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Morning Call All-Area Boys Lacrosse for 2026
First team
Attack
Sean McPeek, Easton, Junior, 75 goals, 35 assists … All-EPC first team and MVP … Co-Player of the Year … USA Lacrosse All-American … Lafayette recruit.
Caleb Albert, Moravian Academy, Junior, 58 goals, 49 assists … game-winning goal in District 11 2A championship.
Colton Arezzi, Parkland, Sophomore, 50 goals, 44 assists … All-EPC first team. John Gerancher, Parkland, Senior, 60 goals, 28 assists … All-EPC first team … Lynchburg University recruit.
Midfielders
Jack Restino, Allentown Central Catholic, Senior, 56 goals, 16 assists … All-EPC first team … Stony Brook recruit.
Evan Placotaris, Easton, Junior, 63 goals, 29 assists … All-EPC first team.
Ryan Kane, Senior, Nazareth, 61 goals, 13 assists … All-EPC first team … Moravian University recruit.
Tyler Kaas, Junior, NW Lehigh, 59 goals, 18 assists … Widely respected midfielder who led Tigers in goals (59) and points (77).
Defense
Drew Shaffer, Parkland, Senior, 3 goals, 50 ground balls, 27 caused turnovers… All-EPC first team … Co-Player of the Year … USA Lacrosse All-American … Muhlenberg recruit.
Logan Young, Easton, Freshman, 1 goal, 2 assists, 31 ground balls, 17 caused turnovers … All-EPC first team.
Jackson Towle, Moravian Academy, Senior … Took on toughest defensive assignment for district championship team.
Christian Magloire, Parkland, Senior, 35 ground balls, 15 caused turnovers … All-EPC second team.
Long stick midfielder
Daniel Smith, Nazareth, Senior, 2 goals, 3 assists, 96 ground balls … Captain who took on the opponent’s best offensive threat in each game … Will play club lacrosse at Penn State University.
Short stick defensive midfielder
Rob Gerdes, Parkland, Senior, 3 goals, 16 ground balls … Unsung hero for Parkland’s district championship team … SUNY Cortland recruit.
Harry Restino, ACCHS, Sophomore, 50 ground balls, 11 caused turnovers … Defensive workhorse who had 88% clear percentage.
Faceoff
Cade Dancho, Moravian Academy, Senior, 22 goals, 18 assists … 62% faceoff percentage in regular season … outdueled All-EPC first team selection Mason Cesanek in both matchups.
Utility
Alex Karetsos, ACCHS, Sophomore, 48 goals, 46 assists … Assist and point leader for EPC champions … All-EPC second team.
Goalie
Owen Fehnel, Parkland, Senior, 196 saves in first season as starter … All-EPC second team … 17 saves in district championship win vs. Easton.
Second team
Attack
Sr. Chris Hopstetter, Moravian Academy
Jr. Owen Hanzl, Nazareth
So. Connor Wayock, Southern Lehigh
So. Dylan Maloney, Emmaus
Midfielders
Sr. Tate Shoemaker, Allentown Central Catholic
Sr. Oran Prentice, Easton
So. Isaiah “Izzo” Fisher, Parkland
So. Kendall Wikert, NW Lehigh
Defense
Sr. Sean Wayock, Southern Lehigh
Sr. Carter Young, ACCHS
Sr. Cole Kondash, Nazareth
Sr. Colin Winfield, Parkland
Long stick midfielder
So. Brock Dancho, Moravian Academy
Short stick defensive midfielder
Sr. Jason Annunziata, Easton
Jr. Aidan Van Wert, Moravian Academy
Faceoff
Sr. Mason Cesanek, ACCHS
Goalie
Jr. Eli Dancho, Southern Lehigh
Jr. Keegan Lamont, ACCHS
Honorable Mention
Attack –
Sr. Matt Smith, Southern Lehigh
Sr. Joe Petersen, Saucon Valley
Sr. TJ Ray, Freedom
Sr. Danny Tapia, Parkland
Sr. Mike Magnotta, Saucon Valley
Jr. Otto Young, Southern Lehigh
Jr. Peter Assise, Easton
So. Dylan Cort, ACCHS
So. Alex Younker, Emmaus
So. Grayson Christman, NW Lehigh
Midfielder – Sr. Chris Ward, Pleasant Valley; Sr. Jacob Norwood, Saucon Valley; Jr. Braydon Uricchio, NW Lehigh; Jr. Anthony Attar, Emmaus;
Defense – Sr. Sean Kilpatrick, Easton; Jr. Connor Lawler, ACCHS; Jr. Brady McKechnie, Emmaus; Jr. Liam Fitzpatrick, ACCHS; Fr. Max Weber, Emmaus
LSM – Sr. Ryan Keeney, Saucon Valley; So. Christian Oladapo, Easton;
FOGO – Sr. Collin Garret, Emmaus; Jr. Chase Sipel, Freedom
Goalie – Jr. Adam Lapham, Easton; So. Brady Hopstetter, Moravian Academy
Published: Jul. 22, 2026, 7:00 a.m.
