001[Music] Sorry. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] A heat. [Music] Heat up [Music] here. [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat up here. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Stop heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat [Music] up here. [Music] Heat up [Music] here. [Music] Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat up here. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Hello and welcome to Stellos's Stadium in NSHA on an overcast Tuesday. I'm John Collins along with Tom King. It's midmay 2025. Getting toward the end of the girls lacrosse season. Got a good matchup here this afternoon. Visiting Exit Bluehawks against the Nashville High South Panthers. Midday. It feels like late March. It does. I mean, this is supposed to be when the sun comes out and everybody's like 75
002to 80 and you know, summer starts and instead we're getting this is going to be this is like the warmest day of the week. It boomeranged. We were we were like suffocating with heat up here just about a week ago, right? This is just in the press box at Stelloss. But yeah, it's uh it's brutal. It's gone back and forth in the month of May. For a second, I thought I said something wrong. You look at me like, what are you talking about midmay? But you're right. It's it's uh chilly. Everybody's got jackets on. Except for our players as usual. You can't really tell by looking at the girls lacrosse players. They're out there taking uh lacrosse balls off the bare shins. Yeah, exactly. So, they're tough kids. No kidding. I know. Yeah. So, Tom,
003respectable records for both of these two teams, South and Exit. Both teams. I think the winner of this game will have probably the upper hand in squeezing into that final four maybe, right? Cuz Exodus got 12 wins right now and South has 11, right? So, it all depends on the rating and who they've played. All right. So if they played out of state teams that aren't considered divisional one, they get less points for winning those games. Uhhuh. So you have to be careful about that. That's always screwed Girtton up over the years. So you have to see how this works. But you know, I think the five best teams in the state are probably Exit, South, Portsouth, um, uh, let's see who else, Bishop Girtton, and Sagen. You know, those are probably in my mind
004the five best. Yep. You know, they'll be battling it all the way to uh Bill Ball Stadium, I imagine, in June, the final where uh Portsouth has been setting a very high standard in girls lacrosse. Uh they're 14 and0 now in first place. They won a string of division 2 titles and then switched over to 2023 and they didn't really they didn't it's a division one. They really didn't lose stride. They've got a machine that's very similar to what Bishop Girtton boys have had, you know, in terms of just, you know, winning wherever they go. So BG boys have been in, I think, what is it, 20 some odd states, straight state finals. Uh, incredible number. Um, division one, but uh, Portsouth is the real deal. They've beaten both these teams. Um, they beat Bishop
005Girtton, uh, pretty handily. Uh I think they've beaten Sagen already. They may still play them again. I'm not sure. They're sisters. Uh the two coaches are sisters, right? So sometimes they like to play each other twice. I saw a few teams playing each other twice. One was uh Londereerry played somebody home and home. Probably Ping. Yeah. And uh that was interesting. Uh quirks of the schedule. Uh BG's playing out of state teams. As you said, they make up points for doing that. Well, the reason you do it is to get better because the out of state teams are better, right? You know, so like to welcome in, he won't have doesn't have a microphone, but my job shadow for the day, Nathan Wilder, who uh is that student at Chumsford, Massachusetts, and he's here right
006down the road. I I see the stadium every time I drive down Route Three right there on the right side. I I was thinking about having him come over to the house and start getting the pool ready for me, but I I I said no cuz the weather's not that good. So, it's child labor, Tom. You can't do that. It's job shadow, right? I guess so. Yeah, I work from home. I mean, you know, so who's going to win this thing? Exit against. And by the way, at first glance, you might actually think that the purple looking uniform. We can see purple are south, but that is the exit team in the dark uniform. They're black. Those Yeah, that's a that's a black. Okay. And South is in the the home white. Deep blue. Yeah.
007Yeah. South's the home white. Watch for Marin L. John. All right. She's their scorer. She averages probably about five goals a game. You know, she's already gotten over the hundth goal mark, you know, and she's, you know, she's the one to stop. And of course, the key in in girls lacrosse is you got to win the draws because possessions 10/10 of the law. South comes in here hot. They've won five of their last six. Their only loss in that grouping was a onegoal loss to Saggan. And so they've uh been on a nice streak here, but they are up against some tough competition this afternoon. Yep. I mean, and they, you know, look, that's what they want. You know, they want to play tough competition so they get a good idea of how good they
008really are, right? Coaches are Angela Palmer for Exit and Coach McIntyre. McIntyre, she's got the uh the stick sports down pat. Her field hockey team is usually pretty good and her girls lacrosse team is pretty good and a lot of the same kids play both sports. Yeah, she's got them on the rise. So, we had some uh stick issue here that delayed the start of the game for a bit, but now we're ready to go. These refs are so good. That's so picky. Oh, for crying out loud. Marin LOL taking the draw for Nasha South. Loses it to exit. And coming down field with it is Carly Sherp. Carly Sherp number 24 running up against defender Karina O'Donnell. Passes it off to her right. Gets it back. Carly Sherp with lining up the shot. Exit
009has scored over 20 goals in a game twice this season. Against who? That's the question. North and Salem opponent. Two opponents who are kind of down in their programs and running into some defense here. Balls on the turf. Opportunity for Nasha South to steal and they do. Good defensive work. Cause turnover there on the loose ball. Ground balls are the key in any lacrosse game. Pick up the loose balls. If you get the ground ball edge, you'll probably win. Addy Bordon got the pass from Carly Ben Zea. South moved the ball down the field smartly trying to set up their first scoring opportunity. Just over a minute in 12-minute quarters in New Hampshire High School girls lacrosse as South goes around the perimeter with the passes. Looking for a weakness in this exit defensive front.
