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Pope Returns to Lacrosse Finals
The Greyhounds routed Decatur to set up a Lambert rematch; the seasons for Pope baseball and Walton girls lacrosse end.
The boys lacrosse team raced out to a big 8-1 halftime lead, including its first goal Wednesday to down Decatur 11-6 to advance to the Class AAAA state championship game.
For the second year in a row, the Greyhounds will face undefeated and No. 1 Lambert, which had its closest scare all season in a 10-7 win over Westminster in the other semifinal.
The championship game will take place on Saturday at Lambert, which is located in the Suwanee area of Forsyth County, at a time to be announced.
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In last year's final, Pope rallied to trail Lambert 8-7 in the third quarter before the Longhorns stretched out their lead to win 14-7.
Pope stars Holland Frost and Dan Maples were named all-state performers and All-Americans by U.S. Lacrosse, joining Lambert's Zach Price and Cory Phillips.
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Pope's Corbin Jensen was earned honorable mention honors.
The other Pope team still competing in spring sports saw its season come to an end Wednesday The baseball team lost 12-2 to Loganville in the Class AAAA quarterfinals.
The Walton High School girls lacrosse team also was eliminated Wednesday by No. 1 Milton by a 20-9 score in the Class AAAAA quarterfinals.
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