The Fishers boys lacrosse team improved its record to 2-1 Friday night by beating Heritage Christian 17-6 at Reynolds Tigers Stadium.
Fishers was led by a solid offensive performance by junior Eli Spearman, who scored eight goals and also handed out three assists. The Tigers also got three goals from freshman John Pauls, with juniors Luke Paris and Erik Ryden both adding two goals.
Two more juniors, Zach Willard and Garrett Faulkner, each scored one goal, making it seven different players scoring for Fishers. Paris also handed out three assists, with Faulkner dishing out two. Paris and junior Jack Alvarez each had one assist.
“What we’ve been working on a lot is team play and sharing the possession of the ball,” said Tigers coach Chad Taylor. “So, today was a really good example of our players moving the ball around, sharing possession. We’ve really focused on assists more than goals today. We saw a lot of players pass the ball to their teammates in order to get them open and get their teammate a shot and a goal. That was very evident today.”
Alvarez had six ground balls; Taylor said he was “a truly strong player for us today. A lot of hustle and heart plays up and down the field. He cleared the ball several times by himself.”
In addition to Pauls, another freshman with a solid performance was Lukas Cress. He won 17 of 27 faceoffs, which is a solid number for any player, let alone a young one.
“We’re really excited about some of our games in the future where we’ll go against some really strong faceoff guys and see how Lukas stacks up to them,” said Taylor.
In earlier games, Fishers dropped its opener to Center Grove 8-6, then beat Westfield 14-13, a game where Pauls scored three goals.
The Tigers are off for Spring Break and return to action on April 17 by playing Cathedral, the top-ranked team in the state.
