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‘A Season to Remember’ for Summit Boys Lacrosse Team

By Chris Wightman,

3 hours ago

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=488baw_0uZZbIce00 — The champions relish 'A Season to Remember.'

SUMMIT, NJ -- As the Summit Boys Lacrosse team entered its spring season, the Hilltoppers knew they had plenty to live up to given their previous season.

After all, the team had a tremendous year in winning multiple championships. Plus, with key players graduating, expectations for the new year could have been reasonably lowered as a younger group took the reins.

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But the incredible results from last year didn’t stop Head Coach Jim Davidson from setting lofty goals for this year’s team, saying before the season began, “Our top goals are to compete for the conference, county and state titles. We have a young team that will continue to improve throughout the year. We will have to get better each week for us to compete in the county and state playoffs.”

Those goals may have seemed a bit too high as Summit came out of the gates losing two of their first five games.

Things changed dramatically from that point on, however, as the Hilltoppers were to go on an amazing run to close out the season.

For Summit, it was an historic year in winning the Kirst Cup title, a Group 2 title, a county crown, and rattling off 18 straight wins to finish the year with a 21-2 record.

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“It was a season to remember,” Davidson said. “The team’s hard work and dedication contributed to a great year. The players’ ability to play together and improve each week were the keys to a successful season,” the coach said.

Summit achieved a wide array of honors this magical year, including:

TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Star Ledger State Ranking: #2
Inside Lacrosse NATIONAL TOP 25 Ranking: #20 (only NJ team in top 20)
Inside Lacrosse NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL TOP 20 Ranking: #2
Big State Sports NJ Top 20 Final Rankings, #1
Big State Sports Team of the Year
US Lacrosse National Public top 25 Ranking: #4
US Lacrosse Top 10 Mid Atlantic Ranking: #2
KIRST CUP Overall State Champions
Group 2 State Champions
Group 2 North State Champions
Union County Champions
Fitch Pitt Division Team of the Year

Player Accomplishments, Star Ledger

1st Team All-State, Carter Shallcross

2nd Team All-State, Daniel Flaim

3rd Team All-State, Luke Harris

Fitch Pitt Division Player of the Year, Carter Shallcross

Carter Shallcross, Defense, Senior Captain

All-American

1st Team All State Group 2

1st Team Fitch-Pitt Division