Magician players receive top honors

BY JOE MCCONNELL

As the high school sports seasons wrapped up this past weekend with championship games from Worcester to Amherst, the Northeastern Conference announced its allstar awards in specific sports, and it is no surprise that the 18-0 Marblehead boys lacrosse team dominated the postseason conference honors.

Cronin, Wilkens earn top NEC lacrosse awards

All-American Connor Cronin, the school’s all-time singleseason scoring leader with 81 goals and 50 assists, was the consensus NEC Player of the Year, while his coach John Wilkens was chosen the conference’s best coach.

The Magicians, who went on to win three state tournament games against Boston Latin (115), Milton (16-8) and Nauset (13-9) to make it to the Division 2 Final Four, were also honored with a number of all-stars.

Cronin, who also made the all-conference team, was joined there by teammates Baxter Jennings, Sam Annese and Finn Maniaci. Altogether, they made up 25% of that elite club that featured 12 players.

And three more Magicians — Eddie Johns, Carter Laramie (51 goals this year, and an even 100 the last three years) and Elliot Pluss — were selected to

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the NEC Dunn Division all-star squad.

Keough, Maude chosen to all-conference team

In baseball, Marblehead’s Shane Keough and Ian Maude were selected to the AllNEC team that also included Winthrop’s Colin Kinsella, Salem’s Jack Doyle and Rocco Ryan, Masco’s Braeden O’Connell and Jacob Shirley, Gloucester’s Zach Morris, Beverly’s Logan Petrosino, Danvers’ Steve Reardon and