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As the season winds to an end, we’re seeing a number of players sweeping through our early-season leaders during their post-seasons. Take, for instance, Scarlett Gilner, a senior midfielder from Chapel Hill (N.C.). She now leads the country (that we know of) in goals scored with 139.
Chapel Hill is playing tonight in the North Carolina Class 7A quarterfinals in an attempt to extend their season. The opponent this evening is Waxhaw Marvin Ridge (N.C.), the top seed in their half of the bracket. Marvin Ridge has a defender on its roster named Libby Castle. Her aunt, Michelle Vizzuso Crawford, played field hockey for the United States at the 1996 Olympics. It is going to take that level of talent in order to oppose an attacker like Gilner.
Below in the red are our usual provisional gathering of American scholastic lacrosse statistics from available published sources, including MaxPreps, Berks Game Day, the KHSAA, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, PhillyLacrosse, and Advance Media. If we can get more teams, state federations, and local leagues to adopt the easy-to-use MaxPreps.com platform, we can aim for as complete a statistical picture of the country as possible.
GOALS SCORED, SEASON
139 Scarlett Gilner, Chapel Hill (N.C.)
136 Madi Pharr, Aiken (S.C.)
136 Mary Rangel, San Jose Notre Dame (Calif.)
133 Isabella Kuhn, Corinth Holders (N.C.)
127 Grace Updegraff, Lewisberry Red Land (Pa.)
124 Lyla Hampton, Grosse Pointe (Mich.) South
121 Claire Witt, Raleigh Athens Drive (N.C.)
119 Ryann Hatch, Orem (Utah)
119 Cambria Rice, York (Pa.) Suburban
117 Kathleen Hardy, LaGrange Park Nazareth Academy (Ill.)
117 Ellie Beam, Louisville Kentucky Country Day (Ky.)
117 Mollie Call, Garland Bear River (Utah)
ASSISTS, SEASON
95 Summer Buechner, Lehi Skyridge (Utah)
91 Gabby Ulrich, Sarasota Cardinal Mooney (Fla.)
89 Isabelle John, Wake Forest (N.C.)
87 Jeanine Webb, Garland Bear River (Utah)
84 Sydney Remmer, Fuquay-Varina (N.C.)
81 Avery Jones, Cumming West Forsyth (Ga.)
77 Bella Needle, New Oxford (Pa.)
76 Cate Steinebronn, Oviedo (Fla.)
70 Lexie von Koch, Holly Springs (N.C.)
68 Ashlyn Moser, Provo (Utah)
GOALS SCORED, CAREER
442 Mady Nolan, Irvine Woodbridge (Calif.)
ASSISTS, CAREER
312 Giada Catanzaro, Bridgewater-Raritan (N.J.)
COMBINED GOALS AND ASSISTS, CAREER
588 Mady Nolan, Irvine Woodbridge (Calif.)
567 Giada Catanzaro, Bridgewater-Raritan (N.J.)
ACTIVE COACHING VICTORIES
915 Kathy Jenkins
557 Lisa Lindley
531 Keith Broome
511 Chris Robinson
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