010Excuse the cough, John. I'm a little under the weather today. So, we can hear. Yeah. Yeah. The voice is not the usual. Been a tough couple of days. It's pollen related, isn't it? No, I don't. And coming in right close and tight. gets the shot away but misses left. Marin lol I believe was wide with the shot from the low slot right in front right but in lacrosse the closest person you know to the where the ball goes out is the team that keeps it so south as long as it's an errant shot usually have somebody back there and not a bad pass right according to the rules cruising back there is Carly Ben Ze off on the wing now at a tough angle so she feeds it behind the that and South rotates out
011in front trying to get a shot away. Number two is repelled by a trio of defenders. Bryley Lance Steiner just couldn't get turned around. Here's Marin Lol. Number three, it's backed out finding a shooting screen. Triple team. Did you see that triple team right there? They wedged together. It's a three-way defensive sandwich. You do that, you're going to eventually make contact. There's three chances to do it. And you do and that's going to lead to a free possession shot. I say upper right hand corner. Looks like it's there for the taking. Marin Lol goes in and she dunks it home for the game's first goal. South strikes first. One to nothing. Want to welcome our Blue Hawk Media viewers today to Nasha ETV here in Exit. It's a long drive. Sometimes uh people can't make
012it during the weekdays. Hopefully we have a big audience watching this great exit girls lacrosse team today. Greetings to all the people at exit. And there's something right away that exit didn't like this. They didn't like and they're going to call I think they're calling a timeout. Yeah, they want to reset. So it's a twominute timeout in New Hampshire girls lacrosse. That always screws me up when I look at the clock. Right. Yeah. They just wipe out the actual time on the right side on one side. On the other side it's 9:16 left in the first quarter. So the first goal took a while, almost three full minutes. South gets it after a turnover by Exit. They'd won the opening draw of the match. Another good thing from playing the top teams including Portsouth South
013gets to experience probably the one of the best uh faceoff people or draw draw uh players in the in the league. That's how Portsouth uh part big part of how they be remain dominant. Right. You got it right. You got it. That's how they do it. The draw. Yep. Everybody looks at the draw. And if you go through that and uh find out who's the best in the business and what they do and the tricks of it, you can become better at it as the uh season goes along. Well, that's why the best lacrosse player in the state. Well, there's a couple of them and a couple of them are at Bedford. One of them is at Bedford, but one of the best and one of the best in the nation is uh the BG
014kid who takes the faceoffs going to a division one school. Yep. Determined, right? Yep. So, back to the center circle we go and Marin LOL is back out there to take the draw. for exit. Player with the uh in profile to us right now is number 21 Haley Okaine and Marin LOL wins that draw. She sprints downfield with possession before she gets bumped and a restart. Two of the best players in the area, Maron Lol and Bishop Gurn's Abby Lynn. If they have good games, you usually have a good game as a team. Yep. So, South with it. Marin Lol gets it back from Lizzy Dello. There's number six on the wing. Marin looking for a teammate to dish to. Will she run it in herself? Jukes to the right. Dumps it on the turf
015and quickly exit scoops up the loose ball. They put it on the turf and that's it. The the transition game. You've got to have transition game in lacros girls lacrosse. You need it desperately. Lizzy Dlo was happy to steal it back. Number six for South. Those are two big turnovers. [Music] Grace Mroyy's number five. Nice feet in the middle and a goal. What a pass. Grace Mroy found the cutter. Marin LOL, excuse me, that was Karina O'Donnell. Number five for South Marin LOL. Five to three for a goal. It's two nothing. Yep. O'Donnell and LOL. They've played together for a long time. They're both seniors and they know where each other are on the field. And that was it. You know, looked like a pick and rolling basketball there almost. And sure did. Marin found
016a soft spot behind the defender that was on Karina. And not much chance for Molly Burn in goal. The junior net minder for Exit. Style's gotten two past her in the opening minutes. Another draw one by Maron L. No, it's on the turf. Exit trying to recover and they do. Good scramble for that after initially losing the draw. Oh, nice pass shot and a miss. Save. I think she got She got a piece. I think she got a piece. Hale Kane after recovering the draw charged downfield and her shot toward the bottom far corner deflected aside by the South net minder. [Music] That's Lily Petrika spin move. Hale Kane gives it some Carly Sherp. Yeah. Trying to organize. Phoebe Christensen loses it. Scooped up by her teammate Grass. Grace Mroy. That would have been another
017big turnover had South been able to grab that ball. Yeah, Grace picking up for teammate. Finds a seam and a whistle. Violation. going to be a free position. Yeah, I think she took a stick up around the shoulders as she sprinted through a big opening in the south defense on the restart. The shot is on the turf and it's saved. Another save. Lily making easy work of that ball down low. Controls the rebound. And now South trying to beat the fullourt press here by Exit. That's right. Oh, and there it is. It works. And a great and a slam dunk goal. It was a giveaway. Unassisted. Ellie Dean makes the steal. The senior attacker puts home the Blue Hawks first goal of the game. Well, that's the play. You know, when you put the ball
018that high in the air, they knew you were going to try to get it over them. She has the reach with her stick and is able to to grab that ball. It's better to to pass to the side, John. Right. Better to go to the side so you can then run down the sideline rather than try to put the ball up in the air like that. Definitely. That was a dangerous pass and Ellie Dean seized on it and an empty net basically and the net was empty. Lily Petria was out of the net when the because she was she started the play to bring the the uh the play downfield. Draw one by Exiter threatening to tie it up here with six and a half minutes to go first quarter. South up 2-1 for the
019moment. Anna Lieberman number nine drops it off in the corner to Kira Hayes number 17 and behind the net it goes near wing. Anna Lieberman with it. Passes it up top. Grace Mroy thought about making a run to the goal. She dishes it in the low slot. Shot safe. All right. What a great game. Yeah. Goal. Lilith Patrika trying to see. Here's another dangerous play, but bounce. One bounce scooped up. And there you go. Here's the track needs starting. Right. Right. It was a high risk pass, but it pays off this time for South and they got it in the offensive zone. goalender for South three saves. Believe that was Nea Epilo on defense that ran that ball down on the left on the far side. Epilo is one of their top defenders. And so
020sets up South with a good chance to get a twogoal lead back. Marin LOL passes it, gets it back, hits the second cutter through. That's number four goal. That's Addison Bour and Addie Bordon found an opening and got a nice pass. What she did was she lowered the stick and and just kind of flicked it with her wrist. You know, she didn't shoot a traditional shot. She just kind of lowered the stick and just kind of pushed it. Three to one South leading it early here in the first half at Stellos's. South benefiting from some great goalending in the early going from Lily Petrika and some quality chances that they have converted on the other end. Marin Lol skies it and a nice catch in midair by Karina O'Donnell. South doing a good job of
