The Reporter/Times Herald/Montgomery Media 2023 Boys Lacrosse All-Area Teams
The 2023 boys lacrosse season was another strong one in The Reporter/Times Herald/Montgomery Media area and the top players were a big reason why. Those athletes are recognized as members of the All-Area teams.
La Salle, which won its seventh straight Philadelphia Catholic League championship and reached the PIAA-3A state semifinals, has three players on the first team: midfielder Paul vanBastelaar, defender Matthew Wills and faceoff specialist Stevie Davis.
Central Bucks West and Upper Merion each landed two players on the first team. West is represented by attack Austin Hahn and midfielder Matt Jacobsen. Hahn set a program record with 67 goals while Jacobsen totaled 48 goals and 17 assists while winning 75.4% of his faceoffs. Midfielder Casey Lamey and defender Truman McCormick earned first-team honors from the Vikings. Lamey played a key role on offense with 46 goals and 45 assists while McCormick was at the heart of the defense, causing 42 turnovers.
Joining Hahn at attack are Pennridge’s Frankie Fanelli and Wissahickon’s Kyle Lehman. Fanelli scored 53 goals and dished out 37 assists for the Suburban One League National Conference champion Rams while Lehman tallied 65 goals, 40 assists and 91 groundballs for the SOL American Conference champion Trojans.
Germantown Academy’s Walker Schwartz is the first team long stick midfielder. The two-time All-American scored 23 goals and added 16 assists.
Central Bucks East’s Patrick Coleman completes the first team defense while Upper Dublin’s Nathan Fechter is the first team goalie.
Full teams are listed below.
First Team
Attack
Frankie Fanelli, Pennridge
Austin Hahn, Central Bucks West
Kyle Lehman, Wissahickon
Midfield
Matt Jacobsen, Central Bucks West
Casey Lamey, Upper Merion
Paul VanBastelaar, La Salle
Long Stick Midfield
Walker Schwartz, Germantown Academy
Defense
Patrick Coleman, Central Bucks East
Truman McCormick, Upper Merion
Matthew Wills, La Salle
Faceoff
Stevie Davis, La Salle
Goalie
Nathan Fechter, Upper Dublin
Second Team
Attack
Justin Besz, Upper Merion
Alex Cerminara, Hatboro-Horsham
Jack Vandegrift, La Salle
Midfield
Justin Bainbridge, Plymouth Whitemarsh
David Benjamin, Hatboro-Horsham
Ian Young, Pope John Paul II
Long Stick Midfield
Brian Blanche, La Salle
Defense
Denny Owens, Pope John Paul II
Tommy Pedicone, Hatboro-Horsham
Andrew Van Stone, La Salle
Faceoff
Ben Souder, Pennridge
Goalie
Matt Nelson, La Salle
Honorable Mention
Abington: Robert Lowery, Connor Penderghest
Archbishop Carroll: Kyle Comstock, Danny Harvey
Archbishop Wood: Jackson Foley
Central Bucks East: Ethan Greenlee, Chris Funston
Central Bucks South: Reese Levinson
Central Bucks West: Sean Kelly
Germantown Academy: Josh Gibbs, Rocco Ippoldo
Hatboro-Horsham: Brendan Kirn
Lansdale Catholic: Dan Curran, Patrick Flannery, Jack Kennedy, Matthew Shragher
La Salle: Tripp Adams, Leyton Bracken, Jack Duffy, Evan Golato, Nole Henry, Jack Koch, Dylan Malone, Logan Missett, Christian Peterman
Methacton: Wyatt Stemler
North Penn: Ethan Bland
Pennridge: Ryan Carickhoff, Matt Kriney, Tyler Vandermark
Plymouth Whitemarsh: Isaiah Bainbridge, Jared Kolsun, Frank Lynch, Nate Mascio
Pope John Paul II: Sean Fallon, Connor Gucwa, Dillon Murphy, Eric Zadroga
Quakertown: Cody Jefferson
Souderton: Tyson Bui, Seth Grossman, John Martin-Vince
Springfield Montco: Peter Schmidt
Upper Dublin: Will Bailey, Will Hoffman, Caleb Kelly, Chris Kohlbrenner, Dom Paone, Josh Sadja
Upper Merion: Ryan Becker, Kevin Roseland
Upper Moreland: Jack Durphy, Frankie Sebold
Wissahickon: Nicholas Donofrio, William Hussa, Dominic Kemper, Andrew Slackman
