The Longest Day - Knights vs Velocity

After the Jaxx game we made a fuss of Ben Reddy as he had miss the win and got him up and took him for dinner and to get some air, he felt better and wanted to play the next game that was great to hear as Elliott had to miss this game on medical advice!

We walked up to the Stadium to watch our neighbours the Haymakers (Ohio) that a few of the lads had made friends with, I also know coach Pritchard from All American Lacrosse Camp, on the way we decided to stop at the main tent near the stadium to check if any of our players had been named on the All-Star team, I thought a number of our players deserved it from Alex Winton, Scott Dags, Steve Ewing, Ciaran Johnson, Josh Peachey or Scott Dagnanleach...........we where so pleased to read that Scott had made it, he has dedicated himself to this for two years and was so proud of him as where his team mates and coaches, it was a great reflection on the team after all!

We left the stadium on a high to move to pitch 3 and everyone was laughing and joking and seemed really to be having fun!, we where happy for Scott and we all had fun during the warm up, I wasnt concerned and the coaches decided to let them have fun and keep smiling as it may make them play free loose!

We played our best game yet and had over 15 shots id say, I couldnt pick a player to highlight as everyone did exactly what they should have, Tim Collins was outstanding at Face-off, Ciaran came close to getting a well deserved goal as he has worked so hard for the team hitting the pipe and missing another shot by inches later in the game! Ben Reddy cleared the ball on his own to score which sent the bench wild! I dont think the Americans could work out why the coaches and players where laughing on the sideline cracking jokes, the players on the field pushed to the goal again and again and we just didnt stop,they scored a few goals on us but Elliott Hurry's last line of Defense take out on the crease was amazing and the energy on the bench was infectious!

Will Allsop had a standout game, played solid D and cleared the ball on his own, Will Baxter also cleared and drew a penalty whilst in the oppositions half!

We had finally found our groove and we where no longer nervous of playing American Competition, Tim Nicol capped off a great day with a great low rip and the game ended  but we could have won this game twice over in the end but didnt convert our chances...................but had great fun doing it. Id say this was the most fun I had coaching for a long time!

I think the game ended 4-2!

People stopped us after the game to say how much they have enjoyed watching us and that people have been talking about us all week!

It is semi finals and finals day tomorrow and we move on to the next tournament at Bucknell just as we are getting in the groove...............look out!

No Snurdge Rule Rowarth!

I really better go to bed and will give an update on the All-Star Game tomorrow I have been up since 5:45 and now its 00:37, I wanted to to update the blog so the parents can read this when they wake in the am UK time.

We've had a ball....................on to the next one!