High School Lacrosse
REGULAR SEASON
MARCH 20, 2007
Notes: Not at full strength, KCD still looks strong
By NATHAN CHAMBERS
BeyondTheDerby.com
The Kentucky Country Day girls’ lacrosse team could not have been clicking on all cylinders during the inaugural Fifth Third Southern Prep Classic over the weekend. Not that anyone watching the tournament at KCD likely even noticed.
The Bearcats, who want to end Manual’s three-year reign as the Kentucky Lacrosse Association state champion in May, outscored three solid out-of-state teams 41-17 and won the tournament despite the absence of at least one key player in each game. Collegiate finished third.
KCD played without three starters in the final on Sunday but still beat Cincinnati Seven Hills 11-7. Seven Hills is ranked No. 9 out of 75 Ohio teams in LaxPower.com’s computer ratings.
"I am really proud of how the team played over the weekend,” KCD coach Patrick McAnulty said. “We are a good team when we play intelligently and together as a unit. I think it showed a lot of resolve to win on Sunday despite missing three starters. We certainly are nowhere near where we want to be by the end of the year, but we'll keep working."
Christena Burell scored five goals in a 13-7 win over Cincinnati Summit Country Day, which is ranked No. 8 in Ohio, in the first game on Saturday. Mimi Magruder scored three, and Emory Goins and Michelle Worthington each scored two.
Burell scored three more goals and assisted on two others in the second game, a 17-3 rout of Carmel (Ind.). Goins did the same, and Ellen Esterhay also scored three goals. Magruder and Angelique Ciliberti each scored two.
Burell and Worthington were two of the players missing on Sunday. But Hayley Grant, who had sat out the first two games, returned with a bang as she scored five goals and assisted on a sixth in the win over Seven Hills. Esterhay and Magruder each scored twice.
Kelly Beam split time in goal in each game and totaled nine saves.
Sarah Kleban was named MVP.
Isenberg keeps Glasgow in the game
It seems that Glasgow junior Jonathan Isenberg is one of those goalies. You know the kind - the only player that, more often than not, stands between his team and certain defeat.
Glasgow coach Adam Greenway reports that Isenberg made 27 saves during a 5-4 double-overtime loss to St. Francis on Saturday.
According to Greenway, Isenberg has stopped 76 of 86 shots on goal - a .884 save percentage - this season.
Trinity’s Brehl starts hot
Trinity’s Phil Brehl, on the other hand, has not been stopped much in two regular-season games.
Brehl scored three goals in a 4-3 win over Darlington (Ga.) on March 10. He then scored four goals in Trinity’s KLA league opener, a 17-5 win over Sayre, last Tueday.