Post Season Honors and Class of 2013 future Bear Trax in 7 Sports

I apologize to those who have access to the Washington Post or receive emails from Landon, but for those who do not get these notices, here are post season honors and a list of the Members of the Class of 2013 who plan to play at the next level:

POST SEASON HONORS:

Marshall Peters ’13, the Landon lacrosse team’s most valuable player, was honored as an Academic All-American. He is the 38th Landon student to be named an All-American.

The Washington Post included several Bears on its All-Met teams:

• Golf
  • Brent Bubes ’14, first team
  • Morgan Egloff       ’15,       honorable mention
• Lacrosse
  • Peter Laco ’13, honorable       mention
  • Sean K. O’Brien       ’14,       honorable mention
  • Marshall Peters       ’13,       first team
• Tennis
  • Alexander Reinke       ’14,       honorable mention
• Outdoor Track and Field
  • Malachi       Bostic-Wattley ’13, honorable mention

Landon also had a strong presence on the All-I.A.C. Team:

• Baseball: Nick Murray ’13
• Golf: Brent Bubes ’14  Mike Blasey 2015 and  Morgan Egloff ’15
• Lacrosse: Peter Laco ’13, Sean      K. O’Brien ’14, Philip Pena ’13, and Marshall Peters ’13
• Tennis: Gabe Goldberg ’15 and      Alexander Reinke ’14
• Outdoor Track and Field: Malachi      Bostic-Wattley ’13, Oliver Hightower ’14, Anthony Fullum ’13,      Isaiah Colclough ’13, Johari Johnson ’15, Jordan Marshall      ’13, and Tumi Onaghise ’14

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2013 BEARS PLAYING COLLEGE ATHLETICS

Myles Allen	Football	University of Rochester	III
Malachi Bostic-Wattley	Track and Field	Bucknell University	I
Will Buckingham	Lacrosse	Furman University	I
Nick Dias	Soccer	Allegheny College	III
Robby Dunigan	Lacrosse	Colgate University	I
Garrett Fellows	Lacrosse	University of Pennsylvania	I
John Freeman	Swimming	Williams College	III
Anthony Fullum	Football	College of William and Mary	I
Bradley Johnson	Swimming	University of South   Carolina	I
Obai Kamara	Football	Davidson College	I FCS
Aidan Kelso	Water Polo	Connecticut College	III
Peter Laco	Lacrosse	University of Pennsylvania	I
Connor Lynch	Lacrosse	Furman University	I
Jordan Marshall	Track and Field	Davidson College	I
Nick Murray	Baseball	Lafayette College	I
Philip Pena	Lacrosse	University of Delaware	I
Marshall Peters	Lacrosse	Cornell University	I
Scotty Powell	Soccer	Allegheny College	III
Mike Rhoads	Lacrosse	University of Virginia	I
Taylor Valencia	Lacrosse	University of Delaware	I
Matt Underhill	Soccer	Washington and Lee University	III

Bear Lax Trax Fax for 2014 already!!!

One of the best lacrosse writers, Christian Swezey, if not THE best (WaPo and Inside Lacrosse), has been asked to prognosticate the 2014 top 20 teams (http://insidelacrosse.com/news/2013/06/04/swezey-way-ahead-2014-top-20) and in his lineup of next year’s talent, he spots two Bears (we know that there are more!)

20. CORNELL (14-4 in 2013, reached NCAA Semifinals)

The post-Rob Pannell era begins. Will it resemble the eras of the two other great attackmen in recent memory? Princeton has not made championship weekend since Ryan Boyle left in 2004. A year after Michael Powell left, Syracuse’s 22-year Final Four run ended. There is talent — more than a few opposing coaches mentioned junior midfielder Connor Buczek (35G, 18A) into the tape recorder during post-Big Red autopsies. Also back is junior Matt Donovan (27G) and senior face-off specialist Doug Tesoriero. Best-case scenario: There are hidden gems on the sideline who waited their turn behind a large just-graduated class. With that in mind, keep an eye on senior Joe Paoletta, junior Chris Cook and sophomore Sean Doyle.

