TopLaxRecruits.com, Posted 4/24/16

Brunswick School (CT) used a 5-1 spurt to break open a one-goal game after the half and rolled to a 12-6 victory over Haverford School (PA) Saturday at the 16th annual Katie Samson Foundation Festival at Radnor High, just outside Philadelphia.

The Festival – which has raised well over $1 million for spinal cord research and development and is the single largest one-day HS event of the year in the nation – honors the spirit of Katie Samson. Samson attended Radnor High School where she was a goal keeper for the girls’ lacrosse team. She went on to study Art History at Middlebury College where she also played Division III lacrosse and helped her team capture a National Championship in 1999. The following winter, Samson suffered a spinal cord injury while sledding in a nearby park and became a quadriplegic. She continues to live an active life, playing many adaptive sports.

Brunswick (8-2) led 5-4 early in the second half when it took control of the game. Reilly Walsh scored four goals and Alex Buckanavage had three goals and three assists. Keyveat Postell led the Fords (10-4) with a goal and two assists.

In another key game, Upper Dublin (10-0) edged Spring-Ford (11-1), 10-9, in a battle of undefeated teams. Michael Sowers had a goal and seven assists while Michael Mullen and Max Winebrake each scored three goals for the Cards. Matt Dellacroce had two gopals and two assists for Spring-Ford.

Katie Samson Foundation Festival, at Radnor High

Boys
Germantown Academy (PA) 15, Shipley School (PA) 13
Archbishop Carroll (PA) 13, Upper Merion (PA) 8
Academy of the New Church (PA) 11, Harriton (PA) 10, 2 OT
Radnor (PA) 8, Downingtown East (PA) 4
Emmaus (PA) 11, Lower Merion (PA) 4
St. Joseph’s Prep (PA) 14, St. Augustine Prep (NJ) 13, OT
Brunswick School (CT) 12, Haverford School (PA) 6
Springfield-Delco (PA) 14, Central Bucks South (PA) 0
Malvern Prep (PA) 15, Hun School (NJ) 6
Avon Grove (PA) 15, Conestoga (PA) 8
Garnet Valley (PA) 15, Downingtown West (PA) 7
Episcopal Academy (PA) 13, Hill School (PA) 8
Upper Dublin (PA) 10, Spring-Ford (PA) 9

Girls
(all teams from PA)
Katie Samson Foundation Festival
Harriton HS 12, Notre Dame Academy 10
Upper Dublin 9, Lower Merion 8
Henderson 15, Baldwin School 13
Haverford High 11, Friends’ Central 10
Strath Haven 15, Germantown Academy 10
Boyertown 16, Shipley School 13
Conestoga 16, Unionville 5
Hill School v. Penn Charter
Agnes Irwin 14, Great Valley 8
Radnor 14, Merion Mercy 10
Springside-CHA 11, Downingtown West 10, OT
Garnet Valley 12, Episcopal Academy 9
Archbishop Carroll 10, Owen J. Roberts 7
Villa Maria Academy 9, Abington 8, OT