BRUNSWICK

The Brunswick High School boys lacrosse squad has garnered the top seed in Eastern Maine Class A and hosts No. 8 Lewiston tonight at 6 p.m. in quarterfinal play.

The 10-2 Dragons have earned quite a few awards and accolades along the way.

“Also, this season we earned our 200th victory as a program since I started to coach at BHS in 1997, when the MPA sanctioned boys lacrosse in Maine,” said head coach Don Glover. “As of Tuesday, the BHS boys lacrosse program now has a regular-season and playoff record of 203-35.

“This is even more impressive when you consider that Maine only plays a 12-game regular season and states like New Hampshire and Massachusetts have 14- 20 countable regular-season games per year.”

Last Saturday, the Dragons won their 13th Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference Championship (established 17 years ago) with a 15-9 win over Messalonskee.

Junior midfielder Cameron Glove was named KVAC Class A Player of the year.

Recently selected by coaches to the KVAC First Team were junior attackman TJ Sullivan, Cameron Glover, senior defenseman Eli Downs, senior goaltender Chris MrVichin and junior face-off specialist Ian Schlosser.

Second Team honors went to junior midfielder Matt Brooks, while Honorable Mention went to junior midfielder Owen Ginty, freshman long stick midfielder Christian Glover, junior defenseman Ezra Rogers and senior utility player Lucas McCue.

Picked to the Maine Senior All-Star game was MrVichin, while Downs, McCue and Ryan Black are alternates.

Selected to the Maine Underclassmen Showcase Game Tryouts (June 23, 25 at the University of New England) were Sullivan, Brooks, Ginty, Cameron Glover and Rogers.

Cameron Glover was also selected to U.S. Lacrosse Maine All-American Honors, one of nine statewide.

“I am extremely proud of these records, wins and accolades for our Brunswick lacrosse family,” said Don Glover, “But to me, the biggest ‘victory for the Dragons’ has been the character and maturity development of all the young men who have worn a Brunswick jersey over my 17 years here at Brunswick.”

Standout season

The Dragons went 10-2, with crossover losses to Yarmouth (7-6) and Cape Elizabeth (16-2). Brunswick outscored its opponents 167- 72 and was paced offensively by Sullivan. “He’s had an awesome year for us,” said Glover.

Midfield standouts include Cameron Glover, Brooks and McCue. “They have been the driving force for us from box to box,” said Glover. “They’ve really controlled the midfield.”

On the defense look for Downs (“extremely solid, consistent”), Rogers and Keenan Van Vranken, while MrVichin has done yeoman’s work between the pipes.

“And, you’ve got to talk about Ian Schlosser,” lauded Glover, “He’s around 86 percent for his face-offs … he’s a master of his craft and it’s really nice when you can start off a game 86 percent of the time with possession.”

“I think our season went very well and it was good to jump back to the crossover games,” said Glover. “With Yarmouth and Cape, we got excellent exposure for our kids. It gives them better perspective.”

“Yarmouth was nip-andtuck, but Cape helped open our eyes and showed us things that we have to work on.”

Brunswick beat Lewiston 12-2 in the regular season.

“But for us, this is the second season,” said Glover, “Everything before this is null and void. We’re now just focusing on our abilities. We want to play fast, move the ball a lot, work the transition, much like fastbreak basketball.

“But, obviously we have to play with the elements, too. If it’s 90 degrees outside we’re not going to be able to run all day long.”

The past two years, Brunswick has lost in the Eastern tournament: 10-9 to Cheverus last year in the finals and 9-8 (overtime) to the Stags in the semifinals two years ago. Both at home.

“Obviously, the returning players we’ve had over the last two seasons know that our season ended with close games and left a sour taste in our mouths,” said Glover. “That’s added to their desire.”