3. PRINCETON (9-6, missed NCAA Tournament)

West Indies cricket legend Garfield Sobers was once eulogized in a calypso as “the greatest cricketer on Earth or Mars.” For cricketer, insert “college lacrosse player” and you have senior Tom Schreiber (28G, 32A). Schreiber is a true do-everything midfielder who may not leave the field much in 2014. Also back on offense are junior Mike MacDonald (43G), sophomore Jake Frocarro (24G) and two senior middies who missed this past season with injuries. On defense, sophomore Mark Strabo had a star turn in the Ivy League Tournament; also keep an eye on freshman Will Reynolds (Delbarton, N.J.). There is enough defensive talent that senior Nick Fernandez will go back to playing short-stick d-middie. The Tigers are loaded.

THOSE ARE BEARS!!!

more in 2014

Bear Lax Trax Fax — last post for 2013 by John Nichols

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D-I

Semi-Finals-Saturday May 25:

Bears vs. Bears—Duke (Josh Offit ’09) vs. Cornell (Joe Paoletta ’10, Will Joyce ’10)

Duke and Cornell met in the first semi-final game.  These two potent offenses did not disappoint, posting a total of 30 goals as Duke won 16-14.  After a back-and-forth first half which saw Duke up 7-6 at the break, the game turned into a series of runs.  Duke raced out to a 14-6 lead then saw Cornell storm back to come within one goal with just under a minute left in the game.  Duke scored the game’s last goal to cement the 16-14 win and earn a place in Monday’s championship game.  Josh Offit scored one goal and dished out an assist in the win.

Denver (Harrison Archer ’10) vs. Syracuse

Denver raced out to an early 3-0 lead on the Orange and were able to hold on to the lead until late in the fourth quarter when Syracuse scored twice in the game’s final minute to turn a one goal deficit into a one goal win.  Syracuse moved on to the championship game to face Duke

NCAA D-I National Championship Game, Monday May 27

Duke (Josh Offit ‘09) vs. Syracuse

Duke’s road to the championship game saw the team drop 4 of their first 6 games.  The Blue Devils didn’t lose again until the semi-finals of the ACC tournament.  In the NCAA tournament, the Blue Devils were seeded 7^th and had to face the defending NCAA champion Loyola Greyhounds in their first game.  Duke survived the game, a 12-11 overtime win to win a rematch with Notre Dame, a team which had beaten them 13-5 three months earlier.  Another 12-11 win put Duke into the final four where the defeated Cornell 16-14 to get a shot at the championship.

Syracuse was the #1 seed for the tournament but had an interesting path to that top seeding.  While Syracuse built a respectable 13-3 regular season record and won the Big East tournament, Syracuse suffered a couple of head scratching losses and unexpectedly close wins.  Two wins over Notre Dame and a win over Cornell helped them get that top seeding.  After downing a tough Bryant team in the first round of the NCAA tournament, Syracuse picked up a pair of one-goal, last minute, come from behind wins over Yale and Denver.

The game proved to be Duke’s season in microcosm.  Syracuse ran out to an early 4-0 lead, but as they did when their season got off to a rough start, Duke rallied back, outscoring Syracuse 16-6 over the balance of the game.  A five goal run followed up by a seven goal run made the outcome a foregone conclusion long before the final whistle.  Josh Offit had a solid final outing, capping a great senior season.  Josh scored 3 goals and had 2 assists, his third 5 point game this season.  Josh’s first goal of the day gave the Blue Devils a lead they would never surrender.  That goal was #2 on the day’s top 10 plays on ESPN.  The win gives Josh his second NCAA championship ring, putting him in on the short list of Landon Bears with two NCAA D-I Lacrosse titles which includes Matt Ward ‘02, Chris Ourisman ‘02 and Jake Byrne ‘03.

Josh (#25) Goes Airborne to Celebrate a Goal

For his career at Duke, Josh scored 66 goals in 72 games, dished out 32 assists and gathered up 50 ground balls.  Clearly a player who would do whatever it takes; Josh was even 2-for-2 on faceoffs at Duke.

THAT’S A BEAR!!!

Next Year—Comings and goings

Two Landon Bears saw their NCAA lacrosse careers end this season—Marek Laco ‘09 at Dickinson and Josh Offit ’09 at Duke.

New Faces for 2014:

• Garrett Fellows and Peter Laco are set to join up with Will Laco ’11 at Penn
• Marshall Peters will join Joe Paoletta ’10 and Will Joyce ’10 at Cornell
• Lots of new teams to follow:
  • Mike Rhoads at UVA
  • Taylor Valencia and Philip Pena at Delaware
  • Robby Dunigan at Colgate
  • Connor Lynch and Will Buckingham at Furman
  • Zac Buller at Jacksonville

THANKS, John Nichols for superb coverage of all those Bears who are playing for colleges. The 2014 season will have a net +8 of Bears laxing!

