Alumni Update - SAC Preseason All Conference Team

Congratulations to Gage Mason- Catawba (Apex 2010) and Bryce Sneed- Wingate (Apex 2010) for being named to the SAC Conference preseason all conference team.

Turkey Trot for Wounded Warriors

On Saturday November 23rd, 28 Apex Lacrosse players ran in the Apex Parks and Recreation Annual Turkey Trot- this is a great community event featuring 600 runners of all ages at Apex Lake Community Park. The players solicited sponsorships for their run with all donations going to the Wounded Warrior Project. The team raised $1,320 for a great cause and will present a check to the Wounded Warrior Project on April 5th when Apex participates in the First Annual Champions Challenge in Charlotte. Apex (2013 Public School Champs) will square off against Charlotte Latin (2013 Private School Champs) in the marquee game of the event. The teams will convene together for a dinner reception after the game.

Apex, NC Rated 9th Best Place To Live in the US

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Apex Alumni

The following Apex Lacrosse Alumni are currently playing in college. Good luck this spring guys!

• Drew Kearns ('08) Army- Defense
• Gage Mason ('10) Catawba- Defense
• Bryce Sneed ('10) Wingate- Midfield
• Alex VanderHoff ('10) Greensboro- Attack
• Tyler Rogers ('12) Queens-Defense
• Luke Sieber ('13) Lynchburg- Attack
• Ryan Sullivan ('13) Nassau Community College - Midfield
• Derek Sweet ('13) Robert Morris- Attack

The following Apex alumni have played in division I, II, or III college programs:

• Patrick Faulhaber (2005) Pfeiffer
• Thomas Ottman (2005) Belmont Abbey College
• Matt Holzworth (2005) Belmont Abbey College
• Nick Patrone (2006) Greensboro College
• Jim Nordt (2007) Mount Olive College
• B.J. Leighton (2007) Queens University
• Parker Wilson (2008) Sacred Heart University
• Drew Kearns (2008) Army
• Ross Whitehead (2010) Virginia Military Institute
• Andrew Feranec (2010) Wingate University
• Bryce Sneed (2010) Wingate University
• Gage Mason (2010) Catawba College
• Alex VanderHoff (2010) Greensboro College
• Jonny Avedesian (2011) Belmont Abbey College
• Emil Weiss (2011) Michigan

Varsity Schedule - 2014

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
Friday, February 21	Cardinal Gibbons (scrimmage)	Away	3:30 PM
Monday, February 24	Durham Academy	Home	4:30 PM
Wednesday, February 26	Fuquay-Varina	Away	6:00 PM
Friday, February 28	Green Hope	Home	6:15 PM
Tuesday, March 4	Panther Creek	Away	6:30 PM
Friday, March 7	Middle Creek	Home	6:15 PM
Tuesday, March 11	Pinecrest	Home	7:00 PM
Tuesday, March 18	Cary	Home	6:15 PM
Friday, March 21	Holly Springs	Away	6:30 PM
Tuesday, March 25	Athens Drive	Away	6:30 PM
Thursday, March 27	Fuquay-Varina	Home	6:30 PM
Saturday, April 5	Charlotte Latin	Neutral Site	5:00 PM
Tuesday, April 8	Green Hope	Away	6:30 PM
Friday, April 11	Panther Creek	Home	6:15 PM
Tuesday, April 15	Middle Creek	Away	6:30 PM
Thursday, April 17	Pinecrest	Away	6:00 PM
Friday, April 25	Cary	Away	6:30 PM
Tuesday, April 29	Holly Springs	Home	6:15 PM
Friday, May 2	Athens Drive	Home	6:15 PM
Friday, May 9	Playoffs 1st Round	TBD	7:00 PM
Tuesday, May 13	Playoffs 2nd Round	TBD	7:00 PM
Friday, May 16	Playoffs 3rd Round	TBD	7:00 PM
Tuesday, May 20	Regional Finals	TBD	7:00 PM
Saturday, May 24	State Championship	Wake Med Park	7:00 PM

