CL Lacrosse Finals

Phila. Catholic League Lacrosse Championships
(Compiled by Ted Silary)

1993
At La Salle
La Salle 7, Egan 6 (OT)
The first title game was a wild one. Chris Lynch (three goals, two assists) scored with 13 seconds left in regulation to give La Salle a 6-5 lead and Brian Lasota countered for Egan at 0:04. Lynch fed freshman Greg Erb for the game-winner 2:30 into OT. La Salle's Jim Higgins had two goals.

1994
At La Salle
Carroll 5, La Salle 3
Paul Evans scored two goals in the first half and Chris Corr posted two in the second to pace the Patriots. Phil Fogli was perfect in goal in the second half.

1995
At St. Joseph's Univ.
La Salle 10, Bonner 4
The Explorers roared to a 9-0 lead and Greg Bock was forced to make just nine saves. Mike Morsell and Frank Hoffman had three goals apiece. Mike Koons added two.

1996
At St. Joseph's Univ.
La Salle 16, Carroll 7
The scoring assault was led by Jim Koller (six), Mike Morsell (four) and Frank Hoffman (three).

1997
At La Salle Univ.
La Salle 20, Carroll 6
Mike Morsell led the barrage, pumping home five goals. Mike Durso and Jim Koller chalked up four apiece. Jamie Lockard, Sean Brennan and Ed Walsh had two each for the Patriots.

1998
At St. Joseph's Univ.
La Salle 8, Carroll 6
Goals by Dan Neverosky, Mike Abbott and Sean Kent sparked the Explorers to a 3-0 lead in the first 3 minutes, 1 second. Matt Westley made 12 saves.

1999
At La Salle
La Salle 7, SJ Prep 5
Off a steal, Sean Kent notched an unassisted goal with 5:23 left to provide a 7-5 lead. Kevin Merlini had two scores. Dennis Mahon and Wayne McKillop matched that total for Prep.

2000
At Carroll
La Salle 12, SJ Prep 11 (OT)
In a game featuring six ties, Conrad Lochocki (four goals) ended it on an assist from Brian Madeira 3:07 into sudden death. The Prep's Brian McMonigle scored with 0:30 left in regulation to force OT.

2001
At La Salle
La Salle 8, Ryan 5
Brian Madeira and Conrad Lochocki accounted for all of La Salle's goals, with four apiece. Madeira's score with 6.6 seconds left in the third period snapped a 4-4 tie. Ryan's Dan Thomer had created that deadlock on a feed from Steve Pape.

2002
At Haverford School
La Salle 9, SJ Prep 6
In winning their eighth consecutive title and ninth in the league's 10-year history, the Explorers jumped to a 4-0 lead on goals from Pat Lombard (two), John Lasky and Mike Graham. Lasky finished with four scores. The Prep edged within 5-4 and 6-5 before fading.

2003
At Saint Joseph's Univ.
SJ Prep 9, La Salle 7
Pete Mellen scored four goals, raising his season's total to 49, and his tally off a breakaway with 4:41 left provided a 9-6 lead. Chris Geraghty made three saves from point-blank range. Ed Lawless' goal gave La Salle its only lead, at 1-0.

2004
At Saint Joseph's Univ.
La Salle 12, SJ Prep 3
Brian Neary (four goals) and Rob Forster (three) led the way as the Explorers coasted. The score zoomed to 10-1 when Greg Casey, Pat Lombard and Neary scored three goals within 17 seconds. Mike Haas made seven saves. Andrew Cabrey scored twice for The Prep. The Explorers went on to win the state title, in Hershey, with a 13-5 win over Shady Side Academy, of Pittsburgh.

2005
At Saint Joseph's Univ.
La Salle 13, SJ Prep 2
The Forster brothers, sophomore Jack and senior Rob, scored four and three goals, respectively, to pace another comfortable victory. Jack scored three consecutive goals to provide a 6-0 lead early in the third quarter. Mike Haas made six saves and was solved only by Andrew Cabrey (two goals).

2006
At Saint Joseph's Univ.
La Salle 10, SJ Prep 7
Greg Casey helped to account for half of the Explorers' goals with a hat trick and two assists. Andy Henrich scored thrice. For Prep, Mike Geschke tallied three goals while help came from Vince Quinn (two goals, two assists), All-State honoree Brian Schuster (one, two) and Pat Koehl (one apiece).

2007
At Immaculata Univ.
La Salle 10, SJ Prep 4
Pete Schwartz scored three goals while Andy Henrich and Conrad Ridgway added two apiece. Sophomore goalie Niko Amato made nine saves and all-everything Jack Forster controlled the midfield area.

2008
At Plymouth-Whitemarsh HS
La Salle 6, SJ Prep 5
Goals by Pete Schwartz, Conrad Ridgway and Westy Hopkins pushed the Explorers to a 3-0 lead, but the Prep roared to four in a row, necessitating a late comeback. Junior Randy Forster tied it at 4-4. Schwartz and frosh Kevin Forster (yes, they're brothers of earlier heroes Rob and Jack) added two more before Brendan O'Donnell tallied his second goal for Prep with 3:29 left. Niki Amato made five saves to nail down the Explorers' 14th title in the league's 16th year of existence. The teams met six days later in the EPSLA playoffs. La Salle frolicked, 13-3, and went on to capture the last Keystone Cup by topping Manheim Township, 7-5. Randy Forster posted a hat trick and one assist. Amato had 14 saves.