First-game excitement

Duchesne Academy eighth-grader Andrea Garza Estebanez (pictured, right) fights for the ball in the team’s inaugural lacrosse game. The middle-school lacrosse team competed in its very first game against St. Francis Episcopal School, with players Ciara Finan, Carina Savarino, and Emma Edmonds each scoring goals. Duchesne’s new team members are Nayeli Arriaga, Sydney Barrick, Mariana Benitez-Monroy, Mary Rose Bollman, Emma Bullwinkel, Lillian Cortez, Christine Marie Directo, Emma Edmonds, Caroline Ferretti, Ciara Finan, Andrea Garza Estebanez, Addison Gaudette, Colette Gorgue, Margo Graham, Jordan Haselhorst, Taryn Hopkins, Donna Hren, Faith Junghans, Sofia Mohtashami, Elizabeth Morrison, Evelyn Muskat, Bayan Othman, Abigail Parker, Marta Pereda Sanchez-Dehesa, McKenzie Poindexter, Ava Powell, Eva Raborn, Ava Reggi, Macarena Santacruz-Valencia, Carina Savarino, Chloe Sonsino, Mia Thompson, Zoya Volkov, Snow Woods, Reese Worsdell, and Natalia Zaldivar.

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