Robinson Takes On Rivals in Girls Lacrosse

The most recent installment of Knights vs. Panthers

Garrett Senzon and Ashlin Sullivan

March 18, 2026

On Wednesday, March 10, Robinson High School took on its rivals, the Plant Panthers, in girls’ lacrosse. In the past 15 years, Robinson has yet to put up a win against the Panthers, a narrative the Knights were determined to change. Immediately after the game started, Plant began to exercise its relentless attack, scoring a staggering thirteen goals, with Robinson only managing to respond with two. Throughout the game, the Panthers managed to take 28 shots, constantly pressuring the RHS goalies. Additionally, Plant was able to win 88% of all face-offs, meaning they almost always had possession. In the second half of the game, however, the Knights were finally able to control the attack, limiting their opponents to just five goals, with the match ending with a final score of 18-2. The Panthers are currently ranked as the number 26 team in the nation, with the 7th-best goaltender in the United States.

Despite the hard loss, however, the Knights have managed to find a silver lining.

“It was a very tough result against a very strong team, but losses against very good teams are often the moments that identify our biggest opportunities for growth,” Captain Ella Johnson (’27) said. “To improve, we should focus on tightening up our defensive transitions and increasing possession time to better compete against high-level opponents.”

Finding the good in the bad has been one of the defining traits of girls’ lacrosse this season as the team attempts to both develop its seven new freshmen and compete for a spot in district and regional playoffs. So far, they’ve managed to accomplish both of these goals, with the team seeing significant growth and being far more competitive than their 1-7 record may suggest. So far, they’ve lost to: Sickles, Steinbrenner and Wharton, all of whom are in the top 200 nationally, and Plant and Tampa Catholic, who are both in the top 100.

Even with an insane schedule, the team has been putting in huge amounts of work to make themselves competitive.

“We have a lot of new players, so we’re not expecting huge wins against really good teams, but we’re still showing up and putting in 100% of effort,” Captain Elina Sizemore (’27) said. “Right now, we’re working on the importance of hard work and mentality when we play. Attitude means everything.”

Although the wins may not be coming now, when the team continues to put in effort, develop new players and compete with the best of the best, future success is almost undeniable.

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About the Contributors

Garrett Senzon, Sports Editor

Garrett Senzon is a junior at Robinson and sports editor entering his second year in the newspaper staff. This year, Garrett is looking towards continuing his interest in combining writing with his love of sports. As the sports editor, Senzon already has goals and plans that he would like to push into his position in newspaper. “I really just want to get more coverage. I also want to get more sports articles that kind of cover professional aspects while still connecting back to the school, because I feel like that’s more interesting to read about,” Senzon said. Aside from newspaper, Senzon also plans on having an amazing junior year through extracurricular actives. These include speech and debate, which he’s congressional debate captain for. In his position, he writes and submit bills, which is different for every tournament. “One of the bills that we debated on was one to put caps on the price of medication. So, medication can’t be above a certain price.” Senzon said Other than extracurricular activities, he’s also involved with sports, like tennis, which he shows great love for as this is his third year on the team. “I really enjoy just being able to hit with other people on the team. It’s a really good experience and a very good environment,” Senzon said Outside of school, he enjoys giving back to the community, involving himself in projects to give back to the people in need. “I volunteer at the Faith Cafe, then sometimes I build beds for people who don’t have beds available,” Senzon said With passion and determination in his position, Senzon is crucial for knight writers this year, bringing new ideas and understandings in his role as sports editor. (Profile by Jordan Lee)

Ashlin Sullivan, Staff Writer

Ashlin Sullivan is a first-year staff writer starting her first year in journalism. She is excited to get started with all the works of journalism. “Mrs. Webster was like do you want to join journalism?” she said. “And I said yes.” She has shown interest in taking photos for journalism, as well as writing stories that will be in the newspaper. “I want to take photos for a lot of stuff, and I also want to write opinion pieces,” she said. Taking her interests outside of journalism, she has various activities and hobbies that she enjoys taking part in. “I am on the soccer team, and I do like theatre and stuff, as well as acting and things related to that industry,” she said. Sullivan believes her experience will help greatly with her time in journalism. “I think I have a lot of skills photography wise; I have a lot of skills that would be helpful, and I know how to work a camera well,” she said. She aspires to go on to college after her time in the IB and even wants to go for a double major. “I want to go to FSU, and I want to double major in acting and psychology, and maybe even go pre med,” Sullivan said. Even with differing college aspirations, she still chases her likeliness towards acting. “I’ve been doing theatre for a while, I do like commercials sometimes when I can, and I just really enjoy it,” Sullivan said. As she treks through her junior year, she aims to keep up her good grades and expand her voice through the catalyst of journalism. (Profile by Jack Perkins)