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2018 Alumni Game

The Apex Lacrosse Alumni Game will be held on Friday November 23 at 2 PM on the Hunter Street turf field in downtown Apex. A party will be held at Brewsters Pub starting at 5 PM. Everyone is welcome to the party (you do not have to be a former player or parent) - we would love to see all of our former classmates and friends. Cost is $30 and includes game fee, dry fit Apex Lacrosse shirt, and membership into the newly froming Apex Lacrosse Alumni/Parents Association.

We had 50 former players at our last Alumni Game in 2016 (and a lot of spectators) and hope to have even more this year.

A group of alumni, led by Bryce Sneed (2010) and Tommy Ottman (2005) are organizing a new group called the Apex Lacrosse Alumni and Parent Association. The vision of the group is to 1) establish a permanent clearinghouse for communication for our alumni and former lacrosse parents 2) have this group organize social gatherings, tailgates at games, etc. 3) be there to support the high school program 4) provide some financial support as different initiatives are taken on by the team.

The Apex Lacrosse Alumni Facebook page will be the primary vehicle for communication to collect contact information.

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Apex Lacrosse by the Numbers

Apex has played in 6 of the past 12 State Championship games, winning in 2005, 2013 and 2015.
Apex has played in 9 of the past 14 Final Fours.
The Cougars all time record in playoff games is 37-12.
The Cougars have had 11 players earn All American Honors.

Apex Lacrosse On-Line (2016)

2016 Season Preview
Overtime victory versus Green Hope
Preston Lalicker's OT goal versus Green Hope
Victory versus Middle Creek
Middle Creek Highlights
Last Regular Season Game versus Green Hope
Playoff Loss to Cardinal Gibbons
All Conference Awards
News And Observer All Metro Team
Cougars June 2016
2015 Championship

2016 Alumni Game

Varsity Schedule

Varsity Schedule - 2018

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
Friday, February 23	Ravenscroft (scrimmage)	Home	4:30
Tuesday, February 27	Durham Academy (scrimmage)	Home	4:30
Friday, March 2	Garner	Away	6:30
Thursday, March 8	Fuquay-Varina	Home	6:30
Friday, March 9	Centennial, GA	Home	5:30
Tuesday, March 13	Friendship	Home	6:30
Friday, March 16	Holly Springs	Away	6:30
Tuesday, March 20	Jack Britt	Away	6:30
Friday, March 23	Middle Creek	Home	6:30
Tuesday, March 27	Garner	Home	6:30
Saturday, April 7	lake Norman	Away @Charlotte	8:15
Tuesday, April 10	Fuquay-Varina	Away	6:30
Wednesday, April 11	Green Hope	Home	6:30
Friday, April 13	Friendship	Away	6:30
Tuesday, April 17	Holly Springs	Home	6:30
Thursday, April 19	Athens Drive	Away	6:30
Friday, April 20	Jack Britt (Senior Night)	Home	6:30
Tuesday, April 24	Middle Creek	Away	6:30
Friday, April 27	Wakefield	Home	6:30
Wednesday, May 2	Playoffs 1st Round	TBD
Friday, May 4	Playoffs 2nd Round	TBD
Tuesday, May 8	Playoffs 3rd Round	TBD
Friday, May 11	Playoffs 4th Round	TBD
Tuesday, May 15	Regional Finals	TBD
Friday/Saturday, May 18/19	State Championship	TBD

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Varsity Roster

Varsity Roster - 2018

Name	Year
Batton, DJ	9
Gulley, Matt	9
Ateshian, Matt	10
Cooper, Harvey	10
Hanburger, Grey	10
Vigue, Zach	10
Cechini, Chris	11
Davis, Mike	11
DeNardo, Justin	11
Farrell, Luke	11
Lalicker, Preston	11
McCluskey, Nick	11
McMichael, Alex	11
Remen, Nick	11
Villiers, Michael	11
Wentz, Logan	11
West, Noah	11
White, Carter	11
Baker, Alex	12
Barnes, Anthony	12
Fisher, Caleb	12
Heavner, Jon	12
Orr, Tanner	12
Stokes, Spencer	12
Taylor, Corey	12

