Falcon Boys Claim Another County Championship

It wasn’t the opponent Severna Park anticipated. Maybe not even the start the Falcons quite envisioned. But in the end, the expected result was inevitable.

Behind six goals from Jack Fish, the Severna Park boys lacrosse team defended their county championship on Monday, coasting past Chesapeake 21-2.

Making their first county appearance in 28 years, Chesapeake won the opening draw and scored 32 seconds into the game. Three quickfire goals from Fish, Duke Sealey and Dash Havens gave Severna Park the lead, and though the Cougars would claw one of those goals back to make it 3-2 in the first period, it was all Falcons from there.

“We’ve started slow a lot this season, but we hadn’t even touched the ball yet when they scored, so we weren’t worried (about another slow start),” Fish said. “The defense was really solid for the entire game, and it was great to have all of our guys involved in the attack.”

Timmy Sullivan added three goals, while Duke Sealey and Tyler Lawhorne each netted twice.

Chesapeake was a surprise qualifier for the county championship after stunning South River, the presumed opponent for Severna Park, in the teams’ final regular season game. That resulted in a four-way tie for second place in the county between Chesapeake, Broadneck, Annapolis and South River, which could only be broken by factoring in teams’ overall records. That eliminated Broadneck and Annapolis, and Chesapeake’s victory over South River put the Cougars in the championship game.

Regardless of what opponent the Falcons faced, they knew they’d be ready.

“We were expecting South River, but when we saw Chesapeake won and it was them instead, we just put different film on and went to work,” Fish said. “We wanted to start out fast no matter what and make a statement.”

Severna Park is back in action on Friday when they host either Oxon Hill or Arundel in the 3A East I region semifinals.