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Moorestown returned to the top of the girls lacrosse mountain, while the Shawnee boys and Haddonfield girls came up just short in their quest to win state championships in a hot, muggy day at the College of New Jersey.
NJSIAA Group 3 girls championship
Moorestown 7, Summit 5: Meghan Hock and Ella Brittain scored two goals each as the Quakers won their first state title since 2021 and 26th overall. Mazey Hinshillwood, Brynn Richards and Charlotte Lynch scored single goals in the win.
Samantha Caldiero and Gabby Rockwell stopped two shots each in the win.
Check back later for complete coverage of the Quakers' win.
NJSIAA Group 3 boys championship
Summit 9, Shawnee 3: Tyler Rotkowitz, Brett Lundberg and Tommy McAneney scored a goal each as their stellar four-year careers ended with the Renegades' third trip to a state final. Shawnee kept the game to within 4-2 through three quarters but the Hilltoppers pulled away in the fourth.
The senior offensive trio of Rotkowitz, Lundberg and McAneney combined for 913 career points, won three South Jersey Group 3 titles and the 2023 NJSIAA Group 3 championship. They were a part of an eight-member senior class that took the long-slow traditional final lap around the field together after the game.
"I don't even have words to describe it," McAneney said. "I still can't believe it. It seemed just like yesterday, we won the state championship. Obviously, records are cool and stuff. It would have been nice to go out with the state championship together."
McAneney is the Shawnee career leader with 249 goals, 170 assists and 419 points. Rotkowitz finished with 220 goals, 121 assist and 341 points. Lundberg had 92 goals, 61 assists and 153 points. The impact the entire senior class made was far greater than mere numbers.
"This means so much," McAneney said. "I love these guys. I can't believe I'm not going to play lacrosse with most of them again. It's a blessing just to have been able to play these past four years, and honestly, my entire life with these guys. I'm just thankful for that."
NJSIAA Group 1 girls championship
Glen Ridge 10, Haddonfield 9: A shot in the final seconds of regulation rang off the pipe just minutes before the Haddons fell with 52 second left in overtime.
Lauren Hamblin, Riley Austin and Avery Sinnes scored two goals each as the Bulldogs rallied from two-goal deficits at halftime and through three quarters to force overtime. Livia DeLorenzo scored with a second left in the first half. Maeve Norton and Libby Bayer added the only goals of the fourth quarter to knot the game at nine.
The game was very much in the Dawgs' grasp.
"It's been awesome," Austin said. "Obviously, it does sting a little bit right now, but looking back on the whole season, I wouldn't want to do it with anyone else. We were such a tight-knit family throughout these past couple of months. This season, although we had some really unexpected and unfortunate losses to injury, we really bonded together and motivated each other."
Haddonfield ended the season with a 18-3 record and had won 15 of its last 16 games with its only loss in the span coming to Group 3 state champion Moorestown.
"We've grown a lot," Austin said. "We really try to emphasize like doing it for each other. We really did do that throughout this playoff run and this season."
Tom Rimback grew up reading the Burlington County Times and Courier Post sports sections and began writing for the BCT in 1996. He has covered everything from Super Bowls and Final Fours to Tri-County Swimming but he’s happiest on a sideline interviewing South Jersey scholastic athletes. Follow him on twitter @Rimbacksports. Email him with story ideas at [email protected] and, most importantly, support local journalism with a subscription to the Courier-Post.
This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: Moorestown girls win, Shawnee boys, Haddonfield girls come up short
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