DURHAM – With a 19-8 win on Saturday afternoon at Durham County Memorial Stadium, the Lake Norman Charter Knights won their second consecutive NCHSAA 1A/2A/3A Men’s Lacrosse Championship.
The Northwood Chargers made their first title game appearance on Saturday and ended the 2023 campaign with a record of 18-4.
MVP Jack Dalton came out of the gates hot and scored the first three goals of the game. The Knights ultimately opened the game on a 7-0 run to take control of the game. Senior Jack Rombough added two goals in the period and juniors Brady Kester and Riley Cerosky each pitched in one. Northwood’s Taylor Laberge ended the run with a goal in final minute of the first period.
The Knights kept the accelerator on the floor through the next two periods as they outscored the Chargers 10-4 in the second and third quarters. Dalton finished the game with five goals and two assists. Tyler Price, Rombough and Kester each added a hattrick for Lake Norman Charter. Price and Luke Thompson also recorded a pair of assists.
For the Chargers, Laberge tallied three goals and Will Smith scored twice and assisted on three more. Carson Fortunes also scored a pair of goals.
The NCHSAA is committed to recognizing and promoting good sportsmanship and has partnered with the NC Farm Bureau to honor two student-athletes at each of this year’s championships with Sportsmanship Awards for excellence throughout the season. The 1A/2A/3A Lacrosse Sportsmanship Award winners were Will Johnson from Northwood and Jack Dudan from Lake Norman Charter.
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Lake Norman Charter |
Scoring Summary |
Northwood |
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11:02 – J. Dalton |
1-0 |
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9:37 – J. Dalton |
2-0 |
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7:56 – J. Dalton |
3-0 |
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7:12 – J. Rombough |
4-0 |
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6:07 – J. Rombough |
5-0 |
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5:28 – B. Kester |
6-0 |
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1:57 – R. Cerosky |
7-0 |
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7-1 |
:26 – T. Laberge |
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END Q1 |
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7-2 |
10: 58 – J. Waldren |
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9:18 – T. Price |
8-2 |
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8:33 – S. Parker |
9-2 |
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7:57 – J. Rombough |
10-2 |
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10-3 |
4:38 – T. Laberge |
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3:52 – B. Kester |
11-3 |
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HT |
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11-4 |
10:58 – C. Fortunes |
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9:52 – J. Dalton |
12-4 |
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9:22 – R. Cerosky |
13-4 |
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8:33 – J. Dalton |
14-4 |
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8:03 – L. Thompson |
15-4 |
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6:42 – B. Kester |
16-4 |
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16-5 |
3:52 – W. Smith |
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:05 – J. Dalton |
17-5 |
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END Q3 |
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9:18 – T. Price |
18-5 |
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18-6 |
6:41 – T. Laberge |
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18-7 |
5:08 – C. Fortunes |
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3:13 – T. Price |
19-7 |
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19-8 |
1:34 – W. Smith |
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FT |
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