Ashley Doubles Up Sanderson Behind Tribble’s Eight-Point Night

Ashley did not just beat Sanderson on Tuesday. The Screaming Eagles doubled the Spartans 16-8 in a North Carolina high school lacrosse playoff game, and the available box score made the shape of the night pretty clear.

Ashley generated 16 goals on 43 total shots, added six assists, and got a headline performance from #22 Ethan Tribble. That is usually a pretty decent recipe unless the other team has brought a fire extinguisher and a signed note from the lacrosse gods. Sanderson did not.

Tribble drives the night

Tribble, a senior wearing #22, finished with five goals and three assists for eight points on eight shots. That is the kind of stat line that makes a recap easy because the angle walks into the room carrying its own luggage.

Ashley also got a strong scoring push from #4 Grady Donaton, a junior who had three goals and one assist on six shots. Together, Tribble and Donaton accounted for eight of Ashley’s 16 goals and half of the team’s assists.

The faceoff data mattered too. #25 Harris McKoy went 12-for-20 at the dot, while #29 Hunter Hardee added a 3-for-5 mark. Add it up and Ashley won 15 of 25 faceoffs, enough possession control to keep Sanderson chasing the game instead of dictating it.

Sanderson’s season context

Sanderson entered at 10-10 overall and 6-8 in conference play, with 186 goals for and 177 goals against. The Spartans had identifiable production in the available stat profile: #18 Tyler Salvati with 51 goals, #22 Ethan Tribble listed with 45 assists in the scraped leaders, #25 Harris McKoy with 100 ground balls, and #12 Ashton Teter with 214 saves.

Some of that feed clearly mixes the game and season context in ways that require caution, but the verified game-level box score is the anchor here: Ashley 16, Sanderson 8.

Ashley moves on with a convincing answer

A playoff win by eight goals is not subtle. Ashley’s 16-8 result gave the Screaming Eagles a clean, verified postseason step forward and did it with enough offensive detail to feel more like a statement than a survival act.

Tribble’s eight-point night will be the number everyone circles, and fair enough. When a senior stacks five goals and three assists in a playoff game, the recap practically writes itself. Annoyingly convenient, really.