Blair and 212 in the Denver Post!
212 Lacrosse would like to send our congratulations out to former 212 player Blair Sisk! She recently received a scholarship to play lacrosse at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Ann Elliott, Hana Nielson, Colleen Magarity (all Northwestern girls under Kelly Amonte Hiller) will be leading this exciting new program.
Click here to watch the video of Ann Elliot’s hiring as the head women’s coach at Boulder.
7 Goal 2 Assist Championship Game Performance, MVPThis one wasn’t a one-goal game. Well, it was, but only briefly.
Cherry Creek came storming out of a timeout in the first half to break open a close game and then launched an offensive barrage in the second half in rolling to a 20-10 victory over Centaurus in the girls lacrosse championship game Wednesday night.
The championship was Cherry Creek’s 10th in program history, and third in four seasons, but first under new coach Brianne Tierney. The Bruins have appeared in all 16 state championship games in the sanctioned history of the sport.
“Along the way, they’ve taught me about (the program’s history),” said Tierney, the daughter of DU men’s lacrosse coach Bill Tierney who joined Creek last fall. “There’s a lot of traditions, a lot of things they do that I had to get used to. It’s fun. And obviously, there’s a tradition of excellence here, which, as a coach, you can’t ask for more. These kids are learning how to win their freshman year, and they just continue that. It’s totally that winning mentality, that winning culture.”
Wednesday, the win was sparked by a timeout from Tierney just after Centaurus cut the score to 5-4 with 12:03 to play. Tierney gathered her team and had a short conversation about defense — “Work as a unit,” she told them — and offense: “You’re not shooting unless you score,” she said.
Caroline Perry scored a short time later, and Livvy List followed a minute after that. Suddenly, it was 7-4. Cherry Creek went into the half up 8-5 and never looked back.
“It came down to, ‘How you want to feel at the end of the game is what you need to play for,’ ” Bruins junior midfielder Blair Sisk said of the timeout. “So we got psyched, and that’s how we pounded all of those.”
Sisk, an elusive speedster, led the way offensively with seven goals and two assists. List had five and one. “She’s unreal,” Tierney said of Sisk. “That speed is something special.”
The two teams played a close game in late April, a 13-12 Cherry Creek win. But this time, the Bruins had enough of a margin to start a running clock. And the 20 goals Creek scored tied for the most in championship game history.
Sarah Brown had four goals to lead Centaurus, which was making its first appearance in the title game.