Source By Desmond Boyle | For lehighvalleylive.com
Parkland’s Drew Shaffer (33) makes a move with the ball past a Easton player on April 7, 2026.Saed Hindash
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Seniors take center stage on the 2026 lehighvalleylive.com All-Area Boys Lacrosse Team.
All but three of the first-team selections are seniors. They’re joined by a pair of juniors and one freshman.
The overall All-Area team honors standouts from schools in Northampton, Lehigh and Warren counties, and North Hunterdon, Voorhees and Delaware Valley in Hunterdon County.
Read below to find the first-, second- and third-team choices, as well as the honorable mention picks.
First team
Sr. ATT Logan Healey, Warren Hills
Sr. ATT Josh Hufford, Voorhees
Jr. ATT Sean McPeek, Easton
Jr. MID Evan Placotaris, Easton
Sr. MID Jack Restino, Allentown Central Catholic
Sr. LSM/DEF Jake Nisivoccia, Warren Hills
Sr. DEF Drew Shaffer, Parkland
Fr. DEF Logan Young, Easton
Sr. SSDM Jason Annunziata, Easton
Sr. LSM Daniel Smith, Nazareth
Sr. FOGO Cade Dancho, Moravian Academy
Sr. GK Owen Fehnel, Parkland
Second team
Jr. ATT Caleb Albert, Moravian Academy
So. ATT Colton Arezzi, Parkland
So. ATT Alex Karetsos, Allentown Central Catholic
Jr. MID Tyler Kaas, Northwestern Lehigh
Sr. MID Ryan Kane, Nazareth
Sr. MID Davey Rhinehart, Warren Hills
Jr. DEF Anthony Balzer, Voorhees
Sr. DEF Sean Kilpatrick, Easton
Jr. DEF Brady McKechnie, Emmaus
Sr. SSDM Rob Gerdes, Parkland
Jr. GK Adam Lapham, Easton
Sr. FOGO Mason Cesanek, Allentown Central Catholic
Third team
Sr. ATT John Gerancher, Parkland
So. ATT Brendan Scott, North Hunterdon
So. ATT Connor Wayock, Southern Lehigh
Jr. MID Anthony Attar, Emmaus
Sr. MID Oran Prentice, Easton
Sr. SSM Aedan Hywel, Phillipsburg
Sr. LSM Brock Dancho, Moravian Academy
Sr. LSM Ryan Keeney, Saucon Valley
Sr. DEF Kelton Ibach, Delaware Valley
Sr. DEF Christian Magloire, Parkland
So. GK Brady Hopstetter, Moravian Academy
Jr. FOGO Chase Sipel, Freedom
Honorable mention
Parkland: So. MID Isaiah Fisher, Sr. ATT Danny Tapia, Sr. DEF Colin Winfield.
Allentown Central Catholic: So. ATT/MID Dylan Cort, Jr. ATT Quinn Driscoll, Jr. GK Keegan Lamont, So, SSM Harry Restino, Sr. MID Tate Shoemaker, Sr. DEF Carter Young.
Bethlehem Catholic: Sr. MID Gavyn Moyer.
