Whitefield's varsity lacrosse team fought hard to defeat the Pace Academy Knights, 11-10, on Tuesday night, April 30. With the win, the Pack are 14-3 on the season and will play for the 1A Invitational Championship Tournament on Friday in a rematch against Holy Innocents'.
Both the Pack and Pace had a high scoring first half that ended in a 7-7 tie. The defenses came up big in the second half but the Pack outscored the Knights 4-3. Offensively the Pack was led by senior Preston Blair (4 goals), senior Dallas Darling (3 goals, 3 assists), junior Alex Manning (2 goals, 1 assist), senior Max Rieves (1 goal, 1 assist), and sophomore Marcus Jones (1 goal).
The defense shut down the Pace offense in the second half to allow only three goals. Senior Matt Milburn had 10 saves in goal, and senior Chris Washington shut down Pace on the final possession to seal the win.