By John Goralski Sports Writer For 13 minutes of the second half, the Lady Knight lacrosse team clung to a 7-6 lead, and South Windsor threw everything they had at the problem. They rushed from the outside. They surged up the middle, but it was Southington that would finally break the drought. With 3:03 remaining, the Bobcat goalie dropped the ball in front of the net. Morgan Raymond pounced on it like a cat and managed to squeeze it into the open net. In a highly contested game on the Southington turf, the home team found a way to win. “That was definitely a key to this game, but I think it represented the whole game and the way we’ve been playing,” said Lady Knight coach Jill Pomposi. “It was a very scrappy game. Rebounds were huge. The 50-50 balls were huge. It was just a matter of not giving up when a ball’s on the ground. She beat her to it and scored. It was crazy.” Southington is beginning to turn heads as the wins continue to pile up. They’ve already clinched a postseason bid. They are right in the middle of the conference race, and the once beleaguered [...]
By John Goralski Sports Writer For 13 minutes of the second half, the Lady Knight lacrosse team clung to a 7-6 lead, and South Windsor threw everything they had at the problem. They rushed from the outside. They surged up the middle, but it was Southington that would finally break the drought. With 3:03 remaining, the Bobcat goalie dropped the ball in front of the net. Morgan Raymond pounced on it like a cat and managed to squeeze it into the open net. In a highly contested game on the Southington turf, the home team found a way to win. “That was definitely a key to this game, but I think it represented the whole game and the way we’ve been playing,” said Lady Knight coach Jill Pomposi. “It was a very scrappy game. Rebounds were huge. The 50-50 balls were huge. It was just a matter of not giving up when a ball’s on the ground. She beat her to it and scored. It was crazy.” Southington is beginning to turn heads as the wins continue to pile up. They’ve already clinched a postseason bid. They are right in the middle of the conference race, and the once beleaguered [...]