For 21 minutes, the Southern Regional boys lacrosse team proved it belonged on the field against one of the most storied programs in North Jersey.

“We’ve played high-level competition all season and we were prepared,” said senior attacker Braedyn Gialanella, who capped his career by scoring the Rams’ last two goals of the season on June 13. “We felt we could compete with anybody that was in front of us, and we showed that today.