Lacrosse coach Mark Pim resigns
June 2 - Springbrook High School has announced the resignation of lacrosse coach Mark Pim.  Coach Pim, who has been the boys lacrosse coach since the program began 11 years ago, has resigned in order to spend more time with his family.  During his tenure at Springbrook, the program has grown from 20 novice players to a program with 50 players each year who competed with the best programs in the county.  Coach Pim’s replacement will be Springbrook graduate Darren Murray (1999).  Coach Murray has been an assistant at Springbrook for two years.

Coach Pim’s record at Springbrook was 81-64 (13-2 this year) with two region finalists (2000, 2007) and three division championships (1999, 2000, 2007).  He was named Gazette  Coach of the Year in 1999 and Man of the Year in 2002 and 2007.  According to AD Ron Lane, Coach Pim, who also started the men’s lacrosse programs at Quince Orchard and Seneca Valley , will best be remembered for being a role model for his kids on and off the field.  Mr. Lane said “  Coach Pim is a gentlemen who loved to teach lacrosse to young men and young women.  He will be missed but we are thrilled that Darren Murray has agreed to coach the team.”  Coach Pim will continue to run his Blue Devil Lacrosse and Field Hockey camp at Springbrook this summer and will remain as a teacher at Springbrook in the future. 

Blue Devils fall to Wootton in regional final
May 17 - Two days before beating Dulaney, 9-7, in the Class 4A-3A semifinals, Wootton won its second consecutive regional championship with a 15-8 ousting of Springbrook. While the Patriots’ dream season continued, the Blue Devils (13-2 record) couldn’t continue the magic-carpet ride that took them to their best finish in school history. Thanks to a cast of fantastic four-year seniors, including midfielder Ben Simmons and attackmen Adam Brizendine and David Abramson, Springbrook put together a string of playoff miracles to reach the regional final.  Gazzette, Post

Blue Devils upend Churchill
May 16 - It wasn’t supposed to end like this for Churchill. Not in the 4A-3A West Region boys lacrosse semifinals, and not to a team they had just manhandled by double digits a little over a week earlier.  The third-seeded Bulldogs’ 11-10 loss at No. 2 Springbrook Monday was made all the more difficult by their belief that they not only let a big lead slip away, but didn’t do what they set out to do this spring.  Springbrook (13-1) advances to face unbeaten top-seed Wootton in Wednesday’s regional final. The game will be played at 7 p.m. at Wootton.  Gazette

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Gazette playoff preview
May 9 - Wootton is the team to beat when the boys lacrosse playoffs begin in the 4A-3A West Region. Not only are the Patriots unbeaten, they are the defending regional champions. But No. 2 Springbrook (10-1 going into Tuesday) is better, as well. The Blue Devils won their first 10 games this season thanks to an offense that scored in double figures in each of them. Springbrook was dealt a harsh reality check in a 15-4 loss to Churchill last Thursday, but a chance at redemption would be in the cards should both teams advance past their opening, second-round games.  more . . .

Blue Devils clinch divisional title
April 25 - After Monday’s 17-4 win over Blake, the Blue Devils’ eighth victory in as many tries this season, the team’s seniors allowed themselves one brief moment to enjoy something they had never accomplished before.  In the last three years, Springbrook finished second, third and tied for second in the Montgomery 4A East Division.  But the win over their Northeast Consortium rivals meant the Blue Devils, with one divisional game still to play Saturday, have clinched the title for the first time since any of their players have been in high school.  Gazette

Springbrook lacrosse on a roll
April 18 - Since the Springbrook boys lacrosse team’s four-goal victory over Walter Johnson before Spring Break, not much has changed. That day, head coach Mark Pim had declared the team the strongest it’s ever been since he took over, and the Blue Devils have done nothing to dispel that notion since.  They’ve only played once since then, but it validated Pim’s claim even more so. Against previously unbeaten Blair last week, Springbrook dominated throughout, logging 41 shots en route to a 17-3 victory, upping its record to 5-0 through the season’s first three weeks.  "You know what was happening was that if they would make a save on a shot early on, and their goalie did make several good saves, but our guys were just relentless in riding and working hard to come right back at them," Pim said.  "It was exciting because we hoped we could come back and keep things rolling after a good start and that’s exactly what we did."  Gazette

Lacrosse contact - child’s play for Simmons
April 4 - There is a certain parallel between lacrosse and football - both require players to have a certain amount of toughness in order to thrive. Springbrook attacker Ben Simmons has it in spades. It’s the first thing noticeable about his game, how effortlessly he runs through and into contact without losing possession of the ball. For a wide receiver on the Blue Devils’ football team who made his mark going over the middle, his fearlessness makes sense. The senior’s attacking style has never translated from the gridiron to the pitch any better than the start of this season. Through his first four games, Simmons has nabbed a team-high 16 goals to lead Springbrook to an undefeated start. His football mentality was best on display last Thursday against Walter Johnson. After a slow start, during which the Blue Devils trailed 2-0 after the first quarter, Simmons took matters into his own hands. In a three-minute, 30-second span of the second quarter, Simmons gave Springbrook the lead with two goals and an assist. The Devils went on to win, 10-6.  more . . .

Gazette 2007 season preview
Mar. 13 - The Springbrook Blue Devils, playing in the 4A East Division, have bright prospects this season.  Springbrook is coming off a 6-6 campaign but have only lost two seniors who received significant playing time.  The strength of the team may lie in its aggressive midfield, comprised of two football players, Ben Simmons and David Abramson.  But its most potent scorer is also returning, attacker Adam Brizendine (29 goals, 17 assists), as is fellow attacker Tim Roe (30 points).  With most of their top talent returning, the Blue Devils possess the potential to break into the upper echelon of county teams.  Now it’s only a matter of making it happen.  ‘‘The kids feel like we’re in pretty strong position - our challenge is to get the chemistry of playing together to really go after the top teams,” said head coach Mark Pim.  ‘‘We kind of want to break into that group and we’ve got the kids to do it. If we put it together, we can play with anybody in the county.”  more . . .

Fast Break lacrosse & field hockey camp 
June 2007- click here for sign-up and camp brochure.