This spring season, Riordan has seen success from all sports teams. However, the most successful team on campus this springseason has been the boys lacrosse team. This has been the team’s most successful year to date with a record of 11-7, thus making boys lacrosse the third most winning boys sport on campus after basketball and football.
“The team really came together this season. Everyone was working together and playing to each other’s strengths. I feel that the entire team is extremely close. The team really feels like a family…,” said Defenseman Jonathan Kruger ’24.
Although the lacrosse team has a winning record, they cannot qualify for playoffs as they are not a WCAL Lacrosse school and cannot participate in the league tournament.
Teams must be in a league to qualify for CCS and this is why they cannot compete in that tournament as well. Due to a lack of players many seasons prior, this caused Riordan to drop out of the WCAL lacrosse competition. The team hopes to return to the WCAL as the program is on an upward trajectory.
For the first time in recent program history, boys lacrosse traveled down south to sunny Santa Barbara face off against San Marcos High School and Santa Barbara High School. The team won both games. Their closest bout was against Santa Barbara as they snuck by with a score of 9-7. This was once again another paramount for the team as Santa Barbara High was ranked significantly higher than Riordan according to Max Preps.
The team would see a downward trend as they lost to both Lick Wilmerding and San Rafael High School (overtime loss). After the two game losing streak, the team came together to produce a win on Senior Day with a win against Harbor High School on Mayer Family Field. The score of that game was 6-4, Riordan.
“I feel that the seniors were very important to our success this season. We were all giving it our all because it was our last session playing lacrosse with the Riordan jersey on. Our entire defense was composed of seniors except for Myles Yan so defensively the seniors played a huge role,” added Kruger.
Since the team achieved a winning record, Coach Brooks Thoroughgood agreed to shave his head. This meant on May 10 when the team had its end of season banquet, Coach Thoroughgood revealed his new haircut just in time for summer.
