TopLaxRecruits.com, Posted 7/20/18
FREDERICA, Del. – Carolina defeated New England, 7-4, Thursday to claim the Middle School (2022-23) boys’ championship at the Maverik National Lacrosse Classic at the Delaware Turf Sports Complex.
Carolina went 6-0 overall, allowing just 17 goals. Drew Wheeler and Bryce Ledwith stood out in goal and Coleman Kraske was dominant at the faceoff X. Josh Arneson, Maverick Shotwell, Patrick Noone and Zach Mansfield, Ian Songer, Jack Isacco and Harper Pennington paced a suffocating defense.

On offense, the midfield featured Breyden Harrison, Nathan Nicholas, Trey Parkes and Kavin Wood, Dustin Wagner, Kenan Everhart, Luke Popow and Jake Dunn (defensive middie). Xander Craven and Caden Castle led on attack along with Reid Barden, Gray Tyrey, James Cardillo, Nicholas Castro and Beck Sutton.
The team:
Reid Barden 1 M/A Barden Reid North Carolina 2022 St. Mark Catholic School
Gray Tyrey 2 A Tyrey Gray North Carolina 2022 Northwest Guilford
Luke Popow 3 M Popow Luke North Carolina 2022 Holly Ridge Middle School
Zach Mansfield 4 LSM/D Mansfield Zach North Carolina 2022 Mills Park Middle School
Beck Sutton 5 A Sutton Beck North Carolina 2022 Marvin Ridge Middle School
James Cardillo 6 M/A Cardillo James North Carolina 2023 West Lake Middle School
Caden Castle 7 A Castle Caden North Carolina 2022 Fuquay Varina Middle School
Kenan Everhart 8 M Everhart Kenan North Carolina 2023 Murray Middle School
Thomas Parkes 9 M/A Parkes Thomas North Carolina 2022 Myrtle grove middle school
Xander Craven 10 A Craven Xander North Carolina 2022 Greensboro Day School
Jake Dunn 11 M Dunn Jake North Carolina 2022 GRACE Christian School
Ian Songer 12 LSM/D Songer Ian North Carolina 2023 The Magellan Charter School
Dustin Wagner 13 M Wagner Dustin North Carolina 2022 Roland Grise Middle
Joshua Arneson 14 D Arneson Joshua North Carolina 2022 Holly Ridge Middle School
Jack Isacco 15 D Isacco Jack North Carolina 2022 Martin Middle School
Maverick Shotwell 16 LSM Shotwell Maverick North Carolina 2022 NRCA
Kavin Wood 17 M Wood Kavin North Carolina 2022 Cary Academy
Breyden Harrison 18 M/A Harrison Breyden North Carolina 2022 West Lake Middle School
Bryce Ledwith 19 G Ledwith Bryce North Carolina 2023 Wakefield Middle
Drew Wheeler 20 G Wheeler Drew North Carolina 2022 FVMS
Nathan Nicholas 21 M Nicholas Nathan North Carolina 2022 Apex
Harper Pennington 22 D Pennington Harper North Carolina 2022 St. David’s
Coleman Kraske 23 FOGO Kraske Coleman North Carolina 2022 Wakefield Middle School
Patrick Noone 24 D Noone Patrick North Carolina 2022 Greensboro Day
Nicholas Castro 25 A Castro Nicholas North Carolina 2022 Culbreth Middle School