Boys Lacrosse: Strath Haven hammers Trinity 19-5 in PIAA opener

EXETER TWP. >> Trinity’s team bus arrived 25 minutes before the opening faceoff Tuesday afternoon at Exeter Twp. High School.

Yet it was Strath Haven that came out of the gates looking jetlagged in the early going of their PIAA Class 2A opening round matchup.

After letting up two goals in the opening four minutes, the Panthers rallied and scored 15 of the next 16 goals over a key 12-minute run on the way to a 19-5 win.

With the result, Strath Haven, District 1’s No. 3 seed, advances to the second round where it will face the district’s runner-up, Springfield-Delco, 17-0 winners over Archbishop Wood, on Saturday at a site and time to be determined. District 3 champ Trinity’s season comes to a finish in the opening round of states for the second straight year.

Trinity sophomore Danny Scott got the Shamrocks (18-3) off to a 2-0 lead within the first four minutes.

From there, though, Strath Haven took over.

The Panthers used a six-goal run over the next five minutes to take a 5-3 lead into the second period before expanding it to a dominant 15-5 lead by the half.

“I think our youth showed in a lot of instances,” said Trinity head coach Dave Heisey. “They beat us in every phase of the game. They took advantage of our guys getting a little spooked. They put a lot of heat on us. We needed to play completely mistake-free just to hang with them.”

Senior attack/midfielder Jeffrey Conner had four goals and four assists while junior attack Liam Carney had four goals and two helpers for Strath Haven.

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