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OES WINS STATE TITLE

After years of frustration and near misses, Oregon Episcopal School walked away with the OHSLA State Championship by defeating Lincoln 13 to 11 at the OHSLA Final game.

The game took place in front of a HUGE, standing room only crowd at Lake Oswego Stadium. People were still flowing in well into the latter stages of the 2nd quarter, with hundreds of people waiting to get into each gate.

Despite the huge crowd, the student sections were extremely well mannered, showing off their school colors and chanting throughout the game. There was a troop of 8 year old boys with their hair dyed OES green roaming the stadium, sticks in hand, playing catch with anyone who was interested. The Lincoln crowd was full of shirtless young men with their chests painted in full Cardinal support, while a cheerleading young lady threw candy to the crowd, exhorting them to keep cheering.

This was destined to be a great game; pitting the OHSLA #1 and #2 teams against each other for a second year in a row. Lincoln was first on the scoreboard, but OES answered two and a half minutes later to tie the score. The first quarter ended with OES up by the score of 4-2.

The second quarter was closely contested, with Lincoln being the only team to score, leaving it 4-3, in OES's favor, at halftime.

In the third quarter, it appeared that OES made some adjustments at halftime, as they came back to score 7 goals in the quarter, with Lincoln only scoring 2. The Aardvarks were looking pretty dominant and at the end of the quarter OES held a commanding 11-5 lead. It was beginning to look like the game was pretty much decided.

It seems, however, that nobody told Lincoln that the game was over, and there was no quit in the Cardinals. Lincoln came back to score six goals in the fourth quarter, with four of them being scored in the final 5 minutes of the game. An OES goal with 1:28 left in the game seemed to break the Lincoln momentum a bit, but the Cards still scored two more goals after that, one with 51 seconds remaining, and one with 4 seconds left.

It was too little, too late, however, and when the final horn blew, the OES Aardvarks had won the OHSLA State Championship by a score of 13-11.

A jubilant yet orderly OES crowd rushed the field to congratulate their team, while the Cardinal fans came out to console their players.

In the waning moments of the game, Lincoln players hugged and shook the hands of their OES foes, congratulating them on their win--a real classy show of sportsmanship. All night long these two teams demonstrated how lacrosse should be played, both in terms of skill and in honoring the game.

Warrior Lacrosse players of the game were presented with Warrior heads; an Evolution TIX for the Offensive player of the game and a Helix head for the Defensive player of the game. OES's Michael Gale was selected as the Warrior Offensive player of the game, while OES goalie Andrew Parker was selected as the Warrior Defensive player of the game.

Bigfoot Lacrosse supplied the State Championship T-Shirts for the winners.

All in all, a great night for Oregon High School Lacrosse. Congratulations to the OES Aardvarks and the Lincoln Cardinals for their great seasons.

Check out video of the game by Northwest Game Films by clicking here!

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ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS ANNOUNCED

All conferences have finally reported their All-Star selections to the OHSLA and we have posted the All-Conference teams on the NEWS page. Check it out to find the coaches selections for the best players in each division.

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