Season Opener Yields A 17-2 Victory for Wildcats

East Lacrosse opened the year under the lights at Northwood with a 17-2 victory. Returning Senior Chris Cox opened the year with 4 goals and 3 assists. The Wildcats had many players tickle the twine throughout the night. We also had 3 people taking the faceoffs, they were Senior Tyler Westerhoff, Freshman Langston Luck and Sophomore Manny Seyon. In the goal Junior Luke Fajack had the start and protecting him was Senior Grant Booterbaugh, Senior Peter Klein and Sophomore Taylor Greeno. In the midfield we had Senior Chris Cox and Senior Liam Finn. On the attack side we had Senior Jordan Greeno, Junior Aidan Clark and Freshman Jack Koonce. Many other saw the field and made the stat book. East opened with the first goal of the game and never looked back. we ended the 1st quarter 4-0. Northwood put a couple past Fajack in the second going into halftime with a score of 9-2. the 3rd quarter was all East putting 5 in the goal ending the 3rd at 14-2. The 4th quarter was much like the rest of the game with one big highlight. On a man up situation Senior Chris Cox fed the ball to Junior Micheal Page and he was able to score his first varsity goal. Congrats Mikey!! The game ended with a final score of 17-2. Great Job Wildcats!!!

Game Contributors:

Senior Chris Cox-4g 3a and 4 groundballs, Junior Aidan Clark-2g 3a and 6 groundballs, Senior Porter Alexander-2g 3a and 3 groundballs, Sophomore Taylor Greeno-3g and 3 groundballs, Senior Jordan Greeno-2g 1a and 4 groundballs, Junior MT-1g 1a and 1 groundball, Senior Tyler Westerhoff-1g 1a and 7 groundballs, Freshman Jack Koonce-1g and 2 groundballs, Junior Micheal Page-1g, Senior Liam Finn-1a and 3 groundballs, Freshman Hank Gerber-2 groundballs,Freshman Langston Luck-1 groundball, Sophomore Ethan Pham-2 groundballs, Sophomore Manny Seyon-3 groundballs, Senior Grant Booterbaugh-3 groundballs, Senior Peter Klein-2 ground balls

Goal Keeper:

Junior Luke Fajack-8 saves on 10 shots (80%)

2 ground balls

Next Game

Friday March 4th at 7pm at Wilcat Stadium against Cedar Ridge

Good Luck Cats!!!!