NORTHEAST REGION Nike/US Lacrosse High School Preview A SELF-FULFILLED PROPHECY PRESEASON TOP 10 >>
1. MANHASSET (N.Y.) The Indians reached the state Class B semifinals last season and are the favorite to win it all this year with Penn-bound Natalie Stefan and Harvard-bound Julia Glynn.
2. ST. ANTHONY’S (N.Y.) New coach Summer Ferraro should adapt well with Kasey Behr (Virginia) in tow.
3. MOUNT SINAI (N.Y.) The Mustangs enter 2014 on a 20-game
winning streak.
4. FARMINGDALE (N.Y.) The Dalers won their final six games en
route to the state Class A title. Six seniors are committed to Division I programs.
5. BAY SHORE (N.Y.) The Marauders are closing the gap. They lost
just two games last season, including a one-goal loss to Farmingdale.
6. GARDEN CITY (N.Y.) The Trojans’ streak of seven straight state titles ended, but never overlook Garden City.
7. DARIEN (CONN.) The Blue Wave boasts a 19-game winning
streak as the defending state Class L champ. Its only loss was in double overtime to Garden City.
8. NEW CANAAN (CONN.) Both of the Rams’ losses were to rival Darien.
They could upend the Blue Wave and should repeat as state Class M champion.
9. NOTRE DAME (MASS.) The Division I state champ won its last 16 games, including a watershed win over traditional
power Westwood.
10. SUFFERN (N.Y.) The state
semifinalist has dark-horse potential.
Shelby Fredericks rattled pipes and irked neighbors mastering her craft and pursuing her college dream By Mark Macyk
W
ith her no-look passing and pinpoint shooting, Babylon (N.Y.) High senior Shelby Fredericks is a bit of a lacrosse wizard. And like any good tale of high school wizardry, her story begins with a prophecy. Fredericks doesn’t even remember what she was writing it for — maybe
an entry in a doodle-filled pre-teen diary. But it’s still there, framed evidence that her destiny was written long before she signed a National Letter of Intent. In fourth grade, Fredericks wrote a
letter declaring her intention to play at Northwestern. “I still have it,” she said. “It’s framed.
People would always ask me, ‘What are you going to do in college?’ ‘I don’t know, but I’m going to Northwestern.’” When Fredericks suits up for the
Wildcats next year, it will be a self- fulfilled prophecy. Fredericks has played varsity since
seventh grade, amassing 205 goals and 134 assists, but she’s constantly striving to improve, making the path to one of the country’s top college programs seem inevitable. On a snow day in early February
she was out with friends, and her dog, playing quadruple wall ball. It’s a made-up game, where multiple balls fly around and the dog goes crazy trying to chase them. It’s fun but, “it was to get a workout in,” Fredericks said. Lacrosse is an everyday thing. Fredericks’ father, John, installed a light in their backyard so she could sneak in practice after the sun went down. Her neighbors might be happy to see their local wizard fulfilling her destiny 850 miles from home. “They used to complain the most when I didn’t have a net,” Fredericks said. “It used
Shelby Fredericks, a varsity player at Babylon (N.Y.) High since seventh grade, will take her wizardry to Northwestern next season.
to ricochet off the pipes. They kind of expect it now.” Fredericks started playing lacrosse in first grade, but soon took a detour. For a while,
it looked like her future might belong to soccer. It made sense. She made the U.S. U14 team. She’s still one of Long Island’s best soccer players. Babylon was playing in overtime of the Suffolk County soccer championship when the
M Kasey Behr St. Anthony’s (N.Y.)
D Sam Brescia Farmingdale (N.Y.)
M Madison Crutchfield St. Paul’s (N.H.)
A Shelby Fredericks Babylon (N.Y.)
M Julia Glynn Manhasset (N.Y.)
M Mackenzie Kent Noble & Greenough (Mass.)
A Isabella O’Connor Notre Dame (Mass.)
A Allie Pavinelli Northport (N.Y.)
M Natalie Stefan Manhasset (N.Y.)
M Emily Stein Darien (Conn.)
A Publication of US Lacrosse
lights went out at the complex. The final penalty kicks would play out the next day. “PKs are nerve-wracking enough,” Fredericks said. “Now you have to sleep on it.” Then her coach asked Fredericks, Long Island’s second-leading scorer, to play goalie.
Penalty kicks are a mind game. He reasoned that as a shooter her opponents would worry about her once and get it over with. As a goalie, they’d see her every single time. “He thought putting me in there, looking like a psycho, jumping up and down
and hitting the crossbar like I’d done it a thousand times would get in their heads,” Fredericks said. Fredericks made the save, but Babylon lost by one. Would she consider getting in the cage for a lacrosse game? “I would do anything to win,” Fredericks said. LM
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©SHELBY FREDERICKS (SF); ©GREG SHEMITZ (NS); ©BOSTON HERALD (IO)
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