Triple Dose of Victory for Wildcats Lacrosse

The Centreville High School varsity boys lacrosse team just concluded a stretch of three away games this past week.  

The Wildcats emerged victorious over all three of the opponents and are now 8 and 2 for the season. CVHS began their week at the Mt. Vernon Lacrosse Tournament, against an undefeated Madison High School team, defeating them 6-4. Senior midfielder, Andy Balberde, was the leading scorer for the Wildcats, with three goals, while Danny Meador, David Weisbrodt and Tyler Vennergrund each contributed a goal apiece. Kyle Richbourg, Logan Wakefield and Danny Meador each had assists. 

The Centreville Wildcat defense was rock-solid throughout the entire game, eliminating any threat posed by Madison’s settled offense. Senior goalie Pat Prosser led the defense with impressive saves throughout the night. Defensemen Ben Kandel, Jake Hyde and Antonio Choi shut down the Madison attack, while defensive midfielders John Clements, Logan Wakefield and Phil Anderson eliminated the scoring threat from the Madison midfield.  Long stick midfielders, Kainoa O’Connor, Pat Lilburn and Nick Ziegler were instrumental in the hard fought victory. Although the Wildcats had several penalties throughout the game, the CVHS man-down defense shut down 100% of the Madison extra man opportunities. 

Less than 24 hours later, the Wildcat varsity lacrosse team played Mt. Vernon High School, defeating them 12 to 3. Senior attack, Nathan Marks, led the scoring with four goals; Sophomore Carson McEver had two goals; and Logan Wakefield, Andrew Belloli, Kyle Richbourg, David Weisbrodt, Andy Balberde and Tyler Vennergrund each contributed a goal to the final tally.

Freshman Brett Clark, Nathan Marks, Andy Balberde and Tyler Vennergrund all had assists. Goalie Pat Prosser had eight saves during the game, and the CVHS defensive starting unit of Jake Hyde, Antonio Choi and Ben Kandel once again came through. They were relieved in the second half by Nathan Covert, who had some great take-away checks, with additional help from Josh Kim and Charlie Suarez on defense and Goalie Kent Roy. 

The Centreville Wildcats finished the week with their first Concorde District game, against an undefeated Oakton team. The Wildcats defeated the Oakton Cougars in an exciting back and forth game, 6-5. Goalie Pat Prosser had an impressive 13 saves during the evening. Oakton led the game, 3-1, at halftime.  

But Centreville came back with four unanswered goals during the third quarter, leaving them up 5-3, heading into the fourth. Oakton was able to tie the game, 5-5, during the last few minutes of the fourth quarter. However, Centreville’s Danny Meador, with an assist from Nathan Marks, was able to score the winning goal, with seconds left on the clock. Meador led the Wildcats in scoring with three goals for the game. Brett Clark, Andy Balberde and Nathan Marks each had a goal and Nathan Marks and Andy Balberde had assists.  John Clements, Sean Doyle and Kainoa O’Connor had strong face-off performances throughout the evening.  Antonio Choi, Ben Kandel and Jake Hyde stifled Oakton’s attack, with key defensive midfield help from Logan Wakefield, Pat Lilburn and Nick Ziegler.  

The Wildcats are now 1 and 0 in Concorde District play.