High School

 Readers know I have a policy of not writing up blowout victories but last night's game requires an exception for two reasons.  One is that there were individual performances within the game worth mentioning and the other is because going to West Boca High for the first time in 3 years brought back some interesting and emotional memories of the venue and one of the head coaches.Last year I wrote a feature on 'Where Are They Now' that was well received and the 2nd one I was thinking of came from a game I covered in 2014 between Coral Springs Charter and Taravella, and I will write that up eventually.  One memory last night was triggered by the new Taravella coach, Christian Young, who actually played in that game!  He replaced Joe Chiarella and let's see how it goes.  ...

 I trust my eyes more than I trust power rankings via Math.Good thing, because it would have been easy to look at Tuesday's result/statistics and make assumptions, but the eyes never lie.At halftime, my statistics showed Wellington trailing 4-0.  10 turnovers, 1 shot on goal on 6 attempts and 1 faceoff win.  With numbers like that you can make a few assumptions.  One is that Oxbridge's defense is pretty damn good, and it was.  Some of those turnovers were looks inside by Wellington that got trail checked at the last second.  Another is that Wellington is young, which they are, and a game like this tends to be a great learning lesson on the way up the ladder.But there was one other thing it showed and that was fortitude.  This could have gotten ugly yet Wellington held ...

 via Submit Game Recap Scores by Quarter1st 2-1 Dwyer2nd 4-4 at halftime3rd 8-5 Dwyer4th and final 12-5 DwyerLeading Scorers per TeamDwyerLucas Carino-4 goals Hunter Peskoff-2 goals, 3 assists Matt Hamilton-2 goals, 1 assistPB CentralSzander Brenner-2 goals Ryan Rundle-3 assistsGoalies and Number of SavesDwyerReid Kerr-20 savesPB CentralAnthony Broderick-4 SavesNoteworthy events during gameIt was a back and forth contest at Dwyer field for a district matchup game.  Lucas Carino started the scoring at 9:21 of the first on an assist from Hunter Peskoff.  PBC answered with a goal from Chase Saxon assisted by Ryan Rundle at 4:56.The 2 teams traded goals, Dwyer by Kyle Verni, Lucas Carino and Matt H...