021winning these draws and gaining time of possession. All the way down to shoot it on the go and it scores. Wow. Carly Ben Ze with quite a rush. You do not want to let South just penetrate like that off transition, right? Just can't have that. And that's what the discussion is going to be as exit calls. Another timeout. I don't blame her. I thought for sure she'd call one after that goal. That was too easy. Yeah, you don't want to lose that many draws either if you're exit. They want to address that probably. So, South is going to get a congratulatory huddle here. Keep doing more of what you're doing, I suppose. But it just like any other sport, lacrosse, a game of adjustments, and we'll see what these two teams bring out of the
022huddle. But an encouraging start to say the least for South up 4 to one. Yep. Two goals within 15 seconds of each other. Yeah. I mean, you know, do the math on that. They're on pace to score like close to 20 at this rate. Well, that's Yeah, it could be 20 to 19. These two teams can. Yeah. Matter of fact, I think Exit was involved in the highest scoring match that I saw this season. It was something like 2522. About 37 goals were scored. in one of the games that they were involved in. There you go. Windham made the same jump that uh I noticed that Portsouth made. They won the state title last year in division two. Windham did and then this year they're in division one in division one. They're six and seven,
023right? Like you'd expect. They're finding the difference a little bit, but they have a division one caliber uh size. It's just a matter of the the ability in the program. So, but if this game is 2522, Nathan, you're going to be taking notes at some point. Yeah, that's a lot to keep track of. Nathan's sister plays lacrosse at Chelford High School. It's a good team, too. Wow. What sport do you play, Nathan? Football and rugby. You're running academy running back, right? Running back, huh? Lineback. There you go. Lineback. That's terrific. Only one way. Okay. Nice. Oh, wow. Yep. Rugby, too. Wow. How about that? Rugby is a real sport, man. Yeah. No kidding. Yeah. I used to watch the college matches and uh where I went and uh it was pretty rugged, but they all
024like ate together afterwards. Good camaraderie. Yeah. After they after they murder each other, kick each other's butts. Yeah. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. Break like hockey players, right? They all shake hands at the end of the series. They do at the end of the series. Yeah. But not usually at the end of the game. Usually the end of the game, they're screaming at each other in the individual games. Yeah. Behind the net it goes. And it's exit coming out of their timeout after getting a talking to from coach Angelo Palmer. They do gain possession. Yeah, that's just it. That's a big win to get the draw. Haley O' Kaine, who won the draw, gets repelled by the defender and she hands it off on the far wing, gets it back. Haley Kane, dangerous player, looking for an
025opening. South very aware of her presence though as she's forced to go behind the net with it. The Blue Hawks trailing four to one. 6 minutes played in this first quarter. Seems like 16, doesn't it? Oh, it must for with two timeouts already. Yeah, for exit after two timeouts and shot. Nope. She save down low. I don't know if it made it. Did it make it? Yeah. Lily Petria took it off the shins, but Exiter managed to pick it up off the goalies not wear pads in this sport. I've taken those balls off the shin. It doesn't. It It hurts like heck. And the shot ends. Oh, no. Yes. No. Yeah, it looks like it went in or was there a violation? Uh, whistle before the shot. All right, there we go. Yep. And so
026free position, the restart for exit. And the shot. And another save down low. Lily Petrik is really good on those low ones. Carly Sherf took the shot. Number 24 for Exiter. But they got to start going up high, I suppose. I would I would if I were them. A one hopper pass received by Sage Devens. She gets it up ahead to Carly Ben Ze. And they get into the offensive zone again. Pace. Ben Zachary is going to run all the way. I think she's done it once before, but Exit does not let her do it again this time. As you said, Tom, it was too easy last time. Another timeout. That's why. Yeah. Where's LOL? Where is number three? I believe she's off to the left. Yes, she is. She is on the same 20
027yd line, but it is number five. Karina O'Donnell with the ball. She gives it to LOL. LOL's got it. Gives it tried to give it back to O'Donnell. Goes over her head and fortunately ends up with Addie Bordon number four for South who was in a straight line to pick up that loose ball. Shot over the net. Still south ball as they had a teammate back there. Wy Hart has it. Wy Hart coming out from behind the net. Dropped pass. Wrap around. Whistle before the shot. Sage Deans had a really good chance to score there, but the whistle sounded before free position. Looks like yes and it will be even with the goal line. So yeah, they don't they don't get it to go attack the goal. They get it just uh to get it
028from where the play started. So that's Wy Hart with it in the corner. She gives it back to Sage Devons. That's the sister of River Hart, right? I believe so. Watching with the Nashville Silver Knights in about another week. Yep. She gets body checked and the ball comes loose, but that is a restart. Free position for WY Hart. See if she lets it fly from there. Four to one. South leads it. Threatening to add to that total right now. The shot and a save. Yep. Nicest save of the game so far by Molly Burn. The extra goal. High upper right. That was left open. She decided to go low. Exit back on the attack now into the offensive zone. Covering a lot of ground with this sprint. Grace Mroy cuts back to the middle and
029hands it off to Claire Wilhelm now on the far side. Exit with a good looking attack here. Getting in close. They've turned it over a few times though in close and South's been able to pick up those loose balls in the middle. shot goal over the goalender's head. Yeah. And that was a good shot. She elevated it because she held the stick up high, right? She held it high almost like looked like a hook shot in a way. Exactly. Yeah. Yep. Who was that, John? That was Haley Okaane with the goal number 21 with the overthe-top hook shot to give Exit their second goal of the game. It's 4 to2. So for all the work South's done, they're only up two goals, right? That's right. That's a different deal. Yep. Couple of timeouts called by
030the Blue Hawks to interrupt South's momentum. And here's the allimp important draw. Yeah, sure is because South wants to go up three. Exit is trying to cut it to one. Haley O' Kane who just scored the goal and has taken the draws for Exit is nearest to us in the dark uni. 137 left to play in the period. And the ball comes loose. It's a foot race for the loose ball. Picked up cleanly by Exit. Carly Sharp. Sharp has done that a few times. Feeds it to Clare Wilham. She's got a lot of space. Closed off. They would love to reach the semifinals this year because where are they held? They're held next to her, right? Bill Ball Stadium again. Familiar territory for them. Almost a shot there coming from Phoebe Christensen, but she pulled
031it down and passed it off. Haley Kane can't find an opening. She's escorted wide behind the goal. A minute left in the period. Do they hold it? I don't think so. I think they're going to go for the best shot available. Up top it goes. Number 19 is Raquel Battle. Raquel hands it off inside. Haley Oane off the post and a big ricochet. Is it going to go out of bounds? No, it's recovered by Exit. Inbounds. Nice save there by Carly Sherp. And she feeds a one hopper to Grace Mroy. Mroy fended off by three defenders. Uh-oh. Right there. A nice pass on a run and a shot goes wide to the right. She rushed it. Watch out. Phoebe Christensen had the shot. Number 10. This is a great possession by Exit. They're basically going
032to go for the last shot. I think they ought to take their time here. Forced to. Now it's down to 10 seconds. You got to know the clock, right? You got to know. Oh, coming up from behind the net. No whistle. They let him play. Oh, it's a turnover. Nashville couldn't get great pickup by Exit. Let's see. I'm gl And that's the horn sounds. I'm surprised there's no whistle, but I'm glad they're letting them play. I'm glad they're letting them play, too. The only thing is is if Exit's got a minute 37 on the ball, they need to get a they need to get a shot off on goal, right? Sure do. That's Tom King. I'm John Collins. We have battle with Exit, not Battle of the Bridge. We've had enough of that, I guess,
