Thursday, September 18, 2014

New beginning for the Norton Lady Lancers Soccer


This fall soccer season of 2014 the Norton Lady Lancers are putting a young squad out on the field. After graduating 11 seniors its hard to determine the best players to fill those shoes. After having a long week of tryouts and double sessions the coaches still had tough decisions to find the best team to put out there for such a competitive league. The team will be welcoming 8 new players to the varsity program. With such a young team its will be a learning process and will take time to get all the kinks out but they show a will to do it.

Starting off the season with what you could say are the best teams in the Tri Valley league the lady lancers soccer program had a difficult start to the season. Going into the first game playing the defending league champion Medway, the team fell short of what was needed to get the win in a 5-2 deficit. After the lose the girls moved onto Medfield coming out with a new attitude and trying new players in positions they may not be comfortable, as they try to hold off the Warriors they end up losing 3-1. Into their third game of the season facing the Dover Sherborn girls, the team to knock out the Lancers of the tournament, the girls go in knowing this will be a challenging game but still had their heads high. Losing that game 3-2 Norton Coach Evertt Clark looked to mix around players and change the formation based on the next game which was Hopkinton. The girls went in knowing this team has been strong in the past but felt confident with the work they've put in at the previous practices. Coming out of this game with  0-0 tie that's all the girls needed to put them on the right track.

 The team knows they have to get 18 points to qualify for the state tournament and with having 1 after 4 games they know it will not be easy especially replaying the teams they already lost to but still have a positive mind they can do it. "There are times of beautiful soccer so we know we can do it but the girls just have to set their mind to it and want that success we know we are capable of." said by Norton senior captain Holly Beaucage. The game of soccer is hard to read since teams can be very inconsistent and you never know who could be playing in that game. Injuries have been a weakness for the lady lancers with having 3 injured at the moment, key contributors to the program. "If everyone stays healthy and we continue with the improvements that were already shown I believe we will have a better record that is a reflection of what we are capable of." said Norton Coach Evertt Clark. The future of the season looks bright for the Norton Lady Lancers soccer program with the attitudes they have moving forward onto the next games soon to reach the middle of the season and the try to clench the sport in the state tournament.

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