
District 18 – Canterbury Moves Up and Bishop Verot Takes on the Carthage Crew
Written by Lee Roggenburg on . Posted in Featured Posts, Florida Lacrosse News, High School, Tampa/Treasure Coast Boys.
Well, at least Gainesville left this one alone . . .
Last year it was Canterbury pretty much circling the field until the District final when they barely slid by Bishop Verot, after winning the regular season game 11-1. A first round FHSAA loss to Cardinal Mooney completed what is likely the most successful season in school history, with the only losses to CM, MIAA power Loyola-Blakefield and Pine Crest and finished #23 in the final FLN poll.
One interesting aspect of the upcoming season is that Canterbury Head Coach Trent Carter will find himself once again in the middle of the ancient rivalry between Baltimore and Upstate NY as the legendary Ventiquattro coaching family comes to town. Tony assumes the head coach position at BV and will be ably assisted by his father Kirk (for those readers not up on the backstory here Kirk trained a trio of brothers named Powell among others at Carthage High). Coach Carter, on the other hand, has actually been on both sides of the coin, as a player at both Boys’ Latin and Hobart College . . . an Exacta that was not common back in the day . . .
Who are the returning players who will make a difference this season?
Senior Captain Ryan Healy returns to lead the defense, he was a News-Press player of the year finalist. He collected 71 groundballs, had 27 takeaways and 59 clears along with a goal and five assists. The offense will be lead by News-Press All Area First Team Attackman Dylan Insolia who contributed 30 goals and 16 assists with 22 groundballs as a Sophomore. Insolia will share responsibility with Senior Jake Stirns returns 27 points. The midfield will be lead by Junior Marc Taglieri who returns 27 points and 40 groundballs.
What players do you expect to step up this year that didn’t get much playing time last year?
Juniors Grant Barron and Carter Baxxman will see new starting roles at close defense with shared responsibilities at LSM. Senior Goalie Carlos Pantoja-Malaga takes over between the pipes replaining two graduated seniors who left with 142 saves.
Between the 30’s Andres Seoane, Ronan Haggerty, AJ Sarlo, Sean Mahoney, Spencer Dopman and Austin Santoro look to compete for quality varsity minutes.
What are the games you are really looking forward to this season?
As a coach I look forward to every game this season, it may sound cliche but this season will be extra special. I will be coaching alongside my father, US Lacrosse Hall of Fame member Kirk Ventiquattro for the first time on the high school sideline since I assisted him at Carthage back in 2014. For the first time in 30 years he will take the role as assistant coach. Don’t get me wrong we do have several asterisks on our schedule, these games range from competing against long time friends in the Miami, Naples, Sarasota and Fort Lauderdale to our obvious crosstown rivalry games.
Fort Myers 8-6, lost in the district semifinals
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Estero 7-9, lost in the district semifinals
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Riverdale 7-9, missed district playoffs
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Port Charlotte 1-14, missed district playoffs
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Cypress Lake 1-12, missed district playoffs
We have not received their questionnaire yet, we’ll update when we receive it
School Name | *W-L | *Pct. | W-L | Pct. | GF | GA |
Canterbury | 6-0 | 1.000 | 16-3 | 0.842 | 226 | 109 |
Bishop Verot | 5-1 | 0.833 | 8-8 | 0.500 | 125 | 129 |
Fort Myers | 3-2 | 0.600 | 8-6 | 0.571 | 131 | 134 |
Estero | 3-3 | 0.500 | 7-9 | 0.438 | 142 | 129 |
Riverdale | 4-4 | 0.500 | 7-9 | 0.438 | 146 | 131 |
Port Charlotte | 1-6 | 0.143 | 1-14 | 0.067 | 55 | 209 |
Cypress Lake | 1-7 | 0.125 | 1-12 | 0.077 | 22 | 171 |
- * Denotes district data.