Landon Lacrosse Wrap Up

For most programs a 13-7 record would be a good one, but for the Bears, who expect much in terms and demand of themselves in greater measure, this year must be considered as OK, but not great. Realistically, a schedule, which includes games or scrimmages against 5 of the top 10, 5 of the next 10 and 1 of the Mid-Atlantic top 10, is probably unequaled. It was also mentioned that Trainers Virtue and Herman frequently had injured players in their room equal to the 10 who usually represent a team on the field.

Coach Bordley, last night,  spoke warmly about all of his coaches and all 42 boys on the roster. His knowledge of each of the targets of his humor, praise and an occasional critique, demonstrated that the Coach really cares greatly about each and every athlete/scholar on the squad. Parents must have been impressed that the legendary teacher/mentor/coach, for whom both a stadium and an academic chair are named, knew their boys so well. It should be added that a fair amount of retort was fired at the Coach by coaches and at least one senior soon to escape the Bordley grasp.

 

After hearing about the individuals’ growth, accomplishments, contributions to teammates and talents, the audience was convinced that on a broader scoring system these young men are undefeated.

 

In addition to the honors bestowed during the Coach’s monologue, the team honors were announced:

             2013 Lacrosse Awards 

 

Most Valuable Player: Marshall Peters

Offensive Player of the Year: Sean O’Brien

Defensive Player of the Year: Michael Rhoads

The George Boiardi Award: Peter Laco

Khari Baten Award: Jason Murphy

The Crawford Award: Robby Dunigan

 

2013 Captains– Jack Falk, Sean O’Brien

 

 

Varsity #2 and Middle School wins IAC Track meets

Landon sprinters dominate the IAC track and field championships

http://www.gazette.net/article/20130522/SPORTS/130529898/1023/1023/keeping-it-brief&template=gazette

 

The Landon School swept the sprinting events — 100 meters, 200, 400 relay, 110 hurdles and 300 hurdles — at last weekend’s Interstate Athletic Conference track and field championships, and it led the Bears to a second-place finish behind St. Albans, which coasted to a 163-122 victory.

Georgetown Prep finished third with 86 points and Bullis took fifth with 57.

Landon’s weekend was highlighted by Malachi Bostic-Wattley, who won the 100 (10.93), 200 (22.20) and anchored the victorious 400 relay (43.35). Oliver Hightower matched his teammate with a clean sweep of the hurdles, winning the 110 hurdles in 16.02 seconds and the 300 hurdles in 41.20.

Others turning in victories for the Bears were Tumi Onaghise (shot put, 41 feet, 2.75 inches) and Jordan Marshall (long jump, 21-09).

Georgetown Prep was led by Ron Busby, who took second in the 200 (22.60) and first in the 800 (2 minutes, 3.25 seconds). Bullis basketball standout Anthony Thompson won the triple jump with his bound of 43-04.50.

— Travis Mewhirter

 

Landon MS Track Wins IAC

 

The future of Bear track looks bright with the Middle School taking the IAC title. Here are some the results of the Landon athletes:

 

Boys 100 Meter Dash—Brian Lossing #1 @ 12.16

Boys 200 Meter Dash-- Brian Lossing #1 @ 22.05
Boys 400 Meter Run—Jonathan Hsieh #2 @59.75   
Boys 800 Meter Run—Peter Gilbert#2 @ 2:26.97    
Boys 1600 Meter Run
  2 Powell, Jackson              Landon                 5:55.30       
  3 Chadda, Arihant              Landon                 6:05.89      
  4 Holman, Benjamin             Landon                 6:11.53       
  5 Curfman, Kamdyn              Landon                x6:20.20  
  6 Lowrie, Matthew              Landon                x6:33.60 
Boys 3200 Meter Run
  2 Holman, Benjamin             Landon                 11:46.07      
  3 Gilbert, Peter                     Landon                 12:45.62    
  4 Curfman, Kamdyn             Landon                12:53.39    

Boys 110 Meter Hurdles-- Jonathan Hsieh #2 @ 18.58 

Boys 1600 Sprint Medley
  2 Landon  'A'                                         4:52.03       
     1) Krauthamer, Max                 2) Little, Matthew                
     3) Little, Mark                    4) Powell, Jackson 
Boys High Jump
  2 Augustine, Jonathan          Landon                 5-00.00       
  3 Hsieh, Jonathan              Landon                 4-10.00    
Boys Long Jump-- Brian Lossing #2 @16-07.75    
Boys Discus Throw
  2 Powell, Edward               Landon                   80-10       
  4 Kimiavi, Alexander           Landon                   76-07     
  5 Walks, Cecil                 Landon                   61-08    
  6 Mcghee, Darian               Landon                   49-04.50 

