It took a balanced attack of an incredibly athletic Arrowhead squad for the Waunakee boys lacrosse team to earn its first trip back to the Wisconsin Lacrosse Federation state championship game. That’s exactly what Warriors coach Mike Reiter coaxed from his team as they defeated the Warhawks 12-6 to punch their ticket to Schneider Stadium at Carroll University Saturday night.
This is Waunakee’s first trip to the title game since 2014, when the Warriors lost to Verona, 7-6, in overtime. Waunakee won its last state championship in 2009 with a 7-5 victory over Arrowhead.
Waunakee (16-5) had five players who scored two goals apiece to lead the offensive charge: senior middie Brigham Borseth, junior Conner Smith, senior attack Brayden Johnson, junior Kam Olsen and sophomore attackman Jarrett Wulf. Junior Philip Lowney dished two of Waunakee’s six assists in the game.
On defense, Reiter said he encouraged the Warriors to keep the Warhawks on the outside of the perimeter, which they accomplished. Senior goalie Jeremy Krysinski saved 11-of-17 shots for the Warriors, as well.
“We didn’t cause a lot of turnovers, but we played good body-to-body man defense,” he said. “We also had some good off-ball movement for our goals.”
Waunakee will face defending-champion Kettle Moraine at Saturday at 7:30 p.m. The two teams met in April with Kettle Moraine walking away with a 6-5 victory.
