Kinnelon Lax Drops County Final to Mountain Lakes

The boys lacrosse team overcame New Jersey's top talent to get to the Morris County tournament final, beating Chatham and Mt. Olive. But they were ultimately defeated by Mountain Lakes on Wednesday. The Lakers scored five goals in the first quarter and put the Colts back on their heels that they never could recover from.

IN SHORT

Mountain Lakes took only a minute and a half to get on the scoreboard and would score five goals before the Colts would get their first from attacker Brian Gnad. The Lakers would would continue to dominate the action, disrupting the offense and keeping a relentless attack on the Colts. 

The Colts were lead by senior Jacob Frankel with two goals. Kinnelon goalie John Calia faced 30 shots on goal and had 18 saves.

COLT OF THE GAME

Jacob Frankel - Frankel had ten shots on goal and scored two goals in the game.

COACH'S TAKE

"I knew going in that the first five minutes was going to be the tough part of it.  I knew we had to try to stay in there. I knew there was going to be a lot of emotion for our kids that hadn't been here, being in the spotlight. A lot of their kids played in this game last year and knew what to expect. Our guys weren't here when we played two years ago. That was my big concern. I thought if we could get through the first five to seven minutes reasonably well, that we would get better as the game went on. It just didn't work out that way for us." -  Kinnelon coach Kevin Kelly

THEY SAID IT

"They came out really hard. They had game plan in their head and they knew what they were doing before we did. They caught us off guard. We got down by a couple goals, put our heads down and they really took it to us today. Not saying we won't see them again in states and we are definitely looking forward to that." - Jacob Frenkel

UP NEXT - Kinnelon will face their first test of the state playoffs with a game against Middle Township at home Saturday at 1 p.m.