HIGH-SCHOOL

Spring sports spotlight: Medina boys lacrosse

Michael Beaven
mbeaven@thebeaconjournal.com
Medina's Jake Nanosky throws a pass during a lacrosse game last season.

Editor's Note: The Beacon Journal is spotlighting spring sports teams and athletes each day into the middle of July that compiled standout seasons last year, but were unable to compete this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Sport: Boys lacrosse

School: Medina

Last year's record: 14-4 overall, 4-1 in the Greater Cleveland Conference

Last year's team accomplishments: Medina advanced to a Division I regional semifinal.

Returning starters: Jake Nanosky, Sr., ATT; Jacob Kasmarcak, Sr., MF; Connor O’Neill, Jr., MF; Andrew Beard, Soph., MF; Zach Zaccaro, Jr., DEF; Kyle Johnson, Sr., DEF; Cooper Zawada, Sr., LSM; Sam Zickel, Jr., GK

Notes: Medina defeated Westerville Central 13-4 and Delaware Hayes 9-5 in the Division I tournament last year before losing 14-8 to eventual state champion Dublin Coffman in a regional semifinal. … Nanosky was named the 2019 Greater Cleveland Conference boys lacrosse player of the year. Nanosky has committed to play football and lacrosse at Baldwin Wallace. … Zawada is set to continue his lacrosse career at UMass Boston. … Fellow 2020 graduates Ben Zickel and William Haggard are also going to play lacrosse in college. Ben Zickel is headed to Centre College and Haggard is bound for the University of the Cumberlands. … Medina lost three players with starting experience to graduation in 2019 – attacker Brady Henderson, attacker Griffin Hager and defender Noah Constance.

Quotable: “Two thousand nineteen was a great season and we were really excited to build on that success in 2020. The guys were putting in a ton of work through the off-season and looked great during our preseason practices right before the shutdown. I’m sad for our seniors losing out on their final year of high school lacrosse. I can’t thank them enough for the hard work they put into the program during their four years at Medina.” – Medina boys lacrosse coach Jake Kubasta

– Michael Beaven

Medina's Kyle Johnson competes in a lacrosse game last season.