JV Schedule

JV Schedule - 2018

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
Friday, March 2	Garner	Away	4:30
Thursday, March 8	Fuquay-Varina	Home	4:30
Tuesday, March 13	Friendship	Home	4:30
Friday, March 16	Holly Springs	Away	4:30
Tuesday, March 20	Jack Britt	Away	4:30
Friday, March 23	Middle Creek	Home	4:30
Tuesday, March 27	Garner	Home	4:30
Tuesday, April 10	Fuquay-Varina	Away	4:30
Wednesday, April 11	Green Hope	Home	4:30
Friday, April 13	Friendship	Away	4:30
Tuesday, April 17	Holly Springs	Home	4:30
Thursday, April 19	Athens Drive	Away	4:30
Friday, April 20	Jack Britt	Home	4:30
Tuesday, April 24	Middle Creek	Away	4:30
Friday, April 27	Wakefield	Home	4:30

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JV Roster

JV Roster - 2018

Name	#	Position
Dempsey, Brock
DeJong, Chandler
Dickinson, Connor
Engels, Jobe
Feldman, Ryan
Fleming, Cam
Kolk-Tomberlin, Nate
McMichael, Ryan
Mulcahy, Corey
Rutledge, Zach
Shafer, Owen
Swanser, Gabe
Weber, Ethan
Wood, Felix
Addair, Curtis
Arquiett, Seth
Barnes, Nick
Bulkin, Jackson
Carlisle, Nick
Davis, Nolan
Friedl, Sam
Imbriani, Louis
Lewallen, Mikey
Molden, Tony
Pearson, Peyton
Rutledge, Ben
Smalls, Hunter
Vesko, Zack

Coaches

John Hayden

In 2001 Coach Hayden founded the Apex Lacrosse club to create more opportunities for students from the area to participate in athletics. The following year (2002) the team played its first Varsity season. In 2003, Apex made the playoffs for the first time. Apex has appeared in 9 of the last 14 final fours and 6 of the last 13 State Championship games, winning titles in 2005, 2013 and 2015. To date, 12 Apex players have earned All America honors and 51 have been selected All State. Coach Hayden is an alumnus of Farmingdale HS on Long Island where his 1983 team won the Nassau County Championship and Hayden earned All Nassau County Honors as a Defenseman. Hayden also played Division I Lacrosse at Rutgers University and participated in the NCAA playoffs two times while playing "On the Banks". Coach Hayden is the Dean of Student Services at Apex High School.

Chip Thurston

Chip Thurston joined the Apex coaching staff in 2002. Coach Thurston was our first JV coach and moved to his position as Assistant Varsity Coach in 2006. Coach Thurston has been one of the anchors of the Apex Lacrosse Program over the years. He is currently doing double duty as he serves as Head Coach of the NC State Lacrosse Program. Coach Thurston played Lacrosse and Football at Irondequoit HS in Rochester, New York and is a graduate of Geneseo University in New York.

Gene Vigue

Gene Vigue joined the Apex coaching staff in 2011 and currently serves as an Assistant Varsity Coach responsible for the offense. Coach Vigue is also responsible for working with the Apex goalies. He spent his first 3 years on the coaching staff working primarily with the JV team. He has been involved with youth lacrosse in the Apex area since 2007 and has coached many players that have come to Apex High School. Coach Vigue is a graduate of The Johns Hopkins University where he played varsity football for 4 years and was a member of the lacrosse program.

Forrest Moog

Forrest is in his third year with the Apex staff. A 2007 graduate of Apex HS and 2011 graduate of NC State, Forrest was a rare four sport athlete in HS. He was the kicker in football, point guard in basketball, soccer standout and star attackman in lacrosse. Forrest played as a sophomore in our first State Championship in 2005. He is ranked #7 on the Apex Lacrosse All Time Scoring list. Forrest was also a State Champion for the Apex Soccer team while leading the basketball team to two Conference titles. Forrest is currently an Assistant Coach for the Apex Basketball team, helps with the kickers for the Apex Football team and works at AHS in the PE Department. Forrest has recently been appointed Head JV Coach.