Delaware Valley: Jr. ATT Cole Fritsche, Jr. DEF Marcus Gary, Sr. DEF Tyler Scherer, So. FOGO/MID Hunter Taffera.
Easton: Jr. ATT Pete Assise, Sr, SSDM Matt Kirchner, So. LSM Christian Oladapo.
Emmaus: Sr. FOGO Colin Garrett, So. ATT Dylan Maloney, Fr. DEF Max Weber, So. ATT Alex Younker.
Freedom: Jr. MID Nicholas Lyden, Sr. ATT TJ Ray.
Hackettstown: Sr. MID Ryan Cheref.
Liberty: Jr. ATT Elijah Heimbach, Jr. MID Logan Vella.
Moravian Academy: Sr. ATT Chris Hopstetter, Sr. DEF Jackson Towle, Jr. SSM Aiden Van Wert.
Nazareth: Jr. ATT Owen Hanzl, Fr. DEF Edge Kilpatrick, Sr. DEF Cole Kondash, Fr. ATT Connor Reilly.
Northwestern Lehigh: So. ATT Grayson Christman, Sr. GK Dane Kauker, Jr. MID Braydon Uricchio, So. MID Kendall Wikert, So. DEF Nicholas Whitney.
North Hunterdon: Jr. FOGO Stephen Cavitch, Sr. DEF Aidan Herlihy, Sr. MID Jacob Parente, Jr. ATT Hunter Perdue.
North Warren: So. ATT/MID Bradley Schmidt, Sr. MID Trey Zebrun.
Phillipsburg: So. MID Vincent Berger, So. ATT Noah Bermingham, Jr. FOGO/MID Logan Carpenter, Sr. ATT Ryan Evans.
Saucon Valley: Sr. MID Jacob Norwood, Sr. ATT Joe Petersen, Jr. GK Colin Vandoren.
Southern Lehigh: Sr. ATT Matt Smith, Sr. DEF Ryan Stehlik, Sr. FOGO Aidan Walter, Sr. DEF Sean Wayock.
Voorhees: Sr. MID Rylan Benitez, Jr. MID Rumsey Bruton, So. ATT Benny Kim, Sr. DEF Teddy Lanka, Jr. MID Dustin Moke.
Warren Hills: Sr. GK Brandon Anema.
Parkland goalie Owen Fehnel sprints upfield against Easton during the District 11 3A final on May 22. Saed Hindash
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The 2026 lehighvalleylive All-Area Boys Lacrosse Team
PIAA 3A boys lacrosse: Downingtown West shuts down Parkland
By Derek Bast | Special to The Morning Call
PUBLISHED: June 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM EDT
In the span of less than two weeks, Downingtown West lost all four of its starting midfielders to season-ending injuries with an undefeated season – the best in program history – hanging in the balance.
The last remaining starter, Luke Kell, with an assist on the play call by one of the injured players, Chase Teti, came through to deliver the game-winning goal with 3:20 remaining in the Whippets’ 8-6 win over District 11 champion Parkland in Monday night’s PIAA 3A boys lacrosse tournament first-round matchup at Parkland High School.
It was Downingtown West’s first state tournament victory in program history.
“We’ve been trying to identify what we thought would work against them and one of our injured midfielders, Chase Teti, called out the play,” Downingtown West assistant coach Jim Schorn said. “There was no coaching at all by the coaches. He did it, did a great job, saw something that he liked, and we went with him. He’s been around the game his whole life, and he sees what we see, so it’s been good.”
Kell, who missed part of the season while recovering from a broken collarbone, was thrilled to be able to step up in a new-look midfield that did just enough to knock off the upset-minded Trojans.
“It felt great. The whole game I was struggling to play with the newer people and find how they play and everything,” Kell said. “They called a play for me to cut through and cut out and catch and shoot. It’s cool to see [Teti] still involved in the game.”
Parkland built consistent leads throughout the night in a back-and-forth game. Isaiah Fisher scored the first goal of the game with 10:43 left in the first quarter and the teams exchanged goals from that point until Kell’s go-ahead goal gave the Whippets their first lead of the game at 7-6.
