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ALL-AREA BOYS LACROSSE TEAM
PLAYER OF THE YEAR CHAS MOODY
All-Area First Team
Dylan Cannon
Matt Hughes
Colton Peirce
Aryeh Pollack
Honorable Mention EVAN KALISH John Carroll junior defender TERRELL SANDS St. Edward’s sophomore midfielder MATT STONE Martin County junior goalkeeper
Gunnar Flinchum
GRANT MORTELL Pine School senior attacker REID MORTELL Pine School sophomore attacker/midfielder
RYAN SLACK John Carroll senior goalkeeper Taylor Levy
JON HALL John Carroll senior midfielder MAX MULLER Vero Beach junior defender SPENCER SINCLAIR Vero Beach midfielder/ defender DEREK STANLEY Vero Beach sophomore defender
Treyson Peirce
AARON MCGEE St. Edward’s sophomore defender MATT REXFORD Jensen Beach senior midfielder WYATT RIPPER South Fork sophomore attacker
Austen Zugelter
GUY TUCKER Sebastian River junior attacker
Coach of the Year Davis Yates
Trey Miner
Tyler Vadas
Troy Fischer
Jon Moriarty
DYLAN CANNON
Vero Beach junior attacker Stats: 46 goals, 24 assists, 39 groundball controls
GUNNAR FLINCHUM
Vero Beach junior midfielder Stats: 37 goals, 22 assists, 90 groundball controls, won 60 percent of faceoffs
MATT HUGHES
Vero Beach senior attacker Stats: 56 goals, 24 assists, 44 groundballs
TAYLOR LEVY
Jensen Beach senior midfielder Stats: 31 goals, 10 assists, 110 groundball controls, won 57 percent of faceoffs
COLTON PEIRCE
Vero Beach junior attacker/midfielder Stats: 35 goals, 23 assists, 37 groundball controls
TREYSON PEIRCE
Vero Beach junior defender Stats: 3 goals, 1 assist, 53 groundball controls
ARYEH POLLACK
Vero Beach junior goalkeeper Stats: 58 percent save average
AUSTEN ZUGELTER
Vero Beach junior midfielder Stats: 34 goals, 12 assists, 39 groundball controls
DAVIS YATES
Jensen Beach freshman attacker Stats: 33 goals, 27 assists, 46 groundball controls
TREY MINER
Martin County junior midfielder Stats: 27 goals, 10 assists, won 68 percent of faceoffs, 60 groundball controls
TYLER VADAS
Jensen Beach senior defender Stats: 1 assist, 48 groundball controls, 30 takeaways
TROY FISCHER
Martin County freshman midfielder Stats: Won 70 percent of faceoffs, 6 goals, 9 assists
ALEX BOERNER/TREASURE COAST NEWSPAPERS
Chas Moody of St. Edward’s is the 2012 Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year.
A complete player Chas Moody combined aggressiveness with athleticism to be a force for St. Edward’s
By Laurel Pfahler
Player of the Year
laurel.pfahler@scripps.com 772-978-2282
VERO BEACH — When opposing teams played St. Edward’s, the game plan always included this: Stay away from Chas Moody and don’t let him get the ball. Moody has been one of the area’s best lacrosse players the past three years, but his role intensified when he transferred from Vero Beach High School to St. Edward’s after his junior year. Switching to a smaller school and a team with less depth, Moody carried an even larger load his senior season, and he rose to the challenge. Despite being constantly doubleteamed, the midfielder scored 43 goals and added 16 assists. He is the Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers All-Area Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year for a second time, adding to the honor he collected two years ago as a Vero Beach sophomore. “He is just so athletic and very skilled in the game of lacrosse,”
Chas Moody
St. Edward’s senior midfielder Stats: 43 goals, 16 assists Coach Andy Scheffer: “He’s just on a different level from most players in this area. He’s athletically gifted, he has great stick skills. He is physically strong and competitive. He is the only player teams really have to game-plan for.”
St. Edward’s coach Andy Scheffer said. “He was the only player teams double-teamed, and he is competitive, so he thrives in those situations. Because we didn’t have a lot of depth, we needed him to be the go-to player we knew he was capable of being.” Moody said he transferred to St. Edward’s because he was looking for a change of pace and a different academic environment as he pursued a chance to play in college. The smaller class sizes and more personal attention helped him make the cut
at Salisbury, where he will join the 2011 and 2012 Division III national champions. The switch also enabled him some freedom with his playing style because the Pirates didn’t have as many strong players surrounding him. Moody is one of the few players at St. Edward’s playing lacrosse yearround. “Coach Scheffer gave us a lot of freedom in playing lacrosse,” Moody said. “We had a few set plays, but he really let us go out and just play lacrosse. It was fun.” Though his skills were raw early in his high school career, Moody’s aggressive play helped him stand above the rest his sophomore season and now he has developed into a more well-rounded player. “Athletically and with my stick skills and everything, throughout high school I’ve been pretty good, but I think I’ve improved most with my lacrosse IQ ,” Moody said. “My lacrosse IQ — reading plays, anticipating plays and understanding the game and what needs to happen — improved a lot.”
Team: Vero Beach Years with team: Fourth season This season: Guided the Fighting Indians to a seventh straight district title, first post-district win and a 16-5 finish. Vero Beach ended its season with an 8-4 loss to Jupiter in a secondround play-in game. The Indians had lost 12-3 to Jupiter earlier in the season. Quotable: “We are a maturing program where we’ve had our hands on the kids for a while, and it’s a consistent level of effort on everyone’s part. It’s just hard work and getting a group of kids to buy in to have success. It was a gratifying year, particularly with how the kids played their last game. They stepped up and closed the gap with a really good team compared to what we did earlier in the season and we are all looking forward to coming back strong next year.”
The Team The 2012 All-Area Boys Lacrosse Team was compiled by Laurel Pfahler.
See previous all-area teams on prepzone. TCPalm.com
He was the only player teams double-teamed, and he is competitive, so he thrives in those situations. Because we didn’t have a lot of depth, we needed him to be the go-to player we knew he was capable of being.” Andy Scheffer, St. Edward’s coach on Chas Moody
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