Bernal selected for All-American showcase | Sports brief

Recent Mercer Island High School graduate Connor Bernal was recently selected to play in the 2012 Champion All-American Showcase, a U.S. Lacrosse event in Florida in late July.

Recent Mercer Island High School graduate Connor Bernal was recently selected to play in the 2012 Champion All-American Showcase, a U.S. Lacrosse event in Florida in late July.

Bernal will play on Team Liberty during the event which is scheduled for July 25 through July 27 in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The event is part of the ESPNHS Games. Team Liberty will be coached by Brooks Sweet of Poly Prep Country Day School in New York, along with Carl Houser, who coaches at Glen Ridge in New Jersey.

The boys event is a four-team round robin format featuring 94 players from 32 states and the District of Columbia.

The boys championship game is schedule to air on ESPNU at 7 p.m. on Friday, July 27.