Men - Team Rankings - 14 Events Scored
1) Landon                                  79        
2) St Stephens and St Agnes   50   
3) St Albans                  47        
4) Bullis                     40

Bear Lax Trax Fax by John Nichols through the NCAA Quarterfinals

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Joe Paoletta ’10                                                                                       Will Joyce ‘10

Josh Offit ’09                                                                                  Harrison Archer ‘10

There will be four Landon Bears traveling to Philadelphia for the 2013 NCAA Division I Lacrosse Championships this coming weekend. This represents the largest number of Landon Alums in the final four since 2009’s total of 6.   Cornell (Joe Paoletta ’10, Will Joyce ’10) will face Duke (Josh Offit ’09) in the first semi-final game.  This game will be the third Bears vs. Bears game of the NCAA tournament.  Saturday’s second game will feature perennial power Syracuse against Denver (Harrison Archer ’10).  This will be the first time at the final four for Joe and Will while Harrison gets his second trip and Josh his fourth straight appearance in the final four (including Duke’s 2010 Championship win over Notre Dame).

Here’s how they got there:

Cornell (Joe Paoletta ’10, Will Joyce ’10) faced #3 seed Ohio State (Luke Howard ’11, Charlie Schnider ’12) at Byrd Field in College Park in the weekend’s first quarter final game.   Cornell continued their surge in the NCAA tournament, downing the Buckeyes 16-6.  So far the unseeded Big Red have dispatched the tournament’s #6 and #3 seed by a combined score of 32-14.   Charlie Schneider had 3 ground balls for the Buckeyes.

On Sunday, #4 seed Denver (Harrison Archer ’10) faced #5 seed North Carolina in what was widely expected to be a shootout.  The game started off as a one-way shoot out with the Tar Heels scoring 6 unanswered goals in the first 9:27 of the game.   During the 2013 season, both Jamie Faus and Ryan LaPlante have seen extensive time in goal, often with each playing half of the game.  While this strategy puzzled many, that in-game experience proved valuable as Ryan LaPlante gave up 6 goals (albeit the 6^th coming in the midst of the goalie substitution) on seven shots on goal before being pulled.  Jamie Faus stepped in to stop the bleeding making 11 saves of Carolina’s next 16 shots on goal.   At the same time, Denver’s offense got back on track, closing the gap and overtaking the Tar Heels  with a run which culminated with the game tying goal with 1:31 left and the winning goal with a mere 0:13 remaining off of a rebound from a blocked shot.

In the weekend’s final game, #7 seed Duke (Josh Offit ’09) faced #2 seed Notre Dame.  Duke came away with its second straight 12-11 victory; games which also saw the Blue Devils beat two of last year’s final four teams.  Josh took 5 shots in the game and gathered up 3 ground balls. (bragging rights in the Offit household fell to Josh this year as his sister’s Florida Gators women’s lacrosse team fell to Syracuse in the women’s D-I lacrosse tournament).

D-III

Dickinson’s (Marek Laco ’09) run for a perfect season came to an end at the hands of Salisbury and the Red Devils fell to the Seagulls 11-9.  Marek took one shot in the game, a game which marks the end of Marek’s collegiate lacrosse career.

These recaps were based almost exclusively on box score data as I was unable to see any of this weekend’s games.  Here’s what I was able to see:

Paige (Nichols) Anderson receives her Juris Doctorate degree at UVA’s final exercises

By Paul Adkins

St. Stephen’s St. Agnes 7 Landon 5

On a sweltering 80+ degree day at Landon, the IAC Tournament Championship game brought together two hungry squads for a co-share of the IAC title with GP. SSSA has never won an IAC title and Landon looked to build on its strong tradition with #29.

The Saints were playing their 5th game in 7 days having run the table in the VISL, outlasted the Little Hoyas in OT and now faced a determined Landon squad.

A large, spirited crowd from both schools turned out to witness a game of momentum swings only to witness the Saints forge ahead in a late surge to put the game away.

