BY RYAN O’CONNORWhen the No. 8 Lady Generals’ 2008 lacrosse season concluded with a 23-10 loss to undefeated No. 1 seed Portsmouth in the Division III quarterfinals on Thursday, May 29, coach Jon Warner didn’t dwell much on the negative ending to a season full of so many positives. “We had a winning record, we beat a ...

BY RYAN O’CONNORFour years ago a very green group of freshmen helped the John Stark girls lacrosse team to the first win in program history. In 2005, the Lady Generals notched one victory. The next season, they triumphed five times, and then, in 2007, their 6-8 record under first-year head coach Jon Warner earned them a spot in the Division ...

BY MATT SCHOOLEYVisiting Hopkinton High School jumped out early on host John Stark and minimized a second-half charge, continuing its recent dominance of the Generals with a 7-2 victory in Division-III boys lacrosse on Friday, April 18. Hopkinton’s David Wood opened the scoring roughly three minutes into the first quarter of the contest, ...

BY MATT STOUT Her team was minutes away from improving to 3-1. It had erased what was a three-goal deficit at one point. Despite losing, it still stood in good shape four games into the spring. But when asked about the John Stark girls lacrosse team’s season thus far following a last-minute, 10-9 loss to Kingswood on May 3, senior captain ...