All-County boys lacrosse: Which Palm Beach athletes made first team, second team, honorable mention?
South Florida — specifically Palm Beach County — is a premier destination for lacrosse.
Headlined by back-to-back-to-back state champs Saint Andrew’s, this spring’s local squads rolled so deep that the Post couldn’t limit the honors to those who will be recognized at the Palm Beach County High School Sports Awards on June 9.
First, check out the nominees for Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year and come back here for the full list of first team, second team, and honorable mention athletes.
First team
Ryan Ahern, Sr., M/A, Saint John Paul II − 39 goals, 32 assists, 71 points, 43 groundballs, 11 takeaways in 17 games
Alex Acker, Sr., G, Spanish River − One goal, one assist, one groundball, 79 goals scored against for 10-4 record, 242 saves on 321 shots (75 percent)
Ryan Anthony, Sr., A, Wellington − Stats not available
Zach Brent, Sr., D, Saint Andrew’s — 11 goals, 2 assists, 75 groundballs, committed to University of Tampa
Dawson Brown, Sr., A, Oxbridge − 36 goals, six assists, 42 points, 36 groundballs, 17 caused turnovers in 18 games
Charlie Bublitz, Sr., M/A, Saint John Paul II − 33 goals, 12 assists, 36 groundballs, 11 takeaways in 14 games
Trevor Buffone, Jr., M, Boca Raton − Captain, 49 goals, 29 assists, 78 points, 47 groundballs, 11 takeaways in 18 games
Landon Christiansen, Jr., D, Palm Beach Gardens — Two goals, one assist, 125 groundballs, 97 takeaways in 13 games
Kaden Creps, Jr., G, Jupiter — Defended 62 percent of shot attempts for 138 saves in 21 games
Kyle Davis, Sr., M/A, Saint John Paul II − 11 goals, 42 assists, 53 points, 48 groundballs, 24 takeaways in 17 games
Dom Deering, Jr., D, Saint Andrew’s — 3 goals, 3 assists, 37 groundballs, committed to Merrimack
Adriano De Cardenas, So., M/A, Cardinal Newman − 72 goals, 30 assists, 102 points, 42 Ground Balls, 19 takeaways
Kevin Doyle, Sr., D, Saint John Paul II − Four goals, 44 assists, 38 takeaways in 15 games
Alan Druhot, Sr., Jupiter — Captain, 40 takeaways, 55 groundballs, led defense that allowed an average of 5.3 points per game
Aiden Emerick, So., A/M, Palm Beach Central − 42 goals, 16 assists, 32 groundballs in 16 games
Matt Evans, Jr., M, Saint John Paul II − 28 goals, 20 assists, 48 points, 35 groundballs, four takeaways in 17 games, committed to Florida Tech
Mike Evans, Jr., A, Saint John Paul II − 42 goals, 16 assists, 58 points, 23 groundballs, seven takeaways in 17 games
Caleb Fox, Sr., M, Saint Andrew’s — 20 goals, 4 assists, 31 groundballs, committed to University of Tampa
Evan Finkle, So., A/M, American Heritage-Delray − 51 goals, 21 assists, team-high 72 points, 35 ground balls, six takeaways in 16 games
Dylan Furshman, So., FOGO/M Jupiter — Seven goals, 12 assists, seven caused turnovers, 197 groundballs and faceoff win percentage of 82.3 rank No. 19 and No. 21 in the nation, respectively, through 21 games
Tanner Gallo, Sr., A/M, Boca Raton — 74 goals rank No. 7 in Class 2A, 41 assists, 115 points, 61 groundballs, nine takeaways in 18 games
Connor Hofbauer, Jr., M, Saint Andrew’s — 33 goals, 20 assists, 59 groundballs, committed to Army
Justin Hersh, Sr., Palm Beach Central − Eight goals, seven assists, eight groundballs, won 104 of 141 faceoffs at rate of 73.8 percent in 16 games
Chris Lawrence, Jr., Oxbridge − 33 goals, 14 assists, team-high 47 points, 33 groundballs, 22 caused turnovers, six takeaways in 18 games
Ryan McGovern, Jr., D, American Heritage-Delray − Team-high 49 groundballs and 37 takeaways in 15 games
Charlie Isham, Jr., D, Dwyer − One goal, one assist, No. 11 in Class 2A with 40 takeaways, 74 groundballs in 19 games
Parker Jahn, Sr., D, Jupiter — Captain, two goals, 35 groundballs, 17 takeaways in 19 games, committed to Lindenwood University
Ryan Kaplan, Sr., G, Saint Andrew’s — 19-3 record, 57 percent of saves made, 11 groundballs, committed to University of Tampa
