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Photo courtesy of Karen Fox
The Arden Diamondbacks 2022 boys lacrosse team went 8-1 at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Tournament of Champions in Tampa, Florida, over the holiday break.
Diamondbacks Lax Boys Post Strong Showing In National Tournament
January 12, 2016
The Arden/API Diamondbacks 2022 boys lacrosse team, comprising players primarily from the Severna Park and Crofton areas, finished in second place in the 2015 Dick’s Sporting Goods Tournament of Champions, a national lacrosse event, in Tampa, Florida over the holiday break. Competing in a 14-team field featuring teams from Indiana, Georgia, Texas, Virginia, Florida and New York, the Diamondbacks impressively compiled an 8-1 tournament record, outscoring their opponents by a combined score of 69-23. The team includes Paul Baldwin, Drew Baublitz, Adam Bell, Ryan D’Angelo, Declan Fox, Colin Gibbons, Nick Gutierrez, Ayden Hammel, Will Hopkins, Gavin Iley, Jon Kasner, Kyle Kavanagh, Nolan Lunsford, Antonio Money, Blake Malamphy, Josh Martinez, Justin Queen, Bryce Stevenson, Brendan Watson and Nolan Zborai. Head Coach of the team is Craig Hammel, assisted by Mike McGeeney, Gordon Waldman, Jim Gibbons and Bill Bell
The Arden Diamondbacks 2022 boys lacrosse team went 8-1 at the Dick’s Sporting Goods Tournament of Champions in Tampa, Florida, over the holiday break.
Diamondbacks Lax Boys Post Strong Showing In National Tournament
The Arden/API Diamondbacks 2022 boys lacrosse team, comprising players primarily from the Severna Park and Crofton areas, finished in second place in the 2015 Dick’s Sporting Goods Tournament of Champions, a national lacrosse event, in Tampa, Florida over the holiday break. Competing in a 14-team field featuring teams from Indiana, Georgia, Texas, Virginia, Florida and New York, the Diamondbacks impressively compiled an 8-1 tournament record, outscoring their opponents by a combined score of 69-23. The team includes Paul Baldwin, Drew Baublitz, Adam Bell, Ryan D’Angelo, Declan Fox, Colin Gibbons, Nick Gutierrez, Ayden Hammel, Will Hopkins, Gavin Iley, Jon Kasner, Kyle Kavanagh, Nolan Lunsford, Antonio Money, Blake Malamphy, Josh Martinez, Justin Queen, Bryce Stevenson, Brendan Watson and Nolan Zborai. Head Coach of the team is Craig Hammel, assisted by Mike McGeeney, Gordon Waldman, Jim Gibbons and Bill Bell.
Arden Plays the England Metros (Friendship Through Lacrosse)
ARDEN was asked to combine with the GORC program to play both the U-13 and U-15 England Metro teams on Saturday 7-21-12.
The U-13 team included 12 of 18 players from Arden with participation from Ben DeBlauw, Steven Andersen, Patrick Ruland, Cole Hammel, Sean Morrison, Chase Cope, Jack Alt, Taylor Hawkins, Brent Floyd, Hayden Toth, Troy McNeil Jr and Bennett Wingate in Goal. Help from coaches Chris DeBlauw, Scott Andersen and John Ruland. Coach John played in the first year of the program in 1976.
The U-15 team included 11 of 17 players from Arden with participation from Alex DeBlauw, Emerson Sodergreen, Kevin Hall, Hunter Halverson, Ben Gillen, Brad Hunt, Blake Silver, Tyson Sisk-Marshall, Zack Zimmerman, Seth Camphouse and Alex Hunt in Goal.
The U-13 Arden/GORC combo got off to a fast start and never relinquished the lead, winning 15 to 4. Great team effort with most goals coming off of assists.
The U-15 game was much tougher with the Metros getting out to a 2-0 lead over the AA County boys. The local boys battled back to take the lead and won a close one 8 to 6.
Both teams exchanged jerseys and t-shirts after the game.
This is a great program and if you are interested please visit the following website.
http://www.annearundelenglandlacrosse.com
For the first time in the program, Arden sent 3 players to England last year with the JR USA U-13 and U-15 teams. More Arden families are hosting English players this year preparing to go to England next year.
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2012 Boys Lacrosse News
Allstar Games
Midget Allstars -
AA team - Mason Clark (OMMS), Ben DeBlauw (OMMS)
A Team - Blaise Fisher (OMMS), Steven Andersen (OMMN)
All of our Midget Allstars contributed in a very close game. The game went down to the last possession with our boys on the South Team loosing 12 to 11. Blaise contributed 1 goal from attack with several ground balls and some time at midfield. Steven played long pole midfield and man down defense. Mason contributed with 2 goals and 2 assists at midfield. Ben finished up with 2 goals from attack and took home the MVP honors for the South Team. Great game by all of our Midget Allstars.
