Warriors Get Press in Observer Preps!

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Undefeated Warriors Host 7-1 Hawks Wednesday Night.

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The West Orange Warriors lacrosse team may have been more aptly referred as the “Road Warriors” at the beginning of this season with their first seven games of the year on the road. In fact, the Warriors amassed 501.6 miles on the road, roughly the equivalent of a trip from Winter Garden to New Orleans.

Warriors Drop Previously Unbeaten Winter Park, 20-4

Last Friday night witnessed a match-up of the two remaining undefeated Orange County Public School programs. The West Orange Warriors out of the West Metro Conference and the Winter Park Wildcats out of the East Metro Conference both entered the match-up with identical 5-0 records. An explosive start in the first quarter by the Warriors quickly established which team would remain unblemished, as WO marched to a decisive 20-4 victory.

Berkman Recognized for State Assist Record

Mikey Berkman’s 11 assists in the Timber Creek victory has been nationally recognized by LaxRecords.com as the new state record in Florida!

Check out LaxRecords.com’s write-up in the link below:

http://laxrecords.com/2017/02/28/high-school-lacrosse-notebook/

Warrior Stage Impressive Comeback in Martin County Victory!

On Friday, Feb. 17, the Warriors traveled down south to take on fellow unbeaten Top 20 team, Martin County. West Orange faced a 7-2 deficit late in the third quarter before mounting a furious comeback to steal a 10-9 victory over the Tigers.

Record-Setting Night for Warriors in Timber Creek Victory

The varsity Warriors notched their first-ever victory at Timber Creek on February 15 by an impressive score of 23-4. Eight Warriors netted goals in the game and amassed a total of 20 assists.

The inspiring team play came with a number of individual records set by senior midfielder Zach Malaussena and junior attackman Mikey Berkman.

Warriors Score Six-for-Six in UF Acceptance Letters!

Stephen Hoover, Alex Kouchalakos, Jonathan Finch, Daniel Luette, Zach Malaussena and Timothy Ye.

On Friday night, the Warriors traveled to Edgewater to take on the Eagles. For six seniors, the pressure of the evening was amplified. Not only were they preparing to play in their season’s first conference game, more importantly, these six Warriors were about to find out if they were accepted to the University of Florida.