Fisher provided leads of 1-0 and 2-1 before Bailey Wetmore scored the first goal of the second quarter to give Parkland a 3-2 advantage. Matt Scott dazzled on a pair of goals that put his team ahead 4-3 and 5-4 with less than five seconds left in the first half. Senior attacker John Gerancher was held off the scoresheet but provided four assists in the final act of his terrific four-year career.
“On top of [making plays happen], he was banged up,” Parkland coach Scott Ketcham said. “He won’t let you know that. He’s one of the toughest guys you’ll ever see. He’s tougher than a $2 steak, man. He’s great and he’s a senior who didn’t want it to end today. He was a really good leader for those guys. He kept us going and got us off to a really good start tonight.”
Another impactful senior, Danny Tapia, fired in a long-range effort that ended up being the only goal of the second half for the Trojans. It created the sixth and final lead of the night for the Trojans who failed to hold on against a District 1 foe whose constant pressure created double-digit turnovers in the second half.
“That might be one big difference between here [in District 11] and down there [District 1] is the speed of the game,” Ketcham said. “Up here, a lot is about carrying and things like that. You really had to move the ball well [tonight]. I thought we struggled a little bit in the clear, which we haven’t done in a really long time. That unsettledness and that throwing off of pace can throw you off a bit, but we responded really well to it, too.
“It was just a battle of styles. I think we made a few mistakes that made us fight uphill a little bit. It was a long season, but we fought through it nicely.”
The season ends with the Trojans sitting at a 14-7 record and with the program’s first district championship since 2018.
Parkland senior defender Ethan Leaks struggled to find the words when reflecting on what this final season meant to him.
“Since freshman year, we’ve just had each other’s backs the whole time. Especially our four defensemen. We’ve been playing since elementary school,” Leaks said. “We knew each other’s flaws. We know how to pick each other up if we were down.
“We finally got one … we’ve had silver all since freshman year. To get back at it [and win gold], we just knew what we had to do.”
Ketcham, a first-year coach who became the third head coach of the team in less than a year, showed emotion as well following a heartbreaking loss to one of the best teams in District 1 and the entire state.
“We went from a team that didn’t really know what to expect at the beginning of the year to a team that hung out with the number one seed in District 1 and had them on the ropes the entire game,” Ketcham said. “Phase one of these things is knowing you belong and knowing you can play. We’ve come from that point of not really knowing much down at the field over at Moravian Academy to here hanging with the heavy weights in the first round of [states].
“I couldn’t be more proud of the guys and the seniors. They had no reason to trust anybody with so many coaching changes and everything like that, but they just bought in. We just went on a magic ride the last two months of just getting better and slugging it out and becoming such a great team.”
Up next
Downingtown West (21-2) moves on to face the winner of District 1 champion, Springfield Delco, and Perkiomen Valley on Saturday at a site and time still to be determined.
Derek Bast is a freelance reporter who can be found on Twitter/X at @derek_bast or reached by email at derekbast11@gmail.com.
DOWNINGTOWN WEST 8, PARKLAND 6
D. West – 2; 2; 2; 2 — 8
Parkland – 2; 3; 1; 0 — 6
Parkland goals: Isaiah Fisher 2, Matt Scott 2, Bailey Wetmore, Danny Tapia
Parkland assists: John Gerancher 4
Downingtown West goals: Jude Roosevelt 2, Aidan Benner 2, Ryan O’Donnell 2, Luke Kell, Cole Epps
Downingtown West assists: O’Donnell 3, Benner, Brady Epps, Jason Wafalosky
Parkland saves: Owen Fehnel 11
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District 11 3A boys lacrosse: Parkland stuns Easton to win first district championship since 2018
Parkland celebrates after the Trojans beat Easton in the District 11 3A boys lacrosse championship game Friday, May 22, 2026, at Lehigh University. (Derek Bast/The Morning Call)
As Reported By Derek Bast | Special to The Morning Call
PUBLISHED: May 23, 2026 at 4:37 AM EDT | UPDATED: May 23, 2026 at 10:16 AM EDT
When Parkland and Easton met at Cottingham Stadium on April 7, the Trojans scored just two goals and lost 7-2 in a rematch of the last two District 11 championship games.
