grelch wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 3:06 pm
Salisbury can go under .500 if they lose to Deerfield. I can't remember the last time that's happened.
Just checked in on the game and Deerfield is up by 8 in the 4th. No color.
A bit of color for what it's worth. Was able to stop by the Pocumtuck valley for the first time in too long and take in the game. DA seemed to have just a little bit more juice here, there and everywhere on the field in this particular tilt. Really liked the "one more pass" mentality of the offense which resulted in some decent shot opportunities for a player becoming an assist because their pass went to a teammate who had a much higher percentage opportunity. Lots of hard hitting, good scrappy play, good riding, and creativity on both sides. Strong, fast, and high lax IQ kids all over the field wearing both uniforms.
4th quarter the field tilted downhill for DA and they pulled away with some fun fast breaks that ended up in the net. Good shot placements on this day. Some good saves by DA goalie especially.
One particular Salisbury assistant coach might need meds. Thought the guy was gonna spontaneously combust at one point. Refs seemed decent+ with no egregious tilting of the scale as best as I could tell. Let them play and hit hard.
Gotta love the grass field, which is tucked into an odd corner of the lower level as both the Jim Smith football field and adjacent Jamie Kapteyn '79 memorial field are scraped to dirt. RIP, Jamie. Played on the team with him my Soph (his Senior) year. Passed away at 45 in 2007 having come back to DA to teach/coach years earlier. Anyways, not sure what the plan is for the fields. Field turf? Nooooo...
All in all a pleasure to stop in check out some lax, then wander around the campus seeing some old haunts and lots of shiny new bricks, too. Days of glory and all that. Was Senior spring really 43 years ago? Those pesky sands of time flying through the hourglass are more relentless than an Eamon McEneaney ride...