Career Leaders

Goals

Name	Position	Class	Total
Sieber, Luke	Attack/Midfield	2013	166
Hayden, Jack	Attack	2016	157
Sweet, Derek	Attack	2013	136
Farrell, Brendan	Attack	2015	134
Kirkland, Brandon	Attack	2004	118
Fleischhauer, Eric	Attack	2004	113
Tomlinson, Josh	Attack	2007	113
Lalicker, Preston	Midfield	2019	111
Patrone, Nick	Midfield	2006	107
Cechini, Christian	Attack	2019	104
McClure, Alex	Midfield	2016	73
Daum, Mike	Midfield	2014	72
Lalicker, Colby	Midfield	2014	69
Besser, Chandler	Attack	2015	69
Nugent, Joe	Midfield	2008	68
Leighton, B.J.	Midfield	2007	67
Pittelli, Michael	Attack	2011	67
Tomlinson, Nate	Attack/Midfield	2005	65
Freeman, Justin	Midfield	2017	64
Whitehead, Ross	Attack	2010	60
Moog, Forrest	Attack	2007	59
Barrs, Taylor	Attack/Midfield	2012	57
White, Carter	Midfield	2019	56
Holzworth, Matt	Attack/Midfield	2005	55
Gregory, Thomas	Attack	2008	55
VanderHoff, Alex	Attack	2010	53
Bergland, Andrew	Midfield	2005	52
Nee, Shawn	Attack	2004	49
Avedesian, Jonny	Attack	2011	48

Assists

Name	Position	Class	Total
Sweet, Derek	Attack	2013	155
Hayden, Jack	Attack	2016	108
Sieber, Luke	Attack/Midfield	2013	78
Cechini, Christian	Attack	2019	78
Besser, Chandler	Attack	2015	77
Kirkland, Brandon	Attack	2004	59
Nee, Shawn	Attack	2004	54
White, Carter	Attack	2019	53
Moog, Forrest	Attack	2007	52
Tomlinson, Josh	Attack	2007	50
Holzworth, Matt	Attack/Midfield	2005	48
Tomlinson, Nate	Attack/Midfield	2005	39
Freeman, Justin	Midfield	2017	38
Whitehead, Ross	Attack	2010	37
Fleischhauer, Eric	Attack	2004	36
McClure, Alex	Midfield	2016	35
Lalicker, Colby	Midfield	2014	34
Pittelli, Michael	Attack	2011	33
Gregory, Thomas	Attack	2008	31
Mitchell, Chad	Attack	2003	30
Samuels, Jake	Attack	2006	30
Nugent, Joe	Midfield	2008	30
Patrone, Nick	Midfield	2006	29
Holmes, Curtis	Midfield	2011	29
Daum, Mike	Midfield	2014	28

Points

Name	Position	Class	Total
Sweet, Derek	Attack	2013	291
Hayden, Jack	Attack	2016	265
Sieber, Luke	Attack/Midfield	2013	244
Cechini, Christian	Attack	2019	182
Kirkland, Brandon	Attack	2004	177
Farrell, Brendan	Attack	2015	165
Tomlinson, Josh	Attack	2007	163
Lalicker, Preston	Midfield	2019	150
Fleischhauer, Eric	Attack	2004	149
Besser, Chandler	Attack	2015	146
Patrone, Nick	Midfield	2006	136
Moog, Forrest	Attack	2007	111
White, Carter	Attack	2019	109
McClure, Alex	Midfield	2016	108
Tomlinson, Nate	Attack/Midfield	2005	104
Nee, Shawn	Attack	2004	103
Lalicker, Colby	Midfield	2014	103
Holzworth, Matt	Attack/Midfield	2005	103
Freeman, Justin	Midfield	2017	102
Pittelli, Michael	Attack	2011	100
Daum, Mike	Midfield	2014	100
Whitehead, Ross	Attack	2010	97
Nugent, Joe	Midfield	2008	88
Gregory, Thomas	Attack	2008	86
Bergland, Andrew	Midfield	2005	78
Leighton, B.J.	Midfield	2007	78
Avedesian, Jonny	Attack	2011	72

Season Records

Team Records

2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
4-9	11-6	21-2	23-1	17-3
2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
15-5	20-4	11-6	15-4	19-2
2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
14-5	20-2	19 - 3	20 - 2	17 - 2
2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
15-5

