Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 3/17/16
This is one of a series of previews for the 2016 Philly lacrosse season
Central Bucks High School East
League: Suburban One
Head Coach: Bruce Garcia, 16 years as Head Coach
Last year’s record: 19-5, Suburban One League co-champion, PIAA District One semi-finalist, and PIAA State quarter-finalist.
Key Returnees:
Ryan Brown, Jr. Attack
Owen Griffin, Sr. Attack
Bryan McIntosh, Jr. Defense
Logan Nelsen, Sr. Midfield
Michael Ott, So. FOGO/Midfield
Austin Prime, Sr. Defense
Coach’s Outlook for 2016 season: “Coming off a solid 2015, we are looking for another good year and will be taking it one game at a time”
Upper Dublin High School
League: Suburban One American Conference
Head Coach: David Sowers, first year as head coach, four years as assistant; 9 years as head coach at Hatboro-Horsham ( 137-44 record)
Last year’s record: 18-2, Lost second round, 1st SOL American
Key returnees:
Michael Sowers A, 12
Michael Mullen A, 12
Max Winebrake A, 10
Conor Wall M, 12
Nick Vernacchio M, 12
Evan Scott M, 12
Ben Abel M, 12
Jack Rapine D, 12
Henry Winebrake D, 12
Rockwell Wright D, 12
Top newcomers:
Ryan Templeton A, 12
Jed Hanson A, 10
Michael Gillen M, 12
Jerry Bardol M, 10
Sanjay Foster M, 11
Colin Asper M, 9
Nick Sowers D, 10
Kevin Chung D, 11
Isaiah Hnrich D, 12
Sean Bowers G, 12
Dillon Lojeski G, 10
Jed Kutai FOGO, 12
Coach’s Outlook for 2016: “With a devoted senior class, we will look to combine some talented underclassman into the mix and take each game one at a time. Team chemistry will be our main focus as we work hard to win our league and make the playoffs.”