This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is junior lacrosse attacker Brett Clark. On Friday night, Clark scored the Panthers’ last three goals as Orange defeated Carrboro 11-7 to advance to the round of 16 in the 3A/2A/1A State Playoffs at Auman Stadium in Hillsborough. It ensured Orange’s second straight 20-win season. Clark leads the team with 66 goals and 101 points this season for an Orange team that claimed its fifth consecutive Mid-Carolina Conference championship. This season, Clark has 14 hat tricks. He scored a season-high six goals in Orange’s 18-4 win over Eastern Alamance on April 25 in Hillsborough. He started the year with four hat tricks in Orange’s first five games. In a 9-3 win over Northern Guilford, Clark scored three goals and registered three assists. On March 7, he scored four goals as Orange broke open a tight game against Southern Alamance to defeat the Patriots 12-6 in Graham. In the rematch against the Patriots, he scored five goals as Orange pulled away 12-4. Clark has helped a young Orange team with only six seniors fill the gap left behind after the departure of Connor Kruse, the all-time leading scorer in Orange lacrosse history. Clark returns to action on Tuesday when Orange faces Seaforth in the third round of the state playoffs in Pittsboro.
Orange Panther of the Week: Brett Clark
This week’s Orange Panther of the Week is junior lacrosse attacker Brett Clark. On Friday night, Clark scored the Panthers’ last three goals as Orange defeated Carrboro 11-7 to advance to the round of 16 in the 3A/2A/1A State Playoffs at Auman Stadium in Hillsborough. It ensured Orange’s second straight 20-win season.