West Forsyth girls lacrosse wins back-to-back state titles over Lambert
West Forsyth beat Lambert 10-8 at home for a second straight state title, finishing 22-0 and cementing Forsyth County as a girls lacrosse power.
West Forsyth turned its own campus into a championship stage and finished the job, beating county rival Lambert 10-8 to win a second straight GHSA Division 3 girls lacrosse title. The win gave the Wolverines a rare home-field state championship and delivered a final-night celebration at West Forsyth High School in Cumming.
The title completed a perfect 22-0 season for West Forsyth, which had already shown it could handle pressure by beating North Gwinnett 19-3 in the semifinals. By the time the Wolverines got to Lambert, the scoreboard reflected more than one hot streak. West Forsyth had spent the season taking on top-ranked opponents, including multiple meetings with Lambert and several out-of-state tests, and still finished with 421 goals scored against 78 allowed.
For head coach John Kiefer, the repeat title marked school history. West Forsyth had already won its first girls lacrosse state championship on May 16, 2025, at Denmark High School, when it beat Walton 16-7. One year later, the Wolverines backed it up on their own turf and became back-to-back state champions, a climb that also kept the program in the Public High School Girls’ National Top 25.
The championship mattered beyond one scoreboard because it landed in the middle of a larger Forsyth County story. West Forsyth and Lambert have turned girls lacrosse into one of the county’s sharpest rivalries, and the fact that the state final was played at West Forsyth High School only intensified the local edge. GHSA’s decision to stage the 2026 lacrosse state championships at West Forsyth from May 13-15 gave the county a showcase, and West Forsyth’s title gave that showcase a hometown finish.
For Forsyth County, the result was another sign that girls lacrosse has moved from a strong spring sport to a program built for state contention. West Forsyth’s perfect record, dominant scoring margin and repeated wins over Lambert showed a team that was tested all year and still finished on top, with the home crowd watching a county rival leave Cumming without the trophy.
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