While many on the outside saw a humbling loss, first-year coach Scott Ketcham saw something much different.
“They’re really good, and their defense the first time we played was out of this world good, and we held them to seven, which was awesome. We were the only ones to hold them to seven,” Ketcham said. “We came out of that not totally disappointed. We knew we had something going.”
He was right.
The second-seeded Trojans went on to win their next six games and eight of the next 10, before a 10-6 triumph over the Red Rovers in Friday night’s District 11 3A championship game at Lehigh University completed the dramatic turnaround and provided the program’s first district championship since 2018.
“It means everything. I tell my boys all the time, ‘Hey, this means more than anything to me. If we can come out with this tonight, it’s insane,’ ” senior defender Drew Shaffer said. “My team executed, and we can say Owen [Fehnel] had a great game or [someone else] had a great game, but it was a team effort tonight. We did everything tonight, together. It meant everything for everyone tonight.”
Fehnel, a senior goalkeeper who waited three years for his opportunity to shine, posted a career-high 17 saves and pitched a shutout in the final 10:14 to earn praise from his senior defender.
“Owen’s an insane goalie. In my opinion, he’s the best in the league … he had the game of his life tonight,” Shaffer said. “No words can describe how well he played tonight. He was making saves left and right. He can clear the ball. He can run the ball past midfield. He can do everything on the field. He’s not just a saver, he’s a goalkeeper.”
It was all modestly and humility from Fehnel after the best game of his career, as he closes in on 200 saves for the season, which ranks near the top of the list in the area.
“I’m going to say yeah,” he said when asked if this was the best game of his career. “Easton’s such a great offensive team. To shut them out that much and hold them to six goals, the lowest they’ve seen in awhile, it feels so good.
“Having Coach Ketcham explain to me every little thing about every little shot that they take, and what to do against it helps so much,” Fehnel said. “I have such a great defense in front of me stopping them from getting momentum, and it all builds off of each other. It’s a team game, not a me game.”
Starting attacker Isaiah “Izzo” Fisher sparked that complete team effort after EPC MVP Sean McPeek scored the first two goals of the game inside of seven minutes for the Red Rovers. Fisher responded with a flurry of three goals within 1:27 to give Parkland a 3-2 lead before Rob Gerdes made it 4-2 after one.
“I knew we needed it,” Fisher said. “I was just coming off the side, my teammates were finding me, so it was great.”
The sophomore started the season late and with a little rust after a long basketball season with the Trojans, but after being held off the scoresheet in the first six games of the season, something clicked at the end of March. A four-goal performance against Freedom, which had a similar feel to his flurry Friday night, put an end to his scoring drought.
“After about a quarter of the season, I was starting to feel a bit better. Coach [Ketcham] moved me up in the lines, and I just ran with it from there,” Fisher said. “I had four goals in the first half, I think. That was a turning point for me because I realized that I can compete out here.”
He scored four more on Friday night against the Red Rovers, pushing him to 27 on the season despite the slow start, including seven in a pair of wins to bring Parkland to a district title.
Danny Tapia scored a pair for the Trojans down the stretch while Colton Arezzi, who attracted a lot of attention from the Easton defense to set up Fisher’s success, tallied a goal and two assists to add to his team lead in points. While Parkland was still clinging to just a one-goal lead with less than 10 minutes to go, these three, with help from senior attacker John Gerancher and junior midfielder Matt Scott, kept applying the pressure and expanded the lead instead of slowing things down to drain the clock.
That was another important lesson learned from the team’s early season struggles.
“We can’t take the foot off the gas. That was the main point in that huddle [going into the fourth quarter],” Fisher said. “That was something that we struggled with early in the season. We would get up and try to bring it down, but we had to keep the pedal to the metal.”
That flurry, combined with six ridiculous stops by Fehnel in a show-stopping final quarter, helped to finally erase a run of five consecutive losses in the district championship in a six-season span for the newly crowned kings of District 11.
