Dialed In: Your Lacrosse Fix for Wednesday, May 17
Good morning. Here’s the latest from around the lacrosse world:
1. McCabe Millon had a moment Tuesday.
Million, Inside Lacrosse’s No. 1-ranked high school senior and the son of two Hall of Famers, split from his right to his left and sunk an overtime jumper to lift McDonogh (Md.) to an 8-7 win over Boys’ Latin (Md.) in the MIAA-A semifinals at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
Dad approves.
What a moment @mccabemillon9 @MCDLaxScores pic.twitter.com/seviBlfvW0
— Mark Millon (@markmillon) May 17, 2023
The Eagles, ranked No. 2 in the latest Nike/USA Lacrosse High School Boys’ National Top 25, will play No. 12 Calvert Hall (Md.) in the championship game Friday. The Cardinals defeated Loyola Blakefield (Md.) 11-8 in the other semifinal. There are five MIAA teams in the top 25.
Here are the high school rankings reports that came out Tuesday.
Boys: National Top 25 | Regional Top 10s
Girls: National Top 25 | Regional Top 10s
2. Virginia’s Cole Kastner has entered the transfer portal with the intent of playing Division I basketball in 2024-25, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Tuesday.
A 6-foot-7 defenseman, Kastner was one of the top basketball players in the Bay Area at Menlo School (Calif.) and received recruiting interest from a few Pac-12 schools before choosing to focus on lacrosse.
3. The National Lacrosse League announced finalists for the 2022-23 NLL Awards on Tuesday.
Roughnecks goalie Christian Del Bianco, Bandits forward Dhane Smith and Riptide forward Jeff Teat are the finalists for NLL MVP.
WHAT WE’RE READING
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“Busy Izzy,” that’s a new moniker for Izzy Scane, courtesy of the Chicago Sun Times.
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A goal to remember: How a high school senior with autism and a rare neurocognitive disorder scored his first career goal.
WHAT WE’RE WATCHING
“Through X” with Paul Carcaterra in session with the Kavanagh brothers. Fifteen minutes well spent.
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Matt DaSilva
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.