033for 202 with Unified Track and uh final tally for Battle of the Bridge 94 in favor of South. So, all right, John Collins down. Nathan and I will go down on the field. I'll show him how I take photos and what I do there. and we'll be back uh either just before the half or right at the half. Thank you, Tom. 4 to2 South leads it as we go to the second quarter at Stelloss. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Welcome back everybody. The Stelloss as we go to the second quarter. South leading 4-2, benefiting from winning quite a few draws in that opening quarter. Kiki McIntyre has to be happy for her team to uh win that much time of possession that led to lots of quality scoring chances and four goals. Exit will
034be protecting the goal to our left as we resume. And Nasha's net minder, Lily Petrika, will come down to our right. So teams heading in opposite directions here with the change between quarters. A high draw one by Exit off the turf with a sprint. Claire Wilhelm for the Blue Hawks draws a whistle. She got bumped or stick checked illegally there by Maron LOL. So, it's going to be a free position restart for Claire Wilhelm from the right angle that you see there. Number 11 for the Blue Hawks. Chance to make it a one-goal game. Cuts in front and scores. Ran directly across the goal mouth. Gave herself quite a good angle to shoot in the end. Avoided contact and scores. The first goal of the second quarter, four to three. No one thought South was
035going to run away with this, but they would have enjoyed getting an even bigger lead, I'm sure, with all the momentum they had in that first quarter and all the time of possession. Exit was able to call some strategic timeouts, slow the momentum, and now it's just a one-goal game in anybody's draw. once again at midfield. Great win there for South. It was number six taking the draw. Carly Ben Zachri who wrestled it back in midair. Marin LOL picked it out of there and now she still has it. Marin LOL got bumped and ball ended up on the turf, but that's a foul and she'll get the restart about 15 yds away from net minder Molly Burn. Passes it and gets it back from Carly Ben Zachri. Marin LOL feeds it inside shot and a
036goal. Great assist and finish by Marin LOL and Sage Devens gets the first goal for South here in the second quarter. Back to a two-goal lead. 5-3 for the Panthers. Great teamwork in winning the draw. ball never hit the turf. And then in scoring the goal again, the ball didn't hit the turf as Marin Lol hit the cutter. Sage Deans only about five yds away and was able to get it past the net minder. taking the draw again for south is Carly Ben Ze up against Haley Kaine for exit number 21 who's been very successful and again able to just get it in midair and Marin lol like clairvoyant she knew just where it was going to come out and grabbed it in midair a great instinct for where the ball's going to come out
037of that tussle and beats the uh two exit or bluehawk players to it there's a heavy contact there. They let him play. They said it was a 50/50 ball. Marin Lol got the worst of that collision, but South got the ball back. Heads up play by Carly Ben Zachary to scoop it up. Holding it. Holding it still. Marin trying to shake off that hit still. Carly Ben Zachri runs from one defender off of the other and behind the goal. Now she gets a pick. Ben Zachri still with it. Looking for a teammate to dish to. They're in short supply where she is. Just got to keep moving. Ben Zachri between three defenders. Finally took a hit, but they call a foul against South. It's a turnover. Good defense by Exit. They gave up nothing on
038that South possession. There was some physical contact, but the officials said it was clean play almost. Marin lol again anticipating greatly but exit manages barely to keep control of it downfield they come inside cutter shot goal great ball movement by the blue hawks the finish applied by Carly Sherp from just a step away from the goal it was a slam dunk in the end South just could not get back on defense in time and that's just evidence of great practice this passing and taking care of the ball and developing a high percentage shot right in front of the net minder. It is a one-goal game again 5-4. Exit has not led. They have not yet tied except for the 000 opening. South has had to struggle to win these draws. They've won a few and
039not been able to capitalize. Now winning it to herself. Nice play there. Carly Ben Ze comes charging away from the center dot with the ball in with the exit blue hawk players in hot pursuit. Hands it off to Marin LOL who has shrugged off that hit from about a minute and a half ago. and walking slowly toward the middle of the field at the 25 yd line. Marin LOL, star player for the Nasha girls lacrosse team here in 2025. Everybody taking a collective breath. Marin still got it from what I can see. Now she goes to work. Fakes left, goes right, draws a triple team, dances around over there and not giving it up though. And she got bumped. They're going to call it a free position. So, one of the exit players has got
040to go behind Marin. The other set up five yardds away. And she restarts and shoots. And it's saved cleanly in midair by Molly Burn. Like a first baseman on a flip from a pitcher. Hard flip in tight. Had no difficulty with it. Quick transition downfield. Here's Haley O'Ne. Molly Burn did a good job with the outlet pass to get the ball moving toward the offensive zone. But now putting it on the turf is exit and a whistle before they can steal it back. So a ball handling flub there by the Blue Hawks and a break for the South defense which had been on its heels for a few possessions here seemingly without answers of how to stop the exit attack. A very cohesive exit attack, but they do it that time and see if they
041can get out of their own end. Dancing near sideline, Karino Donnell runs into three determined exit players. You're trying to divest her of the ball and she's drawn the whistle. She's got one behind and two in front. She needs a white jersey, some teammate to throw it to, and she finds one finally. And number 15 is Madison Langanger. Madison with a nice crossfield pass finds Carly Ben Ze. Carly manages to gain all kinds of space to herself over there. Marin Lol now with space to operate as well. Number three changes direction. Goes to the right. Can't shoot from there. Good pass. Oh, it got into the facial area I think of one of her teammates. Not able to come up with it cleanly and trying to keep it in bounds. and they cannot out of
042bounds on an errant pass by the Panthers. So turnover actually are trying to come out of their own end. They've been pretty good at this. Marissa Lantini passes it up to Claire Wilhelm. She runs into a quadruple team and throws it over the top to Grace Mroy in the middle. There comes that fast transition, fast break by Exit, managing to get possession of it. Somehow the whistle is going to favor the Blue Hawks. A free position restart. The defenders besieged Claire Wilhelm right in the low slot. She fell to the turf. There's the whistle and the restart. The shot saved. That was actually Riley Benvdz number 13 that was in the middle of all that that took the shot and it was great save down low again by Lily Petrika. She is solid on those
043low shots. That's not the way to beat her. Apparently one may have snuck by down there from in tight but definitely has a knack from for stopping those low ones. Now difficulty coming out of their own end south getting jostled by very aggressive attackers. They go after these loose balls and make life difficult for the defenders coming out over the midfield line. Check from behind with a stick check. They'll play on with advantage. The Panthers gaining all kinds of ground before the defenders get in the way. Ball was knocked out of the possession of Karina O'Donnell, but picking it up is Carly Ben Zachary. Carly, it's been a key reason why the Panthers are ahead still five to four with just under 6 minutes to go in the first half. Carly Ben Zachary number six.