“I’m just so happy because, again, these kids had no reason to buy in with all these coaching changes and all that, but they did. They bought in in September. They had a plan, and I think they were tired of being a second fiddle,” Ketcham said. “Tonight was the night that they just put it all together, and we’ve been waiting. We were very inconsistent early on, and in the middle of the season, but we finally flew tonight, and it was great. I’m really proud of these kids.”
Derek Bast is a freelance reporter who can be found on Twitter/X at @derek_bast or reached by email at derekbast11@gmail.com.
PARKLAND 10, EASTON 6
Parkland – 4; 1; 2; 3 — 10
Easton – 2; 2; 1; 1 — 6
Parkland goals: Isaiah Fisher 4, Danny Tapia 2, Colton Arezzi, John Gerancher, Rob Gerdes, Matt Scott
Parkland assists: Arezzi 2, Tapia 2, Bailey Wetmore, Scott, Gerancher
Easton goals: Sean McPeek 4, Peter Assise, Nick Bachman
Easton assists: McPeek
Parkland saves: Owen Fehnel 17
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Parkland boys lacrosse upends Easton for golden breakthrough in District 11 final
Updated: May. 23, 2026, 8:22 a.m.|Published: May. 23, 2026, 8:10 a.m.
The string of silver has stopped for Parkland High School’s boys lacrosse team.
The second-seeded Trojans knocked off top-seeded Easton 10-6 during the District 11 Class 3A final on Friday night at Lehigh University’s Ulrich Sports Complex.
The win gives Parkland its first district championship since 2018. Entering Friday, the Trojans had lost in the last three D-11 finals, including against Easton in 2024 and 2025.
The familiarity of the setting and the opponent led attackman Danny Tapia to paraphrase Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” after receiving his gold medal.
“We knew our opponent, and we knew ourselves. With that information, that’s all you really need,” the senior said.
The Trojans’ triumph was startlingly convincing considering Easton cruised to a 7-2 regular-season victory on April 7.
“It was straight dedication and teamwork,” senior goalie Owen Fehnel said. “I think we all put in the work during the past few weeks practicing. We were getting ready for them all week, and I think it all came together. We just did exactly what we talked about doing.”
Easton took a quick 2-0 advantage thanks to back-to-back goals from junior attackman Sean McPeek, the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Most Valuable Player. Parkland (14-6) rallied with four goals in the final 3:18 of the first quarter, and the Trojans led the rest of the way.
Sophomore attackman Isaiah “Izzo” Fisher registered Parkland’s first three goals, and senior midfielder Rob Gerdes followed with a strike (his third of the season) to push the advantage to 4-2.
Parkland’s Danny Tapia (3) celebrates his goal against Easton goalie Adam Lapham during the District 11 3A final on Friday.Saed Hindash| For lehighvalleylive.com
Red Rovers freshman attackman Nick Bachman scored while absorbing a penalty to cut his team’s deficit to 5-4 at intermission.
Tapia assisted on a score by senior midfielder Matthew Kelley and then notched a goal via a one-handed catch-and-rip, pushing Parkland’s lead to 7-4 to start the second half.
Goals by McPeek and Peter Assise, a junior attackman, trimmed the Trojans’ advantage to 7-6 with 10:14 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Parkland, however, closed the evening with three unanswered goals (Tapia, Matt Scott and Fisher). Easton was limited to two scores after halftime.
“We had a strategy to get late into the game and try to switch something up on them to change the flow of the game and make them think a little bit. It worked,” Parkland coach Scott Ketcham said. “... Giving up two goals in the second half is incredible.”
Parkland’s offense provided far more production than Fehnel required during an outstanding outing in the cage. The senior, who is a first-year starter, finished with 17 saves.
“This is definitely the best game that I played all season,” he said. “It really is because of the defense that was behind me, and the offense played fantastically. So, this isn’t all on me, it’s on my team.”
“Owen is a great goaltender. He’s a complete goaltender,” added Ketcham, who was a goalie during his playing career. “He can clear; he brought it up in the clear, and he makes the saves. This is the most complete performance that he’s had.”
After watching Parkland finish runner-up time and again, Fehnel was thrilled to get a chance to change that narrative.
“It’s awesome. I’ve been on the sidelines the past three years of this game. Losing it last year, it was such a close game (13-12) and losing it in overtime [while] not ever getting to be on the field. Now, finally getting to play and start, it’s just such a good feeling.”
