Bishop Feehan rolls in boys lacrosse event opener over Barnstable
ATTLEBORO — A dominant offensive assault helped No. 8 Bishop Feehan cruise to a 20-6 victory over No. 25 Barnstable within the first spherical of the MIAA Division 1 boys lacrosse state event.
Chase Dreystadt and Dexter Izzo every had 5 objectives within the profitable effort. It was this system’s first dwelling event victory and its first total event win since 2021.
Head coach Tom Sheerin credited the workforce’s younger core and rising chemistry as a key to the victory.
“We have now loads of younger guys that actually play effectively collectively,” Sheerin mentioned. “They search for one another, they depend on one another and so they belief one another. They transfer the ball rather well, which is one thing we’ve been engaged on all season and one thing that these guys have picked up and gotten higher because the season progressed.”
Whereas the victory got here in a lopsided style, it didn’t appear to be it might be immediately. Barnstable had a quick begin, controlling possession for the primary couple of minutes earlier than Ryan Woeller buried a aim to provide the Crimson Hawks a 1-0 lead.
“We got here out just a little flat,” Sheerin mentioned. “Kudos to them, they had been robust. We made some errors that aren’t typical of what we often do. We settled it again in, acquired our heads collectively and so they began taking part in the best way they’re able to taking part in.”
The Shamrocks weren’t going to path for lengthy, nevertheless, and Dreystadt’s first two objectives shortly established a lead.
“We had been electrical at all times,” Dreystadt mentioned. “We needed to come again within the first quarter however then we got here out firing and acquired it executed.”
Blake Masso and Izzo would add tallies for the Shamrocks and Woeller added one other to spherical out the scoring within the opening quarter. The workforce’s entered the second quarter with Bishop Feehan main 4-2, however the center intervals featured dominant play from the Shamrocks.
Bishop Feehan outscored Barnstable 14-2 within the center quarters, with seven totally different scorers contributing throughout this span.
“We have now a bunch of fellows that may put it at the back of the online,” Sheerin mentioned. “As soon as they begin clicking and on the lookout for one another, they’ll rating towards just about all people.”
Because the offense shined, the protection and goalkeeper Keegan Masso persistently restricted any harm Barnstable might do on offense.
“The protection was giving up the correct pictures that I used to be going to have the ability to save,” Keegan Masso mentioned. “Everybody was simply meshing as we speak.”
Every workforce would add two extra objectives within the last quarter to spherical out the rating. For the defensive effort, Masso credited the veteran presence and work ethic as key the explanation why they dominated.
“We’ve been taking part in collectively for some time,” Keegan Masso mentioned. “It’s that very same protection as final yr so we turned issues up. Everybody was there and it’s been simple to play collectively.”
Because the Shamrocks put together for a second-round battle towards Xaverian, Dreystadt is aware of they’re ready for any problem.
“We’re simply gritty,” Dreystadt mentioned. “No workforce is stopping us, we’re rolling proper now. As soon as we get in a groove, that’s it.”
