Orange County lacrosse preview: Foothill girls will chase another CIF-SS title, this time with a new coach ...Middle East

The Register’s boys and girls lacrosse preview for the 2025 season, which started Monday, Feb. 10.

The most successful high school girls lacrosse program in Southern California has a new coach.

Foothill’s girls team has won three of the four CIF-SS Division 1 championships in the sport’s history and has a 68-2 record against Southern Section opponents since 2019.

Taylor Lindores replaces former Orange County coach of the year Cristina Rodriguez, who had been the team’s head coach since 2019.

Lindores most recently was the head coach at Tamalpais High where she led the Red Tailed Hawks to a CIF North Coast Section championship in 2023. She was named CIF North Coast Section coach of the year for that season.

Foothill returns five All-County players, including the Register’s 2024 Orange County player of the year Brynn Perkins. The Florida State signee led Foothill with 96 pounds last season and had 15 caused turnovers.

Junior Kayla Agarie returns after tallying 50 points last season. Elle Vickers led the team in draws won and ground balls. Junior attack Addie Duvel is back along with Ava Pistone, who was one of the top freshmen in the county last season.

Foothill opens the season against Division 2 champion JSerra on Feb. 27 and then plays Marlborough, the team that beat the Knights for the Division 1 championship.

AROUND THE COUNTY

• Three of the four girls lacrosse teams in the Trinity League have new head coaches this season despite all three reaching the playoffs in 2024: Ane Horton (Mater Dei), Kate Hick (JSerra) and Kelly Petite (Santa Margarita).

• Hick was the Register’s Orange County coach of the year in 2017 when she led Foothill to an Orange County championship. JSerra won the Division 2 championship last season.

• San Clemente returns twins Charlotte and Sophia Yeskulsky, who played for the German National Team at the European Championships this summer in Portugal. Sophia had 105 points last season and Charlotte had 100 for a team that won the South Coast League championship. Both sisters have signed with Colorado.

• San Juan Hills was the second-place team in the South Coast League last season and reached the Division 2 championship game. The Stallions only had one senior starter last season and are led by Caitlyn Enright (85 points) and Sierra Chen (78 points).

• Mater Dei’s offense may be led by two sophomores. Kelly Filbert and Ava Hefner combined for over 130 points as freshmen last season.

• Santa Margarita has two seniors who made first-team All-County last season. Catie Maroutsos is signed with Ohio State and Paige Peters is signed with Florida State.

BOYS LACROSSE

St. Margaret’s won its first CIF-SS Division 1 championship last season and graduated nine All-County players.

The Tartans return two promising sophomores, Brody Booen and Carson Barber, who each scored in St. Margaret’s championship game win over Loyola.

Foothill is always a championship contender and the Knights feature All-County face-off specialist Isaiah Chavez, who recently signed with Westminster University. Chavez won 64 percent of his face-offs last season.

• Boston Badraun of Tesoro is one of the top goalies in the state and is signed with Queens University. Badraun was an All-County midfielder last season who had 85 points for the Titans.

• Four of the five teams in the South Coast League made the playoffs last season. League newcomer Aliso Niguel reached the Division 1 playoffs while Trabuco Hills, San Clemente and Tesoro played in Division 2.

• Huntington Beach may have the best chance to challenge Corona del Mar for the Sunset League championship this season. Goalie Brycen Janney led all juniors in the county in saves (263) and save percentage (65) last season.

• San Juan Hills and Beckman will likely compete for the Sea View League championship this season. Junior Reid Gordon had 63 points for San Juan Hills last season and Lundon Murray had a 53 save percentage for Beckman.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

BOYS 

Carson Barber, St. Margaret’s, So., Attack: Barber had 34 goals and 27 assists as a freshman for the CIF champions last season.

Dylan Eidsvold, Foothill, Sr., Defense: Eidsvold has been All-County for the past two seasons and had 53 ground balls with 41 takeaways last season. The 41 takeaways were the most for any underclassmen in the county.

Garrett Ip, Corona del Mar, Sr., Midfield: The Williams College commit led Corona del Mar in goals last season and has been All-County the past two seasons.

Tommy Smith, Aliso Niguel, Sr., Attack: The four-year starter had 42 points last season and is committed to Florida Southern University.

Ryan Winters, Santa Margarita, Sr., Midfield: Winters led Santa Margarita with 62 points and added 50 ground balls with 17 takeaways last season. He is signed with Boston University.

GIRLS

Sienna De La Paz, Mater Dei, Jr., Midfield: De La Paz had 62 ground balls, nine caused turnovers and 85 draw wins as a sophomore last season.

Mackenzie Farley, St. Margaret’s, Sr., Midfield: Farley was second in the state in points last season with 158 and scored 132 goals. She is a USA Lacrosse All-American and signed with Brown University.

Chloe Mora, Orange Lutheran, Sr., Attack: Mora had 126 points last season with 110 goals and shot 91 percent. She is committed to Colorado State University Pueblo.

Mady Nolan, Woodbridge, Jr., Midfield: Nolan led all sophomores in the Southern Section with 139 points last season and averaged 6.5 goals per game. She had 56 ground balls and 32 caused turnovers.

Miikka Oda, El Dorado, Sr., Attack: Oda has been All-County the past two seasons and had 111 points last season with 82 goals on 79 percent shooting. She is committed to Mount St. Mary’s University.

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