October 15, 2008
JV field hockey: Chico’s Close Call
Roxanne McNally
Hub Correspondent
The DHS Junior Varsity field hockey team lost to a rival, Chico, in a game on Wednesday, Oct. 15. The final score was 2-1, every point being scored from penalty strokes since the score was 0-0 after overtime.
Earlier in the season Davis played against Chico and lost 1-0. It was one of their four losses out of the 11 games they had played.
“Does anyone know what happened with that goal?” was the question the disappointed DHS players were asking after the game. During the second half, Lauren Kim from DHS hit the ball into the goal but it ended up not counting.
That was just one of many times DHS came close to scoring. They dominated during the first half of the game, keeping the ball near Chico’s goal and past the 25-yard line for the majority of the game. For the first few minutes of play there were sounds of sticks clacking together and whistles blowing almost continuously as the game was concentrated close to Chico’s goal. Eventually, the players started making longer passes and the ball moved up and down the field more, though it was still mainly in Davis’ possession.
Sophomores and returning DHS players Kim and Amy Ragsdale prevented Chico from possessing the ball for several minutes, while Katherine Eadie and Monica Quinn stood out on offense.
By halftime no one had scored but the team was still enthusiastic, meeting for five minutes before breaking with, “Go Devils!”
Chico stepped it up during the second half, managing to stay in possession much more than DHS, but never scoring. They came close several times but DHS goalie Sarah Finley blocked every hit.
The game then went into seven minutes of overtime, during which tensions were high and the crowd was screaming, but no one managed to score.
Then came penalty strokes and Chico scored twice while only Eadie scored for Davis. “She is aggressive, has a good vision of the field, and an awesome hit,” coach Meryl Craig said about Eadie, who made several great plays during the game.
“We should have won,” Quinn said, referring to the goal during the second half that was not counted. Much of the team seemed to be in agreement that the game was unfair.
Even spectators were confused about the reasons for several penalties that Chico was awarded. “What was that for?” a woman asked from the sidelines.
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