Huntley's Collin Fischer was involved in more goals this season than any other player in the county.

The senior attackman tallied 92 points (up from 69 as a junior), good enough for best in the area and sixth in all of the Illinois High School Lacrosse Association. Fischer's 92 points came on a well-balanced game of 43 goals and 49 assists. He led the Red Raiders in points and assists and was second in goals behind teammate James Huber (who scored 50 and assisted on 21).

For his prolific scoring prowess on one of the area's top teams, Fischer was voted the Northwest Herald Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year, as selected by members of the sports staff with input from local coaches.

Fischer spoke with reporter John Wilkinson about the chemistry with Huber that helped them score so much, plus kickboxing, fishing and more.

Wilkinson: What was your best memory of this season?

Fischer: Probably when we played handball. We played handball as a team for team building, and it kind of opens up how to move when you are playing lacrosse, so it's a good learning skill, I guess.

Wilkinson: What's your favorite thing about your sport?

Fischer: I don't get bored of it. Usually there's something new. There's always better people that you play. I've been playing for quite a while, so it's stayed interesting. Go to new places, you play everywhere.

Wilkinson: You say you've played for a while. When did you start, and how did you get into it?

Fischer: Fifth grade I think. My dad asked me if I wanted to play. I forget where he saw it. I think he may have heard one of our close friends plays it. I think that was it.

Wilkinson: Did it catch your interest immediately?

Fischer: Yeah. I started playing leagues, and I went on to my first travel team in sixth grade. Then played all round the Midwest and eighth grade started going to farther states such as Maryland, Massachusetts.

Wilkinson: What's something about you that most people don't know?

Fischer: National kickboxing champion at, like, age 10.

Wilkinson: Is that still something you do?

Fischer: I stopped around 14. I did kickboxing, I started karate at like 3. My uncle owns a martial arts studio in Huntley, and I think when I turned 10 I had three kickboxing fights before I won the Kick Wako nationals.

Wilkinson: It sounds like you've done a lot of traveling through your sports. What's your favorite place you've ever traveled?

Fischer: Playa del Carmen, Mexico. That was fun. Went on vacation there. Went scuba diving there.

Wilkinson: What's a place you would still like to go to?

Fischer: I'd like to go fishing in Canada.

Wilkinson: Are you a big fisherman?

Fischer: Yeah I fish mostly every day.

Wilkinson: In that case, what's the biggest or best fish you've ever caught?

Fischer: I caught a 21-inch walleye. But then I caught some other larger fish, but I've only caught one, so that was new for me.

Wilkinson: Sounds like you've done lots of sports, is there something else you wish you were good at or want to get into?

Fischer: I wish I got better at golf. I like golfing. I like the idea of golf, but I just never really got into it. I've always played, like periodically throughout my life, even young, still now I wish I was better.

Wilkinson: You contributed a ton of points this season. What was the biggest thing for you to have such a successful season?

Fischer: The chemistry between another attackman I played with in previous years, James Huber. The chemistry working on that between us two. I was always very good at playing with Chuck Addis, who was first-team all-conference last year and like the past four years. We'd been playing since sixth grade, so the chemistry was there. So when I lost that, I had to regain chemistry with my other teammate who was in my grade, James. He really helped me, I really helped him, we basically did the best we could for each other, and that's how we were both very successful on the year.

Wilkinson: If you could change one thing about lacrosse, what would you do?

Fischer: I think 3-v-3 instead of overtime. Or they have overtime and there's a thing called "braveheart" where it's one-on-one and the goalies and first one to score wins, which I think is very interesting, makes the game very interesting. Best player against best player and that determines the tie.

Wilkinson: What's your favorite movie?

Fischer: Probably "Lone Survivor." That's a good movie.

Wilkinson: What's the thing you're most particular about with your equipment?

Fischer: My stick, make sure it's strung properly. I string my own stick. Make sure everything's up to my standards, basically.

Wilkinson: What's your favorite pregame or postgame meal?

Fischer: Cheeseburgers postgame.

Wilkinson: If you could have any car, what would you want to drive?

Fischer: A Ferrari.

Wilkinson: You're going on to play in college. What is going to be the hardest adjustment, and what are you looking forward to the most?

Fischer: Probably the speed of the game – feel like you'll have get a lot faster. It will be hard to adjust, but I feel like I'll be ready. And then, probably new plays types I'm looking forward to explore and understand. I rarely used different ones in high school, kind of stuck with the same thing because it worked and everything.

Wilkinson: What are you planning on majoring in at college?

Fischer: Biomedical engineering.

Wilkinson: What do you think is the biggest factor in getting more people involved in lacrosse?

Fischer: I feel like a lot of people, they just need to watch it. They haven't seen it. A lot of people don't understand it. I mean, it's different, so people don't want to go into something that's different, they don't understand, they don't know anything about. Probably just getting more exposure on it and I guarantee people will start liking it more.

Wilkinson: What's the best piece of coaching or advice you've gotten?

Fischer: Probably if you want something bad enough, I guess you have to do whatever it takes to get that.