Parkland goalie Owen Fehnel makes a save on a shot by Easton’s Nick Bachman during the District 11 3A final on Friday.Saed Hindash| For lehighvalleylive.com
Fehnel and Ketcham both credited the game plan, which emphasized being prepared for the flurry Easton provides during the opening moments of each quarter.
“That’s when they play their best, the first four minutes of every quarter,” Fehnel said. “As long as we play our best four minutes, we can take care of them easily. That was our plan tonight, and we performed it perfectly.”
Ketcham also applauded how his large cast of defenders stymied Easton’s explosive weapons.
“We play six different poles and four different defensive midfielders,” the coach said. “Our depth really showed. I think doing that really helped us out tonight ... They’ve got four really, really good players; we had 10 to play against them.”
McPeek, a Lafayette College recruit, paced Easton with four goals.
Fisher, who had the most impactful evening of his young varsity career, finished with four goals.
“He’s electric, and he’s fun to watch. He had a night,” Ketcham said. “Credit to Colton Arezzi, who does everything all the time for us. But, they were keying on him so much to give Isaiah that room to finish on the back side.”
The Red Rovers, who’d won the previous two EPC and D-11 3A titles, finished the campaign at 18-3 with two of their losses coming in the conference and district finals. Easton, which was unbeaten against local competition in the regular season, also fell to Spring-Ford on April 17.
Parkland, which was 5-4 after losing to Easton in early April, advances to the PIAA 3A tournament, where it’ll meet the fourth-place team from District 1 on June 2.
The district crown is a major achievement in Ketcham’s first season leading the Trojans. He previously guided Emmaus to three consecutive D-11 titles (2013-15).
“These kids had no reason to buy in with all these coaching changes and all that. But they did. They bought in, in September,” Ketcham said. “They had a plan, and I think they were tired of being that second fiddle. Tonight was the night when they put it all together. We’ve been waiting; we were very inconsistent early on and in the middle of the season, but we finally flew tonight ... I’m really proud of these kids.”
Parkland's Tapia Takes His Talent to the World Stage
World Lacrosse - August, 2025
Jeju , South Korea -
Parkland High School's own Danny Tapia, a senior, recently made a significant impact on the international stage, representing Team Puerto Rico at this past summer's World Lacrosse Men's U20 Championship in Jeju, South Korea. As one of the youngest players on his squad, Tapia competed alongside teammates with impressive collegiate backgrounds, including talent from Division I programs such as Johns Hopkins, Army, Hofstra, Utah, and Mount St. Mary's, as well as players from various Division II and III programs.
Under the guidance of head coach Shawn Mowry, a Saint Joseph's University alumnus, Team Puerto Rico had a remarkable tournament run, ultimately finishing an impressive 6th place overall. Their journey concluded with a hard-fought quarterfinal loss to the Haudenosaunee in a thrilling 13-12 game.
Tapia’s individual performance was a key part of the team's success, especially in the playoff bracket. In the crucial match against Japan, he contributed one goal and he was a standout against England, where he recorded three assists in the 15-11 victory.
His final tournament statistics demonstrate his crucial role in the offense:
Goals: 6 (15th overall)
Assists: 10 (7th overall)
Scoring Points: 16 (13th overall)
Matches Played: 7
Shots on Goal: 12
The championship tournament provided an unexpected preview of Tapia's college career. The event concluded with a historic finish on Jeju Island, as Canada won its first-ever gold medal at the event, defeating the United States in the final. This victory has an exciting personal connection for Tapia: The Canadian squad was coached in part by Mark Miyashita, who is the Head Coach at Canisius University and served as an assistant for the gold-medal-winning team. Tapia is committed to play for Coach Miyashita and the Canisius Golden Griffins starting in the Fall of 2026.
Now back in Breinigsville, Tapia is focused on his senior season with the Parkland High School lacrosse team. With aspirations of leading his team to a district championship under new head coach Scott Ketcham, Tapia’s experience on the world stage will undoubtedly bring a new level of skill and leadership to the field.
