A less than desirable start for EVERYBODY. (Except running, probably...maybe someone can tell me how golf and running did?) Seriously! Girls soccer has five hurt starters and were beat twice, out scored in those two games by a combined score of 13-1 (8-1 loss to CE, 5-0 loss to Sacopee Valley). Boys soccer, although mostly healthy, has yet to find the back of the net in 160 minutes of games for an 0-2-0 start while getting out scored 9-0 in the losses (5-0 loss @CE, 4-0 loss to G/NG). I have been with that team at halftime. The team is frusturated. The coaches are frustrated. Field Hockey started off with a 6-0 win in their home opener against CE, but has dropped the last two games @G/NG and home Vs. Kennebunk. The heat in the G/NG game certainly didn't help as multiple players had issues from what I am told. Football lost their season opener @Poland by 37 points, falling 49-12.
Going into this weekend, I feel pretty confident in saying that every team that plays on the field, from football, to soccer to field hockey, all have one thing on their mind. To shake off the last games and start the season now. All the teams have the fight. All the teams have the determination. Now they need the results. And what better time to start than homecoming weekend. Other than maybe the senior games, you don't get a more energetic crowd. Everyone love it. The atmosphere is great. The athletes thrive on that. And they all have the same goal. To right the path, and send a message to the conference. A message that they can play with the best, and they deserve to make playoffs.
Talk to you later and I hope to see you tonight/tomorrow.
Just a quick note: The schedule for the Athletics this weekend is as follows
Friday: JV Soccer (Girls at 3:30, Boys at 5), Cross country meet 4:30/5:00
Saturday: Varsity Field Hockey and Varsity Girls Soccer play at 11:00 AM, JV Field Hockey plays at 12:30, Varsity Boys Soccer play at 12:45, Football plays at 2:30
Friday, September 11, 2015
Monday, August 31, 2015
Fall season
Hey guys,
So school officially starts tomorrow, and for those of you who are like me, you are thinking forget school, IT'S REGULAR SEASON TIME! And yes, classes are starting, homework will start popping up, and grades will start getting entered. And that little thing called "Deflate-gate" might be entering it's next phase soon. Hopefully it is the forget about this madness phase. Sadly that is a bit of a long shot. But I will tell you one thing that isn't deflated. (Yes, I really just did that.) The excitement, determination, and passion of the athletes as they step foot onto the high school field for their season-opener, and for some, their last high school season opener. That desire to be the strongest team. That desire to stand on top of the high school sports mountain. That is the driving force for these athletes, who have spent the past 2 weeks working as hard as they could in the heat, humidity, and rain and getting bumps and bruises trying to prepare for when it all counts. And that all starts this weekend.
After a disappointing last season for multiple teams here at Freeport, they go into the new season, regeared, refocused, and ready to show the state that they can stand and play with the best. Whether they can or not, is to be seen. But the confidence is contagious. And whether you are the senior, stepping onto the field for the last time, or a freshman, trying to keep up with the new pace of the game, and all the new things going on in one day, you are ready and anxiously waiting one thing. That first whistle to start it all.
That's all for now. Be loud, Proud, and represent Freeport!
So school officially starts tomorrow, and for those of you who are like me, you are thinking forget school, IT'S REGULAR SEASON TIME! And yes, classes are starting, homework will start popping up, and grades will start getting entered. And that little thing called "Deflate-gate" might be entering it's next phase soon. Hopefully it is the forget about this madness phase. Sadly that is a bit of a long shot. But I will tell you one thing that isn't deflated. (Yes, I really just did that.) The excitement, determination, and passion of the athletes as they step foot onto the high school field for their season-opener, and for some, their last high school season opener. That desire to be the strongest team. That desire to stand on top of the high school sports mountain. That is the driving force for these athletes, who have spent the past 2 weeks working as hard as they could in the heat, humidity, and rain and getting bumps and bruises trying to prepare for when it all counts. And that all starts this weekend.
After a disappointing last season for multiple teams here at Freeport, they go into the new season, regeared, refocused, and ready to show the state that they can stand and play with the best. Whether they can or not, is to be seen. But the confidence is contagious. And whether you are the senior, stepping onto the field for the last time, or a freshman, trying to keep up with the new pace of the game, and all the new things going on in one day, you are ready and anxiously waiting one thing. That first whistle to start it all.
That's all for now. Be loud, Proud, and represent Freeport!
Friday, August 7, 2015
Update/Fall sports
Hey guys!
