Meet The Tennessean's Nashville area high school boys and girls lacrosse teams for 2023
The Tennessean has released its All-Midstate high school boys and girls lacrosse teams for 2023 along with the players of the year.
Here are this year's teams.
The Nashville area swept the girls and boys six state championships in 2023, including the Public and Private school classifications in girls along with the two Division 1 and two Division 2 championships in boys.
Henry Cato
Ensworth, Sr.
Position: Attack
Why chosen: Cato scored 51 goals with eight assists for the Division 2 Class AA/A state runner-up. He also had 19 ground balls.
Cade Sturdivant
MBA, Fr.
Position: Attack.
Why chosen: Sturdivant scored 26 goals and had 27 assists with 27 ground balls. He started Day 1 as a freshman for the Division 2 Class AAA state champions.
Macklin Thomas
Brentwood, Sr.
Position: Attack.
Why chosen: Thomas scored 48 goals, 33 assists and 51 ground balls for the Division 1 Class AA state champion Bruins.
Trey Woodcock
MBA, Jr.
Position: Attack.
Why chosen: Woodcock scored a game-high 39 goals and had 11 assists. He also had 21 ground balls for the Division 2 Class AAA state champions.
Hadyn Gross
Nolensville Jr.
Position: Midfield
Why chosen: Gross scored 29 goals with 10 assists for the Division 1 Class A state champions. He also had 20 ground balls.
Gavin Hussey
Ravenwood, Sr.
Position: Midfield
Why chosen: Hussey scored 33 goals and had 16 assists. He also had 27 ground balls for the Division 1 Class AA state runner-up.
Tripp Lodge
CPA, Sr.
Position: Midfield.
Why chosen: Lodge dominated faceoffs this season for the Division 2 Class AA/A state champions. He won 74.7% of his faceoffs with 159 ground balls. He also scored 18 goals while dishing out 17 assists.
Jack Myers
MBA, Sr.
Position: Midfield
Why chosen: Myers scored 25 goals with three assists for the state champion Big Red. He also had 22 ground balls.
Turner Curlee
Pope John Paul II, Sr.
Position: Defender
Why chosen: Turner had 29 ground balls and 10 takeaways for the Knights.
Theo Reidy
Brentwood, Sr.
Position: Defense
Why chosen: Reidy had 33 ground balls and 14 takeaways for the state champion Bruins.
Patrick Tatro
MBA, Sr.
Position: Defense
Why chosen: The Centre College signee had 48 ground balls with 30 takeaways. He also scored two goals and dished out two assists. He was named The Tennessean's Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year for 2023.
Evan Cuffe
Father Ryan, Sr.
Position: Goalie.
Why chosen: The all-league four-year starter has signed with Berry College. He finished his career with 502 saves in 1,848 career minutes.
Coach of the Year
Chris Cudmore
CPA
Why chosen: Cudmore led the Lions to a state title in his third season as the coach. CPA finished the season 13-3 and beat Ensworth in the Division 2 AA/A chanmpionship.
Girls
Lana Dismukes
Ensworth, Jr.
Position: Attack.
Why chosen: Dismukes scored 66 goals with 25 assists. She also had 37 ground balls and four caused turnovers. She was named all-state this season by the Tennessee Girls Lacrosse Association.
Emerson Symonds
Brentwood, Jr.
Position: Attack
Why chosen: Symonds scored 50 goals with 27 assists. She had 48 ground balls and caused 15 turnovers. She was named to the all-state team.
Meredith Whitson
Ensworth, Jr.
Position: Attack.
Why chosen: Whitson scored 60 goals with 14 assists. She also had 36 ground balls and 15 takeaways. She was named all-state.
Grace Hasselbeck
Ensworth, Jr.
Position: Midfield
Why chosen: The Vanderbilt commitment scored 71 goals with 24 assists. She caused 18 turnovers and had 72 ground balls with 133 draw controls. She was named all-state.
Megan Hopfensperger
Ravenwood, Sr.
Position: Midfielder
Why chosen: The four-year starter scored 56 goals with 17 assists this season. She had 18 ground balls and caused eight turnovers. She was named all-state.
Taylor McCall
Harpeth Hall, Jr.
Position: Midfielder.
Why chosen: The William & Mary commitment had 87 goals scored with 18 assists along with 50 ground balls. She also caused 25 turnovers. She was named all-state.
Charlotte Myers
Harpeth Hall, Jr.
Position: Midfield
Why chosen: The Dartmouth commitment was named Tennessean Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year for the second straight year. She had 103 goals with 33 assists. She had 41 ground balls and caused 25 turnovers with 98 draw controls. She was named all-state.
Olivia Rewers
Ravenwood, Sr.
Position: Midfield
Why chosen: Rewers scored 38 goals with 17 assists this season. She had 27 ground balls and caused 20 turnovers. She was named all-state.
Gracie Lucas
Harpeth Hall, So.
Position: Defense.
Why chosen: Lucas had 43 ground balls and caused 25 turnovers. Lucas was the Honeybears' top defender, getting opposing teams' top attacker. She was named all-state.
Ellie Walker
Harpeth Hall, Sr.
Position: Defense.
Why chosen: Walker had 21 ground balls and caused 17 turnovers for the back-to-back Private School state champions.
Taylor Ward
Franklin, Fr.
Position: Defense.
Why chosen: Ward had 42 ground balls and caused 27 turnovers. She also scored four goals and had 11 assists. She was named all-state.
Morgan Thompson
Pope John Paul II, Jr.
Position: Goalie
Why chosen: The Presbyterian commitment had 185 saves and saved 64.6% of shots on goal. She also caused 35 turnovers and had 39 ground balls. And she scored a goal.
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Coach of the Year
Megan Clark
Harpeth Hall
Why chosen: Harpeth Hall won its second consecutive Private School girls lacrosse state tournament, beating rival Ensworth in the final. Harpeth Hall finished the season 20-3. All three losses were to out of state opponents.
Reach Tom Kreager at 615-259-8089 or tkreager@tennessean.com and on Twitter @Kreager.
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