LAST OF A LEGACY PRESEASON TOP 10 1. BOYS’ LATIN (MD.)
The Lakers boast 19 players committed to Division I programs and were ranked No. 1 nationally for most of last season.
>> 2. HAVERFORD SCHOOL (PA.)
The Fords caught fire at the end of last season and enter the year loaded with young talent, including senior Peter Blynn.
3. GEORGETOWN PREP (MD.)
The 2013 IAC co-champ boasts a talented roster and plays a tough schedule, which should have it in the hunt for a No. 1 ranking.
4. ST. PAUL’S (MD.)
The Crusaders return seven starters from a team that finished 15-5. Attackman Mikey Wynne set several school single-season records last year and returns to the lineup.
5. MCDONOGH (MD.) The Eagles return eight starters and have one
of the nation’s toughest schedules with games against Haverford and Culver Academy (Ind.).
6. MALVERN PREP (PA.)
The defending Inter-Ac champ has several key players back, including defenseman Greg Pelton and attackman Ryan Hilburn.
7. LANDON (MD.)
Jack Falk and Jack Bolen are among returning starters. The loss of Andrew Mitchell to a football injury left the defense a little thin.
8. CONESTOGA (PA.)
The Pioneers did not have their best year in 2013, but still the PIAA final.
managed to reach
9. DELBARTON (N.J.) The Green Wave
continues to churn out big-time defensemen like Chad Otterman and Peter Welch.
10. GONZAGA (D.C.) The four-time WCAC champ
has just two starters back, but plenty of college-bound talent.
Shack Stanwick, who’s just as good as his surname suggests, has unfinished business at Boys’ Latin By Matt Ward
oys’ Latin (Md.) senior Shack Stanwick has been a top national prospect since his freshman year of high school. Even then, his pedigree preceded him — his three older brothers and four older sisters all played (or are still playing) NCAA Division I lacrosse. Steele Stanwick was the 2011 Tewaaraton Award winner at Virginia. CBS College Sports analyst Sheehan Stanwick Burch, Wick Stanwick and Coco Stanwick were All-Americans at Georgetown. Wells Stanwick and Covie Stanwick are returning All- Americans for Johns Hopkins and Boston College, respectively. Tad Stanwick played at Rutgers. So Shack Stanwick, who will join his brother Wells at Johns Hopkins next year, has been in the spotlight from the start. “There’s been a lot of pressure on Shack,” Boys’ Latin coach Bob Shriver said. “Every time he steps on the field, he’s a marked guy.” Stanwick, a 6-foot-2, 180-pound attackman (all of the Stanwicks play attack) has lived up to the hype. In 2013, he had 31 goals and 56 assists as the Lakers went 19-0 in the regular season and spent most of it ranked No. 1 nationally. He has the Stanwick family trademark: pinpoint stick skills woven in a traditional leather pocket.
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Shack Stanwick will be the eighth Stanwick sibling to play Division I lacrosse when he joins his brother, Wells, at Johns Hopkins.
Shriver has coached three of the four Stanwick boys. With a Stanwick, he said, you know passes will be on the money and the stick work will be impeccable. In addition to playing catch with siblings, the Stanwicks grew up constantly playing wall ball in their Baltimore garage. Stanwick is used to questions about the famous family name — “There’s a little pressure that comes with it,” he said. “They’ve accomplished so much.” — but he would rather talk about Boys’ Latin’s
unfinished business. Despite the sparkling season, the Lakers lost 10-9 to Loyola Blakefield in the MIAA-A final after losing in the semifinals the two previous years. Stanwick spent the offseason getting faster and stronger, sharpening his split
M Peter Blynn Haverford School (Pa.)
M Brendan Collins Georgetown Prep (Md.)
M Mike D’Alessandro Don Bosco Prep (N.J.)
M Jack Falk Landon (Md.)
D Joe Kenna St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes (Va.)
D Chad Otterman Delbarton (N.J.)
D Greg Pelton Malvern Prep (Pa.)
A Shack Stanwick Boys’ Latin (Md.)
M Brinton Valis McDonogh (Md.)
A Mikey Wynne St. Paul’s (Md.)
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dodge, shooting on the run, getting his hands free after a dodge and going directly to goal. He’ll have a hard time downplaying the family legacy next year when he and Wells join forces at Johns Hopkins. The brothers last played together at Boys’ Latin during Shack’s freshman year, when Wells was a senior. “He gave me a hard time anytime I messed up,” Shack Stanwick said. They will share that senior-freshman dynamic again in 2015. “I think he’ll always give me a hard time,” he said, “no matter how old I am.” LM
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©JOHN STROHSACKER (SS, MW)
©KEVIN TUCKER (PB)
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