Loaded up with lacrosse

Girls Lacrosse team starts season with winning streak

Mar 1, 2024

Rebekah Bushmire

Freshman Riley Lemessurier goes to get the ball before the opposing player in the varsity game against Union Grove Feb. 27.

The 2023-2024 women’s lacrosse season is in play and the varsity team is 5-0 while junior varsity is 1-3.

The girls lacrosse team’s overall record last year was 11-6, and in addition to a new head coach, Dustin Fowler, the team faces another potential challenge.

“Half of the team hasn’t played [lacrosse] before, but everyone has quickly picked up stick skills and rules of the game. Also, I think what’s really helped is that all the girls on the team are becoming close,” said Coach Brian Kagan.

After playing five games of far this season, the team has skills and plays they plan on improving in order to stay undefeated.

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“I fully expect that we’ll be able to generate a better offense since our stickhandling is better and we should get a more controlled offense and get more goals as everyone gets tighter and more team bonding to support each other,” said Kagan.

Below is the current game scoring as of March 1:

Varsity

Feb. 8 @ McDonough 20-1 (W)

Feb. 10 @ Lovett 11-9 (W)

Feb. 14 vs SPXC 8-5 (W)

Feb. 27 vs Union Grove 25-0 (W)

Feb. 29 @ East Paulding 24-4 (W)

Junior Varsity

Feb. 10 @ Lovett 11-0 (L)

Feb. 13 @ Northgate 8-7 (W)

Feb. 14 vs SPCX 13-1 (L)

Feb. 29 @ East Paulding 4-3 (L)

Varsity girls next home game is on March 7, at 7:30 PM against Whitewater High School and the junior varsity girl’s next home game is on March 7 against Whitewater High School at 6:00 PM.

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Lily Johnson is a freshman at McIntosh High School. It is her first year on the Trail and she is looking forward to working with the other members of the staff and getting to know more about journalism. As a part of Beta Club, Johnson enjoys helping those around her and being a part of a team. She likes volunteering at PetSmart with the Fayette Humane Society. She loves being able to know that she’s helping the animals be put into good homes and will be able to live out the rest of their lives happily. She also volunteers at Clothes Less Traveled. Johnson enjoys reading, working out and cooking. She also enjoys many forms of art such as writing, painting, pottery and music. Some of her favorite musical artists are Lil Peep, The Weeknd, Arctic Monkeys, Chase Atlantic and The Neighbourhood. Outside of school, she likes to play lacrosse, read and skate. Johnson has been playing for Peachtree City Warriors for almost three years.