Field hockey team plays short and shuts out Edwardsville, 1-0 in closely fought match.
Talent wise, the John Burroughs field hockey team is forced to partially play short the rest of the season. Charlotte Martin, their everything player graduated last spring and took her ample talents to the Northwestern University program. The Bombers turned to senior Abby Martone for scoring and leadership. She did not disappoint, leading the team with 9 goals and 19 points, tops on the team. Wednesday in practice, she was tripped, fell and fractured her right hand. She is due for surgery as soon as some of the swelling goes down. Her season is over. The rest of the Bombers are forced to step up. And they did nicely, shutting out Edwardsville, 1-0 at home Thursday. Burroughs scored its only goal of the game which turned out to be the game …
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Goal keeping tandem of Abby Frerotte and Liz Rill yield just one goal to the Rams.
In a spirited rivalry, dating back to the start of high school field hockey, Burroughs won out over visiting Ladue 4-1 in a well contested game on the Bombers artificial turf Thursday. With that, Burroughs improved to 5-2 and Ladue tumbled to 5-3. While Burroughs was idle all week, the Rams were playing their third game and beat Riverview just 24 hours earlier, 9-0. Sometimes goal keeping gets overlooked. Coach Meredith Thorpe has had the luxury of the tandem team of Abby Frerotte and Liz Rill, both seniors the past two years. They switch up, each taking half a game. They support each other, and like it that way. “We change up a lot. We try and figure what’s best for the team. Our goal is real simple, we like to win,” said Rill. Would they…
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James Baer
5:33 am on Sunday, October 14, 2012
Dale that was very nice of you to say that. No one wants to have their season cut short by an injury. more ›