044She gets body checked. Exit staying aggressive. They don't give the ball handler much room to breathe at all. one of the keys to their success this season. Behind the net trying to come out in front, Wy Hart passes it inside off the post. That was a great pass from Wally Hart. And a nice shot attempt or goal attempt by Carly Ben Zachri, but she got the outside of the pipe and her teammates were there to pick it up. getting pushed from behind as Sage Deans. She feeds it off to number four Addie Bordon gets stick checked or body checked and she'll restart from there. Free position for the Panthers. Clock continues to roll. 5 minutes exactly to go in the first half. Scoring has slowed down quite a bit here in the second quarter, but
045South still clinging to a one-goal lead, 5 to four. They have led from the outset. They were up 20 and four to one. There's a whistle before any shot and it looks like maybe an interference call away from the ball against the Blue Hawks. So a golden opportunity here to maybe shoot on the whistle. Addy Bordon charging in and shot goal up high. Addie Bordon, nice play. knew just what she wanted to do with it as she charged in on Molly Burn who really just had a guess where the ball was going and it went up in the upper right corner. Short-handed goal by the Blue uh the uh Panthers to take a twogoal lead again on the Blue Hawks. Six to four with 425 remaining in the first half. South has found itself in
046a lot of tight contests this season, including just recently a 13-2 battle. Unfortunately for them, they came out on the wrong end of it, but that had to be quite a game against Sou Heaggan few weeks ago. Marin LOL again winning the draw from Carly Ben Ze. Nicely done by the Panthers and just taken away by Exit as they move it downfield quickly. Haley O' Kane gets it taken away from her. Loose ball in the turf. 50/50 and it's picked up by Karino O'Donnell. Great back check by her. She has a nice pass to Addie Bordon. Addie Bordon who just scored sprinting downfield taking advantage of all that green cuts back to the middle. Passes it inside. Turnaround goal. What a tic-tac-toe play by South as it ends up being scored by Sage Devens on
047the feed from Bryley Landsteiner who also took a great pass from Carly Ben Zachary. What a play by South or Addie Bordon was the one that sprinted down all that distance to set up the Panthers for their seventh goal of the game. Just when it looked like maybe exit was going to come back and tie and or go ahead, South has come up with another push on offense and taken a threegoal lead back to their biggest lead of the game with 349 remaining in the second quarter. First [Music] [Applause] half draw at midfield. The beautiful new field uh the turf, field turf here at Stellos's Field, Ma Field, Stella Stadium. They had to end the season early last year because of the or the football season early because of the uh poor condition that was
048deemed unsafe to play on any further. And this is the spectacular result which will carry over into next football season and beyond. Of course, South wins another draw by the way. And they are back on the attack. Something that exit is going to have to discuss at halftime, how to win their share of those midfield battles. It feels like uh we don't have the official stats, but it feels at least 6040. 60% in favor of Nasha South to this point. South in the white jerseys and taking their time here under 3 minutes to go. No real pressure on the ball handler. Karina O'Donnell. Now she makes a move to her left. Number five for South with it. Looking to pass andor shoot. She gets stickked away by the defender for exit who did a nice
049job on her there and gave up nothing. Number 11 is Claire Wilhelm who moved her feet. Player cringes like she got hit in the side of the face. Good pass stumbling though and losing her footing. Carly Ben Zachri got assisted to the turf they say by a push from a Bluehawk defender. So, South will benefit from a restart free position at an angle to Molly Burns left of the goal. Charging in. Van Zachary shot is blocked by the goalender and South gets it back with the whistle. Body contact on the way toward the net minder. Ben Zachri shoots and scores. Exit probably feeling like they had to gamble with less contact there and try to rely on their goalender to come up with a miraculous save, but it was basically a slam dunk up in
050the upper right corner for Carly Ben Zachri who's got at least two goals by my count in an 8-4 South lead. They have had a dominant first half in the totality of the action. South has had the upper hand clearly and it shows on the scoreboard. 8-4 the draw with 144 to go. Exiter desperately needs a win here at midfield. It goes straight up in the air and bounces and coming away with it is Caroli Shrimp and she passes it in front and a goal. So, South kind of gambling up too high, leave themselves vulnerable in the back. And it's Anna Lieberman, number nine, that scores the goal and the recipient of some smooth, fast moving passing by her Blue Hawk teammates. Anna Lieberman finishes it off. The senior attacker and midfielder narrows the deficit
051to three. 8 to5 South leads it. Still chance for more a goal or more here with a minute and a half to go, especially if they come that quickly. That one took all of about 5 seconds it felt like from the draw to when exit potted it home. Loose ball on the turf. Teams fighting for it. And a great job by Karino O'Donnell to outsprint Haley to it and got jostled. Got fouled with possession. [Music] South with 110 to go. Would like to control it for the rest of the half. I am sure. They go behind the net. Addy Bordon passes it to Wy Hart. Around the perimeter it goes. Sage Deans. And now number two is Bryley Landsteiner. Good job on receiving the low pass by Karina O'Donnell. Karina skipping to her right now
052walking back to her left. 42 seconds to go. Clock's ticking down rapidly. South with a three-goal lead. Maybe content to play for the last shot. Exit had the ball at the end of the first quarter. They had a minute and 37 and never really did get a good shot away. South doesn't want to mimic that occurrence, but Dexter is making it difficult to get a quality shot here. Sage Deans up top. Dangerous pass on the turf and a chance for anybody to scoop it up and exit does right in front of their own net. Grace Mroy comes away with it and draws a triple team of attackers into the corner and almost a steal and scooped up by the goalender. Time expired though and that mad scramble it served as a deterrent to exit going
053down the field for another one of those fast break goals. So it is a successful first half for South in taking a lead. They're up 8-5 as we'll take a break. I'm John Collins along with Tom King. You're watching New Hampshire girls lacrosse action in May of 2025. It is 85 South over exit at the half. We'll come back with our Nasha ET viewers and also our Bluehawk media viewers after this halftime break at [Music] Stelloss. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Yeah. Heat. [Music] Stop heat. [Music] Heat up here. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat [Music] up here. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat [Music] up here. [Music] Heat. [Music] Welcome back to Stello Stadium in Nasha as we go to the second half of what's been a very entertaining, very well
054played girls lacrosse game here at the uh latter end of the New Hampshire girls lacrosse and boys lacrosse seasons. It been very warm here in other games played at Stellos's. A few weeks back, we had temperatures up into the 80s, I believe. And today feels more like the beginning of the season. It's been high temperature around 60, very overcast and just a kind of a chilly May day. The players, they're oblivious to the weather. It feels like they're just uh in top season form, especially that play right there at number three, Maron Lel, who was uh walking to the center of the field as you can see through our camera. Tim O'Neal on camera again for Nasha ETV. And for our Blue Hawk media viewers as well in exit, welcome as you're in for a
055treat to see how this game ends up. It's been hard fought. South had started off with lots of momentum. They went up four to one before exit narrowed it to five to four and then South had another push near the end of the first half to pull away by 8 to four. Exit got the final goal of the second quarter to make it eight to five. South's been winning a lot of draws. Carly Ben Zachri and or Maron LOL getting credit for winning those draws. Sometimes teaming up. They've done it again here to open the action in the third quarter. Holding the ball, walking toward the middle is Addie Bordon. She has a goal in this game. over 44 South getting doubleteamed here and forced to pass. Marin Lol runs into traffic and to her
056right got stick checked a little bit too aggressively there according to the official and she gets a restart from about 20 yardds out. Check against exit. They don't want to give up any easy goals and yet you're not allowed to body check like they do in the boys game where they wear the full pads. Marin lol on the restart in front and shoots and scores. Marin lol does it again. Kind of casual about it. No huge celebration. That's because been there done that many times. Number three for the Panthers. Marin LOL in the restart ran across the goalmouth similar to how exit scored in the second quarter and the goalie doesn't really have much of a chance. It's more luck if anything if you can get a body part or your net on it to
