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    Crean Lutheran boys lacrosse loses to Santa Monica in OT in Division 3 final
    • May 14, 2023

    DOWNEY — The Crean Lutheran boys lacrosse team took a 13-game winning streak into the CIF Southern Section Division 3 championship game Saturday at Downey High.

    The Saints had rolled through the playoffs, winning by scores of 15-3, 16-3, 14-6 and 18-7 to reach the finals.

    But things were different Saturday, as they battled No. 1 seed Santa Monica in a tight contest from start to finish and eventually lost 9-8 in overtime.

    Three minutes into the overtime period, senior attack Joaquin Nava had the ball behind the net and passed to a cutting Ozgood Hawkins, who scored the winning goal for Santa Monica (17-6).

    Jordan Warners and AJ Bevacqua each scored twice for Crean Lutheran.

    Saints sophomore Brody Wallace had two assists with a goal. One of his assists was to Bevacqua who scored as time expired in the first half to give the Saints a 4-3 lead.

    “I love coaching these kids, it’s a tremendous group,” Crean Lutheran coach Will McMinn said. “They gave it everything they had and the chips didn’t fall.”

    Hawkins, a sophomore, had seven points Saturday (four goals, three assists) to give him a team-high 117 points this season.

    The story of the game was the excellent play of the two goalies: Luke Beteag of Crean Lutheran (21-3) and Jasper Ford of Santa Monica.

    “He’s a great presence in the net and when the defense has a miscue, he’s there to stop it,” Santa Monica coach James Phelan said. “Their goalie (Beteag) was stopping us countless times and made some point blank saves. He played his butt off today.”

    Beteag had 14 saves for the Saints and Ford had 16 for Santa Monica.

    Nava had two goals for the Vikings and so did Noah Zucker.

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    ​ Orange County Register 

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