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In Class AAAAAA, 2006 state champion Las-siter squares off with two-time state champion

Lambert (2011-12) for the first time in history. Lambert (20-0) kept its perfect season alive in the semifinals by overcoming a 6-4 halftime deficit to Etowah and rallying for a 10-7 victo-ry. Alex Walker netted three goals and added three assists in the victory. The finals will be the third straight playoff matchup Lambert has had against an Area 2 opponent. The Longhorns out-scored Pope 14-5 in the quarterfinals before the semis win over Etowah. In the regular season, Lambert dominated Area 2’s Roswell 12-1 and cruised past Milton 13-4. While Lambert rallied for its semifinal vic-tory, Lassiter (18-2) controlled the tempo early, built an 8-2 lead, but had to cling on for its 9-8 win over North Gwinnett. Lassiter had a balanced scoring effort from six different players, including a pair of goals each from Colvin Prosser, Justin Edwards and Will McAllister. Lassiter lost to North Gwinnett 10-3 earlier in the season and its only other loss was a 9-5 tilt at Allatoona on March 10. Allatoona (18-2) searches for its first-ever

state title in the Class A-AAAAA boys champi-onship against four-time state champion West-minster (18-2), which beat Lovett 7-4 in last year’s final. These two teams met on April 23 at Westminster where the Wildcats held on for a 10-9 overtime victory. Allatoona’s only other in-state loss this season was a 10-8 defeat at Lam-bert on Feb. 27. Westminster challenged Lambert in a 7-6 loss on April 2, and has posted nine-straight wins since. The Wildcats have allowed just nine total goals in their three postseason wins. THE GIRLS GAME… Familiar and battle-tested rivals Milton and Walton square off in the girls AAAAAA title game for the third straight year. Milton has won 10 state titles in the eleven seasons of GHSA lacrosse, including a 9-6 victory over Walton in last year’s title game and a 16-13 victory in 2014’s main event. Star sophomore Lexie Morton scored two goals in her championship debut last season. The Eagles traveled to Walton on March 10 and left with a 14-9 victory. Milton has not lost to an instate school since their 2009 loss to Chatta-

hoochee in the only finals the Eagles haven’t won. The nine goals by Walton were the most allowed against any Georgia school this season. Milton dominated Mill Creek 15-2 in the semifinals to hand the Hawks their first loss of the year. Walton is led by a bevy of Division I talent and has played an out-of-state schedule this sea-son to prepare them for the state’s most dom-inant program. Hunter Corvin and Carly White both finished with two goals apiece in their 10-7 win over Lassiter in the semifinals as White add-ed two assists. White netted a game-high three goals in last year’s championship. In Class A-AAAAA, Blessed Trinity sets up for a rematch with Kell after defeating the Long-horns 11-10 on March 8. The Titans are one win away from the program’s first-ever state title, while Kell is looking to complete a three-peat of titles after becoming the first Cobb County team to win a girls lacrosse state title in 2014. Blessed Trinity dominated Starr’s Mill 22-11 in Wednesday’s semifinals and cruised past powerhouse Westminster 18-10 in the quar-terfinals after stomping Lovett 22-9 in the first round. The Titans are averaging 20.7 goals per game this postseason. Kell has been equally dominant, posting a 21-2 win over Greenbrier in the opening round and following it with a 20-5 victory over Wesleyan in the quarterfinals. The Longhorns’ most impressive win, however, came in Wednesday’s semifinals in a 13-12 overtime thriller against Cambridge, where Izzy Palermo scooped in a game-winning short-handed goal. Photo courtesy of Sandy Hutchinson.