057try to stop from in such tight quarters. Marin made no mistake. Put it in the far left half of the goal. I think it was kind of toward the top. Nine to five. South leads it by four as the clock ticks down towards the two-minute played mark here in the third quarter. We have another restart. Was not a quality draw according to the official. Number 13 balls, but this time it's Claire Wilhelm for or excuse me, Haley Kane. Haley Kane came away with the loose ball after the contested draw. Put it on the turf. spinning away from a couple of defenders was Li Lizzy Dlo and she's able to get it to a teammate goes to the far side. Haley Kane gets free, gets some space on the far side. Hale Kane, key player for
058this exit team. Hello, John Collins. Welcome back, Tom. Yes, I would have been back sooner. I had uh took Nathan over to um show him the ropes. Yeah, a little bit. And I had some information I needed to get from Lisa Jingris. I saw you interviewing her down there. Yep. And welcome back. South maintaining that lead. They were up four to one and now they're up nine to four. Who scored that ninth goal? That was Marin Lol on the restart. All right. Charging in, making no mistake. Okay. She's almost so casual about it. The fans were wondering, did they score? They're not really celebrating that much. It was like a been there, done that goal by Marin LOL. But they need a lot more of that if they're going to keep this tough exit team
059at bay. Exit drew within one. They're tough. But the thing now South All right. So what happened is South with those three with that run of three goals in the second quarter, right? Late in the second quarter, they made it 8 to four. Yeah. 8 to four. So they established control there after it was 5-4. They said, "It's our game. We're setting the pace." and and that gives them a little bit of a cushion, but they got to be careful because you can get four goals in a hurry in lacrosse. Yeah, great sprint there by Sophia Wilhelm for Exit as she flips the field in favor of the Blue Hawks in front. Shot goal scores. Yep. Flip the stick down, John. She got the stick down and shot low. Paleo Kane I believe it was
06021 for exit cuz you notice right where do the goalies do it right they have the stick John they have the stick cross and high so it takes time to bring it down does so it it if I were a kid shooting I would try to make most of them low cuz I think you can beat the goalie with a low shot better than you can beat her with a high shot unless she leaves part of the net open. Who scored that for exit? That was Haley O' Kane who's about to take the draw. Yep. She's got like a fadeaway shot down low and got it past. Haley's going to be Haley Oane is lurking on the on there's a strategy change by Exit. They have number 13 Riley Benites trying to feed it over
061to Haley Okane and that worked on the last draw. Exit needs a run, right? They need a run. They've got to get three or four in a row. And to do that, you got to win the draws or make saves or turnovers. Marin LOL with a long charge downfield's gonna run out of room. John John, we were down there on the field. I mean, Nate, I think Nathan can attest to this. Nate Nate can attest to this. Um, LOL just was just, you know, they they just knocked her all around. They they didn't let her do anything. Number three, they didn't let her do anything. No easy goals, right? He was he was standing right with me and we were watching her and she could not get free at all getting in front of her
062and making life difficult. Marin lol great player for south but exit is fully aware of her presence especially when she's got the ball and they try to close her off. This time it's Karino O'Donnell that scored but the whistle came first. Right. No celebration. That was the tip off. Right. Yep. 707 to play here. Third quarter and we'll see. It's a curious thing about the rules and girls lacrosse. It's as Karina O'Donnell shoots and it's saved. She went low and my theory did not work because the exit goender got the stick down. She did, but it might have hit the inside of her foot. I'm not sure on the rebound. It might have. Yeah, it might have positional cuz the ball bounced away, you know. Right. I think your your their stick was still on
063the way down. John, a ball hits me in the foot. It's not hopping around. We're calling No, we're calling 911. There's a shot, but no. Marin LOL got See, we got a rugby player here. Yeah. Right. And what he doesn't know is I'm a wuss. Little elements of rugby. What from what you're telling me, what you saw down on the field when Marin LOL had the ball. She has it right now on the free position. Number three for Nasha South and shoots and hit the post. Maybe Karino O'Donnell shot misses and now it took. Yeah, it would be a big swing if they don't score. Two goal swing if they score here. Sage Deans lost it, but she got fouled on the way to the middle. D, what position does your sister play? Defense. Okay,
064so she's the one doing the hacking. Yes, she's the one doing that shot goal. Oh, that was the high velocity shot of the game so far by Sage Devens. Demons played a great second quarter. We were down there. She was always in front. She used her I mean, she's a big kid. She used her ability to kind of maneuver herself around and I thought that she really, you know, set the tone in that second quarter for South. Yeah, that was an unstoppable shot. Sniper goal with velocity by Deans. I have her for three goals at least, Tom Patrick. Yep. Of the 10 that the Panthers have now 10 to six. They continue to keep exit at long arms length here in on the scoreboard up by four. And again, the allimportant draw that's key to
065the exit comeback. Instead, another clean win for South. Marin lol on the one hopper receiving it from Carly Ben Zach's win of the draw. And here's Addie Bordon. She has scored in this game. She's going to feed it to Ben Zachri the trailer. Ben Zachri, where's this whistle for? It's a body check on Carly. So, restart free position for South. Carly looking for somebody to pass to immediately. She does. Shot. Save is made. Karina O'Donnell went low. Great save. Yeah. And anticipating Molly Burn was down there to get it. Steel. The defenders for exit come up big and sprinting downfield with it. Number 13 is Benvites. Wow, they made it tough. This is one of the tougher transition games I've seen, right? Nobody's getting an easy run down the field. Clean safe. Knocked the stick
066out of the hand and that might have hurt as well. Now, the rare time where you see a goalender kind of bent over in pain. I don't know if they got her in the hands, but she made the stop. Did Lori Lily Patrika That was a tough save. She bend over in pain, or was she just trying to reach for her stick? Maybe you're right. Maybe she's reaching for the stick. But John, I Oh, there's a save. John, I'm the one who bends over. I know. I mean, Lily Petrika was fantastic in that sequence right there. She made three saves and got the loose ball. When did you turn 65 N? It ain't easy. It ain't fun either. No, your flexibility is out the window. I'm looking at Lily right now, Tom. I think she
067took a a hard shot somewhere in the maybe. Oh, she's pointing at her knee. Right knee. Yeah. I mean, talk about toughing it out. Yeah, I see it. Yep. She's pointing out with her with her right hand. She did not really take her eye off the ball at all in that sequence. Well, John, they don't I don't Do they wear knee pads? I don't even know. No, I don't think they do. Do they? I mean, they must. That's a heavy ball to take right off the knee at the knee pads in rugby, Nate. No, they don't wear knee pads. Wow. What a He-Man sport, huh? Marin Lol to Ben Ze. They've teamed up well. 365. Karine O'Donnell as well. Addie Bordon. A potent south attack holding it. Carly off of a pick by Karina O'Donnell
068was looking about passing it to her. Now she finds some opening and shot. A goal. Big goal. Carly Ben Ze. Nifty goal there. Big big goal. Was looking to pass. Looking to pass and then she took what the exit defense gave her. South's biggest lead of the game. Five. Five up and three goals for Carly and for Sage. All about the start, right, John? It is right. All about the start and how this game started. They took it over right away. Two nothing lead. They haven't they haven't trailed. It's never been tied up. They've controlled this game from start and we'll see if they can make it all the way to finish. And the exit coaching staff wants the officials to look at the stick of Carly Ben Zachri. What kind of voodoo is in
069this stick? Cuz it's been winning a lot of draws and scoring a lot of goals. But nothing wrong with it according to the official. For those who didn't hear Nate's cuz he doesn't have a microphone, Nate's answer about the equipment. The only equipment they use in rugby in Massachusetts is a mouthguard. And John, it is an EMAS. I mean, it is a MIAA sport in in Massachusetts. He's in division two. Kelford's in division two. There's 20 teams in division two. That's fantastic. How many in division one? Same. Wow. That's a lot. Wow. So, Tom, that's the one sport in your long illustrious career you'd never covered. Never covered it. Nope. You probably have to learn a few rules. Yeah, I'd have to learn the whole thing. Carly Ben Zachary. But you know what? Feels it.