JR Allstars - Kevin Hall (OMMS)
Kevin helped the South Allstars to a 11 to 8 victory with his 2 goals and 2 assists. Kevin also helped his Midget B team to a County Championship. Kevin has been a great leader during his youth athletics at Arden and will be a great contributor at Old Mill High School next year.
Midget and Junior Playoffs
U-13 AA NPYLL playoff news
The Midget A team ended its season in a tough loss to the number one seed SP Hornets during the quarter finals. Our boys played very well in the first half keeping the lead through most of it. The teams battled back and forth in the second half. Down by 1 goal with only minutes to go, Arden pulled its goalie in an attempt to regain possession and gave up two empty net goals loosing by 3. A very strong ending for a team that made the collective decision to enter the A league at the beginning of the season. All the boys agreed you only get better by laying better competition.
The Midget AA Diamondback team lost to the Hawks in the semi finals of the NPYLL playoffs. The next night they took care of the Crofton AA team in the county playoffs earning a spot in the Championship game. After getting down early in the first quarter they battled back to make it a close game. In the end, they ran out of time and lost to the SP Hornets. Our AA team did a fantastic job playing against teams in both leagues which were predominantly 7th grade teams while our boys are mostly 6th graders. This team will only loose a couple of team members next year and expect to have another great experience next year.
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Arden Attackers: Anne Arundel County Junior Boys Lacrosse Champions for 2012
Arden 9, Bucs 8
The 2012 Junior B championship at the Old Mill turf field on June 3 was unquestionably the game of the year. By luck of the draw, these two teams managed to avoid each other during the regular season, but still managed to mark mirror-image records of 11-1.
The buildup to the championship game was equally exciting for both teams. The Arden squad had its hands full in the quarterfinals against a recharged SP team. In the end, Arden won the day by a single goal. In the previous contest between the two teams, it wasn't even close. SP certainly adjusted its game in the ensuing weeks.
In the semifinal game, Arden dominated the Centerville team, 12-3. On the other side of the bracket, the Bucs found themselves playing catch-up against a very determined South River squad. With nine minutes left in regulation time, the Bucs were down by two goals when the game was called due to lightening. The final nine minutes were played days later and the Bucs managed a come-from-behind victory, winning by 2 goals.
In the final, the Bucs were treated to a similar come-from-behind story, only this time, Arden came out on top.
A crowd of several hundred fans were treated to a classic lacrosse contest: two teams with equal records dueling it out for 2012 bragging rights.
The Bucs opened the game strong, scoring first. Arden returned the favor quickly. The see-saw contest continued through the first quarter and into the second quarter when, with the score at 3-2, Arden was penalized with a three-minute non-releasable penalty for an illegal stick.*
A minute was added to the penalty when one of the Arden coaches (yours truly) decided to argue the illegal stick call. Finishing out with the last 4 minutes of the second quarter with a man down, the Bucs managed three more goals.
Coming out of the halftime break, Arden was down by four goals; yet in the third, both teams managed to bury a few more in the net. Unfortunately for the home team, when the whistle blew for the final quarter, Arden remained down by four goals, 8-4.
The pep talk heading into the final quarter by coaches Merle 'Hofffy' Hoffman and Brett Callahan seemed to have done the trick -- the boys were duely inspired. Arden came out of the gates on fire, scoring two fast-break goals in rapid succession. The game was suddenly within reach. Ben Gillin won five face-offs in the final quarter, eventally sealing the Bucs’ fate.
With less than a minute remaining in regulation time, left attacker Tyson Sisk-Marshall somehow found the net through a crowd of defenders. The score was tied late in the game. Arden managed to take control as the clock wound down, but a last-second shot was wide. The game would be decided in overtime.
In overtime, Gillin won another face–off, but Arden lost control. The Bucs tore down the field on a last-ditch fast break, but Arden goalie Zack Leonard deflected the shot. Leonard, who counted eight saves on the day, played his best game of the season this night.
The Bucs recovered the ball on a missed clear by Arden and once again headed for the cage. Out of nowhere, Gillin lunged between two Bucs middies and intercepted a critical pass. Streaming down the field, he found an open Emerson Sodergreen at right attack. Unfortunately, his shot was low and wide.
Arden managed to recover the ball and sent it back up top to Gillen as Sodergreen cut around the left side of the crease. Gillen rifled a pass into a crowd of Bucs defenders and it was right on the money to Sodergreen. He fielded the pass, dodged a defender, shot and scored, winning the game for Arden, 9-8.
On the day, five different Arden offensive players scored, including an early game goal by LPM Zack Zimmerman. Middle Ricky Boilek, Middie Ben Gillen and attacker Tyson Sisk-Marshall each scored a goal. Sodergreen’s game-winner gave him a hat trick. The game ball was give to Leonard. The star attraction of the day was undoubtedly Arden's very resiliant defensive squad, which managed to keep opposing teams this season to to an average 4.2 goals per game. The Arden offense counted 143 goals scored over 15 games for an average 9.5 goals per game.
A game to remember.
*both team coaches concluded after the game that the stick was perfectly legal.
