By Clark Fahrenthold
UPDATED: May 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM PDT

For a seventh consecutive season, the Torrey Pines High School boys lacrosse program lifted theCIF San Diego Section Open Division title above their heads after handily defeating La Costa Canyon 13-8 in Saturday evening’s championship game.

“To overcome some big sways, and things that were out of our control, and still win tells you alot about this team,” said Torrey Pines Coach Jono Zissi.

The two powerhouse programs weren’t shot-for-shot in the first half, with Torrey Pines grabbinga narrow 6-5 lead after the first half.

For Torrey Pines, they showcased their offensive versatility, as six different Falcons found theback of the net if the first 24 minutes of action.

Meanwhile, La Costa Canyon’s first-half offense was led by attacker Jackson Schaffer. The seniorcollected three first-half goals, helping the Mavericks keep the deficit at 6-5 heading into the half.

“We have a saying: five fingers vs. the fist. If you have five fingers and you go against the fist,the fist is going to blow that up,” Zissi said, “When you have a tight group that shares the ball and trusts each other, that is going to be the fist winning. That is what we did tonight.”

Torrey Pines would seal their seventh straight CIF open title with their play in the third quarter.

At the heart of their run were team captains John Prior and Ross Jacobsen. The duo tallied threeof the five goals in the quarter, with Jacobsen netting two and Prior logging his second goal of the day.

“We are the hardest-working team in San Diego,” said Torrey Pines captain Ross Jacobsen,“Today validates all the hard work we put in. At the end of the day, your performance falls back to your preparation, and we prepared very well.”