All-County boys lacrosse: Which Palm Beach athletes made first team, second team, honorable mention?

South Florida — specifically Palm Beach County — is a premier destination for lacrosse.

Headlined by back-to-back-to-back state champs Saint Andrew’s, this spring’s local squads rolled so deep that the Post couldn’t limit the honors to those who will be recognized at the Palm Beach County High School Sports Awards on June 9.

First, check out the nominees for Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year and come back here for the full list of first team, second team, and honorable mention athletes.

First team

Ryan Ahern, Sr., M/A, Saint John Paul II − 39 goals, 32 assists, 71 points, 43 groundballs, 11 takeaways in 17 games

Alex Acker, Sr., G, Spanish River − One goal, one assist, one groundball, 79 goals scored against for 10-4 record, 242 saves on 321 shots (75 percent)

Ryan Anthony, Sr., A, Wellington − Stats not available

Zach Brent, Sr., D, Saint Andrew’s — 11 goals, 2 assists, 75 groundballs, committed to University of Tampa

Dawson Brown, Sr., A, Oxbridge − 36 goals, six assists, 42 points, 36 groundballs, 17 caused turnovers in 18 games

Charlie Bublitz, Sr., M/A, Saint John Paul II − 33 goals, 12 assists, 36 groundballs, 11 takeaways in 14 games

Trevor Buffone, Jr., M, Boca Raton − Captain, 49 goals, 29 assists, 78 points, 47 groundballs, 11 takeaways in 18 games

Landon Christiansen, Jr., D, Palm Beach Gardens — Two goals, one assist, 125 groundballs, 97 takeaways in 13 games

Kaden Creps, Jr., G, Jupiter — Defended 62 percent of shot attempts for 138 saves in 21 games

Kyle Davis, Sr., M/A, Saint John Paul II − 11 goals, 42 assists, 53 points, 48 groundballs, 24 takeaways in 17 games

Dom Deering, Jr., D, Saint Andrew’s — 3 goals, 3 assists, 37 groundballs, committed to Merrimack

Adriano De Cardenas, So., M/A, Cardinal Newman − 72 goals, 30 assists, 102 points, 42 Ground Balls, 19 takeaways

Kevin Doyle, Sr., D, Saint John Paul II − Four goals, 44 assists, 38 takeaways in 15 games

Alan Druhot, Sr., Jupiter — Captain, 40 takeaways, 55 groundballs, led defense that allowed an average of 5.3 points per game

Aiden Emerick, So., A/M, Palm Beach Central − 42 goals, 16 assists, 32 groundballs in 16 games

Matt Evans, Jr., M, Saint John Paul II − 28 goals, 20 assists, 48 points, 35 groundballs, four takeaways in 17 games, committed to Florida Tech

Mike Evans, Jr., A, Saint John Paul II − 42 goals, 16 assists, 58 points, 23 groundballs, seven takeaways in 17 games

Caleb Fox, Sr., M, Saint Andrew’s — 20 goals, 4 assists, 31 groundballs, committed to University of Tampa

Evan Finkle, So., A/M, American Heritage-Delray − 51 goals, 21 assists, team-high 72 points, 35 ground balls, six takeaways in 16 games

Dylan Furshman, So., FOGO/M Jupiter —  Seven goals, 12 assists, seven caused turnovers, 197 groundballs and faceoff win percentage of 82.3 rank No. 19 and No. 21 in the nation, respectively, through 21 games

Tanner Gallo, Sr., A/M, Boca Raton — 74 goals rank No. 7 in Class 2A, 41 assists, 115 points, 61 groundballs, nine takeaways in 18 games

Connor Hofbauer, Jr., M, Saint Andrew’s — 33 goals, 20 assists, 59 groundballs, committed to Army

Justin Hersh, Sr., Palm Beach Central − Eight goals, seven assists, eight groundballs, won 104 of 141 faceoffs at rate of 73.8 percent in 16 games

Chris Lawrence, Jr., Oxbridge − 33 goals, 14 assists, team-high 47 points, 33 groundballs, 22 caused turnovers, six takeaways in 18 games

Ryan McGovern, Jr., D, American Heritage-Delray − Team-high 49 groundballs and 37 takeaways in 15 games

Charlie Isham, Jr., D, Dwyer − One goal, one assist, No. 11 in Class 2A with 40 takeaways, 74 groundballs in 19 games

Parker Jahn, Sr., D, Jupiter — Captain, two goals, 35 groundballs, 17 takeaways in 19 games, committed to Lindenwood University

Ryan Kaplan, Sr., G, Saint Andrew’s — 19-3 record, 57 percent of saves made, 11 groundballs, committed to University of Tampa

Patrick Law, Sr., A, King’s Academy — 46 goals, 19 assists, 25 groundballs, committed to Grove City College