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GIRLS CLASS AAAAAA

1 Lauren Tennant 11 A/M3 Riley Corvin 9 A4 Leigh Cobb 9 A5 Grace Peterson 12 M6 Payton Gregory 10 M7 Hunter Corvin 12 A8 Carly White 12 M9 Lindsey Epstein 11 M10 Sumner Santivanez 10 M11 Kylie Holthaus 12 A13 Sara Lewin 12 M 14 Erin McBride 12 M

16 Ashley Asbury 11 A

17 Isabelle Snider 12 D

18 Bridget Seery 12 D

19 Amanda Skinner 12 D

21 Nikki Torres 11 D

22 Riley Ewing 11 A

27 Mary Catherine Kreider 11 G

29 Lola Catoe 10 G

30 Kathryn Sweeden 12 G

1 Courtney Hutchinson 11 A2 Savannah Cosman 10 A3 Emily Velez 12 A4 Sydney Hutchinson 12 D5 Lexie Morton 10 D 6 Haley Brown 10 D7 Lauren Pokallus 11 A 8 Lauren Rielly 10 A9 Leah Nedza 10 D 10 Hannah Demis 11 A11 Kate Winsness 10 A12 Claire Smith 12 D14 Sara Jane Garrigan 10 D15 Jessi Masinko 12 A16 Sydney Catts 11 A17 Mary Grace Coyle 10 A

18 Emily Gilsdorf 11 D20 Gwyneth Pokallus 11 D21 Jen Shield 11 A22 Allie Peebles 9 A 23 Morgan Franklin 12 D24 Sophie Baez 11 A 25 Maddie Meitin 11 D26 Maddie Erby 9 D 27 Erin Degnan 9 A28 Kelly Hyman 11 A 30 Loren Pettit 11 D32 Bridget Deehan 11 G33 Haley Monette 10 G 34 Megan Jones 12 D

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Walton RaidersHead Coach: Amanda Ryan

Milton EaglesHead Coach: Tim Godby

BOYS CLASS A-AAAAA

1 David Vroon 10 M2 Tyler Bass 11 G3 Max Coffin 11 D4 Wesley Millner 11 A5 Kevin Kelley 11 A6 Colin Gutzmer 10 D7 Trevor Gillogly 12 M8 Raines Shamburger 12 D9 Henry Parker 12 M10 Cope Fitzharris 11 A11 Ollie Baugus 12 D12 Will Fitzharris 11 M13 Jack Patton 11 A14 Win Notermann 11 M15 Grant Ansley 11 D16 Warren Seeds 9 G

18 John Richardson 11 D19 Beau Vance 11 M20 Sam Woodhouse 10 D21 Chase Williams 12 M22 John Farley 12 M23 Robbie Chambliss 12 D24 Truman Jones 10 D25 Henry Trapnill 10 M26 Logan Devereaux 12 A27 Ben Walker 11 M28 Julian Mason 10 G29 Ru Usey 12 M30 Luke Jones 10 M31 Joseph Rodriguez 12 M

1 Cody Hobbs 11 A2 Cameron Carter 10 M3 Ben Galloway 12 A4 Parker Cockrell 11 M5 Danny Tesler 12 M6 Austin Zumbado 12 M7 Brooks Gillam 12 A/M8 Savion Watts 11 M9 Damian Hinton 10 A10 Connor Jashinske 10 M11 Erick Kahinga 10 M12 Michael Romans 10 D14 Conner Peterson 11 A

15 Mark Schisler 11 LSM16 Jay Molander 12 G17 Griffin Kim 11 D18 Mike Johnson 12 M20 Brendan Siemen 11 LSM21 Trevor Stuart 12 M22 Carson Sorrells 11 A24 Charlie Dahling 10 D27 LJ Moore 10 M30 Jerry Wilson 10 G33 Trent Tomas 11 D35 Gridley Wright 11 D36 Palmer Fields 12 D

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Westminster WildcatsHead Coach: Tony Souza

Allatoona BuccaneersHead Coach: Jonathan Wishon

GIRLS CLASS A-AAAAA

1 Morgan Demboski 12 D2 Mary Markwordt 11 M/A3 Mary Deatrick 12 A/M4 Lizzy Murphyy 9 A/M5 Kaley Attaway 9 A/M6 Trish Marcoccio 10 M/D7 Olivia Barnard 11 D8 Sarah Flatt 11 M/A9 Mackie McManes 11 D10 Grace Lasseigne 9 D11 Izzy Lopez 11 M/D12 Regan McGovern 11 M/D13 Payton Fadem 12 A/M14 Izzy Van Weegan 12 A