Patrick Law, Sr., A, King’s Academy — 46 goals, 19 assists, 25 groundballs, committed to Grove City College
Connor Lean, Sr., A, Spanish River — 78 goals rank No. 4 in Class 2A, 72 assists, 150 points, 71 ground balls in 17 games
Mason Lelack, Jr., D, Saint Andrew’s — 40 groundballs, one assist
Ryan McLaughlin, Jr., FOGO/M, West Boca Raton — 90 ground balls, ranked No. 6 in the nation winning 87.1 percent of faceoffs in 13 games
Sean Meyers, Sr., A, Jupiter — 60 goals, 17 assists to be top scorer on roster, 22 groundballs and 15 caused turnovers in 21 games, committed to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
Austin Nelson, Sr., D, King’s Academy — 90 groundballs, 4 goals, 3 assists, 25 caused turnovers, committed to Palm Beach Atlantic
Alexander Ponchock, So., A, Benjamin − 43 goals, 30 assists, 73 points, 30 groundballs in 21 games
Brett Salach, Sr., M, Benjamin − 3 goals, 2 assists, 146 groundballs
Jack Schulte, Sr., A, Saint Andrew’s — 59 goals, 42 assists, 64 groundballs, committed to Air Force
Sean Sheehan, So., A, Benjamin − 45 goals in 74 shots, eight assists, 53 points, 16 groundballs in 21 games
Kristian Strong, Sr., M/A, Cardinal Newman — 56 goals, 54 assists, 110 points, 100 groundballs, 30 takeaways, won 74 percent of faceoffs
Jake Tal-Shahar, Sr., M, Spanish River − 26 goals, 12 assists, 34 groundballs in 18 games
Nick Testa, Fr., A, Saint Andrew’s — 39 goals, No. 7 in nation with 75 assists, 46 groundballs in 22 games
Luke Trinley, Jr., D, Boca Raton − Captain, two goals, three assists, 45 groundballs, 30 takeaways, in 18 games
Brady Quinn, Sr., A, Benjamin − 49 assists rank No. 13 in Florida, team-high 50 goals and 99 points, 45 groundballs in 20 games, committed to Loyola
Jayden Vega, So., M, Benjamin − 32 goals, 10 assists, 37 groundballs in 19 games
Colin Wade, Jr., D, Oxbridge − Three goals, 48 groundballs, 15 caused turnovers, 22 takeaways in 17 games
Zac Webb, Sr., M, King’s Academy — 22 goals, 23 assists, 136 groundballs, won 72 percent of faceoffs for 240 wins total
Brad Wharton, Sr., A, King’s Academy — 60 goals, 23 assists, 22 groundballs, committed to Flagler College
Nick Widger, Jr., M, West Boca Raton — 64 goals rank No. 10 in Class 2A, 10 assists, 74 points, 84 ground balls in 15 games
Second team
Logan Adams, Sr., Spanish River
Wyatt Barnard, Sr., Jupiter
Adrian Caffrey, Jr., Boca Raton
Winford Cash, So., Benjamin
Enzo De Cardenas, Sr., Cardinal Newman
Travis Cheristin, So., Saint John Paul II
Jordan Denitto, Sr., Palm Beach Central
Rhys Dumais, Fr., King’s Academy
Aiden Emerick, So., Palm Beach Central
Matt Evans, Jr., Saint John Paul II
Joseph Ferlanti, So., Saint John Paul II
Charley Graff, Jr., Spanish River
Caden Hayes, So., Benjamin
Anthony Hicks, So., Boca Raton
Shea Huberman, So., Spanish River
Jackson Hume, So., Saint John Paul II
Jack Kelleher, 8th, Benjamin
Will Kelly, Sr., Jupiter
Anthony Lattero, Jr., Saint John Paul II
Tatum Little, Fr., Benjamin
Keagan McDade, So., Boca Raton
Noah Metzger, Jr., American Heritage-Delray
Myles Murray, Sr., Palm Beach Gardens
Gavin Orr, Jr., Jupiter
Hunter Peskoff, Sr., Dwyer
Santiago Sanabria. So., Spanish River
Ethan Sands, So., Saint Andrew's
Dustin Sluzka, So., Jupiter
Carter Smith, Sr., Benjamin
Eric Stiefel, Sr., Saint Andrew's
Dylan Sweet, Sr., Cardinal Newman
Beck Trafton, Jr., Saint Andrew's
Hudson Wharton, Sr., Palm Beach Central
Campbell Zegras, Jr., Oxbridge
Leyton Zorumski, Jr., Saint Andrew's
Honorable mention
American Heritage-Delray: Nicholas Bafer, Xander Gerard, Cardinal Newman: James Molina, James Smeenge, Dwyer: Riley Nagle, Jupiter: Dylan Creps, Gavin Meyers, Palm Beach Gardens: Brent Bothun, Hayden Deese, Scott Eaton, Saint Andrew's: Shovan Eriksson, Cole Denton
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Palm Beach All-County boys lacrosse: See full list of 2023 selections!