BOYS LACROSSE NEWS
Congratulations to the boys lacrosse team who finished an amazing season on Tuesday, June 8th!
We are so proud of all that you have accomplished! God bless you!
We are so proud of all that you have accomplished! God bless you!
Congratulations to the boys lacrosse team who continue in States tomorrow at 4:00 PM at Cumberland Valley High School vs Mars HS. Best of luck and let’s go, Eagles! CLICK HERE to purchase PIAA tickets.
Congratulations also to the girls lacrosse team who finished an amazing season! The girls claimed their first Ches-Mont League Championship and District Championship, had a 14 game win streak to finish the season 17-4, were inside the top 10 in state ranking all season long, and were number one seed in Districts! We are so proud of you, Lady Eagles!
Congratulations also to the girls lacrosse team who finished an amazing season! The girls claimed their first Ches-Mont League Championship and District Championship, had a 14 game win streak to finish the season 17-4, were inside the top 10 in state ranking all season long, and were number one seed in Districts! We are so proud of you, Lady Eagles!
Congratulations to the the girls and boys lacrosse teams! The boys defeated Lampeter-Strausburg in the first round of States on June 1st, with a 16-8 victory. The girls defeated Lake Lehman 17-4, in the first round of States, also on June 1st. WAY TO GO, EAGLES! State Quarterfinals: boys play 6/5 at 12PM at Manheim Township HS vs Chartiers Valley; girls play 6/5 at 4PM at Schuylkill Valley HS vs Twin Valley. CLICK HERE to purchase PIAA tickets.
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Best of luck to the District Champion BSHS girls lacrosse team and the boys lacrosse team, who placed second in Districts, as they each head to the first round of States! The boys and girls lacrosse teams will play tomorrow, June 1st at AVON GROVE. Boys lacrosse starts at 4 PM vs Lampeter Strasburg and girls lacrosse starts at 6 PM vs Lake Lehman. Purchase PIAA tickets at: https://www.piaa.org/sports/tickets.aspx?from=hellobar. If you purchase a ticket for the boys game and remain in the stadium, you do not need to purchase a separate ticket for the girls game. LET'S GO, SHANAHAN EAGLES!
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Lacrosse Teams Advance to District Finals: Congratulations to the BSHS boys and girls lacrosse teams! The boys defeated Marple Newtown 8-4 and advance to the District Finals at home on 5/27 at 7PM vs Penncrest. The girls defeated Villa Maria 16-7 and advance to the District Finals at home on 5/27 at 5 PM vs Strathhaven. LET'S GO, SHANAHAN EAGLES!
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Congratulations to Collin Gucwa who recently received recognition in boys lacrosse as voted on by coaches across eastern PA: 1st Team All-State and All-American! Way to go!
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The BSHS lacrosse teams continue soaring! Congratulations to the girls lacrosse team who claimed victory in the second round of District Playoffs against Gwynedd Mercy! They play again this Tuesday, May 25th at 7PM at home against Villa Maria. Best of luck also to the boys lacrosse team who play in their next round of District Playoffs on Tuesday, May 25th at 5PM at home against Marple Newtown. It'll be a double header - come out to cheer on the Shanahan Eagles!
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Shanahan ousts Holy Ghost Prep to advance to district semifinal by Neil Geoghegan, PA PREP Live
DOWNINGTOWN >> In some ways, it seems like ancient history. But it’s important to remember that the Bishop Shanahan boys have reigned over District 1 2A lacrosse dating back to 2018. And the Eagles started off impressively in their quest to keep it going. Seeded second, Shanahan led wire-to-wire and bounced No. 7 Holy Ghost Prep, 8-2, on Wednesday in round one of the district playoffs at Jack Mancini Field. Now 14-4 overall, the Eagles advance to the semifinals where they will host sixth-seeded Marple Newtown on May 25. |
“We have to win one more game to get into the state playoffs,” said head coach Jon Heisman. “And believe it or not, we are looking to win our third district title in a row with last season being cancelled. That’s our goal.”
Shanahan won the district and state titles in both 2018 and 2019, but returned just three starters after the 2020 COVID-19 hiatus. Heisman termed it a “total rebuild” and that’s exactly what’s transpired.
