GLENELG, Md. — There are 5 excessive colleges with each their girls and boys lacrosse teams on this week’s Maryland state championship video games: Fallston, Severna Park, Broadneck, Urbana and Glenelg.
The Gladiators girls and boys packages strive for class 2A state titles. First up is the women group. They kick off state championship week on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. Glenelg is the No. 4 seed and performs No. 6 Queen Anne’s. It has been a magical match run for the Gladiators, full with knocking off the defending state champs, No. 1 Manchester Valley, within the semifinals.
“We’re so completely satisfied. We’re so excited,” mentioned senior midfielder Kamryn Henson. “There isn’t actually loads of nerves. It’s actually simply pleasure. We’ve been making an attempt to do that for the previous three years and we lastly received over that hump of dropping at areas to a Carroll County group.”
Now they go for their sixth state title in program historical past and first since profitable three straight between 2016-18.
“The feeling is surreal as a result of now we have labored so exhausting to get right here,” mentioned senior defender Lara Hoeflich. “The previous couple years this group hasn’t actually gotten the eye it’s deserved. We’ve had unbelievable expertise. Our chemistry has been the rationale we’re going to have the ability to go all the best way this 12 months and it’s simply deserved.”
“There is one thing particular going on right here,” added head coach Alex Pagnotta. “We might really feel that as we had been getting by way of some video games, we had some powerful video games early on, we didn’t play our biggest however we nonetheless discovered a solution to win.”
On the boys aspect the Gladiators are seeded third. They tackle No. 5 Hereford on Wednesday at 8:00 p.m.
“We are assured. We have had an incredible season,” mentioned head coach Josh Hatmaker. “We’ve received a tall activity in entrance of us in Hereford. They are an incredible program. But I feel we’re an incredible program additionally.”
The boys are vying for their fifth state title in program historical past and first since 2019. Tim Iannarino needs to get it finished within the worst means. The senior’s oldest brother, Cole, was a part of that title group 5 years in the past. Another brother, Connor, misplaced to the Hereford within the 2021 state semifinal.
“This is simply one thing I’ve been picturing my entire life to be doing,” mentioned Tim. “So, I feel it will be the right solution to finish off my entire lacrosse profession.”
The state title video games run Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at Stevenson University.
State Championship Schedule:
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Class 2A Girls – No. 4 Glenelg vs. No. 6 Queen Anne’s – 4:00 p.m.
Class 3A Boys – No. 2 Towson vs. No. 5 Severna Park – 6:00 p.m.
Class 3A Girls – No. 2 Severna Park vs. No. 8 Dulaney – 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Class 1A Boys – No. 4 Fallston vs. No. 6 Liberty – 4:00 p.m.
Class 1A Girls – No. 6 Fallston vs. No. 8 Southern-AA – 6:00 p.m.
Class 2A Boys – No. 3 Glenelg vs. No. 5 Hereford – 8:00 p.m.
Thursday, May 23, 2024
Class 4A Girls – No. 3 Broadneck vs. No. 4 Urbana – 6:00 p.m.
Class 4A Boys – No. 1 Urbana vs. No. 3 Broadneck – 8:00 p.m.
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