Boys and girls lacrosse preview
BOYS
First games: Saturday
CIF Finals: May 19-20
Defending champions: Torrey Pines (Open Division); Patrick Henry (Division I); Francis Parker (Division II)
2022 Player of the Year: Jackson Bishop (Torrey Pines)
Preseason top 10
1. La Costa Canyon 2. Torrey Pines 3. Bishop’s 4. Cathedral Catholic 5. Santa Fe Christian 6. Poway
7. San Marcos 8. Patrick Henry 9. Coronado
10. Grossmont
Falcons’ dynasty:
Torrey Pines will be trying to win its fifth straight Open Division title. No program, in any division, has won five straight section titles.
Mavericks in the way: The best rivalry in boys lacrosse is La Costa Canyon vs. Torrey Pines. Torrey has won nine section titles. The Mavericks have won eight. LCC is favored to win its ninth title this season.
POY dynasty:
Torrey Pines has won four straight Player of the Year awards. La Costa Canyon’s Andrew Beacham won the honor in 2017. His brother, Ben Beacham, is favored to win the honor this season.
Players to watch
In alphabetical order:
Brady Allen, Point Loma Ryan Beach, Rancho Bernardo
Ben Beacham, La Costa Canyon
Lance Biagioli, Cathedral Catholic
Robby Breisch, Poway Chandler Caster, Torrey Pines Cade Conahey, La Costa Canyon
Andrew Cook, Torrey Pines Joey Copley, Grossmont Zac Cotton, Poway Carson Craft, La Costa Canyon
Jack Elgas, St. Augustine Colin Fagan, Bishop’s Magnus Falkiewicz, Santa Fe Christian
Ryan Federhart, Del Norte Colin Foley, St. Augustine Jake Galbreath, Santana Mason Graves, Francis Parker Chris Hartnett, Granite Hills Beau Hokanson, La Costa Canyon
Adam Jette, La Jolla Country Day
Brett Koopman, Santa Fe Christian
Cameron Lewin, Grossmont Sean Magtoto, Cathedral Catholic
Beck Mahoney, Cathedral Catholic
Nick Marvin, Bishop’s Jacob Mendez, Torrey Pines Sean Merrill, Mt. Carmel Ryder Ochoa, La Costa Canyon
Kael Osborne, San Marcos
Jacob Pages, Cathedral Catholic
Casey Ryan, Bishop’s Robby Spane, Coronado Landon Sutherland, Coronado
Ben Trask, Torrey Pines Blake Washburn, Torrey Pines Hewitt Watkins, Bishop’s Robbie Yordt, El Capitan
GIRLS
First games: Saturday
CIF finals: May 19-20
Defending champions: La Jolla (Open Division); Coronado (Division I); Francis Parker (Division II); 2022 Player of the Year: Luca DeMaio, La Jolla
Sister-brother act: It’s hard to find a better sister-brother combo than Natalie Marvin and Nick Marvin at Bishop’s. Natalie is a sophomore, Nick a junior. Both are the top players in the section.
Nation’s best: St. Paul’s School for Girls from Brooklandville, Md., finished 2022 as the No. 1-ranked team in the nation. The Gators are making a West Coast swing and will play La Jolla on March 13 and Torrey Pines on March 14.
Preseason top 10
1. La Jolla
2. Scripps Ranch 3. La Costa Canyon 4. Cathedral Catholic 5. Torrey Pines
6. San Marcos 7. Poway
8. Granite Hills
9. Coronado 10. Bishop’s
Players to watch
In alphabetical order: Natali Acosta, Granite Hills Cate Alexander, La Jolla Stella Artukovich, La Jolla Olivia Austin, La Jolla Hannah Bolin, San Marcos Peyton Bosshardt, Cathedral Catholic
Skye Davis Torrey Pines Ellie Davidson, Torrey Pines Madison Desjardins, La Costa Canyon
Kyra Evans, Del Norte Emma Garro, Cathedral Catholic
Laurel Gonzalez, Torrey Pines Norah Lutz, Scripps Ranch Natalie Marvin, Bishop’s Stella Mikolajewski, Torrey Pines
Presley Mitchell, La Costa Canyon
Jena Mooney, San Marcos Madi Mooney, San Marcos Reese Odiorne La Costa Canyon
Alex Pfister, Bishop’s Erika Pfister, Bishop’s Camille Samarasinghe, Torrey Pines
Ella Stephens, La Jolla Dahlen Vilbrandt, Scripps Ranch
Briley Volpp, Cathedral Catholic
Delaney Walsh, La Jolla Teya White, Poway