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St Thomas’ James Finch Highlighted on IL.Com Coverage of the NAL Invitational

via Inside Lacrosse.com, by Kevin Brown, picture from James’ SportsRecruits.com profile

Banks, Piontek, Finch Lead Standouts at 2024 North American Lacrosse Summer Invitational

Excerpt:

The 2024 North American Lacrosse Invitational did not disappoint as tons of talent and hungry teams descended upon DE Turf in Frederica, Del., from June 28-30 and ILPreps was there to catch all of the action.

Dan Kaplan took in all top-level instruction and competition during Friday’s NAL Showcase and was back to power through the weather delay on Sunday to check out each champion from the 2025 and 2026 classes, while Kevin Brown got to check out the fun pool play action on Saturday.

James Finch, A, St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.), Crabs

Evaluation Score: 88
Finch’s off-ball awareness really stands out. He’s always moving at the right times. For example, when his athletic Crabs middie teammates speddown the alley, Finch mastered the cut around the other side of X maneuver to get easy dunks. He also displayed some nice chances off the dribble, even getting underneath, evading a slide and firing home a BTB goal.

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