Jones (#34) rocked a Bulldog attackman to pry loose the ball, which he swept up and streaked the length of the field, passing off to a teammate. Seconds later, Pappalardo beat the Churchill goalie for the team's 5th score. After goals by Krogh and Christian Cobb, the team took a solid 7-2 lead into the half. After a scoreless third quarter, the team continued to overcome its faceoff troubles with takeaways in their own zone, including 4 by Ryan Haughey (#24) and 2 each by Beau Foreman, Gus Vita, Brendan Casey (#29), Matt Dellinger (#5), and Jake Sandler (#1). With his teammates playing so tough in front of him, a number of the 15 saves that Goldberg made were easy unscreened stops from longer range, but he robbed several Bulldog shooters from close range as well. With the 8-4 victory, the Barons run their record to 4-1 and just behind undefeated Wootton in the Montgomery 4A/3A West Conference.

Against a short-benched Rockets team Thursday night, the Barons calmly worked their offense, moving the ball around smartly until a close-in chance presented itself. Each game a different member of the talented squad has stepped up to provide scoring and after collecting many assists in prior games, attackman Johnnie Tschiderer (#13) revealed that he also has a scoring touch of his own. Although generally using his soft hands to pass to open teammates, Tschiderer zinged in 3 goals as part of a 6-goal first quarter, putting the Barons up 6-1. By the end of the match, he would net 2 more for a total of 5, with an assist for good measure. We'll never know whether it was Tschiderer's father celebrating in the booth that led to an unfortunate flick of a switch, which resulted in the loss of the on-field lights that delayed the start of the second half.

Although struggling with faceoffs this year, the team had better luck this game, with Chris Pappalardo (#35) winning all 4 draws he took. Strong defense and another solid game from netminder Jon Goldberg, who had 9 saves and gave up just 1 goal for a second game, also keyed the win. The remainder of the Barons scoring in the 13-1 win came from Pappalardo (2 goals, 2 assists), Thomas Krogh (#7) (2 goals, 1 assist), Gus Vita (#21) (2 goals, 1 assist), Christian Cobb (#2) (1 goals, 4 assists), with Chris Lawson (#10) netting his first goal and Beau Foreman (#32) adding an assist.

As deer grazed in the grass overlooking the Magruder field, the B-CC boys lacrosse team feasted on the overmatched Colonels. Showing great patience in methodically working their offense, the Barons won their third league game, 13-1, on Tuesday. Time and again, the Barons moved the ball crisply around the perimeter and behind the goal until they had a shooter in close, with almost all of their goals coming from within just a few feet of the Magruder net. Turning in another solid performance was the scoring line, with Thomas Krogh (#7) netting 5 goals, Gus Vita (#21) notching 2 goals and an assist, and Johnnie Tschiderer (#13) scoring once and assisting on 2 others. Speedster Jake Sandler also scored and tallied 1 assist.

Netminder Jon Goldberg (#3) was perfect in goal through the first 3 quarters with 9 saves, giving up a single goal with just about 6 minutes left to play. Making his night easy were the stout defensive corps, including Beau Foreman (#32), Brendan Casey (#29), and Ryan Haughey (#24), who kept the Magruder players well away from scoring territory throughout. Rounding out the scoring were second line middies, with Peter Henderer (#11) netting 2 goals and an assist, and Harrison Pratt (#20) and Kerry Goebel (#4) picking up their first goals. Goebel also won 4 faceoffs.

On a sunny Wednesday afternoon at B-CC, the boys varsity lacrosse team defeated an overmatched Whitman team, 15-6.

Thomas Krogh led the opening quarter with three straight goals to make it 3-0, the first finishing a fast break initiated by Jake Sandler, the second on a nifty move from behind the cage, unassisted, and the third to finish a play started in the defensive end when Beau Foreman forced his attackman to turn the ball over and moved the ball to John Tschiderer, who hit TK in front. The lead quickly expanded on goals by Gus Vita (assisted by Chris Pappalardo), Tschiderer (putting back a rebound off a Vita shot), and Tschiderer (driving and diving around the cage to score on a one-hand shot). Christian Cobb finished off the scoring with a fine shot from outside on a feed from Gus Vita, and the Barons led at the end of the first quarter, 7-0.

The second quarter slowed down considerably -- Cobb scored on a beautiful cross-cage pass from Pappalardo, and Tschiderer scored his third of the day on a feed from Cobb. The half ended with the Barons leading 9-0.

Jake Sandler opened the second half with an unassisted goal to make it 10-0. Then the Vikings woke up. Assisted by some Baron penalties, Whitman strung together some faceoffs, took advantage of a slight let up by the Barons, and scored four quick goals (two with an extra man) to make the score 10-4. The Barons broke the streak when Jake Sandler intercepted a long clearing pass, drove to the goal, and dropped it off to Tschiderer in front. Whitman scored twice more immediately thereafter to reach their high-water mark, at 11-6, but the Barons began to control possession of the ball and closed out the game with consecutive goals by Cobb (from Pappalardo), two by Pappalardo (one assisted by Vita), and one by Vita (from Pappalardo).

