Bainbridge lacrosse caps successful spring season with state title

The Spartans won three playoff games, including a 23-5 victory over Selah in the Washington High School Boys Lacrosse Association 2A championship.

Bainbridge High School’s boys lacrosse program used to win state titles on a regular basis. The Spartans’ most recent championship victory could be a sign that the team is back to being a perennial contender.

Last month in the Washington High School Boys Lacrosse Association Class 2A title game against Selah at Starfire Sports Complex in Tukwila, senior attack Henry Moreshead scored seven goals and freshman attack Caston Rosenfeld added five goals to lead the Spartans to a 23-5 victory over Selah. It was the program’s first title-game victory since 2007. Bainbridge, which finished with a 12-5 overall record, posted playoff wins against Bellingham (16-11) and Orting (15-8) in order to reach the championship contest.

Joining Moreshead in earning Region 3 All-Metro first-team honors this season were junior midfielder Aaron Lolley, junior face-off specialist Noah Weiss, junior defenders Quentin Faust and Hugh Fields, and senior defender Dylan Jones. Lolley also earned USA Lacrosse High School All-American status.

The championship victory was the latest in a long list of accolades for Bainbridge head coach Jack Visco, who eclipsed 300 career wins this spring. Visco joined the Spartans’ staff in 2003, leading the team to an undefeated record and a state title, the school’s ninth in a span of 10 seasons at the time (the team placed second to Visco’s Mercer Island team in 2001).

Bainbridge and Mercer Island continued to battle for state supremacy early in Visco’s career with Bainbridge. Mercer Island topped the Spartans in the 2004 title game. Bainbridge earned revenge in 2007, knocking off Mercer Island 9-7 for the championship. The last time the two teams met for the state title, in 2011, Mercer Island came away with a 5-3 win.

Lacrosse is one of several sports Bainbridge students participate in that are considered “club” sports. Others include water polo, mountain biking, rowing sailing and ultimate frisbee. Club sports are not overseen or sponsored by Bainbridge Island School District, nor are they sanctioned by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, the state’s governing body for high school athletics in sports such as football, basketball, soccer, baseball, softball and track and field.

The WIAA considered amendments to add boys and girls lacrosse as officially-sanctioned sports several times in the past, starting in 1999 and most recently in 2011, but member schools voted down those measures.

Spartans rank high in Scholastic Cup standings

In addition to boys lacrosse, Bainbridge High School’s successful year in sports included the girls and boys swim/dive teams capturing state titles in the fall and winter, followed by the baseball team winning it all in the spring. There were numerous other league and district titles claimed by the Spartans, who rank second on the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association’s Class 2A Scholastic Cup list for 2024-25. Sehome is first with 1,535 points, followed by Bainbridge (1,289).

The Scholastic Cup recognizes schools’ athletic and academic performances over the course of the academic year.