“We’ve had time to get some things accomplished,” Heisman explained. “The young guys have really bought in, and our older guys are steadying players. They do what they’ve always done and now the younger guys a little better.”
The Eagles will take a 12-game winning streak into the next round against a Marple Newtown squad that is 12-6 overall. A win there could mean a rematch in the finals against Ches-Mont foe and top-seeded West Chester Rustin. The Knights topped Shanahan 13-7 in the regular season, but it happened more than a month ago.
“We had a bunch of younger kids and they just had to work their way into playing the different speed of high school lacrosse,” said senior defender J.D. Shimer.
“We are coming together now, we’ve build chemistry, and all of the young guys have stepped up,” added senior midfielder/attacker Owen Mehok. “We are hungry.”
With most of its experience in the back end, the Eagles are young and undersized up front, but also highly skilled. Shanahan has now outscored its last five opponents by a combined 64-7. And how about this for a positive sign: five of the team’s eight goals on Wednesday came from ninth graders.
“I told our two freshmen attackmen – Joe Devine and Devin Mullen – that they played great,” Heisman said. “They might have passed up a few shots here and there, but all-in-all for their first playoff game, it was pretty good.”
The youthful attack got a boost early by scoring three first quarter goals in a three minute span to take the lead for good. Devine notched two of those goals and Mehok’s nifty over-the-shoulder tally made it 3-0.
The scoring rate slowed a bit the rest of the way, but the Eagles got a second quarter goal from Mullen. And then Mullen and Mehok turned single goals into a 6-2 lead through three quarters.
“Our winning streak just speaks to the fact that our defense is operating like a well-oiled machine and the offense is getting traction,” Shimer said. “We are just ready to rock now.”
Mehok completed the hat-trick early the fourth quarter and freshman Trevor Barbadora rounded out the scoring.
“All of the young guys have exceeded my expectations,” said Mehok, who has signed to play collegiately at Drexel. “I thought it might be a one-man show, but it’s far from that.
“Joe (Devine) and Devin (Mullen) have really given me some support. And (junior) Colin McGrory just picked up a lacrosse stick a couple years ago and he’s been real good.”
The defense, of course, has been the anchor all season, and it played out that way against the Firebirds (5-11 overall). In all, the home team had a 23-9 edge in shots on goal, and sophomore goaltender Joe Pezone stopped seven of the nine.
“Our defense is excellent. They are our bread and butter for sure and they’ve done it all season. We just hope the magic continues,” Heisman said.
“They keep us in every game. They are our rock,” Mehok said of the defense. “They have a zone (defense) that pretty much no one has been able to beat.”
Devine and Mullen each finished with two goals and an assist. And even though the offense is making big strides, Heisman knows that his team is going to have to lean on its defense in order to make a deep postseason run.
“Our style is to play good defense and hope to control the middle of the field if we can,” Heisman pointed out.
“We have steadying influences to do it. (Long-stick midfielder Collin) Gucwa is probably going to be an All-American. Liam (Blakely) is our face off guys and is a superb defender, and J.D. Shimer is a stud. Those guys keep us in games.
“This is not like the teams of the past where we scored 18 or 20 goals. But we will do whatever we are successful with.”
Bishop Shanahan 8, Holy Ghost Prep 2
Holy Ghost Prep 0 1 1 0 — 2
Bishop Shanahan 3 1 2 2 — 8
Holy Ghost Prep goals: McLoughlin, Rittenmeyer.
Bishop Shanahan goals: Mehok 3, Barbadora, Mullen 2, Devine 2.
Goalie saves: Forde (HGP) 15; Pezone (BS) 7.
Shanahan won the district and state titles in both 2018 and 2019, but returned just three starters after the 2020 COVID-19 hiatus. Heisman termed it a “total rebuild” and that’s exactly what’s transpired.
“We’ve had time to get some things accomplished,” Heisman explained. “The young guys have really bought in, and our older guys are steadying players. They do what they’ve always done and now the younger guys a little better.”
The Eagles will take a 12-game winning streak into the next round against a Marple Newtown squad that is 12-6 overall. A win there could mean a rematch in the finals against Ches-Mont foe and top-seeded West Chester Rustin. The Knights topped Shanahan 13-7 in the regular season, but it happened more than a month ago.
