By Brian Goglia and Alex Rodriguez – Staff Reporters

Senior Dylan Wargo, the captain of the boys lacrosse team, is looking to turn heads this year and exceed expectations. 

This season the team has been working harder than ever and are motivated to win as many games as possible. Wargo is looking forward to this season and going into this year’s game with a different mentality and winning mindset.

“Being the captain means holding myself and teammates to a higher level of accountability,” Wargo said. “I plan on going into every game this year with the mentality of winning and goal of improving as a teammate and player.”

Wargo has faced many challenges throughout his years of being on this boys lacrosse team but this year he is looking forward to overcoming everything. He also can’t wait to go into every game with a confident mindset and ready to go.

“One of the challenges I faced was being confident in a leadership position,” Wargo said. “I overcame this by growing closer to my teammates and being more comfortable explaining expectations.” 

Going into this year, Wargo and his team have been conditioning, lifting in the weight room, and holding many captains practices to be as ready as possible for this season. This is the first year that they have been doing all of this before a season. 

“The biggest difference between this year and last is our consistency,” Wargo said. “We have had significantly more captain’s practices, lifts, conditionings, etc.”

Wargo, a captain for the first time in his high school career, has been trying to push and motivate his team more and more before the start of the season and will continue when the season starts.

“I motivate the team by trying to get everyone on the same page for the season so that everyone is prepared to put in work day to day,” Wargo said. “Along with this try to make the conditionings and practices enjoyable.” 

Wargo has learned and been through a lot with ups and downs in the past season with this team. He is looking forward to this season because of how prepared and comfortable he is.

“I learned a lot about training hard in practice, making sure each day I’m getting better,” Wargo said. “Training hard in practice translates to playing hard, making you a better player. This will benefit me this year because I’ll be able to make good improvements and be a core part of the team.”