Tara Benninger - SNP Girls Lacrosse Player of the Year, 2009

Girls lacrosse -- Tara Benninger -- Thomas Worthington
During the season, her coach didn't really like to talk about it much. But the fact was this:
The Cardinals were a whole lot different team when four-year starter Tara Benninger was on the field than when she was not.
Case in point -- the Thomas at Dublin Jerome game. When Benninger had to leave the game with a deep bruise, the Cards were comfortably ahead. In the end, Thomas had to scratch out a win in overtime.
"Without her voice and leadership, we struggled," said Thomas coach Ally McCarthy.
Benninger, a returning first-team All-American and first-team All-Ohioan, also made her presence felt in the box score with more than 70 goals in 2009 as the Cardinals went 17-5, won the North Regional Tournament (Benninger scored five times in the final), and advanced to a state semifinal. Benninger scored three goals in the final Thomas game, a loss to Upper Arlington,
"She was our playmaker," McCarthy said.
Benninger will attend Miami University in the fall.

--PHILLIP KING, columbuslocalnews.com

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