141 players who will fuel boys' and girls' lacrosse teams this season
It’s going to be an interesting year on YAIAA lacrosse fields.
Some of the players who put Dallastown, Central York, Susquehannock and South Western at the top of the boys’ standings have moved on. Only one first-team league all-star returns this season.
On the girls’ side, South Western, York Catholic, Susquehannock and Red Lion finished in a tie for the division title. More than a half dozen first-team all-stars join the league’s top two goalies on the fields for another season.
Here is a look at this year’s players to watch and returning starters and newcomers, as reported by coaches.
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South Western junior Ben Klein is the only first-teamer returning from last year’s all-star team. The Mustangs also bring back the team’s top scorers, juniors Hunter Gray and Cole Dettinger, who was named to the league’s second team.
Defending regular season champ Dallastown lost a pair of their top scorers, but the Wildcats have plenty of players back with goals on their resumes. Senior Griffin Pickett will lead that charge as a second-teamer last year with 42 goals and a league-high 51 assists.
Defending tournament champ and District 3 Class 3A finalist Central York lost its top scorer, but return Brandon Anderson and Mitchel Myers who weren’t far behind. The Panthers also bring back junior Kiran Gupta, a second-team all-star on defense.
Returning all-stars and starters
(as reported by coaches)
Brandon Anderson, Central York, sr.: attack
Evan Atwood, Dallastown, sr.: second-team all-star, long-stick midfield
Slayte Barrick, Spring Grove, jr.: goalie
Jarret Bitzer, New Oxford, sr.: honorable mention all-star, midfield (Wingate)
Griffin Brumbaugh, West York, sr.: second-team all-star, goalie
Van Bryan, Spring Grove, jr.: attack
Ryan Carver, New Oxford, sr.: honorable mention all-star, attack
Colin Chapman, Dallastown, sr.: honorable mention all-star, FOGO
Landon Danes, York Catholic, jr.: attack
Cole Dettinger, South Western, jr.: second-team all-star, midfield
Cameron Diehl, Central York, jr.: honorable mention all-star, midfield
Nick DiLuca, York Catholic, jr.: defense
Connor Farrell, Dallastown, so.: midfield/attack
Alex Fogle, Spring Grove, so.: defense, long-stick midfield
Luke Gertsten, York Catholic, sr.: midfield, attack
Cayden Glatfelter, New Oxford, jr.: midfield
Hunter Gray, South Western, sr.: attack
Connor Grubb, Spring Grove, jr.: attack
Kiran Gupta, Central York, jr.: second-team all-star, defensive midfield
Ty Heilman, Red Lion, sr.: honorable mention all-star, defense
Owen Hermes, Spring Grove, so.: attack, midfield
Carter Houck, New Oxford, jr.: attack
Lane Johnson, New Oxford, jr.: long-stick midfield
Colin Jones, West York, jr.: attack
Anthony King, West York, sr.: midfield
Ben Klein, South Western, jr.: first-team all-star, long-stick midfield
Troy Lucas, Spring Grove, so.: attack
Jacob McKnight, York Catholic, sr.: second-team all-star, defense
Tyler Michael, West York, sr.: honorable mention all-star, attack
Adam Myers, Eastern York, sr.: second-team all-star, attack
Mitchell Myers, Central York, sr.: attack
Jake Patchel, Spring Grove, jr.: defense
Griffin Pickett, Dallastown, sr.: second-team all-star, attack
Riley Roe, West York, jr.: midfield
Kyle Scott, York Catholic, jr.: attack
Tristan Scott, New Oxford, sr.: defense
Zach Shipley, Spring Grove, so.: long-stick midfield, defense
Cole Terry, Dallastown, sr.: midfield
Evan Wildasin, Spring Grove, sr.: defense
Jaidyn Wilkins, West York, sr.: midfield
Trey Wisniewski, York Catholic, jr.: midfield
Joshua Zeyn, New Oxford, jr.: defense
Newcomers
Braedan Bowman, New Oxford, so.: defense
Owen Dubs, New Oxford, so.: midfield
Colin Heim, York Catholic, fr.: goalie
Garrett Leatherman, New Oxford, so.: defense
Nick Petrie, New Oxford, so.: attack
Jayden Welch, West York, jr.: midfield
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South Western's Cam Storey is back to try and deny York-Adams players from increasing their scoring averages. The junior was the league’s first-team goalie last year, but she will be tested again by some of the top scorers.
So will York Catholic senior goalie Amanda Reed. The Georgetown commit and second-team goalie led the Irish to a league championship win over Storey and the Mustangs that came down to the final seconds.
First-team all-stars Katie Bullen (York Catholic), Alexis Federline (Dallastown), Haley Hayes (Red Lion), Cambria Rice (York Suburban) and Delaney Staples (York Catholic) are back to wreak havoc on league defenses and keep goalies on their toes.
They will have to move the ball through defenses led by first-team all-stars Macey Baum (Spring Grove) and Keira Linebaugh (New Oxford) and a bunch of second-team and honorable mention all-stars and numerous newcomers.
The four teams that finished atop the standings last year all return all-stars, but they aren’t the only ones. Kennard-Dale, Dallastown, New Oxford and Spring Grove bring back some of the league’s top players to challenge the top four.
