Boys Lax Grabs Rams by the Horns in 1st Round Regional Win

The Varsity Boys Lacrosse made the trip to Holt High School last night to face the Holt Rams in the 1st Round Regional playoff game for Division 1, Region 2. The Rams butted in the first goal on the Eagles as the South Christian Seniors on the team were still shaking the cobwebs off from their graduation all-nighter the night before. The fellas responded and traded the lead back and forth throughout the 1st quarter with it ending tied at 2 Ginos each.

The Eagles finally woke up and got to work in the 2nd banging home 4 goals to take a 6 to 3 lead at the half. The 3rd quarter stayed tight with the buzzer sounding and the scoreboard showing Eagles 8, Rams 4. Then the penalty bug reared its ugly head and bit the Eagles in the 4th quarter as the Boys in Blue and Black played a good chunk of the final stanza man down. Holt managed to put away 3 goals in the 4th to get within 1 but the Eagles held them off netting another score to watch time expire with a 2 goal lead.

JV Goalie, West Catholic Junior Issac Zull stepped into the net for the Eagles helping to overcome the injuries to the 2 varsity starters. He played magnificently, stoning several Holt point-blank shots in the 4th. The defense was again the shining star of this squad as the combined efforts of Kyle Struck, Logan Eaton, Caleb Morrison, Luke Selfe, Burt Vander Kodde, and Henry Jackson kept the Rams in the pen offensively. Logan Eaton "Hoovered" up 5 Ground Balls to get the fast break moving.

Points on the night went to Colin Wildman with an underhand ripper from 12 yds out for 1, Blake Grieve had a goal and an assist for 2, Spencer Slagboom had 2 assists for 2 points, Jake Eaton had 3 points from 2 assists and a goal, as did Luke Afman with an assist and 2 goals, Also with 3 points on the night and a Hat Trick was Brock Grieve scoring 3 Ginos right in front of the cage with all 130 pounds of him getting knocked sailing each time by a Ram defender as the ball ripped twine in the back of the cage.