Team Year

Lacrosse | Girls 2020-21

2021 IHSLA State Champions Senior leadership was the difference for the Carmel High School girls lacrosse team in its drive to the state championship. Carmel topped Hamilton Southeastern 13-8 June 5 in the Indiana Girls Lacrosse Association Class 2A championship game at Warren Central. “Our big guns were seniors,” CHS coach Josh Miller said. “There were a lot of contributions from underclassmen, but it was a senior-led team from defense to offense.” Senior Julia Cherubini scored five goals and senior Hannah Kim contributed four goals and four assists for Carmel (16-2) in the championship. It was the third consecutive state championship for the Greyhounds, who won in 2018 and 2019. The 2020 season was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Carmel had 13 seniors, including eight senior starters, in the championship game. Midfielders Kim and senior Maddie McGarty were named All-Americans by USA Lacrosse. “It was a very disappointing end to last year, but what a way to cap a pretty wild academic year,” Miller said. “This group of seniors worked so hard. Of those eight starters, several of them have been on varsity all four years. Four or five of them played in our 2018 state championship. It was special for them to cap off that work.” McGarty had a team-high 71 goals with 19 assists. Kim finished with 62 goals and 24 assists. Miller was named the IGLA Coach of the Year. “We’re optimistic about the future,” Miller said. “We have two JV teams, and we have a lot of talent within those teams. We started a couple of sophomores and started a few juniors. We like what the future holds for sure. It’s tough to replace seniors, though.”