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Varsity Roster - 2014

Name	Position	Year
Bartone, Ryan
Besser, Chandler
Campbell, Ryan
Cleary, Kendal
Copeland, Joey
Daum, Mike
DeLuca, Tommy
Farrell, Brendan
Freer, Brandon
Greco, Nick
Harrison, Jakob
Hatch, Cameron
Hayden, Jack
Lalicker, Colby
Latham, Brian
Mason, Andrew
McClure, Alex
McCluskey, Bryce
McGough, Dayton
Moore, Allen
Murphy, Billy
Nesbitt, Tyler
Orlowski, Patrick
Ramdall, Cameron
Seaman, Trevor
Stewart, Alex
Straub, Alex

JV Schedule - 2014

Date	Opponent	Location	Time
Friday, February 28	Green Hope	Home	4:30 PM
Tuesday, March 4	Panther Creek	Away	4:30 PM
Friday, March 7	Middle Creek	Home	4:30 PM
Friday, March 14	Panther Creek	Away	4:30 PM
Saturday, March 15	Cardinal Gibbons	Away	12:00
Tuesday, March 18	Cary	Home	4:30 PM
Friday, March 21	Holly Springs	Away	4:30 PM
Tuesday, March 25	Athens Drive	Away	4:30 PM
Tuesday, April 8	Green Hope	Away	4:30 PM
Friday, April 11	Panther Creek	Home	4:30 PM
Tuesday, April 15	Middle Creek	Away	4:30 PM
Friday, April 25	Cary	Away	4:30 PM
Tuesday, April 29	Holly Springs	Home	4:30 PM
Friday, May 2	Athens Drive	Home	4:30 PM

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JV Roster - 2014

Name	Position	Year
Anderson, Michael
Baffoni, Nick
Bender, Will
Boa, Jack
Bloch, Josh
Braun, Jason
Ciociola, Jon
Cunningham, Kirk
Cunningham, Conner
Daniel, Ben
Freeman, Justin
Greco, Anthony
Jones, Tyler
Kanters, Sean
Knapp, Jagger
Lemoine, John
Monroe, Conner
Passio, Kyle
Sasser, Patrick
Seaman, Connor
Seaver, Sean
Throndsen, Erik
Tigrath, Brian
Wohlford, Dylan

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 7 of the last 10 final fours and 4 of the last 9 State Championship games, winning titles in 2005 and 2013. To date, five Apex players have earned All America honors and numerous players are active and former college players in Division I, II, and III. 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.

Ed Moore

Ed Moore founded the Apex Lacrosse program in 2001 with Coach Hayden. Coach Moore is currently the Head JV Coach for the Cougars. He has served in many capacities for the Cougars over the years. Year in and year out Coach Moore sets an important foundation with the younger players in the Apex program and is one of those responsible for the quality players entering the Varsity system each year. Coach Moore is a graduate of Calvert Hall HS in Maryland and currently serves as a Captain in the Cary Fire Department.

Anthony Parrinello

Anthony Parrinello joined the Apex varsity program in 2006. Coach Parrinello played high school lacrosse at H. Frank Carey High School on Long Island, NY and then attended and played at Cortland State University in NY. He earned his bachelor's and master's degree in education and moved to NC to pursue his doctorate degree. Coach Parrinello left teaching to become a career firefighter in Cary where he has been since 2005. He currently holds the rank of Engineer and on his off days he substitute teaches for Wake County Public School System.

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 second 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 will primarily be working with our JV Lacrosse team as Offensive Coordinator.

Ross Thornton

Ross is a 2006 graduate of Apex HS. Ross was a standout defenseman on the 2005 State Championship team and was named the MVP of that Championship game. In 2006 Ross was named a First Team All State Defenseman and All American. Ross played post HS at Bridgeton Academy and then played club at Lynchburg College. Ross graduated from Lynchburg College in 2012. Ross will be lending his coaching expertise to both the Varsity and JV teams.

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