OCEAN CITY- The Angler Lacrosse Club’s 13-14 boys’ team turned in a strong performance at Lax Splash in Baltimore last weekend, sweeping three games to reach the championship in its division before falling in the title game.
Sponsored by the iconic downtown waterfront restaurant, the Angler Club traveled to Baltimore last weekend to compete in the annual Lax Splash Tournament against some of the top teams in the mid-Atlantic region. The Angler club, made up of some of the top 13-14 year olds in the area beat BCMSLL, 8-3, in its first contest of the weekend to advance to the second day of the event.
Back in action on Sunday, the Angler beat the Warriors, 9-3, in the 13-14B quarterfinals. The Angler then beat Cobra, 6-3, in the
The local Angler Lacrosse Club reached the finals in their division at the prestigious Lax Splash 2014 tournament in and around the Baltimore area last weekend. Pictured above, the Angler’s Colton Edmunds closes in on a Baltimore Club player during an 8-3 early round win.
Photo by Owen Dawson
semifinals to move on to the championship game in the division. In the title game, however, the Angler faced a tough Dark Horse team and fell, 7-4. Despite the loss in the championship game, reaching the finals in any division at the prestigious Lax Splash was a significant achievement for the Angler team and revealed again how the playing field has leveled for the clubs on the Lower Shore with their western shore counterparts.
In the Lax Splash 9-10B bracket, the local Burley Lacrosse Club also turned in a solid tournament. The club, sponsored by Burley Oak in Berlin beat Dark Horse, 5-1 in its first game last Saturday, but fell to Kelly Post, 10-1, in its second contest. In its third game of the day on Saturday, the Burley Club beat LTRC, 4-3, to win the Silver Division and advance to Sunday. On Sunday, however, Burley lost to Bethesda, 9-4, in the quarterfinals. Bethesda went on to win the division.
Another fairly new addition to the local youth lacrosse scene, K-Coast Riptide, also competed at Lax Splash last weekend in the 9-10B bracket and acquitted themselves well against some of the toughest teams in the region. K-Coast lost to Carroll Manor, 8-5, in its opener before tying LTRC in its second game. K-Coast them dropped its final contest of the tournament to Jarrettsville.