THE SKINNY: Boys' Latin leads its series with Loyola, 38-27-1, according to high school lacrosse historian, Mac Kennedy (above).
BROTHERLY LOVE:Loyola senior Steele Stanwick (above) will be playing opposite his brother, Wells, a Boys' Latin freshman, when their teams take the field on Tuesday. In 2005, Steele's brother, Tad, played for Boys' Latin, which defated Loyola twice that year.
by Mac Kennedy
and Lem Satterfield
(See video highlights of Boys' Latin-Dulaney, Loyola-Calvert Hall below)
Mac Kennedy, a local lacrosse historian and alumni director at Boys' Latin, shares some of his historical perspective on Tuesday's Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference clash between his Lakers and the defending league champion, Loyola.
The skinny:
The Boys' Latin Lakers lost last year's title game, 10-6, to the Loyola Dons, and they're in a must-win situation as far as making this year's playoffs are concerned. But the Lakers lead the series, 38-27-1, including their first matchup in 1931, won by the Lakers, 10-0.
The teams did not meet again, however until 1960, when the Dons fielded their first team again after a span of nearly three decades.
That contest ended in a 5-5 draw, after which the Lakers dominated play until the early 1960s. In 1967, however, the Dons dropped into the B-Conference, where they captured the title under legendary and future Loyola football coaching king, Joe Brune, in 1968.
The following year, Loyola joined and remained in the A Conference.
Since 1974, the programs have participated in a combined 30 league championship games, with the Lakers winning five titles in 16 championship game appearances, and the Dons, 14 times with nine crowns being earned.
The Dons won a 10th league crown in 1983, but there was no championship game during that season.
The first Boys' Latin-Loyola title-game matchup was in 1974, the year in which every Lakers' squad -- from fifth grade on up -- had been undefeated.
The Lakers were heavily favored to take the A Conference crown, but the Dons proved to be the better team, earning a 10-5 victory led by attackmen Steve Schabdach and Emmett Voelkel.
The rivalry heated up, yet again, during the 1984, 1985 and 1986
seasons, when the programs met over the three consecutive years in championship games.
Anchored by goalie, Frank Hornig's 18 saves, the Dons won, 8-6, in 1984, also earning the C. Markland Kelly Award given to star player Pat Welsh.
The following year, however, Marshall Morgan guided the Lakers to a 7-4 victory and earned the C. Markland Kelly Award. The Dons were victorious over a Lakers' squad that featured goalie and current Loyola College coach Charley Toomey, as well as Mark Dressel, Carl
Voigt and Jeff Szczypinski.
In '86, the Dons were back in control, beating
Toomey and the Lakers 8-3.
In '88, the teams met for the crown, yet again, with the Dons taking an unbeaten record into the clash.
The Dons led, 7-4, in the second half, only to yield four unanswered goals and an 8-7 victory to the Lakers, who were led by C. Markland Kelly Award winner, John Webster, with two each in goals and assists.
The Dons, in '89 and '90, captured their fifth and sixth titles in eight years, with the Lakers preventing them from surpassing St. Paul’s
string of seven straight from 1940-1946.
In '94, the first meeting between the two schools as
members of the present MIAA, the Dons won, 8-7, in four overtimes.
Their next championship meeting was in '97, when the Lakers won, 13-8, to complete an unbeaten season with what many consider to be among the greatest high school teams to ever play the game.
The teams split regular season games in 2002, when the Lakers - behind Bobby Griebe - won the crown, 12-7.
Last year's title game featured the Lakers and the Dons, yet again, with the latter being led by Steele Stanwick on the way to a 10-6 victory.
Stanwick, who had a hand in the scoring of eight of the Dons' 10 goals in last year's title game, is among the subjects in the next historical story, entitled Family Feud.'
Family Feud
Families who have played in the Loyola-Boys' Latin series against siblings and/or cousins include the following:
1972: David Kennedy played defense for Boys Latin against his first cousin, and
Loyola star Dailey Kennedy;Tim Voelkel, brother of Emmit, played for the Lakers, while Peter
Voelkel played for Loyola; Brent Voelkel began his career at Boys Latin, but finished up at Loyola.
1978: The Lakers' goalie was John Mutscheller, who played against his brother, Steve, of Loyola, that year.
1989: The Radebaugh cousins, Sean (of Loyola) and Derek (of Boys' Latin) played opposite each other this year.
2005: Boys' Latin's Tad Stanwick and Loyola’s Steele Stanwick met on the field twice
against each other during this season with Tad's winning both times.
2008: On Tuesday, Steele, a senior, looks to gain the upper hand against his younger brother, Wells, a Lakers' freshman.