Connor Lean, Sr., A, Spanish River — 78 goals rank No. 4 in Class 2A, 72 assists, 150 points, 71 ground balls in 17 games

Mason Lelack, Jr., D, Saint Andrew’s — 40 groundballs, one assist

Ryan McLaughlin, Jr., FOGO/M, West Boca Raton — 90 ground balls, ranked No. 6 in the nation winning 87.1 percent of faceoffs in 13 games

Sean Meyers, Sr., A, Jupiter — 60 goals, 17 assists to be top scorer on roster, 22 groundballs and 15 caused turnovers in 21 games, committed to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical

Austin Nelson, Sr., D, King’s Academy — 90 groundballs, 4 goals, 3 assists, 25 caused turnovers, committed to Palm Beach Atlantic

Alexander Ponchock, So., A, Benjamin − 43 goals, 30 assists, 73 points, 30 groundballs in 21 games

Brett Salach, Sr., M, Benjamin − 3 goals, 2 assists, 146 groundballs

Jack Schulte, Sr., A, Saint Andrew’s — 59 goals, 42 assists, 64 groundballs, committed to Air Force

Sean Sheehan, So., A, Benjamin − 45 goals in 74 shots, eight assists, 53 points, 16 groundballs in 21 games

Kristian Strong, Sr., M/A, Cardinal Newman — 56 goals, 54 assists, 110 points, 100 groundballs, 30 takeaways, won 74 percent of faceoffs

Jake Tal-Shahar, Sr., M, Spanish River − 26 goals, 12 assists, 34 groundballs in 18 games

Nick Testa, Fr., A, Saint Andrew’s — 39 goals, No. 7 in nation with 75 assists, 46 groundballs in 22 games

Luke Trinley, Jr., D, Boca Raton − Captain, two goals, three assists, 45 groundballs, 30 takeaways, in 18 games

Brady Quinn, Sr., A, Benjamin − 49 assists rank No. 13 in Florida, team-high 50 goals and 99 points, 45 groundballs in 20 games, committed to Loyola

Jayden Vega, So., M, Benjamin − 32 goals, 10 assists, 37 groundballs in 19 games

Colin Wade, Jr., D, Oxbridge − Three goals, 48 groundballs, 15 caused turnovers, 22 takeaways in 17 games

Zac Webb, Sr., M, King’s Academy — 22 goals, 23 assists, 136 groundballs, won 72 percent of faceoffs for 240 wins total

Brad Wharton, Sr., A, King’s Academy — 60 goals, 23 assists, 22 groundballs, committed to Flagler College

Nick Widger, Jr., M, West Boca Raton — 64 goals rank No. 10 in Class 2A, 10 assists, 74 points, 84 ground balls in 15 games

Second team

Logan Adams, Sr., Spanish River

Wyatt Barnard, Sr., Jupiter

Adrian Caffrey, Jr., Boca Raton

Winford Cash, So., Benjamin

Enzo De Cardenas, Sr., Cardinal Newman

Travis Cheristin, So., Saint John Paul II

Jordan Denitto, Sr., Palm Beach Central

Rhys Dumais, Fr., King’s Academy

Aiden Emerick, So., Palm Beach Central

Matt Evans, Jr., Saint John Paul II

Joseph Ferlanti, So., Saint John Paul II

Charley Graff, Jr., Spanish River

Caden Hayes, So., Benjamin

Anthony Hicks, So., Boca Raton

Shea Huberman, So., Spanish River

Jackson Hume, So., Saint John Paul II

Jack Kelleher, 8th, Benjamin

Will Kelly, Sr., Jupiter

Anthony Lattero, Jr., Saint John Paul II

Tatum Little, Fr., Benjamin

Keagan McDade, So., Boca Raton

Noah Metzger, Jr., American Heritage-Delray

Myles Murray, Sr., Palm Beach Gardens

Gavin Orr, Jr., Jupiter

Hunter Peskoff, Sr., Dwyer

Santiago Sanabria. So., Spanish River

Ethan Sands, So., Saint Andrew's

Dustin Sluzka, So., Jupiter

Carter Smith, Sr., Benjamin

Eric Stiefel, Sr., Saint Andrew's

Dylan Sweet, Sr., Cardinal Newman

Beck Trafton, Jr., Saint Andrew's

Hudson Wharton, Sr., Palm Beach Central

Campbell Zegras, Jr., Oxbridge

Leyton Zorumski, Jr., Saint Andrew's

Honorable mention

American Heritage-Delray: Nicholas Bafer, Xander Gerard, Cardinal Newman: James Molina, James Smeenge, Dwyer: Riley Nagle, Jupiter: Dylan Creps, Gavin Meyers, Palm Beach Gardens: Brent Bothun, Hayden Deese, Scott Eaton, Saint Andrew's: Shovan Eriksson, Cole Denton

This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Palm Beach All-County boys lacrosse: See full list of 2023 selections!