Blue team defeats White in boys’ lax all-star game
The Blue squad fought off a late surge by the White team to garner an 18-16 victory in the annual Blue-White Senior All-Star Game June 13 at DE Turf.
The White team held a 6-4 edge at the end of the first period and went into the halftime break with a 10-9 lead. The Blue squad outscored the White team 7-5 in the second half to take bragging rights 18-16.
The White team’s Luke Burton of Cape led all scorers with five goals. Cape’s Joe Coveleski tallied three scores. Max Forrey of Indian River and Cape’s Brexton Carter each hit for two, Cape’s C.J. Fritchman, Gabriel Hammen-Smith of Sussex Central, William Li of Caesar Rodney and Owen Peel of Milford each cranked one goal.
Blue team’s Connor Riley and Chase Black of Salesianum scored three goals apiece. Shane Gorman of Concord, Nate Liu of Wilmington Christian and Jackson Redd of Wilmington Friends tallied two each. Colin Beaman of Delaware Military Academy, Charlie Friz of Tower Hill, Danny Kupiec of Archmere, Anthony Mangini of Newark Charter, Matt Duarte of Caravel and Na’Zari Donegal-Pringle of Mount Pleasant each scored one.
