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2012 AA Laxachusetts Team wins King of the Hill and places 7 players on All Star team

By Article from Boston Herald Online , 06/28/11, 12:33AM EDT

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Boston Herald Article on 2012 AA Team from King of the Hill Championship

June 28th, 2011
Laxachusetts Lacrosse stands out on the national scene
Posted by Danny Ventura of Boston Herald Blog.com at 3:16 pm

    This past weekend, the Laxachusetts Lacrosse Club 2012 AA team won the King of  the Hill Lacrosse Tournament at Swathmore College in Swathmore, PA.  in front of dozens of Division 1 and Division 3 college lacrosse coaches.  Competing against 27 other top club teams from  Massachusetts, Connecticut, Long Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,  Maryland, Virginia, California and the midwest, the Laxachusetts boys ran the table.

After preliminary play for seedings,  in the playoffs Laxachusetts beat Titanium (the Under Armour Midwest Regional team), 13-6, in the quarterfinals, the Fighting Clams of  Massachusetts, 9-6, in the semis and the Alcatraz Outlaws (Southern California ), 9-2, in the championship game. The team is  a combination of 8 Duxbury boys and 10 top players from around  Boston.  Below are the players after the title game with assistant coach Chris Ajemian (left) and head coach Sean Morris (right).

Tournament All-Stars were Kevin Blair (Hingham), Seamus Connolly (Duxbury), James Burke (Duxbury), Matt O’Keefe  (Duxbury), Joe Kruy (Phillips Andover), Jay McDermott, (Duxbury), Jack Connelly (St. Sebastian’s) and Henry Buonagurio  (Duxbury).