Exciting SOLL Middle School Championship Game!

The first ever SOLL Middle School Championship game proved to be a very exciting game.  The Wolverines squeaked by the Honey Badgers 11-10 in overtime.  With a 3 goal lead at the end of the game, the Wolverines made a last minute comeback with Malcolm Hermans scoring the tieing goal with 10 seconds left in the game.

With the score tied, it would come down to braveheart for the win.  Louis Hnatko for the Wolverines and James Holak for the Honey Badgers would face off for the deciding braveheart.  Louis won the opening faceoff, usually a deathknell for the opposing team in braveheart, but James hustled back and used a nice trail check just before Louis could get the shot off to stymie the goal scoring attempt.  James then scooped up the ensuing ground ball and darted down the rink looking to end the game.  A one on one with the goalie and the ball would go low and be slightly deflected by the goalie bouncing up and over the fence, the worst possible outcome for James.  Had the ball been deflected by the goalie or missed, James would likely have picked up the ground ball for another shot on goal since he was in the clear on the shot.  With the ball going back to the Wolverines, Louis brought the ball up the rink for the last shot.  With James playing tight defense, Louis spun and put the tough bounce shot just over the stick of goalie John Hultman for the win.  It was a very well played game by both teams and a great effort by Louis and James in the braveheart.

Louis led the Wolverines with 7 goals in the game while Dylan DeRoche added 3 goals and Malcolm Hermans added one.  League scoring leader James Holak led the Honey Badgers with 5 goals and 1 assist while Clay Simmons added 3 goals and Max Berns and Will Smyth each tallied one goal apiece.  League assists leader Berns added one assist while Smyth tallied 2 assists and Hans Larson and Jack O' Connell each pitched in with one assist.  League saves leader John Hultman had a great game with 18 saves while Dylan Cox saved 10 shots.

It was a great season of Middle School lacrosse for the middle schoolers and the quality of play and hustle in the championship game was fun to watch.  Looking forward to another season of box lacrosse this Fall for the middle schoolers.