April 25, 2007 - Jerome Awaits Bears Saturday

The 7-1 Upper Arlington mens lacrosse team hit the halfway point of the season Wednesday night with an 11-3 win over rival Worthington Kilbourne at Marv Moorhead Stadium. 16-year head coach Ted Wolford sees a team clearly improving. "I'm happy with our overall play. We're starting to eliminate unforced errors and understand our own capabilities," said Wolford. "It was a matter of getting our guys some experience. We couldn't give that to them. They had to do that on their own."

The 3-time defending state champion Bears meet up with homestanding Dublin Jerome Saturday night in a rematch of the 2006 state title game. "Jerome is an athletic team. They are well coached and very aggressive on the offensive and defensive end," said Wolford. "They have changed a lot of faces like we have." The Celtics lost their starting attack and goalie from a year ago. "It should be a good match-up," added Wolford. "We have a little bit of history with the two games we played against them last year." UA won the state championship game, 9-6 at Dublin Jerome last year.