070You know what? I got my teacher right here. He's gonna hold me after today. Yes. If I ever have to cover it, you're the first guy I'm calling. It's a try instead of a touchdown, right? Is that Yeah. Okay. Dancing around. Addie Bordon fakes left, goes right back left again. Kind of a soft shot. It is a shot they rule. So, it's still south ball. If it was an errand pass, it would have been a turnover. Coming out of the corner, Sage Deans. She going to get her fourth goal lurking. That's a risky pass. It's on the turf. Yep. And who's going to come up with it? It's just in a tangle of legs and bodies. And South gets it. Karina O'Donnell got fouled, but play on with advantage. The official says running into a
071double team is Ben Zachri or Marin Lol rather. They just they it seems like Marin LOL takes the worst of anybody. Maybe because she's not the player now. She's their scorer. She's she's their star. She's a magnet for abuse. Exactly. And she is, you know, she's small. She's not real big, but Oh, Donald's small, too. I mean, they're not they're not huge. I mean, they played both played they're three sport athletes. They played basketball. They played field hockey, right? I think a l played field hockey. I know O'Donnell did. Shot save and a save. Molly Burn has tally double digits in saves, but still with 11 to six lead South as they get stopped and exit likes to do this fast. They like to score fast if they can. Less than a minute left to
072play in the quarter. They can't waste the time like they did at the end of the first quarter. Right. Minute and 37. Right. They wasted all that time. Nothing to show for it. Oh. Oh, that's lucky they didn't they didn't lose it. Ends up with an exit teammate dancing to her right behind the net. It's number nine. She's got a goal. It's uh Anna Lieberman. She passes it to Carly Sherp. Sheriff. Nice throw in the middle. And it's a Oh, she had an open net. Yeah. Contested shot. It looked like she missed it. She missed it over the net. She had a wide open net. Yeah. And there's 12 seconds left. They got to make this quick. Grace Mroy had the chance. They can't. One pass and that's it. They can't go too far. 5
073seconds. She's got to shoot it. Haley Kane knows she has to shoot it and she scores. Oh wow. That's a great goal by Exit. They had to score there. That's the player. If you're Exit, you want to have the ball in a clutch situation. Senior Haley O' Kaine. Yes, exactly. It's been their best player this afternoon. She sure has. And she comes up big there. So, she gets one. And that's a big goal. It is. It improves Exit's chances to come back in this thing dramatically. 5 seconds left. Instead of having to get five goals and hold basically uh south to none, it's a four-goal game. And the draw is just about a formality here. There's no real way to score in a minute a second and a half uh in lacrosse from midfield. And
074that'll do it. So we'll go to the fourth quarter. South in control for now up 11 to7. John Collins with Tom King and Nathan Wilder and Tim O'Neal on camera. Come back with us for the exciting conclusion fourth quarter coming up at [Music] Stelloss. Heat up [Music] here. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat up here. [Music] Welcome back to Stello Stadium in NSHA, Nasha ETV and Blue Hawk Media coverage of Exit girls visiting Nasha High South here at Stello Stadium. For some of our exit viewers, Tom, it's probably their first look at Stella since the new turf got laid down. And uh they took our hedges away. Yeah, they took the hedges away because they wanted the uh a you know, the balls would get lost in the hedges and yeah, it'd also
075be insects nesting in the hedges and all that stuff. And it was just it's easier when you have and also the fence that you can see and you and exit can see on the far side of the field. Exit does not have a fence on the far side. I don't believe the um I I I I maybe they do. I'm not sure. But it keeps the ball in the field of play usually unless it's high unless it's a high shot. Yeah. But a ground ball will stay in otherwise it might you especially soccer. So will the uh football players be running faster on it in September? Is that how it works with? They'll probably be slipping on it in September cuz it's slippery. You can tell it's slippery. Yeah. You know, it'll be broken in
076by then, though. Yeah. You know, so it's not exactly bombie down there, John. No. Huh? No. Feels like March. Yes, it does. So, the draw to begin the fourth quarter and South leads 11-7. They've been winning a lot of these. Exit starts it off with a win in the fourth quarter though as they look to make up a fourgoal deficit. Downfield with a a push. There's Carly Sherp. She hands it off to Anna Lieberman. Lieberman gives it to Riley Benovitas and it comes up top. Benvitas with it. This game is going to come down in these next 12 minutes, John. I mean it it's a cliche but really if exit can make a run and make it interesting then we've got a game. So only down four that's not that's like you know being down
077four in basketball. You can you can you can make it up very quickly. And of course it's time of possession and number of possessions that's important in a comeback. South would be content to trade goals if they could. Right. Yep. Good point. But as you said, Tom, Exit's looking to go on a run. They're taking their time to get this first shot away up in front and a goal. Quality high percentage shot. Riley Benvdas with just about a slam dunk as she wrapped around from behind the net. Yep. Got it up. So Exit converts on the opening possession of the fourth quarter. That took about a minute, minute four. They do stop the clock after goals at least when there's no uh Yeah, it's got to be 12 goal difference to right 10 or 12.
