Brown, Mallards Honored With ESIAC Awards

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Worcester Prep’s varsity lacrosse players were honored last week with Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference (ESIAC) All-Conference Team honors including a Player of the Year award for Tucker Brown. Pictured, front row, from left: Cole Berry, Cooper Richins, Patrick Petrera, Rayne Parker, Brown and Max Bisaha. Pictured back row, from left are Regan Lingo, Carly Hoffman, Sophia Bandorick, Madison Bescak, Karlie Southcomb, Julie Talbert and Leigh Lingo. Not pictured is Sam Cantello.
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Worcester Prep’s standout attackman and midfielder Tucker Brown was named the Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference (ESIAC) Player of the Year. Pictured above is Brown with his award after the Mallards’ win in the conference championship game.
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BERLIN- Both Worcester Prep’s varsity lacrosse team’s players were recognized for winning the Eastern Shore Independent Athletic Conference (ESIAC) championships with several earning All-Conference honors and Tucker Brown being named ESIAC Player of the Year.

The Worcester boys’ team won its third straight ESIAC championship this month, beating Gunston, 12-8, in the title game. The Worcester girls won their fifth straight ESIAC championship, beating old rival Saints Peter and Paul, 17-10, in the title game.

When the post-season awards were announced last week, Brown, who scored two goals and dished out four assists in the title game, was named ESIAC Player of the Year. Brown, a three-sport standout at Worcester, was also named ESIAC Player of the Year in basketball this winter. The attackman and midfielder played an instrumental role in the Mallards’ championship run in lacrosse this season.

Also named to the ESIAC All-Conference First Team from the Worcester boys’ team this season were Cole Berry, Cooper Richins, Patrick Petrera, Max Bisaha and Sam Cantello. Rayne Parker was also named to the All-ESIAC honorable mention team.

From the Worcester Prep girls’ championship team, Leigh Lingo, Regan Lingo, Carly Hoffman, Sophia Bandorick, Karlie Southcomb and Julie Talbert were named to the ESIAC All-Conference First Team. Madison Bescak was also named to the All-ESIAC honorable mention team.

About The Author: Shawn Soper

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Shawn Soper has been with The Dispatch since 2000. He began as a staff writer covering various local government beats and general stories. His current positions include managing editor and sports editor. Growing up in Baltimore before moving to Ocean City full time three decades ago, Soper graduated from Loch Raven High School in 1981 and from Towson University in 1985 with degrees in mass communications with a journalism concentration and history.