Playoff Record
37 -11

2005 NCHSLA 4A State Champions

2013 NCHSAA State Champions

2015 NCHSAA State Champions

Goals

Name	Position	Year	Total
Kirkland, Brandon	Attack	2004	59
Tomlinson, Josh	Attack	2007	57
Patrone, Nick	Midfield	2006	56
Sieber, Luke	Attack/Midfield	2013	56
Sieber, Luke	Attack/Midfield	2012	55
Fleischhauer, Eric	Attack	2004	54
Hayden, Jack	Attack	2016	54
Sweet, Derek	Attack	2013	52
Hayden, Jack	Attack	2015	51
Lalicker, Preston	Midfield	2017	51
Lalicker, Colby	Midfield	2014	50
Farrell, Brendan	Attack	2015	48
Freeman, Justin	Midfield	2017	48
Tomlinson, Josh	Attack	2006	47
Hayden, Jack	Attack	2014	45
Avedesian, Jonny	Attack	2011	44
Cechini, Christian	Attack	2018	44
Patrone, Nick	Midfield	2005	43
Nugent, Joe	Midfield	2008	43
Tomlinson, Nate	Attack	2005	42
Doyle, Will	Midfield	2008	42
Farrell, Brendan	Attack	2014	41
Holzworth, Matt	Attack	2005	39
Sweet, Derek	Attack	2011	39
Nee, Shawn	Attack	2004	38
Besser, Chandler	Attack	2015	38
Farrell, Brendan	Attack	2013	37
Sieber, Luke	Attack/Midfield	2011	36
Cechini, Christian	Attack	2017	36
Sweet, Derek	Attack	2012	34
McClure, Alex	Midfield	2015	34
Lalicker, Preston	Midfield	2018	34
Daum, Mike	Midfield	2014	33
DeLuca, Tommy	Defense	2016	33
Besser, Chandler	Attack	2014	32
McClure, Alex	Midfield	2016	30
White, Carter	Attack	2018	29

Assists

Name	Position	Year	Total
Sweet, Derek	Attack	2013	72
Sweet, Derek	Attack	2012	54
Nee, Shawn	Attack	2004	49
Besser, Chandler	Attack	2014	46
Hayden, Jack	Attack	2015	44
Kirkland, Brandon	Attack	2004	41
Tomlinson, Josh	Attack	2007	37
Cechini, Chris	Attack	2018	36
Hayden, Jack	Attack	2016	33
Holzworth, Matt	Attack	2005	31
Moog, Forrest	Attack	2007	31
Besser, Chandler	Attack	2015	31
Gregory, Thomas	Attack	2008	30
Hayden, Jack	Attack	2014	28
Cechini, Christian	Attack	2016	27
White, Carter	Attack	2017	26
White, Carter	Attack	2018	26
Tomlinson, Nate	Attack	2005	25
Sieber, Luke	Attack/Midfield	2012	25
Szep, John	Midfield	2008	24
Avedesian, Jonny	Attack	2011	23
Sweet, Derek	Attack	2011	23
Pittelli, Michael	Attack	2011	22
Ateshian, Kane	Midfield	2008	21
Sieber, Luke	Attack/Midfield	2013	21
Wilson, Parker	Midfield	2008	20
Nugent, Joe	Midfield	2008	20

Points

Name	Position	Year	Total
Sweet, Derek	Attack	2013	124
Kirkland, Brandon	Attack	2004	100
Hayden, Jack	Attack	2015	95
Tomlinson, Josh	Attack	2007	94
Nee, Shawn	Attack	2004	87
Sweet, Derek	Attack	2012	87
Hayden, Jack	Attack	2016	87
Sieber, Luke	Attack/Midfield	2012	80
Cechini, Chris	Attack	2018	80
Besser, Chandler	Attack	2014	78
Sieber, Luke	Attack/Midfield	2013	77
Hayden, Jack	Attack	2014	73
Fleischhauer, Eric	Attack	2004	71
Holzworth, Matt	Attack	2005	70
Lalicker, Preston	Midfield	2017	70
Besser, Chandler	Attack	2015	68
Tomlinson, Nate	Attack	2005	67
Avedesian, Jonny	Attack	2011	67
Patrone, Nick	Midfield	2006	66
Moog, Forrest	Attack	2007	65
Nugent, Joe	Midfield	2008	63
Gregory, Thomas	Attack	2008	63
Sweet, Derek	Attack	2011	62
Lalicker, Colby	Midfield	2014	62
Farrell, Brendan	Attack	2015	60
Freeman, Justin	Midfield	2017	59
White, Carter	Attack	2018	55
Sieber, Luke	Attack/Midfield	2011	54
Cechini, Christian	Attack	2017	51
Cechini, Christian	Attack	2016	51
White, Carter	Attack	2017	50