Were about 2 weeks away from preseason and that means it is fun time once again. In my case that means throwing myself in front of a ball the size of my head in the hopes that it stays out of the net...yeah. The craziness (and maybe insanity) comes from my dad. But it also means that I will be kicking this blog off again. I will be updating the pages so that it is for all the fall sports, and once school starts I will talk to the coaches about if they want any stats kept. I will keep schedules and scores and standings updated for everyone, and running stats for those who want it. You want anything in particular, feel free to hit me up at my school email.
Lets get this fall season off in the right way. With a whole bunch of Wins!
Mathieu
Email: starkem@hs.rsu5.org
Were about 2 weeks away from preseason and that means it is fun time once again. In my case that means throwing myself in front of a ball the size of my head in the hopes that it stays out of the net...yeah. The craziness (and maybe insanity) comes from my dad. But it also means that I will be kicking this blog off again. I will be updating the pages so that it is for all the fall sports, and once school starts I will talk to the coaches about if they want any stats kept. I will keep schedules and scores and standings updated for everyone, and running stats for those who want it. You want anything in particular, feel free to hit me up at my school email.
Lets get this fall season off in the right way. With a whole bunch of Wins!
Mathieu
Email: starkem@hs.rsu5.org
Thursday, June 11, 2015
Baseball out early for second straight year, looses 1-0 in Extra innings to G/NG
Gonna be honest, I am still trying to swallow the fact that we are out. And this is less of a game post, and more of a season wrap up. We had so much talent. But it happens. You don't get the bounces or a call goes against you. Anything can happen in sports. It's part of what we love (and hate) about them. This was such a great year, and we fought so hard for everything. Even at our worst, we could play with some of the best. We were a fairly young team. Let's turn around, remember this, use the experience, and when next year comes, come out firing. Thanks for a great season this year.
-Mathieu
Monday, June 8, 2015
Spring season coming to a close
I guess that title is off a little. The spring regular season is wrapping up with standings going final. So let's go through and see what this spring had in store for our Falcon teams:
Baseball: After a rough stretch happened both early in the year, and in the middle, they found ways to whether the storm, showing heart and resilience to make sure they broke even at .500 (8-8), securing a home playoff game in the preliminary stages. This team found ways to win, even when the bats were not quite full of luck, lead in the pitching core by junior Jack Davenport and senior Pete Lamagna, and a defensive set of players that was constantly changing through the season. Seriously, the starting catcher at the beginning of the year was playing left field by the end of the year.
Softball: Rough year on the diamond for the softball team. Injuries plagued the team through the season and the loss of players at grade checks strained a already depth worn team. They made contact with the ball but couldn't consistently find the holes needed to get on base, while defensively they struggled with errors and bad luck. Pitching wise they had a variety of pitchers, as they tried to find a way to make something out of the season, but only mustered a .125 win percentage. (2-14)
Girls Lacrosse: I hope you didn't blink, because otherwise you might of missed it. To quote Jack Edwards this team showed "hearts of lions" after loosing their first four games. This team mustered a 6-game win streak, including knocking off Morse, who is riding the top seed into the playoffs. Coming out of the regular season as the fourth seed in the Class B East side of things, with a winning percentage of .500 (6-6), I will say that there are some things that concerns me with this team. The defense seems somewhat inconsistent, and has had moments this year where the inexperience in the defensive core seemed to be exploited. The defensive core of this team is made up of one junior, four sophomores and a couple of freshman, if that helps explain my point. This is a young set of backs, and they have struggled at times this year. Six of the twelve games they allowed more than twelve goals. Combine that with the fact that more than half of the goals scored came from three players, and I am left with some concern. It leaves me thinking about whether there is enough depth in this team to weather an injury happening, or enough experience to handle the level of play in the playoffs. This team has already showed they can make things happen though. If they get a bounce or two, they have shown that they can hold their own against some of the best in the class.
Boys Lacrosse: They snuck in. It was a rather wild, up and down sort of year. No win streaks more than two. No loosing streaks more than one game at a time. Offensive numbers and defensive totals fluctuated pretty drastically throughout the season. Grabbing win percentage of .500 on the year (6-6) is good, and will allow them to play on, but it is hard to say much more just looking at the little gameplay I say and the scores. I will say that if the scores don't lie, they will need to be a lot more consistent if they want to make a run of things.
