Instead of the tired “We’re number one! We’re number one!” chant, Hudson put a territorial twist on an old tradition after winning its first MBSLA state championship.

“Seven-one-five! Seven-one-five!” was Hudson’s victory cry after beating St. Louis Park 9-5 on Saturday, June 8, at Minneapolis Washburn High School.

Huh?

Turns out that 715 is the area code for Hudson, the lone Wisconsin team competing in the Minnesota Boys’ Scholastic Lacrosse Association. That’s right, a Wisconsin team just won a Minnesota state championship.

“We get a lot of crap, ‘Well, who do you guys play?’ ” Hudson coach Rich Grinstead said. “ ‘Well, we play all Minnesota teams.’ So we take a little bit of pride in being the only Wisconsin team in the league.

“It will be a little weird with Hudson on the trophy with all the great Minnesota teams that have won it in the past.”

Because most all of the Wisconsin club lacrosse programs are located in the extreme southern and eastern portions of the state, Hudson plays in the much more travel-friendly MBSLA. Four-hour bus rides to play Wisconsin teams are replaced by 30-minute trips to the Twin Cities to play club squads.

One of those journeys included a game against St. Paul. Hudson freshman Will Reece remembers the Celts chanting their area code after each of their goals.

“So we had to get them back,” Reece said.