By Andrew Zawie ’16
It is no secret that the hockey and soccer teams have been two of the most successful sports programs in the past year. It first started off with the hockey team securing the State Championship in their seven-overtime thriller against Sylvania Northview. Even with all the joy and excitement from being state champs, the ambiguous result left many of them feeling unfulfilled. Throughout the season, especially the playoffs, the hockey team showed the entire school that hard work and dedication pays off in the long run. Perhaps the people who understood this best was our very own soccer team.
“Seeing the hockey team win last year made us see how hard work pays off and that led us to work even harder throughout the offseason and then into the postseason,” says Hunter Gordon ’16 of the soccer team.
Now that the soccer team, under the guidance of Coach McLaughlin ‘85, has secured the state record sixth state championship, the hockey team looks to secure back-to-back championships.
“Seeing the soccer team win its sixth state title was astounding. We want to build a dynasty just as they have done and the only way to do that is to win back-to-back state titles; our work is cut out for us but the soccer team may have just given us the spark that we need. We also want to be the only team to raise the trophy above our heads; we want to win it 100% this year” said Geoff Allman ’16, a defenseman on the hockey team.
As the hockey regular season comes to an end in the next month, all eyes will be fixed on them as they make yet another postseason run.