Baseball: After a rough stretch happened both early in the year, and in the middle, they found ways to whether the storm, showing heart and resilience to make sure they broke even at .500 (8-8), securing a home playoff game in the preliminary stages. This team found ways to win, even when the bats were not quite full of luck, lead in the pitching core by junior Jack Davenport and senior Pete Lamagna, and a defensive set of players that was constantly changing through the season. Seriously, the starting catcher at the beginning of the year was playing left field by the end of the year.
Softball: Rough year on the diamond for the softball team. Injuries plagued the team through the season and the loss of players at grade checks strained a already depth worn team. They made contact with the ball but couldn't consistently find the holes needed to get on base, while defensively they struggled with errors and bad luck. Pitching wise they had a variety of pitchers, as they tried to find a way to make something out of the season, but only mustered a .125 win percentage. (2-14)
Girls Lacrosse: I hope you didn't blink, because otherwise you might of missed it. To quote Jack Edwards this team showed "hearts of lions" after loosing their first four games. This team mustered a 6-game win streak, including knocking off Morse, who is riding the top seed into the playoffs. Coming out of the regular season as the fourth seed in the Class B East side of things, with a winning percentage of .500 (6-6), I will say that there are some things that concerns me with this team. The defense seems somewhat inconsistent, and has had moments this year where the inexperience in the defensive core seemed to be exploited. The defensive core of this team is made up of one junior, four sophomores and a couple of freshman, if that helps explain my point. This is a young set of backs, and they have struggled at times this year. Six of the twelve games they allowed more than twelve goals. Combine that with the fact that more than half of the goals scored came from three players, and I am left with some concern. It leaves me thinking about whether there is enough depth in this team to weather an injury happening, or enough experience to handle the level of play in the playoffs. This team has already showed they can make things happen though. If they get a bounce or two, they have shown that they can hold their own against some of the best in the class.
Boys Lacrosse: They snuck in. It was a rather wild, up and down sort of year. No win streaks more than two. No loosing streaks more than one game at a time. Offensive numbers and defensive totals fluctuated pretty drastically throughout the season. Grabbing win percentage of .500 on the year (6-6) is good, and will allow them to play on, but it is hard to say much more just looking at the little gameplay I say and the scores. I will say that if the scores don't lie, they will need to be a lot more consistent if they want to make a run of things.
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Baseball drops close one to Kennebunk
Kennebunk came out of the gate firing on all cylinders, cruising by on defense, and then stringing up a few hit to take a 3-0 at the end of the first inning. Freeport would battle back, picking up a run before tying the game at 3 in the fifth. Kennebunk responded with 2 more of their own in the bottom of the fifth and got to the 7th fairly smoothly. But it looked as though trouble would arise when Max Doughty got a single and tacked on an extra base due to an errant throw by the third baseman, and Jack Davenport hit a double to send Max in and cut the lead to 1. But it was not to be. Even with the bases loaded and 1 out, Freeport couldn't find that fifth run to tie the game for the second time, and it ended 5-4. Freeport now turns their attention to Lake Region, home on Wednesday
RBIs
Davenport (2), Shea, Wagner,
Runs
Doughty (2), Wagner, Rice
Pitchers
Jack Davenport
Monday, May 18, 2015
Freeport Grils Lacrosse rolling
Freeport Girls lacrosse, after dropping the first four games of the year, have strung two wins in a row, against Wells and Gardiner and are holding a playoff spot for the first time this year. (Gonna be honest, writing this without seeing the games is somewhat hard. That and I am in a class. Shhhhhh ;)
Anyways, Freeport has had leading goal scorers in Senior Midfielder Emily Johnson and Junior Attack/Mid Courtney Broderick with 7 goals a piece. Emily has also leads with 3 assists and 23 ground balls and 16 draw controls. Backing the team has been junior netminder Sam Jordan who has a .406 save percentage and a 11.4 GAA.
I am going to try and figure out how I want to do the updates on lacrosse, so I leave you with this. Freeport will be playing at home on Tuesday (tomorrow), 4pm against Morse (currently 2nd place at 4-2). Be loud, be proud, and go Falcons!
Anyways, Freeport has had leading goal scorers in Senior Midfielder Emily Johnson and Junior Attack/Mid Courtney Broderick with 7 goals a piece. Emily has also leads with 3 assists and 23 ground balls and 16 draw controls. Backing the team has been junior netminder Sam Jordan who has a .406 save percentage and a 11.4 GAA.
I am going to try and figure out how I want to do the updates on lacrosse, so I leave you with this. Freeport will be playing at home on Tuesday (tomorrow), 4pm against Morse (currently 2nd place at 4-2). Be loud, be proud, and go Falcons!
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