One last win for Willy

With a minute and twenty-six seconds left in the fourth overtime of the CM v. BC High season closer last night, senior attacker Willy Wilson took a pass from another forward ten feet away, rolled his hands free of his defender, and gave his senior classmates a graduation gift to remember him by. CM 7, BC High 6.

It was the first time since their freshman year that they had defeated BC High.

"I don't know who passed it to me," Wilson said. "I remember hearing a ping cause I went top shelf. I had thrown the ball away a few times in the game, but I got a chance to redeem myself."

Coach Brian Scott with senior captains Kevin Kadlick, Pat Durant, Michael Flaherty, and Chuck Dowd.

The loyal supporters of the 6-11 Knights who had remained got paid for their trouble, and Coach Brian Scott's team, who will not see postseason action, stormed the field to celebrate the moral victory of knocking off the 5th-ranked Division I Eagles on their home turf.

"It was a senior class effort," backup senior goalie Tommy Driscoll said of the win, crediting classmate Mike Flaherty in goal and a sturdy offense and defense who stood up to nearly 64 minutes of intense play against their archrival.

"It showed us the potential we did have--if we had played this way the whole season it would have been great," Driscoll said. "It was an emotional game."

Freshman Pat O'Mara played the bagpipes as the Lax team took the field, and senior parents, who had watched their sons grow up with the game and develop into a cohesive unit under Coach Scott's able direction, shared in the celebration afterwards.

"Mr. Scott told us it doesn't get better than this," Wilson remembered. "We had to go out and take this game."