St. John’s Prep posts impressive victory over BC High
The numbers speak for themselves St John s Prep continues to speak for itself In a clash between what a multitude of would consider to be the state s top two boys lacrosse programs the Eagles were able to knock off yet another rival Wednesday cruising past Catholic Conference cohort BC High - They re the number one gang in the state explained St John s Prep coach John Pynchon They ve been having a great season They unfailingly do So we knew it was going to be a great battle The Eagles - were propelled offensively by junior Josh Barton and by rising underclassmen Ryan McCarthy Wednesday two goals apiece As both schools attempted to find their footing offensively early the sophomore struck for a pair of goals providing St John s Prep a - advantage with to play in the second quarter Beckett Lee scored one himself to give the Eagles a - edge with left in the half However BC High - answered Senior captain Luke Allen and junior star Murphy Belvin buried a goal each helping their band draw even at the half -all At that point it appeared as though the MIAA power rankings might have been justified in their up-to-date beliefs with BC High listed atop the Div field St John s Prep was sitting at No even with a win this season against their longtime foe I smashed a calculator into a thousand pieces during our meeting the other day reported Pynchon I m not into math I don t care about the math We re just going to take care of what we need to do We re going to go into practice we re going to watch film we re going to prepare lift There s nothing that we can do about those numbers I don t understand how those numbers work and I definitely don t care We re just going to show up and play lacrosse St John s Prep hurriedly put all doubts in the rearview starting in the second half as the Eagles rattled off three consecutive tallies Madden McGowan and Joshua Haarmann drew twine to start Then Barton fired a rocket into the cage with to play in the stanza as St John s Prep constructed a peaceful - lead From that point on the Eagles flew to the finish I just dodged from the bottom of the corner Barton explained I just kind of saw what I had and once I got near the I thought just maybe shoot it Ryan s older brother Cam McCarthy also netted a goal in the final quarter to seal the deal for St John s Prep Barton potted his second goal with to play There are only a handful of days left in the spring season St John s Prep is aiming to claim its perennial spot as the No seed in the MIAA Div lacrosse playoffs We haven t been perfect this year McCarthy commented But I feel like when we have needed to execute we have In the current era was one of them It felt good