15 Maddie Mandula 12 M/A16 Elise Hammelrath 10 M/D17 Brianna Yates 12 G18 MacKenzie Driscoll 11 G19 Jade Paquette 12 A20 Brook Villhauer 9 M/D21 Rileigh McDonough 12 A22 Molly Gullo 10 D23 Shannon Kelly 12 D24 Lauren Nohl 11 A25 Caroline Lewis 10 D26 Brittney Villhauer 10 D/M28 Alana Fierce 11 D30 Camryn Johns 9 D/M

1 Alli Smith 11 D

2 Gabby Sabater 9 M, DM

3 Brooke Manera 10 D

4 Jennifer Buckley 11 A

5 Katherine Gross 11 A

6 Mary Weisbeck 9 D

7 Scotland Geurink 9 A

8 Izzy Palermo 12 M, DM

10 Talen Francis 11 A, M

11 Alyssa Henn 9 D

13 Alissa Brown 10 M, DM

14 Maria Arvizu 10 A, M

17 Natalie Parlato 12 G

18 Payge Pusatere 11 A

19 Hannah Churchly 9 D

21 Riley Proshek 12 D, M

22 Ann Ryan Lanz 11 D

27 Emery Rogers 10 M

28 Anna Luckie 11 A, M

38 Britta Baugham 12 G

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Blessed Trinity TitansHead Coach: Elizabeth McFarland

Kell LonghornsHead Coach: Todd Utt

BOYS CLASS AAAAAA

1 Walker Wing 11 G3 Hayden Barnes 12 M4 Trent Bruno 12 DM5 Jake Alesia 11 M6 Johnny Divirgilio 10 DM7 Ryan Overbay 9 M8 Alec Bueno 11 A9 Chris Price 12 D10 Harrison Petrovich 11 A11 Morgan Cone 12 A12 Hunter Clem 12 M13 Jaryd Jean-felix 11 LM15 Taylor Brinkerhoff 11 LM16 Conrad Mcevoy 12 A17 Justyn Jean-felix 12 D18 Matt O’Rourk 12 M19 Eric Overbay 11 M20 Win Strickland 11 A21 Justin Bruno 10 DM22 Cameron Barnes 11 A

23 Harrison Pomfret 11 D24 Bradley Wehman 10 A25 Alex Walker 11 A26 Trey Arnold 12 M27 Zach Zeman 10 LM28 Matt Reilly 11 M29 Michael Lahood 12 M33 Dillon Hemphill 12 D34 Easton Foley 11 D40 Patrick Phelan 11 D45 Grant Plaugher 11 A46 Donovan Lilly 10 LM47 Trevor Holmes 12 LM48 Peyton Miller 10 A55 Logan Steele 10 G88 Ben Stump 12 G99 Brady Berman 12 D

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Lambert LonghornsHead Coach: Josh Sagel

1 Colvin Prosser 10 A2 Zach Collins 12 G3 Zane Hodges 11 DM4 Casey Perry 11 D5 Ben Perry 11 A6 George Scharff 9 G7 TJ Conrad 11 M8 Omari Turner 11 D9 Davis Dickson 11 M10 John Michael McCormack 10 M11 Ryan Bruckman 11 A12 Charlie Wyman 11 DM13 John Lackey 9 LM14 Alex Venturino 11 D16 Zach Alexander 10 DM17 Justin Edwards 10 A18 Elijah Ensor 9 M19 Tyler Oglesby 11 LM

20 Cooper Conrad 9 G21 Dominic Macjack 10 G22 Matt Kelly 12 M23 Matthew Izzo 9 D24 Sami Obeidat 10 M25 Chad Coddard 9 DM 26 Chase Neely 11 D28 Charlie King 11 LM29 Nolan Moon 11 M33 Trent Baker 11 A37 Greg Park 10 D40 Thomas Garcia 11 A44 Will McAllister 12 M55 Choice Mosteller 10 A77 Tyler Kay 12 D99 Ben Mostellar 12 D

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Lassiter TrojansHead Coach: Brendan Leezer

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