Team 91 Sweeps 2024, 2025 AA Titles at NLF National Championships
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Team 91, Sweetlax and Laxachusetts each claimed two titles Sunday in the NLF National Championships, the marquee tournament of the summer club boys’ lacrosse season.
More than 250 teams participated in the event, which took place over three days at Lehigh University and Grange Park and drew more than 350 college and prep coaches for recruiting purposes. It’s the flagship of the National Lacrosse Federation, which has partnered with USA Lacrosse to implement age-based play starting with the 2023-24 season.
The NLF staged championships for graduating years 2024 (rising high school seniors) through 2030 (rising sixth-graders), with two divisions each for the high school brackets.
In the 2024 AA and 2025 AA divisions, Team 91 swept Prime Time for a pair of titles Sunday.
Hunter Aquino, a 6-foot-5, 200-pound midfielder for Academy of New Church (Pa.) and Penn State commit, had three goals and an assist to lead Team 91 LI Wolfpack to a 10-5 victory over Prime Time in the 2024 AA final.
Midfielder Liam Gregorek (Shoreham-Wading River, N.Y./Navy) added two goals and an assist in the win.
Congratulations to the ‘24 Wolfpack on winning the @natlaxfed National Championship! pic.twitter.com/YodDqQQN1U
— Team 91 (@team91lacrosse) July 16, 2023
In the 2025 AA final, midfielder Gary Merrill (St. Anthony’s, N.Y.), rated as a five-star prospect by the NLF, scored three goals to lead Team 91 LI Shock to an 11-7 victory over Prime Time.
Five doing five things. @team91lacrosse takes home the 2025 national title on the strength of a hat trick from 5 Gary Merrill!
— NLF (@natlaxfed) July 16, 2023
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Two of Merrill’s tallies came during a dominant third quarter in which Team 91 scored four unanswered goals. Attackman James Pagano (Commack, N.Y.) added two goals and attackman Matt Higgins (Boys’ Latin, Md.) contributed a goal and two assists for Team 91, which avenged a lopsided loss to Prime Time in the 2022 NLF National Championships final.
Brady Scioletti (Don Bosco Prep, N.J.) was a bright spot for Prime Time. The lefty midfielder scored three goals, demonstrating both long-range shooting and interior finishing ability.
Sweetlax’s titles came in the 2026 AA and 2030 AA brackets, highlighted by Sweetlax Navy’s 8-5 win over Laxachusetts Black in the 2026 AA championship game. Attackman James Whitehorse (Culver Academy, Ind.) opened the scoring with a behind-the-back beauty and Sweetlax never trailed in the game.
Whitehorse paced seven different scorers with two goals and attackman James Holbrough (Brighton, N.Y.) finished with a goal and two assists for Sweetlax — his second helper coming on a picturesque fast break off the opening faceoff in the second quarter.
This is Sweetlax pic.twitter.com/g8NceA2cET
— Sweetlax Florida (@Sweetlax_Fla) July 16, 2023
Attackman Tedy Frisoli (St. Sebastian’s, Mass.) had two goals and an assist for Laxachusetts.
The most thrilling finish of championship Sunday came in the 2027 AA final. Midfielder Zeb Mills swooped in off the wing on the opening faceoff of overtime and took it all the way to score the game-winning goal and lift Colorado Kings to a 7-6 victory over LI Express Hogan.
Off the carpet and to the house for the 2027 national title for Kings.
— NLF (@natlaxfed) July 16, 2023
Zeb Mills snags the ground ball and calls game in OT!
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Annapolis Hawks Green and Resolute took home the hardware in the 2028 AA and 2029 AA divisions, respectively.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
— Resolute Lacrosse (@ResoluteLax) July 16, 2023
Resolute 2029 AA wins the @natlaxfed national championships! This very talented team went undefeated despite playing against the best competition in the country This squad represented for the entire state of Ohio Congrats! #BeResolute pic.twitter.com/R7x2qlVesQ
2024: Team 91 LI Wolfpack def Prime Time 10-5
2025: Team 91 LI Shock def Prime Time 11-7
2026: Sweet Lax Navy def Laxachusetts Black 8-5
2027: Colorado Kings def LI Express Haugen 7-6 (OT)
2028: Annapolis Hawks Green def Leading Edge 10-7
2029: Resolute def West Coast Starz 11-5
2030: Sweet Lax Navy def Team 91 LI Cyclones 8-6
2024: Albany Power def Eclipse Orange 10-8
2025: Laxachusetts Yellow def Northstar Lacrosse Club 10-9
2026: Laxachusetts Yellow def LI Express Wieczorek 10-6
2027: Northstar Lacrosse Club def LI Express Channy 9-8
Matt DaSilva is the editor in chief of USA Lacrosse Magazine. He played LSM at Sachem (N.Y.) and for the club team at Delaware. Somewhere on the dark web resides a GIF of him getting beat for the game-winning goal in the 2002 NCLL final.
