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The end of an era in Cape girls' lax at Delaware Senior All-Star Game

The Delaware Senior All-Star game was a fitting end to high school careers of friends from the Cape community. Shown are (l-r) Sussex Tech's Kellen Cannon, Cape's Anna Frederick, Cape coach P.J. Kesmodel, Tech's Kirstin Lockwood and Cape's Sara Young. This group scored more than 600 goals in the last four years. BY DAN COOK
Dan Cook
June 11, 2013
Best friends and teammates Anna Frederick, left, and Sara Young ended their high school lacrosse careers playing in the Delaware Senior All-Star game June 8 at Wesley College. BY DAN COOK
Cape's Sara Young shoots and scores in the Delaware Senior All-Star Game. BY DAN COOK
Sussex Tech's Kellen Cannon shoots and scores in the Delaware Senior All-Star Game. Cannon had four goals in the contest. BY DAN COOK
Cape's Anna Frederick shoots and scores. BY DAN COOK
Sara Young shoots and scores. BY DAN COOK
Anna Frederick goes to the goal on a fast break. BY DAN COOK
Sussex Tech grad Kirstin Lockwood holds down the defense for CR goalie Lauren Biddle. BY DAN COOK
Sara Young battles for a loose ball. BY DAN COOK
Kellen Cannon shoots and scores over the Blue team goalie. BY DAN COOK
Anna Frederick breaks out of the crowd and goes to the Blue team goal. BY DAN COOK

The Frederick and Young era came to an end June 8 as high scorers Anna Frederick and Sara Young played their last high school lacrosse game at Wesley College in the Delaware Senior All-Star Game.

It wasn't the score that was important - the White team was defeated by the Blue 17-12 - but the camaraderie of playing the game they love with the opponents they have battled for the last four years including friends like Kellen Cannon and Kirstin Lockwood from Sussex Tech, with whom they have played on teams since elementary school.

Frederick is off to Temple University next September, Young will play for the University of Pennsylvania, Cannon will play lax at Bloomsburg University and Lockwood will attend the University of Delaware. Frederick, Young and Cannon were honored with 2013 first team all-state with Frederick and Young being named all-American. Lockwood was named second team all-state.

One thing that they will all remember is the experience of playing for P. J. Kesmodel, who coached Frederick and Young to four DIAA state championships. The Delaware Senior All Star Game was a fitting ending to a glorious career for these friends.

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Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs. 

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