Montclair Lacrosse: Cougars fall short against tough Caldwell team, 9-6
Goaltender Jake Pryor gets set to save another shot by Caldwell during the MKA Cougars' 9-6 red on Thursday, April 4.
Photograph BY Saint Andrew GARDA/STAFF
by Saint Andrew Garda
garda@montclairlocal.news
The Montclair Kimberley Academy boys lacrosse team up touched improving to the SEC-American Division this year, a challenging jump no matter how gifted a team is.
The 1st few games of this season, though, the Cougars (1-1) have had to face their opponents without some of their uppermost players. While it's not the whole reason they vanish to Caldwell 9-6 on Thursday, April 4, it certainly had an shock.
"Jake Waldman has been unfashionable," head coach Paul Edwards said. "He got hurt during the winter season, but he should be back soon, he's been rehabbing. Atomic number 2 was our leading scorer last class, soh we'atomic number 75 superficial onward to getting him back."
Two of their captains are exterior as well. Ethan Utter and Max South have both been hampered by ankle injuries.
"Not taking anything away from Caldwell, they're excellent and they were terrific," Edwards said. "That's hard and it really shortens the bench beautiful quick."
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Caldwell is a very good team, and it was exit to constitute a tough job beating them even with a healthy squad. The Cougars fell behind early, down 6-3 at halftime, but they refused to give up. Even with being downcast manpower, MKA continued to play aggressive, enured lacrosse.
"We sick upward into the American Division this class, and games like Caldwell, we've attained the just to wreak those types of games," Edwards said. "That's what I told the guys afterwards. Those [games] are fun. They're played at a different level, the intensity and the gait of the game is a great deal quicker than some of the other teams we mightiness play from time to time. But that's great, IT gives you a chance to get better when you'Re playing games like that. So I was really happy with the way the guys competed. They never backed off."
The Cougars were helped out by their netkeeper tandem of junior Gryphon Weil and freshman Jake Pryor.
Edwards aforementioned there's no put off gyration in goal and, as they did on Thursday, the team could switch them at any fourth dimension.
"We have a two-headed monster in goal," Edwards aforesaid. "And we're gonna have the guy cable in at any time who we think has the uncomparable chance to be prospering and that can commute minute to minute, one-half to fractional or game to game."
The Cougars need to shape a little more on cutting down on the clear shooting lanes to help their goalie retired, but if they fire get along that, they clearly have any offensive scoring threats even with Waldman out.
Dylan Student residence finished the secret plan with a pair of goals as did OB Sedransk. Zach Kirsch and Christian Breitweiser each added a goal also. Parker Santo Domingo and Rollins Heathland each had an assist.
Despite the loss, the Cougars have much to look forward to this flavour.
And that includes a special edition of their contention game with Montclair High School 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 13, at Van Brunt Subject.
While the teams will be competitive along the field, they'll also be joining together to raise money for the American Brain Tumor Association (ABTA.org).
The teams are hoping they can bring attending to people suffering from brain tumors and the ABTA. The funds upraised appropriate the ABTA, which helps bring resources to patients and their families, investment company bright research studies and to doings nationwide brain neoplasm educational programs.
The issue was divine aside the destruction of Patty Separate out, who along with her conserve Jon, had been a old fixture in Montclair lacrosse at all levels.
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"We dedicated our season to Cake sunset year equally she was in the final stages of her fight with cancer, and used her desist of "Bring off Your Game" as our rally cry," Edwards said. "When she passed by, nonpareil of our seniors, Zach Kirsch, said to Pine Tree State that he had reasonable lost his grandfather to brain cancer and wanted to do something."
With Kirsch spearheading the effort, MKA reached bent on the MHS program to regard if they could already construct a great rivalry even Sir Thomas More meaningful. Edwards said MHS head omnibus Mike Diehl didn't hesitate to say yes.
Edwards and the team is hoping this is just the outset of what they tail coif to raise knowingness and money to help patients and their families.
Thither is no charge to look the event, just T-shirts will be happening sale for $25, and MKA alum Shannon Fry O'hara's food truck bequeath get on site, with all proceeds from both sales going to ABTA.
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