“We had a bunch of younger kids and they just had to work their way into playing the different speed of high school lacrosse,” said senior defender J.D. Shimer.
“We are coming together now, we’ve build chemistry, and all of the young guys have stepped up,” added senior midfielder/attacker Owen Mehok. “We are hungry.”
With most of its experience in the back end, the Eagles are young and undersized up front, but also highly skilled. Shanahan has now outscored its last five opponents by a combined 64-7. And how about this for a positive sign: five of the team’s eight goals on Wednesday came from ninth graders.
“I told our two freshmen attackmen – Joe Devine and Devin Mullen – that they played great,” Heisman said. “They might have passed up a few shots here and there, but all-in-all for their first playoff game, it was pretty good.”
The youthful attack got a boost early by scoring three first quarter goals in a three minute span to take the lead for good. Devine notched two of those goals and Mehok’s nifty over-the-shoulder tally made it 3-0.
The scoring rate slowed a bit the rest of the way, but the Eagles got a second quarter goal from Mullen. And then Mullen and Mehok turned single goals into a 6-2 lead through three quarters.
“Our winning streak just speaks to the fact that our defense is operating like a well-oiled machine and the offense is getting traction,” Shimer said. “We are just ready to rock now.”
Mehok completed the hat-trick early the fourth quarter and freshman Trevor Barbadora rounded out the scoring.
“All of the young guys have exceeded my expectations,” said Mehok, who has signed to play collegiately at Drexel. “I thought it might be a one-man show, but it’s far from that.
“Joe (Devine) and Devin (Mullen) have really given me some support. And (junior) Colin McGrory just picked up a lacrosse stick a couple years ago and he’s been real good.”
The defense, of course, has been the anchor all season, and it played out that way against the Firebirds (5-11 overall). In all, the home team had a 23-9 edge in shots on goal, and sophomore goaltender Joe Pezone stopped seven of the nine.
“Our defense is excellent. They are our bread and butter for sure and they’ve done it all season. We just hope the magic continues,” Heisman said.
“They keep us in every game. They are our rock,” Mehok said of the defense. “They have a zone (defense) that pretty much no one has been able to beat.”
Devine and Mullen each finished with two goals and an assist. And even though the offense is making big strides, Heisman knows that his team is going to have to lean on its defense in order to make a deep postseason run.
“Our style is to play good defense and hope to control the middle of the field if we can,” Heisman pointed out.
“We have steadying influences to do it. (Long-stick midfielder Collin) Gucwa is probably going to be an All-American. Liam (Blakely) is our face off guys and is a superb defender, and J.D. Shimer is a stud. Those guys keep us in games.
“This is not like the teams of the past where we scored 18 or 20 goals. But we will do whatever we are successful with.”
Bishop Shanahan 8, Holy Ghost Prep 2
Holy Ghost Prep 0 1 1 0 — 2
Bishop Shanahan 3 1 2 2 — 8
Holy Ghost Prep goals: McLoughlin, Rittenmeyer.
Bishop Shanahan goals: Mehok 3, Barbadora, Mullen 2, Devine 2.
Goalie saves: Forde (HGP) 15; Pezone (BS) 7.
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Congratulations to the following BSHS boys lacrosse team members who were named Ches-Mont All-Leagues:
BOYS LACROSSE 1st Team: Colin Gucwa (defense) 2nd Team: Owen Mehok (attack), Liam Blakeley (defense), JD Shimer (defense) Honorable Mention: Colin McGrory, Ed Ross, Brandan Oakes |
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Best of luck to the BSHS girls and boys lacrosse teams who will be playing in the District Playoffs this week! The girls play tonight at home at 7PM against Dock Mennonite, and the boys play tomorrow at home at 7PM against Holy Ghost Prep. District tickets are $5 each at the door and per District rules, no free passes are accepted. Come out to cheer on the teams! (Send your sports new to social@shanahan.org!)
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Boys Lacrosse Clinic
The BSHS boys lacrosse team recently hosted a clinic for middle school students! A big thanks to all who attended the fun event! Let's go, Eagles! (Send your sports news to social@shanahan.org!) |
