The Southern Lehigh Spartans boys’ lacrosse team has started what they hope to be a successful 2013 season, with key players leading the way. Standout junior midfielder Greg Farris has already committed to play at Lehigh. Other key players are senior goalie Tim Flounders, junior attacks Zach Wilson and Ryan Kearns, junior midfielder Tom Dex, and freshman midfielder Michael Nelson.

“We’ve done really good,” freshman JV player Blake Levengood said. “But I personally think we could do better.”

So far, the Spartans have a 3-5 record. Their five losses came from Emmaus, Nazareth  Parkland, Easton and Newhope Solebury. Their first win was an easy 13-1 win against Bethlehem Catholic. In the following two wins, they beat both Moravian Academy and Saucon Valley.

“Central Catholic is probably the biggest team we want to beat,” Farris said. “[They have] a very good lacrosse team that has won many district titles over the years and it would be awesome to beat them.”

Since Southern Lehigh, Saucon Valley, and Moravian Academy are the only Colonial League schools that have lacrosse teams, the Spartans play against the competitive Lehigh Valley Conference schools, so they have a harder schedule to follow. But, they hope to try their hardest against these teams.

“Our goal is to make the district playoffs,” Farris said. “Winning districts is the biggest goal our team has.”