Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars End Season With Shutout

The 2019 boys lacrosse regular season came to an end Thursday afternoon as the Bloomington Jefferson Jaguars got four goals from Max Ritchie that led them to a 20-0 shut out of the host St. Louis Park Orioles.

The Jaguars displayed outstanding passing and ball control that led to 11 first period goals.  Carson Jacobs began the scoring on a centering pass from Garrett Lowe Aydan Rathsabandith :30 later.  Tommy McNamara would line a bounce shot to the net to extend the lead to three.  Jefferson got scoring balance with five goals in a span of 2:44.  Ritchie would score his first goal, then came Jack Vipond, Rathsabandith, Parker Boone and Lowe.  The Jaguars were not finished yet as Reed Ringquist would put them ahead by 10 and Rathsabandith made a pass to Ritchie and he scored with :49 left in the quarter.

Superb passing would play a role in the second quarter for Jefferson as they added seven goals.  Benny Henry fed Gavin Svensson inside the slot and he would tally for goal number 12.  Stone Payer would feed Julian Kidd and Kidd found the net.  Ritchie would get the hat trick for Jefferson.  As for St. Louis Park, they were held hostage in their own end by a swarm of Columbia blue and white jerseys.  However, defense would pay the consequences for the Orioles while goalie Noah Houser was playing out of the net and Keegan Goodin made good with an empty net goal.  Kidd would pick up an assist when he made an outstanding pass to Sam Wallace at the top of the slot and Wallace lined it into the net.  Mcnamara and Boone would scored the next two goals to boost Jefferson's lead to 18-0 at halftime.

The Jaguars would conclude the scoring with two third quarter goals as the game entered running time.  Cody Ringquist lined a shot to the goal and Ritchie would pick up his fourth goal on a shot that was described by Park TV play by play man Bob Christianson as a "sky hook."  There was no scoring in the fourth quarter but St. Louis Park finally got a shot on goal with 10:10 left to play.

Jefferson concluded the regular season with a 10-3 record and enters Section 6 play next week.  St. Louis Park ended their regular season 0-13 and opens Section 5 action on Tuesday, May 28.