Boys Varsity Lacrosse Splits in Bulldog Tourney

The Boys Varsity Lacrosse Team headed down to southern Kent County as the guest of the Byron Center Bulldogs to play two games on Saturday, April 22. They split on the day beating Mattawan 8 to 4 and losing to the Host Bulldogs 10 to 5.

In the 1st contest vs. Mattawan, the fellas went down by 2 goals early but settled down and began playing some solid offense. With all the defense on hand, and Goalie John Van Antwerp as its quarterback their play was rock solid and they did a great job creating turnovers and forcing shots from outside.

Points for the contest went to Luke Afman, and Spencer Slagboom each with a goal, Colin Wildman and BJ Apol with a goal and an assist for 2 points, and Blake Grieve with a Hat Trick from his 3 goals, and the feeder of the day went to Jake Eaton with 1 goal and 4 Assists for 5 points.

In the 2nd tilt of the day, the Eagles had to take the field immediately after their first game against a rested Byron Center team. Momentum from the earlier win carried them into the end of the 1st quarter with a 2 to 1 lead. However, the 2nd and 3rd quarters saw the Eagles let off the gas, and BC pumped in 6 unanswered goals leaving the Eagles staring at a big deficit in the 4th. They responded well putting the next 3 Biscuits in the Basket to get the game within 2, but the Bulldogs buried 3 Bones of their own in the last 4 minutes of play to clip the Eagle's wings. The defense was again stalwart and several of the younger players got playing time in this non-league fiesta to evaluate the contribution they could make, with good results. 

Points went to Colin Wildman and Blake Grieve each with 1 assist, Jake Eaton and Spencer Slagboom with 2 points each coming off of 1 assist and 1 goal each, and the leading point-getter on the day was D Pole Logan Eaton stepping into the Crease Bruiser on the Manup Offense to help finish inside, and that he did with 3 points from and assist and 2 goals in close.