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Program News
05/19/09
OCC Honors
2nd Team - Ohio Division
Brad Tarbutton - Midfield
Academic
Steve Resch - Long Stick Midfield
Division 2 OHSLA
1st Team Region 3
Brad Tarbutton - Midfield
Steve Resch - Long Stick Midfield
2nd Team Region 3
Ben Schembri - Defense
John Mercurio - Midfield
Honorable Mention
Nate Hays - Attack
04/22/09
Captains leading way by example
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 2:42 PM
ThisWeek Staff Writer
The four captains of the Gahanna Lincoln High School boys lacrosse team have had opportunities to be vocal leaders.
After the Lions lost to Granville 9-2 on April 14 for their second consecutive loss by seven goals, coach Brett Dillon knew his disappointed team needed to go in a new direction mentally. Instead of having his captains step up vocally, Dillon stressed to Nate Hays, John Mercurio, Anders Nilsen and Steve Resch that it was more important that each be leaders by their actions.
"Not that we're not going to motivate them by words, but we need to lead more by example," Mercurio said. "As captains, we have to work hard. Coach Dillon told Nate to dodge past every defenseman, he told Steve Resch to pressure his offensive man, he told me to dodge. With every team, there's a lack of morale with some players, but we're trying to work that out."
Gahanna beat its first two opponents by a combined 29 goals. The Lions then struggled in a 13-6 loss to Westerville Central on April 9 before losing to a Granville team that Mercurio believes "just wanted it more."
03/18/09
Experienced Lions Have Higher Goals
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 1:16 PM
ThisWeek Staff Writer
By Chris Parker/ThisWeek
John Mercurio, who had 13 goals and 15 assists last year, returns to the midfield for the Lions.
By Chris Parker/ThisWeek
Steve Resch of Gahanna Lincoln surveys the field during practice March 12. The Lions open March 27 against Wilmington.
There's been a big difference in practice for the Gahanna Lincoln High School boys lacrosse team.
With 23 returning players among a roster that has expanded from 28 to 50, the Lions haven't focused solely on drills. Instead, there have been plenty of opportunities to work on game situations.
03/13/09
Boys lacrosse Lions hiking the expectation level
By CHRIS MILES
02/15/09
Congratulations to Attackman Nate Hays on being named to the FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes) Midwest Team that will compete this summer in the Gait Cup.
09/29/08
Have you signed up for Indoor or the OSU Tournament? If so, have you entered your response to the surveys? Need a form?
Go to the Event Schedule page and do it today!
06/28/08
Congratulations to Steve Resch on earning his spot on the Midwest All Star Team competing in the Adidas National Lacrosse Classic. The team was made up of the best players Follow the link to the story...
06/02/08
2008 Awards and Recognition
Bill Withrow Award - Jon Storms
Most Improved Player - Andrew Winters
Ground Ball Award - Steve Resch
Warrior Award - Jon Storms
Offensive Player of the Year - Nate Hays
Defensive Player of the Year - Bobby Lane
Most Valuable Player - Kyle Tarbutton
OCC Honors
1st team - Ohio Division
Steve Resch - Long Stice Middie
2nd Team - Ohio Division
Jon Storms - Faceoff
Division 2 OHSLA
1st Team Region 3
Nate Hays - Attack
Kyle Tarbutton - Attack
Jon Storms - Midfielder
Steve Resch - Long Stick Middie
Congratulations to all of the 2008 Varsity Letter Winners!
05/29/08
End of Season Message from Ted Fuss...
Hi !! Thank you for a wonderful season !! Over the last four years you have always achieved higher but this year's improvement was definitely a quantum leap !! As I reflect I am amazed at where we are today !! I chose not to speak Friday (applause) so the focus remained on the athletes !! I want to thank you for recognizing us with a Coaches gift - that was very thoughtful of the team !!
Our team of 28 will reduce to 23 with Saturday's Graduation. Congratulations Seniors !! Two of these men were on our first team in 2005 - they have alot of stories to tell about that experience !! Kyle Tarbutton and Bobby Lane have been an integral part of this team from the beginning - we will miss you. Jon Storms came a year later and joined a second year team still discovering how to play the game. Jonathan's work ethic was highlighted by his Bill Withrow Award at the banquet. We only had a year with Matt Donelson and Alex Wade - I would like a few more myself - they had a great year and very impressive development as first year players. Seniors - as you move on to future endeavors we wish you the very best !!
If all High School players return and all twelve Middle School athletes move up we are sitting at 35 athletes for the 2009 season !! The Middle School athletes include 3 five year, 1 four year, 1 three year and 4 two year athletes. 34 is the magic number for adding a jv team next year. Conversations indicate the number of athletes may be much higher. We won't worry until we have 60 !!
Coach Dillon's plan is to run fall ball like last year - 2 or 3 days a week - a couple drills and scrimmage. This will start at the end of August after school starts and run through Halloween - every athlete involved with this had a great time. We plan to take a varsity and jv team to the Fourth Annual Ohio State Halloween 7v7 Tournament at the end of October as we did last year. Next is the 16 week winter indoor league at All Star Sports - once again the plan is for a varsity and jv team. This runs from the beginning of November to mid-February. This takes you right up to the start of our 2009 campaign. We will send info on these programs as soon as they become available.
We will be looking for a field for fall ball and would like to use this field over the summer for those who would like to arrange informal shoot arounds !!
The program : There has been alot of discussion of how we move forward as a recognized Varsity sport at the High School. We have had alot of in-house discussion over the last five days and are ready to move forward with a meeting with Athletic Director Justin Sanford. We will keep you advised as we learn the details for next year. Coach Dillon, Coach Richardson, VP Ed Smallwood and I will attend the meeting.
A very special thanks to our coaches !! Nice job !!!!
Parents - thanks for your support. This program does not run unless you are there. We had alot of fun this year. You will see emails in the near future where we will try to establish all board committees. We have the framework in place and plan to make our board fully operational. Thanks to all the volunteers that made this year happen !!
Have a geat summer. Enjoy lacrosse camps and vacations. Keep your sticks in your hands !!
Thanks again for the great season. Go Lions !!
See you soon !!
Ted Fuss
Gahanna Lacrosse
(614)226-6908
