LacrosseWells Stanwick of Boys Latin (Baltimore, Md.) has been named Reebok Boys Lacrosse Player of the year following voting by the National Lacrosse League and LaxGator.com. He had 33 goals and 56 assists as a senior and made All-American for the second year in a row. He has committed to Johns Hopkins, according to the Baltimore Sun.
* The Sun also reports that another Boys Latin player, rising junior All-American midfielder Ben Pridemore, has committed to the University of Notre Dame.
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Shenendehowa (Clifton Park, N.Y.) goalie Bobby Wardwell made 12 saves – all in the second half - and was named MVP after sparking the South to an 11-9 victory over the North during the sixth annual Under Armour All-America Lacrosse Classic in Towson, Md. The North won the girls game, 15-10, as MVP Tatum Coffey of North (Toms River, N.J.) scored five goals.
GolfTwo champions were crowned during the 34th annual Rolex Tournament of Champions in Sunriver, Ore.
Rising senior Shun Yat Hak of
Lake Mary (Fla.) won the boys title by seven strokes with 6-under-par 282. Rising junior Gabriella Then of
Rancho Cucamonga (Calif.), captured the girls crown in a sudden-death playoff after she and Ariya Jutanugarn of Bangkok, Thailand had tied with 6-under-par 282.
* Doug Ghim, a rising sophomore at
Buffalo Grove (Ill.), shot 2-over-par 215 to win the 42nd Illinois State Junior Amateur in Barrington, Ill. Earlier in the tourney, he tied the course record with an 18-hole round of 65.
Potpourri* Former NHL player John Pohl has been named girls hockey coach at
Cretin-Derham Hall (St. Paul, Minn.). Pohl will be assisted by his wife, Krissy Wendell, a former U.S. Olympian, and Terry Skrypek, a longtime high school and college coach.
* Playing summer softball and baseball in states such as Iowa and Wisconsin has avoided the chilly, wet springs. However, it also has exposed the teams to extreme heat. Just last week two Iowa teams called off the second game of a softball twinbill, because heat-related problems sent two players to the hospital.
