Travis Reed knows winning one MIAA A Conference title in boys lacrosse is a difficult feat.
He also knows that to win two in a row in what many consider the best lacrosse league in the country is an even greater accomplishment.
But, Reed, a junior, did just that, albeit for two different schools, as he scored three goals and added an assist in helping lead Boys? Latin to an 11-6 win over McDonogh Friday in front of 5,871 people at Johns Hopkins? Homewood Field.
Reed played last season for McDonogh and helped lead them to the MIAA title that year. He then requested and received a waiver to transfer to Boys? Latin this year after McDonogh decided not to renew the contract of his father, Jake Reed, after 13 years as head coach.
The elder Reed spent this season as an assistant at Dulaney.
“There were a lot of emotions out there for me tonight. It?s not often someone gets to win back-to-back titles, especially while playing for two different schools,” Reed said.
Reed?s play helped cap a perfect 21-0 season as Boys? Latin became the first team to go unbeaten in the A Conference since the Lakers did so in 1997.
“Obviously being 21-0, we?ve been able to put teams away all year,” said Shriver, in his 27th year at the school.
“But in most of those games we only played well in spurts and let teams back into games. Tonight was the first time all season we sustained consistent play for 48 minutes.”
David Bronfein scored three goals and Brett Weiss had two goals and an assist in the win for the Lakers, who won their previous league titles in 1997 and 2002.
Bryn Holmes and Tim Brandau scored twice each for the Eagles (12-5).
“The whole year we?ve been a better second half team,” said Bronfein, whose team rallied from five goals down to beat McDonogh, 13-12, earlier this year.
“We made a great statement tonight with the way we played and to be compared with the 1997 team is amazing.”
MIAA TOURNAMENT NOTES
» In the B Conference finals, Drew Leonard scored four goals, including the game-winner 37 seconds into overtime, as St. Vincent Pallotti (15-3) defeated 2005 champion Park, 10-9. Park (11-4) trailed 9-4 at halftime before Jake Cornblath scored two of his three goals in the final five minutes of regulation to tie the game at 9-9.
» In the C Conference finals, Ryan Gavlin scored four times, including the game-winner with 44 seconds left in overtime, as Chapelgate (11-6) defeated Cardinal Gibbons, 9-8.
