Hi, everyone, and welcome to Friday Statwatch, where we are trying to tie together the threads that link players from region to region, from coast to coast, and back through the ether of time.
Thus far, we have an intriguing national scoring race given the fact that the top two players are on opposite coasts; Sara Williams of Florida, and Riley Sterling of California. Williams’ team is playing against Orlando Lake Highland Prep (Fla.) in the Florida state playoffs. Yep, a Lake Highland Prep team coached by Chris Robinson, who is heading towards 450 wins in his storied career.
Meanwhile, Sterling’s side is in the midst of its Western Bay Area League season and has a number of matches remaining before its CIF sectional tournament. As always, California doesn’t have a comprehensive state tournament in girls’ lacrosse.
Before we get into this week’s helping of numbers, our usual plug. I hope you can convince your teams, your schools, leagues, or state governing bodies to adopt the easy-to-use MaxPreps.com platform, and we encourage you to get your fellow teams to enter their information there as well as whichever is your local news site, so that we can aim for as complete a statistical picture of the country as possible.
What you see below are from available sources, including MaxPreps, Berks Game Day, the KHSAA, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Advance Media.
GOALS SCORED, SEASON
136 Sara Williams, Winter Haven All Saints Academy (Fla.)
123 Riley Sterling, Palo Alto Castilleja (Calif.)
112 Ryann Frechette, St. John’s Bartram Trail (Fla.)
112 Susan Lowther, Sarasota Riverview (Fla.)
104 Triniti Cassidy, Snellville Brookwood (Ga.)
104 Emma Linscott, Atlanta Lakeside (Ga.)
101 Hailey Rappeno, Myrtle Beach Socastee (S.C.)
100 Reagan Flanagan, Atlanta Lakeside (Ga.)
100 Jenna Skibba, Lake Mary (Fla.)
97 Vanni Intini, Fayetteville (N.C.) Academy
97 Emerson Sheyda, Apopka (Fla.)
ASSISTS, SEASON
77 Charlee Nyquist, Lake Mary (Fla.)
73 Taylor McGovern, Margery Stoneman Douglas (Fla.)
69 Lauren Hauden, Newport Croatan (N.C.)
65 Sophia Richardson, Lexington Sayre (Ky.)
62 Emily Phillips Wake Forest (N.C.)
61 Allie Hirst, Southern Pines Pinecrest (N.C.)
59 Riley Nee (Hampstead Topsail (N.C.)
56 Polly Miller, Fayetteville (N.C.) Academy
56 Lauren Koshlap, Merritt Island Edgewood (Fla.)
56 Susan Lowther, Sarasota Riverview (Fla.)
ACTIVE COACHING VICTORIES
840 Kathy Jenkins|
475 Lisa Lindley
445 Chris Robinson
We know there’s more numbers out there. If you see something amiss in these listings, please feel free to send an email to us at TopOfTheCircle.com. Send us some evidence (a website will do), and we can make corrections.
Thanks for reading, everyone.
