By John Goralski Sports Writer Groups of three weave across the turf field in perfect precision, juggling lacrosse balls in an endless procession until Coach Ron Chase spies a group of freshmen struggling to complete their passes. “Again, again,” he urges, forcing them to return to the end zone to make another attempt. Chase watches them like a vulture eyeing his prey. Each time they dropped it, he sent them back to the start. Finally, they cross midfield and the hint of a smile breaks across his face. “I know that you think I’m being hard on you,” he yells, “but we have to make our passes.” Chase might seem demanding to a casual visitor to the high school complex, but there’s a method to his madness. He stresses fundamentals. He demands full effort even during his warm-up drills. There are no smiles during a boys lacrosse practice…smiles are for postgame huddles. And there were a lot of smiles last spring. That’s what winning does. “It was a really fun year,” Chase said as he watched the young trio march across the field without dropping a single pass. “Basically, it was the best year that our program has ever had, [...]
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