Returning all-stars and starters
(as reported by coaches)
Emma Alex, Dallastown, jr.: second-team all-star midfield
Kayln Arnold, South Western, sr.: second-team all-star defense
Delaney Ayers, Spring Grove, so.: attack
Creelyn Bastinelli, York Suburban, sr.: honorable mention all-star midfield
Kloey Batchellor, South Western, sr.: attack
Macey Baum, Spring Grove, sr.: first-team all-star defense
Emma Beach, Dallastown, jr.: honorable mention all-star midfield
Rylee Boyer, New Oxford, sr.: defense
Peyton Breon, Spring Grove, jr.: defense
Katie Bullen, York Catholic, jr.: first-team all-star attack, midfield
Sam Burke, Eastern York, sr.: defense
Amelia California, York Suburban, so.: defense
Hannah Carl, Kennard-Dale, sr.: honorable mention all-star midfield
Paige Coates, South Western, sr.: honorable mention all-star, attack
Cameryn Cohee, New Oxford, so.: second-team all-star midfield
Madison Cohee, New Oxford sr.: second-team all-star attack
Evelyn D’Arrigo, Kennard-Dale, so.: defense, midfield
Jenna Davis, Dover, sr.: honorable mention all-star attack
Isabella Dill, Red Lion, jr.: attack
Elena Doll, New Oxford, jr.: attack
Vivian Donnelly, Eastern York, sr.: midfield, attack
Callie Drew, Spring Grove, sr.: defense
Ally Dunn, South Western, jr.: midfield
Kaelyn Eaches, Red Lion, jr.: honorable mention all-star midfield
Alexis Federline, Dallastown, jr.: first-team all-star attack
Grey Fessick, Central York, jr.: attack
Bella Gable, Spring Grove, jr.: midfield
Poppy Fornoff, Kennard-Dale, jr.: second-team all-star attack
Daelyn Hardnack, New Oxford, sr.: goalie
Hailey Hayes, Red Lion, so.: first-team all-star attack
Madison Henry, New Oxford, jr.: midfield
Hayleigh Hinshawl, Kennard-Dale, jr.: attack
Gracie Hoffman, Eastern York, jr.: defense, midfield
Emily Huber, Spring Grove, sr.: goalie
Hailey Johnson, Red Lion, sr.: defense
Bella Kachik, Susquehannock, jr.: second-team all-star midfield
Morgan Kaiser, South Western, jr.: midfield, defense
Mary Kaja, Central York, jr.: attack
Talia Klunk, Spring Grove, so.: attack
Rachel Koogie, York Suburban, sr.: midfield
Keira Linebaugh, New Oxford, sr.: first-team all-star defense
Allison Little, Spring Grove, jr.: midfield
Madalyn Little, Spring Grove, jr.: defense
Maddie Lloyd, York Suburban, so.: goalie
Neala Malloy, Eastern York, jr.: attack, midfield
Hailey Markey, Dallastown, so.: honorable mention all-star defense
Jordan Markey, Dallastown, jr.: defense
Rachel Marshall, South Western, jr.: second-team all-star attack
Amanda Merrick, Kennard-Dale, sr.: attack
Hallie Murray, South Western, jr.: attack
Kaitlyn Naylor, Central York, sr.: midfield
Brynn Neidigh, York Suburban, sr.: defense
Mia Nulph, Eastern York, sr.: defense
Sarah Perry, York Catholic, sr.: honorable mention all-star attack
Sophia Perry, York Catholic, sr.: second-team all-star defense
Isabella Provenzano, Red Lion, sr.: attack
Savannah Quave, Red Lion, jr.: honorable mention all-star midfield
Amanda Reed, York Catholic, jr.: second-team all-star goalie
Cambria Rice, York Suburban, so: first-team all-star midfield
Stella Rohrbaugh, Eastern York, sr.: defense, midfield
Taylor Sawmiller, Eastern York, sr.: attack
Noa Schneider, Kennard-Dale, sr.: honorable mention all-star midfield
Anna Seufert, York Catholic, jr.: second-team all-star defense
Kendall Smith, Spring Grove, sr.: second-team all-star midfield
Kendall Stauffer, Central York, jr.: defense
Rowan Sroka, Susquehannock, jr.: defense
Delaney Staples, York Catholic, jr.: first-team all-star midfield
Rachel Stiffler, Susquehannock, sr.: second-team all-star midfield
Cam Storey, South Western, jr.: most valuable goalie
Tori Thomas, South Western, jr.: defense
Molly Townsley, Eastern York, sr.: attack
Graycyn Vaughn, Central York, sr.: attack
Isabella Vogel, Susquehannock, sr.: second-team all-star attack
Livi Waltrup, Kennard-Dale, sr.: midfield
Riley Watson, Red Lion, jr.: honorable mention all-star defense
Kylie Wampler, New Oxford, sr.: midfield
Sydney Winpigler, New Oxford, sr.: second-team all-star midfield
Abby Wolf, New Oxford, jr.: defense
Kiera Young, Eastern York, sr.: midfield, attack
Newcomers
Olivia Bastress, Spring Grove, fr.: midfield
Tori Burke, Eastern York, fr.: midfield
Piper Clark, York Suburban, fr.: midfield, attack
Ryan Engleman, Central York, jr.: midfield
Shiloh Fornoff, Kennard-Dale, fr.: attack
Francesca Grippi, Spring Grove, jr. midfield
Sarah Klinedinst, New Oxford, jr.: returning from knee injury
Adyson Markey, Central York, fr.: midfield
Natalie Martin, York Suburban, fr.: defense
Ava Seifert, Spring Grove, jr.: attack
Madison Sliver, Spring Grove, so.: midfield
Emili Stare, Spring Grove, sr.: defense
Julianna Stewart, Spring Grove, so.: defense
Madison Wittbecker, Spring Grove, so.: midfield
Shelly Stallsmith covers York-Adams high school sports for GameTimePA and the USAToday Network. Connect with her by email mstallsmith@ydr.com or on Twitter @ShelStallsmith.
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