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PPL Championship returns to Subaru Field with strong regional flavor on the field.


The Premier Lacrosse League is back in town with its championship final this Sunday afternoon at Subaru Park in Chester. 

The PLL’s Philly team, the Waterdogs, didn’t make the postseason this year, but there are still plenty of local players on the teams that made the final — the defending champion Utah Archers and Maryland Whipsnakes. Many still live in the area and will have friends and family filling out the gameday crowd.

“First off, to get to the last game of the season and be one of the last two is always a privilege and it’s really special,” said Archers captain Ryan Ambler, an Abington native. “It’s probably heightened because I grew up a couple miles away from here, so I’ve got a ton of friends and family who are going to be in the area.”

Ambler won’t be alone in having local friends and family in attendance. Matt Moore is from Garnet Valley in Delco, Grant Ament is from Doylestown and Eli Fisher is from Allentown. Mike Sisselberger is from Center Valley, Pa. Head coach Chris Bates was previously in charge at Drexel and Princeton Universities, and now coaches St. Andrew’s School in Middletown, Del. Assistant coach Tony Resch’s full-time job — when he’s not a 10-time professional lacrosse champion coach — is guidance counselor and lacrosse coach at La Salle College High School.



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