Cape Henlopen midfielder Elizabeth Rishko is the Player of the Year and tops the All-State team selected by the Delaware High School Girls Lacrosse Coaches Association.
Rishko, a senior who has signed with Virginia Tech, led the way with four goals and two assists as the Vikings topped Tatnall 16-4 in the championship game for their 13th straight DIAA title.
Rishko joins her sister, Louise, and Tower Hill’s Lucy Nace, Tatnall’s Lydia Colasante, Dover’s Superia Clark and Sussex Academy’s Sanne Elling as the midfielders on the first team.
The first-team attackers are Bella Gattuso of Tower Hill, Molly Mendes and Kelly Bragg of Cape Henlopen and Bella Guckes of Sussex Academy.
The first-team defenders are Tatnall’s Katherine McConnel, Sussex Academy’s Jacqueline Thomas, Cape Henlopen’s Megan Smith and Ursuline’s Rory Monahan. Sussex Academy’s Payton Hagy is the first-team goalkeeper.
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Tatnall’s Ruth Hiller is the Coach of the Year after leading the Hornets to a 15-3 finish. Ursuline’s Chloe Bethea-Jones won the state’s Jackie Pitts Award, which honors a player who goes above and beyond in service to her team, school and community.
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All-State girls lacrosse
First team
Goalkeeper – Payton Hagy, sr., Sussex Academy
Attack – Bella Gattuso, sr., Tower Hill
Attack – Molly Mendes, sr., Cape Henlopen
Attack – Bella Guckes, sr., Sussex Academy
Attack – Kelly Bragg, sr., Cape Henlopen
Midfield – Lucy Nace, sr., Tower Hill
Midfield – Lydia Colasante, jr., Tatnall
Midfield – Superia Clark, sr., Dover
Midfield – Elizabeth Rishko, sr., Cape Henlopen, Player of the Year
Midfield – Louise Rishko, so., Cape Henlopen
Midfield – Sanne Elling, jr., Sussex Academy
Defense – Katherine McConnel, jr., Tatnall
Defense – Jacqueline Thomas, jr., Sussex Academy
Defense – Megan Smith, jr., Cape Henlopen
Defense – Rory Monahan, sr., Ursuline
Second team
Goalkeeper – Anna Lopez, so., Cape Henlopen. Attack – Madison Leeper, sr., Sussex Academy; Maren Buckaloo, sr., Cape Henlopen; Ivy Qualls, so., Tatnall; Olivia MacMillan, sr., Archmere. Midfield – Teryn Singer, sr., Tatnall; Alexandra Harrington, sr., Archmere; Kali Clayton, jr., Tatnall; Lindsay Sawyer, sr., Saint Mark’s; Kyleigh Dill, sr., Dover; Hannah McLamb, sr., Caravel. Defense – Montana Jones, so., Cape Henlopen; Jewels Goldman, sr., Dover; Amelia Conkey, sr., Tatnall; Amelia Gregory, jr., Tower Hill.
Honorable mention
Goalkeeper – Lucy Wood, sr., Wilmington Friends. Attack – Ava Svindland, jr., Tower Hill; Mary Barone, sr., Padua; Charlotte Wilkinson, fr., Tatnall; Kaely Tornek, sr., Wilmington Friends. Midfield – Alexi Nowakowski, so., Cape Henlopen; Alexa Donahue, sr., Wilmington Friends; Shannon Salerni, jr., Padua; Madeline Rowland, jr., Wilmington Friends; Paidyn Moore, jr., Sanford; Abigail Fisher, jr., Middletown. Defense – Sarah Nagy, sr., Charter of Wilmington; Grace Wiggins, so., Cape Henlopen; Maddie Black, sr., St. Andrew’s; Tessa Colasante, fr., Tatnall.
Coach of the Year – Ruth Hiller, Tatnall.
Jackie Pitts Award – Chloe Bethea-Jones, Ursuline.
