As the Boys Varsity Lacrosse team comes back from a preseason trip in sunny Florida the team members are all ready to work hard and improve upon last year’s successful campaign. Looking into the new season, defenseman and Captain Matt Yeager ’06 comments “I think our strengths are on both ends of the fields at defense and attack.” The team has many strong returning players concentrated in defense including goalie Sean Aaron ’07. At attack, Patrick Curtin ’07 and newcomer Kevin Gould ’06 are expected to score a good portion of the team’s goals. One weakness observed by Captain Yeager is that while the attack and defense lines are determined, the team graduated many midfielders, which he sees to be a small void. Most of the competition PA will face this season is similar to Andover in terms of strength and size. At this point, the team expects to play many close games. However Captain Yeager is not worried. “If we can pull together before the season and get good chemistry going with hard work, we can expect to win a lot of games.” Last season, the team posted an impressive 10-4 record. The team had wins over Brooks, Tilton, Brewster, Hyde, Tabor, Worcester, K.U.A, Moses Brown, Choate and Exeter. On the Deerfield game, Last year the team found themselves dependent on a few good players and there was a huge difference between player’s size and strengths. This year the team has a lot of kids playing that are even in their talent and strengths. Captain Yeager does not view this as a disadvantage. Instead he sees this as an opportunity for growth since the team will have to play more like a team this year and everyone is going to have to do their part for the team to succeed. Returning for another season with the team are defensemen Captain Yeager, Spencer Johnson ’06, Mason Fried ’06 and Jake Edwards ’06. Returning to play midfield are Matt Ward ’06, Zack Johnson ’08, Khaki Burke ’06, Ben Weiner ’06, Justin Lee’06, and Tony Christiano ’06.Two powerful additions to the team lineup are attacker Gould and midfielder Dylan Green’06. Gould was captain of the Massachusetts state championship team in 2005. He scored 130 points his senior year at Duxbury and was first team All-American. Gould hopes to bring both experience and knowledge of the game to the team. Looking into the season he commented, “I am interested in how we will match up against the better teams in the league”. Green’06 looks forward to bringing a strong work ethic and experience to the team. He comments, “I have been looking forward to the season all year long and I believe this team has a lot of potential.” Green predicts that this athleticism should enable the team to out-run most other teams for the full 48-minute game.
