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 Welcome
to the home of the Upper Arlington High School Girls'
Lacrosse Team.
The
Upper Arlington High School Girls' Lacrosse Program
began in 1983 under the sponsorship of UAHS faculty
member and Coach Pete Corey. Tom Stout
then led the Bears for five seasons. In 1992, Wendy
Pinta took the helm of the UA Girls' Lacrosse
program for the next fifteen years and led them to
three state championship titles. In 2008, Lynda
McCandlish, a UAHS and Northwestern University
graduate, assumed the head coach position. In her
first and only season as head coach at Upper Arlington,
Coach McCandlish won the state championship. Lynda
McCandlish also made Ohio history by winning the state
championship as both a UA player (2002) and as a head
coach (2008). From 2009-2011, Kim Rocheleau
headed the Golden Bears, taking them to the state
finals in each of her three years as head coach.
In
2012, the Golden Bears saw two of its former coaches
return to lead the team. Head Coach Wendy Pinta
(1991-2007) returned from a 4-year hiatus to coach
youth lacrosse at Hastings Middle School and Executive
Head Coach Sue Stimmel (1989-90) returned after
a 23-year leave to coach collegiate lacrosse at Denison
and The Ohio State University. In their first season
as head coaches they returned the Bears to the state
finals. In their second year, they led the squad to
their first state championship in five years. This
year they return again and hope to lead the Bears
to another state title!
In
1993, Upper Arlington player Ashley Burkart was the
first-ever UAHS girl's lacrosse player to be named
All-American. Since then,
23 other UAHS players have
earned All-American distinctions, and many others
have been honored with All-Ohio and All-League awards.
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