The offense was carried by Pappalardo, Tschiderer, Vita, Cobb and Krogh -- which is impressive in that only Cobb is a senior.

Jon Goldberg was terrific in goal for the Barons, making the Vikings earn their scores and forcing a number of errant shots. The team defense was very effective for most of the game, led by close defensemen Beau Foreman, Ryan Haughey, and Brendan Casey, and midfield defenders Jake Sandler, Ryan Jones, and Matt Dellinger. Peter Henderer, Henry Eshelman, and Harrison Pratt saw a lot of action, and the added depth in the warm weather put the team in a good position to finish out the game when crunch time came in the third quarter.

Taking on private school St. John’s on Monday, the B-CC boys lacrosse team nearly proved a match for their non-league opponent. Despite losing almost every faceoff and committing more turnovers, the Barons refused to bend against the Cadets. Almost every time they gave up a goal, they scored one of their own, in general showing more flash and flair than the St. John’s attackmen. After falling behind by one, Christian Cobb pulled the team even by coming from the back of the goal and flicking the ball into the net behind him. Down 3-5 at the half, the Barons came out hot and pulled within one after middie Harrison Pratt carried the ball into the St. John’s zone and came under heavy pressure. Twisting back and forth to escape the defenders, Pratt suddenly froze. The unusual tactic seemed to confuse the Cadets as they froze too, allowing Pratt to offload the ball to Cobb, who soon found Chris Pappalardo, who zinged it home from the side.

Minutes later, sharp-shooting Gus Vita, who tallied 4 times this game, found the back of the net twice to put the Barons up by one at 6-5. However, the Cadets methodically maintained possession over much of the remaining span and went up by 6-8 with 6 minutes to go in the game. Vita’s fourth goal was a wicked shot that gave the Cadet goalie no chance and had the Barons down by just 1 with 2:40 to go. Weathering another Cadet possession, the Barons had one last chance to knot the game, regaining ball with about a minute left, but the Cadets kept the Barons attack to the perimeter, and Pappalardo’s shot was knocked aside by St. John’s defenders. In all, the team lost a close one, 8-7, that could have been worse had they not gotten good play from goalie Jonnie Goldberg, who made 11 saves throughout, and tight defense from their longpoles, including a strong game from Ryan Haughey, who harassed several Cadets into turnovers. In addition to Vita’s 4 scores, Cobb finished with 1 goal and 2 assists, as did Pappalardo, with Johnnie Tschiderer netting the other goal.

The boys lacrosse team got their regular season off to a good start by overcoming a very challenging Quince Orchard squad, 9-7, on Wednesday night in Gaithersburg. After falling behind by 2 late in the first quarter, the Barons got rolling on the sticks of Thomas Krogh, Gus Vita, and Chris Pappalardo, an offensive trio likely to net a lot of goals this season. Five minutes into the second, these 3 had put the Barons up 4-2, with additional assists from Christian Cobb and Johnnie Tschiderer. Despite losing many of the faceoffs, the Barons played good defense, with Brendan Casey and Beau Foreman keeping the Cougar shooters thwarted for most of the night. The team had no answer for QO's Alex Melee, who used his size to drive in for some sharp-angled shots to score at least 4 of his team's goals.

Clinging to a tight 7-5 lead going into the final quarter, the team went down by a man for 3 minutes when middie Pappalardo's stick—one that he had borrowed from his brother before the game—failed a stick check, resulting in a penalty for the Barons. However, over the short-handed span, the team allowed only one QO goal. Tough play continued, and the Cougars drew even at 7 with six minutes to go. At the 4 minute mark, the Barons regained the lead as Krogh netted his third goal of the game on a hard straight-on shot. With the need to keep the ball out of the Cougars' hands critical to hanging on to the narrow lead, Jake Sandler used an incredible burst of speed to beat two QO players to the sideline on a loose ball to maintain possession for B-CC. Shortly thereafter, Vita ripped his third goal of the night to put the Barons up 9-7 with just over a minute to go.

- Reported by Cody Goebel

Mar. 29: Quince Orchard Tournament
B-CC 15, Rockville 0
B-CC 9, Quince Orchard 5

B-CC opened its season Saturday at the Quince Orchard tournament -- and went home with the first-place trophy. The Barons easily defeated an inexperienced Rockville team 15-0 in the first game of the day. In the championship game, B-CC built up an early lead and cruised to a 9-5 victory over host Quince Orchard.

Varsity Boys Lacrosse Results