Boys’ Lacrosse Pummels Cushing and Tilton

This week, the boy’s varsity lacrosse team played games on both Friday and Saturday and won both of its matches. In the first of these two games, the team played against the Tilton School on Big Red’s home turf and won by a remarkable sixteen goals to one. The second game was also a home game and was against Cushing Academy. The team dominated its competition again, winning by a whopping margin of 16 goals with a score of 18-2.

These high scores showed the team was up to the challenge of a double-header and could be successful despite the difficult schedule. Senior Jack Farrell said that the team had to work together to win back to back games only one day apart. He said that playing games so close together was “no easy task.” Farrell added that another challenge of the games was the harsh weather the boys played in. He said, “The two games were both played in cold, windy temperatures.” However, the team’s enthusiasm helped it conquer the cold and come out triumphant in both games. Farrell added, “The spirit of the boys burned bright with passion.”

Senior Matthew McShea was impressed with the team, particularly with prep Ben Peffer. McShea said, “Ben Peffer stood out for his outstanding teamwork and vision late in the game.”

Other players stood out for skillful plays as well as enthusiasm. Farrell said that a play that stood out to him in the game against Cushing Academy was senior and co-captain Bradley Ingersoll, scoring an impressive underhand goal. Farrell commented that it was a “truly tremendous” goal. McShea praised the goalies as well as the field players. He said that senior goalie Paul MacDonald had an amazing save.

These plays helped lead the team to a decisive victory in both of its games. And although Big Red won its game against Cushing Academy by sixteen goals, the match was still interesting to watch. A particularly exciting play was when upper Jack Pimental scored with 0.6 seconds left in the first half of the game. “This gave us momentum heading into the [second] half,” McShea said.

Taking the lessons they’ve learned from these skilled plays and in working together, the boys are playing two games against Proctor Academy and the Portsmouth Abbey School in the upcoming week. These games are both away and are being played on Wednesday and Saturday, respectively.

McShea thinks that the lessons learned from the past week’s games will help in the two games coming up in this week. He said, “The games helped us settle into our offense and really work on our chemistry, which hopefully we can carry into our bigger games this week.”