The cradling, feeding, and cutting has started up again as the 2009 season took flight for the boys unified varsity lacrosse team.
Following a successful 2008 season, the team hoped to start off strong in the season opener against Clarkston. On a chilly evening, the team jumped out to a quick lead and never looked back. They dominated the game, winning 14-3.
Although, the win streak ended at one as the team went on to lose three straight. The varsity squad lost on the road in a nail-biter to the University of Detroit High School, 12-11. Just two days later, the team suffered another loss, this time during their home-opener, against Catholic Central. The game wasn’t as close as their previous contest; as they went on to lose 10-6.
On March 31st, Cranbrook handed the team its third consecutive loss. Once again, the team was highly competitive, but their efforts came up short as they lost by one goal, 8-7. The game was a heartbreaker, as Cranbrook sealed the deal with a game winning goal with seconds remaining in overtime.
“Any time you lose three straight games, all of them being close, it’s disappointing,” senior Tommy Stacy said. “Even though we lost, it didn’t bother us too much.”
With four days to soak up the three previous losses, the Birmingham Lacrosse team came back strong on April 3, where they were facing Rivals Country Day High School. Birmingham emerged victorious with a big victory, final score 14-5.
“With a big victory against Country Day, our confidence was boosted, and we looked forward to facing Troy after spring break,” junior Bronson Parry said.
The confidence obviously carried over to the Troy game, when the Birmingham Lacrosse squad unleashed a beating, beating troy 17-2.
Mt. Lebanon, hailing from Pittsburg, traveled to Seaholm to face the team. Birmingham came up on the losing end in this affair, losing 9-4, thus dropping them below .500 for the season.
“We just try to take it one game at a time,” Stacy said. “We’re going to continue to do that and hopefully we’ll get better results.”
Birmingham’s luck continued to run low, when they lost against Franklin Regional. In a somewhat close bout, it ended with a loss, 9-6, sending Seaholm’s further record south to 3-5.
To this point in the season, top performers are considered to be juniors Adam Mondry, Brent Prior, Scott Drummond, and Madio Corradi.
“To be considered a top performer is nice to hear, hopefully we can put more of an effort in to turn our season around, and get some victories,” junior Madio Corradi said.
