24 Boys, 3 Coaches, the General Manager and the Ladies of Baltimore, went out to Baltimore, Maryland to compete in the Summer Sizzle U-15 tournament this past weekend. The team was comprised of Bandits and Panthers from the Red division and competed in the A Division of the tournnament. Although they heard they would get killed playing against select teams from Baltimore, Long Island, Virginia, Washington DC and North Carolina, it was felt by parents and coaches that this incoming freshman class had the talent to compete.
So how did they do?
Well they went undefeated, closest game they had was a four goal win. They beat the ROCK (Maryland Select) 9-4, Bathawks Black 8-3, CAYLC (Virginia) 8-1, The Rage (Long Island Express) 7-1, Old North State 9-0. In the semi-finals they played the vaunted Baltimore Crabs, the Bandits won 6-2 to advance to the finals against Trilogy, where they promptly dispatched the final obstacle 5-1 to win the championship.
This was a special group of kids that went into the heart of Lacrosse country and not only proved that Colorado kids can compete, but at least this year were better.
The team consisted of the following players and the High Schools they will attend in the fall.
Sam Arthur-Goalie-Cherry Creek
Jackson Arnold-Middie-Kent Denver
Ben Barocas-Attack-Denver east
Ryder Clark-Defense-Cherry Creek
Zach Cowan-Attack-Kent Denver
Matt Florence-Middie- Kent Denver
Collins Gantz-Middie-Regis
Jackson Givens-Defense-Kent Denver
Kevin Greenberg-Middie-Regis
Connor Klienhenz-Middie-Mullen
Jake Lindell-Middie-Cherry Creek
Andy Nottingham-Middie-Cherry Creek
Sean Offner-Middie-Denver-East
Bryce Parietti-Attack-Arapahoe
James Rasenfoss-Middie-Kent Denver
Christian Rebhun-Defense-Cherry Creek
Alex Sadler-Defense-Kent Denver
Tanner Scales-Defense-Regis
Myles Scolnick-Goalie-Cherry Creek
Austin Smith-Middie-Cherry Creek
Logan Stelzner-Attack-Regis
Bailey Tills-Attack-Kent Denver
Whit Walker-Defense-Kent Denver
Kendall Williams-Attack-Cherry Creek
Coaches: Rick Parietti, Tom Florence, Mark Williams, (Baltimore) Jon Barrocas (Denver)
General Manager: Tom Stelzner
