MID-ATLANTIC HS LAX WRAP
By Mike Loveday >>PLAYER OF THE YEAR Carly Reed ST. STEPHEN’S & ST. AGNES (VA.)
When you mention Carly Reed, people in the lacrosse community have an almost universal response: She’s still in high school?
Reed, the North Carolina-bound attacker from St.
Stephen’s & St. Agnes (Va.), has been a star since setting foot on the fi eld as a freshman at the Alexandria, Va. school. She set school career records with 578 points and 475 goals. Her goal total is second nationally all-time only to Shannon Smith, who played at West Babylon (N.Y.) from 2003-2008 and fi nished with 505 goals. Reed also holds the school record for most goals in a season with 153. She set several of these records her sophomore and junior years, which makes it seem like she’s been playing forever. “It all started freshman year when my only goal was to make
varsity. I didn’t think of anything else. I just wanted to be the best I could be. It just turned that I broke records,” Reed said. “Once I realized I started getting close [to the school records], I started paying attention. I thought that was so out of reach. I wasn’t really expecting anything. Sophomore year, when I was getting close to the record, it was getting exciting.” As a senior this year, Reed helped lead the Saints to a 27-1 record, a No. 3 ranking in the Nike/US Lacrosse Top 25 and repeat ISL and VISAA championships. In her fi nal high school game, she tallied eight points on fi ve goals and three assists to help lead the Saints to a 19-6 victory over Collegiate (Va.) for the VISAA title. Reed earned Washington Post All-Met Player of the Year honors for the second consecutive season, was named an Under Armour Lacrosse All-American and earned VISAA Player of the Year honors.
“I was very relieved [to win Player of the Year a second time]. I was very scared I wasn’t going to get it this year since I got it last year,” she said. “I felt I had to work very hard to keep it. I felt I worked my hardest this year because I had to live up to it. It’s the best feeling ever because all the hard work comes together.”
Reed, along with teammates Besser Dyson and Wyatt
Whitley, led a senior class that went 108-9 in their four years at St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes. “We all kind of realized it during the award ceremony. I don’t think we could have done it without each other. They’re what helped me set a lot of my goals. Together is how we accomplish so much,” Reed said. “I’m going to miss the chemistry of the team. I know how rare it was. We always wanted to hang out off the fi eld and on. I’m going to miss how close everyone was and how coach [Kathy] Jenkins was a mom to all of us.”
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headlines in New Jersey, Caroline Shinske and Group 4 champ Shawnee should not get overlooked. Plus, archived coverage from across the Mid-Atlantic ranks.
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>>FINAL GIRLS’ TOP 10
1. McDonogh (Md.) ÚFor the second straight year the Eagles (22-0) trailed in the IAAM championship game and battled back to win the title and fi nish undefeated. McDonogh has won 91 consecutive games, 12 shy of the all-time record of 103 held by Loch Raven (Md.) and Mount Hebron (Md.). Sam Burgess, Maggie Preas and Megan Whittle earned All-IAAM honors.
2. St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes (Va.) ÚThe Saints (27-1) won their 18th straight Independent School League AA championship with a 14-12 win over Georgetown Visitation (D.C.). They followed that title up by winning the VISAA title 19-6 over Collegiate (Va.). North Carolina commit Carly Reed was the repeat selection as Washington Post All-Met Player of the Year and was the US Lacrosse Mid-Atlantic Player of the Year choice. Virginia commits Besser Dyson and Wyatt Whitley also earned All-Met honors.
3. Georgetown Visitation (D.C.) ÚThe Tigers (21-2) fi nished as ISL runners-up and have lost just four games in the last two years, three of them to St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes. Tess McEvoy was a repeat selection as Washington Post All-Met First Team after scoring 76 goals.
ÚThe Quakers (24-0) repeated a NJSIAA Tournament of Champions winner with an 11-5 victory over Shawnee. North Carolina commit Marie McCool led Moorestown with 110 points (83 goals, 27 assists). The Quakers have won 51 straight games since losing to Ridgewood in the 2011 TOC fi nal.
4. Moorestown (N.J.)
ÚThe Gators (13-5) appeared in the IAAM championship game for the fi rst time since 2006 and had the biggest upset in the nation brewing early in the second half against national No. 1 McDonogh. Up 8-4 early, only an amazing run by the Eagles ended St. Paul’s season. Amanda Sutor scored four goals in the championship game. Nevi Fernandez and Shelby Wells each earned All-IAAM honors.
5. St. Paul’s (Md.)
6. Bryn Mawr (Md.) ÚThe Mawrtians (10-5) caught fi re late to advance to the IAAM semifi nals, where they fell to St. Paul’s. Bryn Mawr’s fi ve losses all were to nationally ranked teams: McDonogh (Md.), St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes (Va.), St. Anthony’s (N.Y.) and St. Paul’s twice. Ellie DeGarmo and Kate Snouffer earned All-IAAM honors.
7. Harriton (Pa.) ÚThe Rams (25-2) fi nished the year on a 10-game winning streak and won the PIAA championship with an 8-7 overtime victory over Radnor (Pa.). Senior Caleigh Foust, who scored seven goals in a quarterfi nal win over Kennard Dale (Pa.), and junior Sabrina Tabasso were named US Lacrosse All-Americans from the Philadelphia region.
8. Marriotts Ridge (Md.) ÚThe Mustangs (18-1) defeated Century (Md.) 15-5 in the Maryland Class 3A/2A championship game. Marriotts Ridge allowed double-digit goals just twice this season, including a quadruple-overtime victory over Mount Hebron (Md.). Alex McKay (Maryland) earned All-Metro honors from the Baltimore Sun.
9. Century (Md.) ÚThe Knights (16-3) featured a staunch defense and came within three goals of upsetting the No. 1 team in the country, McDonogh. Haley Bordner (Florida) led Carroll County with 39 goals and 38 assists.
10. C.M. Wright (Md.) ÚThe Mustangs’ two losses were by a combined two goals. Otherwise, they would have been perfect. Abby Smucker (Maryland) led the Falcons with 40 goals and earned Baltimore Sun All-Metro First Team and Under Armour All-American honors.
©JOHN MECIONIS (CR); ©ANDY LEWIS (CS)
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