Player Honors

All Americans

Name	Position	Year
Bruss, Gavin	Defense	2005
Thornton, Ross	Defense	2006
Kearns, Drew	Defense	2008
Weiss, Emil	Goalie	2010
Weiss, Emil	Goalie	2011
Sweet, Derek	Attack	2013
Lalicker, Colby	Midfield	2014
Besser, Chandler	Midfield	2015
Seaver, Sean	Defense	2015
Hayden, Jack	Attack	2016
Seaver, Sean	Defense	2016

All State

2004

Name	Position	Selection
Kirkland, Brandon	Attack	Second Team
Shores, Able	Midfield	Third Team
Bruss, Gavin	Defense	First Team
Hetu, David	Goalie	Honorable Mention

2005

Name	Position	Selection
Bruss, Gavin	Defense	First Team
Faulhaber, Patrick	Long Stick Midfield	Honorable Mention
Hetu, David	Goalie	First Team
Thornton, Ross	Defense	Honorable Mention
Patrone, Nick	Midfield	First Team

2006

Name	Position	Selection
Thornton, Ross	Defense	First Team
Patrone, Nick	Midfield	Second Team
Tomlinson, Josh	Attack	Honorable Mention

2007

Name	Position	Selection
Tomlinson, Josh	Attack	Second Team
Leighton, B.J.	Midfield	Second Team
Nordt, Jim	Long Stick Midfield	Second Team

2008

Name	Position	Selection
Kearns, Drew	Defense	First Team
Nugent, Joe	Attack	Second Team
Sweet, Zach	Long Stick Midfield	Honorable Mention
Doyle, Will	Midfield	Second Team

2009

Name	Position	Selection
Sweet, Zach	Defense	Third Team
Weiss, Emil	Goalie	Honorable Mention

2010

Name	Position	Selection
Weiss, Emil	Goalie	First Team
Whitehead, Ross	Attack	Honorable Mention
Mason, Gage	Defense	Honorable Mention

2011

Name	Position	Selection
Weiss, Emil	Goalie	First Team
Miller, Clint	Defense	First Team
Sieber, Luke	Midfield	Second Team

2012

Name	Position	Selection
Rogers, Tyler	Defense	Second Team
Sweet, Derek	Attack	Third Team
Sieber, Luke	Attack	Third Team
Foster, Hayden	Long Stick Midfield	Third Team

2013

Name	Position	Selection
Sweet, Derek	Attack	First Team
Daum, Mike	Midfield	Second Team
Sieber, Luke	Attack	Second Team
Salpietro, Bobby	Defense	Second Team
Lalicker, Colby	Midfield	Honorable Mention

2014

Name	Position	Selection
Lalicker, Colby	Midfield	First Team
Daum, Mike	Midfield	Third Team
Nesbitt, Tyler	Goalie	Third Team
Randall, Cameron	Defense	Honorable Mention
Besser, Chandler	Attack	Honorable Mention

2015

Name	Position	Selection
Besser, Chandler	Midfield	First Team
Seaver, Sean	Defense	First Team
Hayden, Jack	Attack	Second Team
Farrell, Brendan	Attack	Honorable Mention
DeLuca, Tommy	Defense	Honorable Mention

2016

Name	Position	Selection
Hayden, Jack	Attack	First Team
Seaver, Sean	Defense	First Team
DeLuca, Tommy	Defense	Third Team
McClure, Alex	Midfield	Honorable Mention
Mason, Andrew	Goalie	Honorable Mention

2017

Name	Position	Selection
Lalicker, Preston	Midfield	First Team
Sasser, Patrick	Goalie	Second Team
Baker, Alex	Defense	Third Team

Conference Players of the Year

2011 - Emil Weiss Tri-Nine Conference Player of the Year
2012 - Luke Sieber Tri-Nine Conference Player of the Year
2013 - Derek Sweet Tri-Nine Player of the Year
2014 - Colby Lalicker SWAC Player of the Year
2015 - Chandler Besser SWAC Player of the Year
2016 - Jack Hayden SWAC Player of the Year

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Apex Lacrosse by the Numbers

Apex Lacrosse On-Line (2016)

Varsity Schedule - 2018

Varsity Roster - 2018

JV Schedule - 2018

JV Roster - 2018

John Hayden

Chip Thurston

Gene Vigue

Forrest Moog

Goals

Assists

Points

Team Records

2005 NCHSLA 4A State Champions

2013 NCHSAA State Champions

2015 NCHSAA State Champions

Goals

Assists

Points

All Americans

All State

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Conference Players of the Year