Meet the high school boys lacrosse All-Metro teams, the Twin Cities’ best at their craft
The players come from all over the metro and will head all over the country for college.
Boys lacrosse All-Metro first team
ATTACK
Gus Bell, senior, Benilde-St. Margaret’s
College plans: Army
Leads the Red Knights, the top-seeded team in this week’s state tournament, with 62 goals and 97 points. He helped his team capture the Section 5 championship with four goals and three assists.
Blake Piscitiello, junior, Lakeville North
College plans: undecided
Elite finisher tied for first in the state with 70 goals and pushed defending state tournament champion North to the No. 3 seed in this week’s state tournament.
Sam Simon, senior, Eagan
College plans: undecided
Unstoppable physically. Uses his huge frame (6-4, 200 pounds) to run around, or run through, overmatched defenders. Tallied a team-high 65 goals for the Wildcats, the fourth seed in this week’s state tournament.
MIDFIELD
Sky Rold, senior, Benilde-St. Margaret’s
College plans: Utah
His team’s second-leading scorer (47 goals) puts stress on defenses when it comes to focusing on Red Knights scorers.
Cooper Anderson, junior, Edina
College plans: Providence
Fired 49 goals past opposing goalies this season — almost double his next closest teammate.
Brol Scherman, senior, Centennial
College plans: Marquette
A self-described “end-to-end playmaking machine” who tallied a team-leading 52 goals this season and helped put the Cougars in the state tournament this week.
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DEFENSE
Owen Baker, senior, Bloomington Jefferson
College plans: undecided
He was team leader in ground balls the past three season, a big reason Baker is an effective defender.
Nick Coppo, junior, Benilde-St. Margaret’s
College plans: undecided
One of three juniors who stepped up for the Red Knights this spring. The team leads the state tournament field with a scant 3.9 goals allowed per game.
Will Schneider, senior, Wayzata
College plans: Richmond
Team captain this spring. Helped his Trojans battle to within a victory of the state tournament.
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LONG-STICK MIDFIELDER
CJ Sheffield, senior, Prior Lake
College plans: undecided
Helped the Lakers spend some time atop the coaches association rankings this season.
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FOGO
Quinn Power, senior, Lakeville North
College plans: Utah
Now a two-time Star Tribune Metro Player of the Year, he was even better this season than last. He handled battles for possession at the X and also got pressed into a more offensive midfielder role.
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GOALIE
Bennett Lindman, senior, Bloomington Jefferson
College plans: undecided
The Jaguars permitted just 3.8 goals this season, an average slightly ahead of state tournament team Benilde-St. Margaret’s.
Second team
Attack: Carson Piscitiello, jr., Lakeville North; Dylan Popehn, jr., Benilde-St. Margaret’s, Jack Tocko, sr., Prior Lake
Midfield: AJ Clark, sr., Eagan; Drew Stocco, jr., Edina; Anderson Wagner, jr., Stillwater
Defense: Tanner Bachelor, sr., Shakopee; Jack Bourget, sr., Benilde-St. Margaret’s; Dillon Tushie, jr., Prior Lake
Long-stick midfielder: Alec Score, sr., Wayzata
Faceoff specialist: Sam Churchill, jr., Mahtomedi
Goalie: Axel Esco, sr., Benilde-St. Margaret’s
How the picks were made
The Star Tribune’s All-Metro teams and Metro Players of the Year were chosen based on nominations from metro-area coaches, conversations with coaches and staff observations.
Six players plus head coach Garrett Raboin and assistant coach Ben Gordon are from Minnesota. The tournament’s games will be televised starting Monday.
