CENTRE COUNTY — State College boys lacrosse faces adversity for the first time in the 2025 season with three losses in a row, including a loss to Central York on Saturday, April 5.
Trey Combs, Cooper Brushwood and Luke Ladrido did their best against the Panthers, each scoring at least two goals, Combs with three, but it was not enough. Central York’s Jonas Doll stole the show in net with 10 saves as it took a 10-8 win. Central York is undefeated in the 2025 season.
The next game against Cumberland Valley was not much better as the Little Lions fell 14-11 and a similar story against Manheim Township saw State College fall into a three game losing streak.
The Little Lions have had a boastful season despite the three straight losses. State College is still 6-3 in the year and 6-1 in conference, including huge wins against Cedar Cliffs, 19-2, Chambersburg, 18-6 and Carlisle, 20-3.
Combs leads the way with 66 points and Owen Kissinger with 70 ground balls. The Little Lions are still poised to have a great season, but will need to prove to themselves that they can win close games.
Bellefonte, on the other hand, is coming off a huge overtime win against Wyoming Seminary College Prep in a 10-9 overtime win. This comes right after a tough loss to Selinsgrove on Wednesday, April 2.
The Raiders followed this with another big win against Lake-Lehman as the offense was firing. The 11-5 victory is Bellefonte’s fifth win of the year, moving to 5-2 this season. This year the Raiders have wins against Mifflin County, Lewisburg and Danville. Their only two losses came to Indiana and Selinsgrove.
