BOLTON – Chelmsford subject hockey head coach Susan D’Agostino has identified senior star Remoré Serra for the reason that participant was very younger, and between the city’s youth program and 4 years on varsity, she’s coached her for the final eight years.
Losing within the event was a bitter finish to the partnership. But Sunday afternoon, very like for the remainder of the 59 different star seniors from throughout the state taking part in within the MSFCHA Best of 60 Senior All-Star Games at Nashoba, they obtained some constructive closure with one closing sport.
This is the primary yr the 4 groups competing within the two whole video games haven’t been cut up up by the part of the state that gamers come from, and wonderful competitors adopted from the combo. D’Agostino was the coach for Team Purple, which performed a near-perfect defensive sport towards Team Neon Green en path to a 1-1 tie. That sport adopted a 3-0 win for Team Neon Orange over Team Red.
“I’ve known (Serra) since she was teeny,” D’Agostino stated. “(The players) did their best and they’re all freezing. But they’re all just kind of enjoying playing across divisions, across teams. Just trying to enjoy the day of not really being rivals but just being with good field hockey players and enjoying their last organized high school game.”
The wind was whipping so fiercely, one of many objectives blew over in the midst of the second sport. But that frigid wind couldn’t whip away the everyday model of elite, pleasant subject hockey the video games convey.
Shrewsbury stars Lexi Kent and Taylor Ryder every tallied objectives for Neon Orange in a three-goal first quarter, tag-teaming on offense collectively one closing time. Kristina Aguilar (Minnechaug) scored the opposite purpose, whereas Watertown senior stars Maggie Driscoll and Lizzie Loftus paired with Shrewsbury’s Maddie Mrva and Somerset Berkley’s Reese Swanson to maintain stress on the opposite finish a lot of the sport.
Team Red boasted fairly just a few bursts of offense itself, as Masconomet’s Maggie Sturgis and Julia Graves helped lead the assault. Franklin’s Shaw Downing and Bishop Feehan’s Sammie Buonaccorsi restricted a lot of the stress Orange obtained in the beginning as the sport progressed, all taking part in a big function in a finely tuned sport regardless of many of the gamers by no means assembly one another earlier than.
“It was very exciting (to coach) … it’s a higher level game,” stated Plymouth North coach Janet Hayes, who obtained to teach senior Maeve Campbell one final time for Orange. “I’ve been around field hockey a lot of my life, and I’ve never had the opportunity to coach and interact with so many strong players at one time. … The way they can spread the field, the way they move the ball. It was a whole new game.”
Two of these gamers who had by no means met earlier than are future Boston University teammates Driscoll and Lexington goalie Sophie Ortyl. Ortyl had seven saves in a shutout that Driscoll performed a big function in.
“I hadn’t really met her before, so it was nice to meet her … I’m excited for the next four years,” Ortyl stated. “It was really fun, honestly. It was nice to have a final game with a bunch of people. It means a lot to me just that my coach even recommended me for it. It shows stuff I do pays off.”
The second sport noticed a lot of the identical high-level play. Walpole’s Maddy Clark (4 saves) posted a first-half shutout behind a defensive wall of Porkers teammate Lindsey Jacobs, Sophie Papamechail (Danvers), Alexis Katz (Northampton) and Kathryn Guertin (Wachusett) for Team Purple. Lincoln-Sudbury star Reagan Malo gave it a 1-0 lead into the half, however Neon Green ultimately tallied an Abigail Zucchini (Nashoba) purpose within the fourth quarter.
Between the 2 Green and Purple, the second sport featured 11 gamers that had groups compete within the state semifinals.
“As a spectator, it’s just fun to watch all the skill and all the field hockey IQ,” D’Agostino stated. “They know where to pass it, where to have open space. Comfortable with the abilities behind them. … They worked together from the get-go.”
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