Fourth-ranked Windham boys’ lacrosse came into their Class A quarterfinal with fifth-ranked Cape Elizabeth ready to get the win at Windham on Friday, June 13. Unfortunately, Cape took control early and kept a commanding lead for most of the game. Windham stuck with it, but Cape Elizabeth defense was intense. The Eagles lost 14-3 after 48 minutes.
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| Windham junior Garrett Winslow watches as his shot heads for the net and into the goal against Cape Elizabeth in the Class A boys' lacrosse quarterfinal playoff game at Windham High School on Friday, June 13. PHOTO BY MATT PASCARELLA |
Despite Windham’s intensity on the field, Cape Elizabeth jumped to an early lead and scored six times in the first quarter.
In the second quarter Windham junior Garrett Winslow scored. He scored again before the end of the first half.
Windham continued to take shots at goal, but not much got by.
“We came into this game, we prepared for it all week,” said Winslow. “We knew what we needed to do, who we needed to guard, who we needed to lock off. We did what we needed to do; we just weren’t necessarily awake at the beginning of the game. It started off super slow and then we got a couple man-ups, which helped us out, got some momentum from that and then it really started to unravel when we all started to put our heads down. Not necessarily giving up, but we already played this team once and it went the same way. In a sense we were all trying to still comeback – we’ve come back in plenty of games this year. We kept putting each other up, we weren’t arguing; it was a team game for sure. Some things didn’t go our way. We were doing anything we can to get a shot off.”
In the second half, Windham sophomore goalie Zachary Gagne had several nice stops.
Windham defense was able to slow down Cape Elizabeth’s offense a bit and they scored less in the second half than the first.
In the fourth quarter, Reinbold scored.
“The mindset going in was, do the things we need to do,” said Windham boys’ lacrosse coach Peter Small. “Focus on our things; we know what we think they’re going to try to do, we just have to then play it as best we can. At the end of the first quarter, they were still of that mindset ‘just one goal at a time’ ... and even at halftime they recognized the mountain has gotten bigger, but you can’t think about the mountain you have to take it one at a time and Windham is very good at that. I think Windham elevated their character over the season; they took what we did last year and built on it and worked together as a team. The seniors will be dearly missed – they helped lead this foundation of who we are. We’re going to carry that tradition on for them.”
Windham senior Levi Hayman said this season meant so much to him because of the team’s chemistry.
According to Windham senior Cole Heanssler, this season was all about how well Windham worked together and drove to be the best they could possibly be. The team this year has definitely been the most connected group that he’s been a part of during his lacrosse career; the team was great at putting in the work, and it showed during the season.<
In the second quarter Windham junior Garrett Winslow scored. He scored again before the end of the first half.
Windham continued to take shots at goal, but not much got by.
“We came into this game, we prepared for it all week,” said Winslow. “We knew what we needed to do, who we needed to guard, who we needed to lock off. We did what we needed to do; we just weren’t necessarily awake at the beginning of the game. It started off super slow and then we got a couple man-ups, which helped us out, got some momentum from that and then it really started to unravel when we all started to put our heads down. Not necessarily giving up, but we already played this team once and it went the same way. In a sense we were all trying to still comeback – we’ve come back in plenty of games this year. We kept putting each other up, we weren’t arguing; it was a team game for sure. Some things didn’t go our way. We were doing anything we can to get a shot off.”
In the second half, Windham sophomore goalie Zachary Gagne had several nice stops.
Windham defense was able to slow down Cape Elizabeth’s offense a bit and they scored less in the second half than the first.
In the fourth quarter, Reinbold scored.
“The mindset going in was, do the things we need to do,” said Windham boys’ lacrosse coach Peter Small. “Focus on our things; we know what we think they’re going to try to do, we just have to then play it as best we can. At the end of the first quarter, they were still of that mindset ‘just one goal at a time’ ... and even at halftime they recognized the mountain has gotten bigger, but you can’t think about the mountain you have to take it one at a time and Windham is very good at that. I think Windham elevated their character over the season; they took what we did last year and built on it and worked together as a team. The seniors will be dearly missed – they helped lead this foundation of who we are. We’re going to carry that tradition on for them.”
Windham senior Levi Hayman said this season meant so much to him because of the team’s chemistry.
According to Windham senior Cole Heanssler, this season was all about how well Windham worked together and drove to be the best they could possibly be. The team this year has definitely been the most connected group that he’s been a part of during his lacrosse career; the team was great at putting in the work, and it showed during the season.<
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