LSM Marshall Peters started off the scoring in the game quickly by going uncovered straight to the goal @ 10:32. A series of possessions yielded only a few shots by both teams and some excellent point blank saves by Goalie Hunter Sells. Landon’s offense controlled the time of possession with Robby Dunigan, Sam Lynch firing shots just wide of the target. Both teams had trouble executing their offense against stingy defenses with wild scrambles for groundballs. With 12 seconds to go in the quarter, SSSA came up with all-in ground ball and found its star Sean Miller with an open snipe in the goal.

END OF 1ST PERIOD BEARS 1 SAINTS 1

The Saints momentum continued as star Sean Miller showed his offense prowess with back-to-back goals at 9:32 and 8:48 quieting the Landon faithful. The Saints had taken control of the game with a hot goalie and its quick strike offense. Landon’s Philip Pena fired several shots on goal but the Saints netminder stopped all attempts. After several turnovers by both squads, the Saints struck again off a pipe rebound to make it 4-1. With 44 seconds to go in the half, Senior Marshall Peters once again used his speed and guile to cruise straight to goal unchecked to score for the Bears.

HALFTIME SAINTS 4 BEARS 2

The Saints re-established momentum temporarily on a defensive mix up by Landon which allowed an SSSA longpole to go uncovered to point blank range and score. The Saints now led 5-2 and Landon had yet to get a goal from anyone with a short stick. Just as things were getting edgy for the Bears, at 7:41 Senior Garrett Fellows broke free with some shifty moves for an unassisted goal. SSSA 5 Landon 3. The rest of period consisted of some fine goalie play on both ends during which neither team was able to get any high quality close looks.

END OF 3RD PERIOD SAINTS 5 LANDON 3

The Bears Sophomore faceoff specialist Jarett Witzal quickly took control and dished off to Senior Captain Peter Laco who fed a cutting Riley McTague for a score at 11:00. On the very next faceoff, Witzal once again possessed cleanly, passed to Laco who hit Fellows for a game tying goal at 10:48 to play. Tie Game 5-5. Momentum and confidence had swung back to the Bears. Over the next 4 minutes, Landon’s offense controlled the ball but was unable to convert on 5 consecutive shots – none of which were on goal. The Saints were finally able to wrestle control of the ball and capitalized on a very quick middie finding an alley and scored at 5:22. Saints up 1. Landon’s offense mounted a few final shots but weren’t able to tie it up. With 1:38 to play, the Saints found a wide-open man to seal the victory and to cap off the best week ever in Saints lacrosse history.

FINAL SCORE SAINTS 7 LANDON 5

IAC TOURNAMENT FINAL SCORE

St. Stephens St. Agnes School 7
Landon 5

Many Bears on College Diamonds- by Jim Colgain

End of the Season updates:

Jack Falvey – 2011 Amherst made it to the Regional finals this year after winning the NESCAC tournament. Jack was hurt much of the season and looks to bounce back healthy this summer playing for the Alexandria Aces in the Cal Ripken Summer league

Keegan Dolan – 2010 Keegan had a monster year for the W and L Generals, collecting 24 extra base hits and 26 stolen bases on his way to a 0.331 season batting average. The Generals finished their season after losing in the conference tournament

Max Kra – 2012 Max made 18 appearances, out of the bullpen for the Bucknell Bison this year. He started the season, in his first five appearances not allowing one run to cross the plate and ended the season with a 3.52 ERA, in 23 innings of work. A great start as a freshman for the Bison. Max will be playing in the Maryland Collegiate baseball league this summer.

Kyle Colgain – 2011 Kyle made 14 appearances as a pitcher for the Denison Big Red on the way to a 4-3 record, in 70 innings of work. His ERA of 2.86 and 46 Ks, helped him to be recognized as a second team All-conference honoree. The Big Red concluded their regular season as conference champions but fell in the conference tournament so did not advance to the post season. Kyle will be playing in the Cal Ripken summer league this summer.

Jay Graham – 2011 Jay contributed a 0.286 Batting average to the Dartmouth Big Green Baseball Team. Dartmouth had one of their best W-L records in recent history, but unfortunately lost to Columbia in the Ivy League tournament so did not advance to the post season. Jay will be playing in the Cal Ripken Summer league this summer.

Ian Kelso – 2011 Ian contributed on the mound and with the bat for the Washington University Bears this season but the Bears failed to make it to the post season for the first time in the last few years.

Thanks, Jim for all of this news!

please, can you cover the SSSA game for me?

Sure,be glad to do it.