As a spectator, the Salisbury-Gettysburg game was worth every cent of the $4 it cost to get in. It was an absolute thrill to watch two class programs (contrary to some of the comments I read) go toe to toe. Both teams played at such a high skill level, character and with such physical intensity, I was just awed. The emotion coming from the field, the benches and both sides the stands was what makes Lax great.
I was a little confused by the Lax .com article by John who portrayed the games as a battle between the young untried boys from Salisbury versus the old experienced vets from Gettysburg.Unless the program was wrong, I only saw 4 seniors start and play for G-burg(Pearce,Santry and Planholt (starters) plus Hanchett) while Salsibury started or they played most of the game 3 senior close defenders(Shanahan,Galucci and Brier), Sr LSM DiPaola, Sr goalie Tewes, Sr middie Bookhamer and the three scorers- Juniors Brianas, Bergy and Roberts. thats 9 of the 11 guys with the most playing time were Jurnior or seniors. 20 of the 21 goals were scored by underclassmen. Lets see the Gettysburg goalie McGinnis -14 saves is a Soph, LSM Mcmillen who had 5 crucial faceoff ground balls in the 4th Quarter is a soph. Freshman Van Nostrand scored the goal that sent the game into overtime and Soph Twombly scored the game winner- not exactly the over the hill gang. Also -John-SSU was only up by 1 goal not 2 with 5 min to go