Boys Lacrosse stayed undefeated beating out St. John Bosco 13-8

by Ava Anzivino

Rain or shine, boys lacrosse continues to keep their now fourgame winning streak alive. On Friday, March 10, Redondo brought their A-game as they played away for the frst time this season against St. John Bosco, adding a fourth win to with a fnal score of

Last Friday afternoon brought heavy rains and intense winds. However, the boys were not going to let this stop them from keeping their usual composure. Very quickly, they were able to put two points on the board within the beginning of the frst quarter.

“We knew it’d be a bit of a sloppy game be cause of the weather, but we knew if we just went out there, stayed focused and worabout ourselves rather than the elements, that we could go out there and win no matter what. And that’s what we did,” senior co-captain and attackman David Bick said.

The game ran smoothly as Redondo was ahead the whole time, however there was a sense of pressure when it came to competing against an old friend. Senior Paxton Allison, now one of Bosco’s star players, had transferred from Redondo his junior year. Knowing Allison personally, Redondo’s players knew his game and how to counteract it.

“We knew that on the defensive end we had to keep him silenced and minimize the impact he had, and that really helped us stay focused. At the end of the day it was a nice friendly competition, he’s a really good friend of mine, so we were both excited go- ing into this game. It felt like a fun sibling rivalry, despite the fact that we wanted to outplay each other,” senior co-captain and midfelder Kyle Estefania said.

While Redondo began the second quarter in the lead, with a score of 2-1, Bosco began to bring up their offensive drive.

The key for Bosco was to win the faceof, and from there they’d drive the ball and score with clear confdence. When this frst shift of momentum began, Redondo realized how much harder their defense had to work.

“We underestimated them a bit. They came of very strong, especially after their win from last week. They began to really challenge us ofensively, but our coach gave us a good talk during the half, and we came back out knowing we had to trust each other to get the ball to one another,” Estefania said.

Trust seemed to be the boys’ strength that day, as they worked hard to fnd the open man and efciently pass to score, which was very evident especially in the second half of the game. While Bosco’s points were mainly sporadic and driven by just one player, Redondo’s points were a team efort, securing their lead as they entered the fourth quarter with a score of

10-5.

“We did a good job of moving the ball and passing to the open guys. We were persistent with our shooting, probably could’ve done a better job with making them, but still we found the guys we needed to fnd to score,” Bick said.

Managing to cease Bosco’s occasional successful drives, the win was really set in stone for the Seahawks once Bosco be- gressively, so when they got a couple penalties it gave us the extra man advantage. Even when they didn’t get penalties and pushed out on us, I think we were able to beat their guys and use all their aggression against them,” Bick said.

Ofcially shutting down all possibili ties of Bosco closing the gap, Bick scored their fnal goal in the last minute, resulting in a fnal score of 13-8. Satisfed to have steadily led throughout the whole game, the boys plan to continue on this route throughout the season, according to the co captains. They’ll play their next match away against Santa Monica tonight, March 17, in hopes of strengthening their winning streak even more.

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“Nothing changes, we’re going to have a good couple practices and keep on working to fnd the open man on ofense, and continue to lock down and play aggressive while still communicating with each other,” Bick said.