March 9th, 2011

On Wednesday, Lake Travis upended Georgetown by a score of 7 – 5 in a well played Texas High School Lacrosse League game. With the new pecking order announced on Tuesday, Lake Travis hung onto a spot, ranked #10 in both the THL DII Power Rankings and THL DII Coaches Poll. Georgetown, on the other hand, had been climbing the ladder by riding an eight-game winning streak and capturing the #3 spot in both the THL DII Power Rankings and THL DII Coaches Poll. However, on their home field, the Eagles met their match and suffered their first loss of the season.  

Scoring for Georgetown was again led by senior midfielder Derek Sudderth with one goal and two assists. Senior attackmen John Slater and Sloan Childers contributed one goal and one assist each. Both teams played solid defense. Georgetown managed to clear 85% (17 for 20) and Lake Travis managed to clear 72% (13 for 18).

March 3rd, 2011

 

Georgetown halted Stony Point’s 22-game Central District winning streak on Wednesday with a 9-6 Texas High School Lacrosse League Division II victory. The streak dated back to April 2008. Undefeated Georgetown has won six straight. Stony Point (4-4) led, 2-1, after the first quarter, but Georgetown went up, 3-2, in the second quarter and did not trail again. Eagles' attackman John Slater had four goals and attackman Sloan Childers had three goals and one assist.
"I'm extremely proud of my guys for putting forth a total-team effort for 48 minutes," said Georgetown head coach Scott Conrad. "Stony Point is a tremendous program and we have a ton of respect for them and what they've accomplished the last few years in the Central district." The teams were evenly matched as both took 30 shots on goal and Georgetown picked up one more ground ball than Stony Point (41-40). But Georgetown had a higher clear percentage – 73 percent to Stony Point’s 63 percent.

 

Georgetown defenseman Neal Sansing scooped up four ground balls and had two assists. For Stony Point, Conor Schindel had two goals and two assists.

March 1st, 2011

Emily Roussel scored five goals and Kaitlyn Hill scored four as Georgetown defeated McNeil, 15-5, in a Texas Girls High School Lacrosse League game on Monday. Georgetown led, 5-1, at the end of the first half and McNeil had a small rally in the first two minutes of the second half to cut the lead to 5-3, but Georgetown answered with a 7-0 run. Georgetown goalie Amy Castillo had nine saves. For McNeil, Katherine Walker scored two goals and goalie Sara Buckley had eight saves.

 

Georgetown improved to 2-1 and McNeil dropped to 2-2.

The Georgetown Eagles outshot the Knights 46 to 9 in route to their 14 – 0 victory at Harker Heights.  The Eagles had seven different goal scorers throughout the game.  Eagles attack lead the offense with Derek Sudderth finishing with six points on the evening, Sloan Childers added five points and John Slater had his first hat trick of the year.

“Every player on the squad contributed tonight in a good win for us,” said Head Coach Scott Conrad.  ”It was the type of complete team win that brings a squad closer together, and that’s what we were aiming for.”

Harker Heights senior goalie Alan Gollmyer saw 23 shots and saved nine keeping his teams composure in the game.

“Harker Heights were relentless for 48 minutes and played a good, clean game of lacrosse throughout.  It’s apparent they are well coached and have good leadership within the team.”

In its first Division II game in the Texas High School Lacrosse League, Georgetown (2 – 0) handily defeated Westlake DII (1 – 1) on Saturday by a score of 11 – 5. Adding to his season points total was Georgetown senior attackman Derek Sudderth with an amazing six goals and two assists. Sophomore midfielder Peter Ochoa added two goals and two assists, as senior midfielder Jacob Penney also snuck in two goals and notched an assist. Georgetown moved the ball well and produced 7 of the 11 goals off assists. Georgetown goalie Reagan McLaurin had 12 saves against 17 shots on target.

“My hat goes off to Westlake DII.  They are very young but play with a lot of composure and class,” Conrad said. “They play fundamentally sound lacrosse across the board and are a tough group of young men.”

Senior attackmen, Derek Sudderth and John Slater, led the team with 3 goals a piece to lift visiting Georgetown (1 – 0) over hosting Cedar Park (0 – 1) Monday night in this non-district game. After the first quarter, Georgetown led 4 – 3 and by halftime, their lead improved to 5 – 3. Both teams continued to score at their respective rates, leaving the final 10 – 6 in favor of Georgetown. Sudderth and Slater were well supported by both the third member of the attack-trio, Ruben Flores, who added 2 goals of his own, and the senior goalie, Regan McLaurin, with his 14 saves.

Georgetown had a 76% clearing rate and scooped up 35 groundballs compared to the 29 of Cedar Park to control possession. In the end, the game came down to shot attempts as Georgetown’s offense produced a staggering 45 compared to Cedar Park’s 25.