Pope Mens Lacrosse Team History

Inaugural Season 1999 / First GA High School Season 2000*
*Lacrosse not officially GHSA sanctioned until 2002

Pope season schedules from 1999 archived by LAX Power here.

2000
Record: 0 - 10  (#9 of 10 teams)
High School All-American
Brent Holloway (Midfield)

2001
Record: 11 - 6 (#4 of 19 teams)
Region: GA Div 1
Coach: Dan O'Neill
Team Captain
Mike Hakala
GA All-State Selections
Second Team 
Mike Hakala (Defense)
High School All-American
Brent Holloway (Midfield)

2002
Record: 6 - 7 (#8 of 21 teams)
Region: GA Area 01
Coach: Dan O'Neill
Team Captain
Mike Hakala
High School All-American
Brett Schmerge (Goalie)
GHSA Lacrosse Inaugural Season w/ 21 teams: Centennial, Chattahoochee, Darlington, Harrison, Holy Innocents, Kennesaw Mountain, Lassiter, Lovett, Milton, North Springs, Pace, Pope, Riverside M A, Roswell, South Cobb, Sprayberry, St. Francis, Walton, Wesleyan, Westminster, Woodward
2002 Varsity Stats 

2003
Record: 11 - 3 (#4 of 24 teams)
Region: GA Area 04
Coach: Dan O'Neill
Team Captain
Mike Hakala
GA All-State Selections
First Team 
Mike Hakala (Defense)
Second Team 
Dave Majer (Attack)
Michael Pisano (Goalie)
Varsity Team Awards
MVP: Mike Hakala, Carson Suppe
JV MVP: Andrew Cohen, Sean Suppe
Baggataway:  Dave Majer
Unsung Hero: Sean Haddow
Ground Balls: Alex Beasley
Most Improved: Isaiah Lester
Rookie of the Year: Jordan Tencer
Scholar Athletes: Dan Bittinger, Patrick Ghosh, Mike Hakala, Brad Kay, Isaiah Lester, Whit Miller, Marc Mitchell, Jonathan Rubin, and Andrew Tashiro
Final Season Schedule
2003 Varsity Stats

 

2004
Record: 14- 4 (#4 of 24 teams)
Region: GA Area 04   
Coach: Robert Anthony
Varsity Team Awards
MVP/Offense: Andrew Oswald
MVP/Defense: Michael Pisano
Most Improved Player: Jonathan Rubin
Rookie of the Year: Tommy Pichette
Unsung Hero: Brad Kay
Bagataway: William DeKyzer
First playoff win vs. Centennial 11 - 5
Final Season Schedule
2004 Varsity Stats

2005
Record: 7 - 8 (#12 of 32 teams)
Region: GA Area 04 
Coach: Robert Anthony     
GA All-State Selections
First Team
William Hakala (Defense)
Honorable Mention
Sean Haddow (Midfield)
Andrew Cohen (Goalie)
Final Season Schedule

2006
Record: 9 - 7 (#11 of 34 teams)
Region: GA Area 08
Coach: Robert Anthony
High School All-American
Andrew Cohen (Goalie)
GA All-State Selections
First Team
Andrew Cohen (Goalie)
Final Season Schedule

2007
Record: 11 - 8 (#14 of 40 teams)
Region: GA Area 08
Coach: Tim Brew
GA All-State Selections
Second Team 
Parker Frost (Midfield)
Eric Soto (Defense)
Third Team
Scott Dockery (Attack)
Honorable Mention
Andrew Flood (Goalie)

2008
Record: 16 - 3 (#2 of 46 teams)
Region: GA Area 08
Coach: Chris Kelly
Varsity Team Captains
Scott Dockery
Parker Frost
Eric Soto
High School All-American
Andrew Flood (Goalie)
Eric Soto (Defense)
High School Academic All-American
Eric Morris (Attack)
GA All-State Selections
First Team
Scott Dockery (Attack)
Parker Frost (Midfield)
Eric Soto (Defense)
Andrew Flood (Goalie)
Third Team
Eric Morris (Attack)
Honorable Mention
Calvin Peters (Midfield)
All League
Jonathan Guerra (Defense)
2008 Varsity Stats

2009
Record: 8 - 10 (#13 of 50 teams)
Region: GA Area 08
Coach: Chris Kelly
GA All-State Selections
Second Team 
Andrew Russell (Attack)
Parker Frost (Midfield)
Drew Wood (LSM)
Derek Ponticelli (Goalie)
Third Team
Jack Morris (Midfield)
Connor Smith (Defense)
Justin Geller (Defense)
2009 Varsity Stats

2010
Record: 9 - 8 (#9 of 29 AAAAA teams*)
*GHSA splits GA into AAAAA and AAAA/AAA/AA/A divisions.
GA 5A Area 02
Coach: Carl Pfaff
Varsity Team Captains
Justin Geller
Davis Lakeman
Drew Wood
Varsity Team Awards
Team MVP: Matt Sommerfeldt
MVP/Offense: Zack Powers
MVP/Defense: Daniel Maples
Most Improved Player: Patrick Ammons
Rookie of the Year: Luis Pelletier
Coach's Award: Bryant Gray 
Andrew Oswald Award: Holland Frost
GA All-State Selections
Second Team – AAAAA
Holland Frost (Midfield)
Daniel Maples (Defense)
Matt Sommerfeldt (Goalie)
Honorable Mention – AAAAA
Zack Powers (Attack)
Second playoff win vs. Peachtree Ridge 9 – 8 OT
Final Season Schedule
Varsity Game Summaries
JV Game Summaries
2010 Varsity Stats
2010 JV Stats 

2011
Pope moves to GHSA AAAA