By Isabella Gecaj – Staff Reporter

The Jonathan Law boys lacrosse team recently finished a successful spring season and achieved a goal it spent five years trying to reach.

The boys lacrosse team won six games in the regular season, the second most in school history. They also won a home game for the first time in five years.

“Our goal as a team was to get a home win this year and we accomplished it numerous times,” senior captain Luke Henricksen said. 

Head coach Michael Ayala said he knew the boys would persevere this season. 

“I knew it was going to be a tough year,” Ayala said. “But by the end of the season we had built some chemistry. Furthermore, the culture and attitude I hoped to instill had come to fruition.”

Ayala looked beyond skill and dove deeper into the attitude of his players. He looked for certain attributes.

“The always ready mentality (R- respect E – effort A – attitude D- discipline Y- Why not US..) and also the tradition of “Long Live Law”, where the names may change but the traditions will remain,” Ayala said.

The team sees its growth and aims to do more.

“I think we improved tremendously as a team as we won lots of tough games and we were only one game away from states which is a big improvement from last year,” junior Connor Chirco said.

Several Law players set individual records this season.

“We broke a few records such as the single game points record which was set by Luke Henricksen with 12 points total (7 goals, 5 assists) and the single game scoring record set by Conor Chircio with 8 goals in one game,” Ayala said. “Likewise Conor Chircio received Second Team All-SCC honors.”

The Lawmen grew individually and as a team. 

“We improved with better chemistry and feel for the game as it’s a team sport and having good chemistry is very important,” junior Louis Sabo said. “I improved on my saving ability along with communicating with my team on defense where they need to be and when they need to slide.”

Not only were they able to do more with their games, but they were also able to do more outside of competing.

“This year we were really happy to have our first team dinner in a long time, we also had an awesome family vs. players game and senior cookout event, and we had our second annual girls vs. boys Law lacrosse game,” Ayala said. “All these events and fans really made this a special year and I look forward to doing it all over again for years to come.”