078I'm not sure which. I always I always lose track. So Claire Wilhelm versus Carly Ben Ze. Claire Wilhelm in the dark uniforms for exit and Carly Ben Zachri in South's home whites. So it's a three-point game. It's a three-goal game. It's anybody's game now pretty much. Keep an eye on the secondary players here. They've won a lot of draws, both teams have, by casting the ball to the teammate. Karina O'Donnell's really good about getting loose balls, as is Marin LOL, who I believe's on the left side of the circle as we look at it. Yes, looks that way, right? They've got their ace in there. She caught a few in midair like charging forward. There she goes again trying to outra the exited defender and Mar wins the battle. Yep. Such a key foot race
079right there. Oh, the thing is the key is again I always say it ground balls. Boy, she hit the ground. That's the fourth time she's hit the ground. Addy Bordon passed it and a clean steel. Oh, that's just a defensive back. A safety coming up and picking off the pass. No kidding. Number 12. That was Alex Gerard. South break chance. Fast break chance for South and it's a save and a pick up of the loose rebound. I think the ball dropped out of the shooters basket before she got the shot off. Illegal stick contact on the net. Might have to see that again. There's Dan Young will work the replays. Risky pass on the turf. Exit's ball. South failing to take it out of their own end after gaining the rebound. shot goal. That's a
080big one. Yeah, that's huge. Exit is now officially saying we are here. Well, that's Haley Kane again. And well, there's no really [Applause] um sure way to save a ball in that close, Tom. But I don't think uh Lily should have came out and charged the goal score there. Uh made it easier for Well, yeah. The thing is you allowed her to get that close. Haley to go over the top. Yeah, allowed her to get that close. You got to use your body. And now South's going to call a timeout with what? With with uh 11 953 to play in the game. I believe this is the first time that South has used the timeout in the contest. No reason to. Right. They were just content to go with the uh breaks after the quarters
081at halftime, but now that run that Tom talked about, it looks like Exit is on it. And it we go back to that steel in close. South had a great chance to score what would have been their 12th goal. Could have had a four-goal lead back. But uh you can go back to a couple of steals in this game that Exodus scored off of. Right. Yeah. That was Alex Gerard, senior defenseman that saw that pass coming from a ways away and she just stepped in the middle. Remember earlier in the game uh there was a a turnover right in front of the goal. The goalender was even out of the net. Yeah. And exit had a wide had an open net and the layup, you know, giveaway. I think it was Ellie Dean that got
082that goal. Senior attacker and she said, "Thank you very much." And uh opportunistic. That's how you win a lot of games. That's how you do it. So Exit came into this contest with 12 wins at near the top of the standings and South had 11 wins. This could have evened them up and set up South for the tiebreaker perhaps later in the playoff seedings, but they still have this two-goal lead. Exit drew within one goal in the first half. It was a 54 game before South pushed off again and went out in front eight to four. These two teams looked well matched on paper and now they're well matched on the field. Carly Ben Zachri will take the draw versus exits Claire Wilhelm. Right behind her is Maron Lol with nobody really near her. And
083so look for Carly to try to backhand this now. Now she is joined. Marin L was not going to be left alone. So I know. No, she's right there on the side. Yeah, she's trying to box out the player. And if this is Carly Benzer, I think she's going to try to like backhand it right behind her. Yeah, she's going to try to backhand it where there's open space, right? Drop it around the 40. Nope. And Narren's got it. So good with that loose ball on a one hop. picks it up and gets an escort. Bumping down the field goes Clare Wilhelm with Marin. Marin ducks away from the defender and passes it back out. South needs a goal to stop this exit momentum that has drawn the Blue Hawks to within two. Spin move.
084Karina O'Donnell passes it on the wing. Addy Bordon has it. Passes back to Karina O'Donnell. Clock is in Nashville's favor, but they can't use too much time or get out of sync. They need They need goals. They do. Marin LOL back to Karina O'Donnell on the move. Bounced it. Didn't really get a good shot away. Oh, she had the move and then she kind of stopped. Kind of lost it. Yeah. Looked like she did every all the hard stuff and then couldn't get the slam on goal. And then exit puts it on the turf and a nice steal by Sage Deans. Here's Marin Lol. takes a hard push and there's a whistle. Marin Lol hasn't scored for a while, Tom. They've made life difficult for her, of course. But here's a chance for Southar player.
085She scored to start the quarter. Third quarter shot and a save. Wow. But she got fouled hard that time. Yellow card hits the turf for the fifth time. The yellow card came out. The yellow card came out which means there'll be a man player Wilhelm. Yeah. Who uh has been a very energetic defender and she's one of the reasons why South hasn't gotten a lot of easy goals, but when you push the envelope and push the players, sometimes you'll have to pay the price. So she's in the penalty box with a yellow card and a restart for South and a chance man up shot goal. There it is. Marin bounced it to the far side as she ran right shot south lead. They got elusive that that's big. Yep. Not only is it big because
086they scored, but they had the ball for a long time. And they took about two or three minutes off the clock. 8:28 to go. Exodus scored with 953 left. So they took about a minute and a half. Yeah. Apologize for the coughing and sneezing and wheezing. Yeah, they got rid of the hedges at Stells, but they couldn't get rid of all the P. Not the pollen. Sorry. You know, River Hart's dad said the same thing to me. You know, yeah, as I was coughing when he saw me, he said, "Oh, you got the pollen." I go, "No, Colin's tried that line. It doesn't work. Doesn't work." I got a family member that has the pollen, you know, sickness and it's sounds the same. River has uh entered the transfer portal. So, oh, he has look
087like he's going to I I I wasn't surprised because they hadn't placed him for the summer. Uhhuh. So, he asked if he could go to Nashville and they said, "Yeah, sure." So, Silver Night, a wooden bat collegiate league game. Yes, the future collegiate baseball league where Ben Rice just played for a couple seasons. Ben Rice played it. the Yankee slugger. Yep. And so did Sal uh what's his last name? Sal Felic. Yeah. Yep. Uh he played. So they have some guy. And then recently in 2020, um because it was the only game in town, no one else was playing because of co a lot of the Cape League players played in that league. So it was it was quite a year and national won the title. So, um, now it's, you know, a lot of
088division 2, division three guys, but there's some division one guys and some talented players and there's draft picks that are in that are in the league. So, guys that will be drafted. So, it's uh it's a good league. It's 16 league and uh national it's it's in its 15th season. Draws about in Nashville about 1,500 a game. So, it's like covered a minor league team. So Tom, uh, Exit's offense gave you a chance to talk baseball because they're not taking a quick shot here. They're down by three. They get a shot away, but it's saved. Well, and secured by Exit the rebound. They got it back. The Blue Hawks did. I know. I won't have that much time, John, because these aren't three-hour games like baseball is, right? But I mean, you would think that
089Exon would want to shoot quicker because they're down three, but they took a good minute off the clock already in this possession. Have yet yet to uh score. Phoebe Christensen on the restart. The free position. The shot. Save. Beautiful save. Lily Petrika on a high velocity shot. Yes. Cleanly done. Now the tricky part to get it out of your own end with the fullcourt press being put on. Oh, well, she got it over. That's good. Gave it to the right player. Karino O'Donnell gets it up court to upfield to Marin LOL. Marin LOL with all kinds of space going to sprint downward. John in the season opener. Girtton Londere I saw I I'll tell you after this this possession. Sage Deans put on the ground but Addy Addie Bordon scores. Wow. Oh that's a dagger
090right there. That's tough for exit that's for sure. That's 13-9 fourgoal difference with only 550 left. So, it is looking more and more like South may take this. And that was that was Abby Bordon. Abby Bordon. Yeah. Yeah. And she wasn't really the intended recipient of a pass. It was kind of like a lucky bounce that she was right in the right spot. Actually, it's Addison Bordon, right? Addison Bordon. Yes. Sorry. Right. I'm assuming that she goes by Addie, but apologies if she doesn't. Oh, I thought you said Addie. Oh, Addy. You said Addie. Yeah, that's tough to try to make be able to And we can add one. Add one. Exactly. Um she's got at least two, maybe three goals in this game. A lot of hat-ticks to go around. Marin LOL again with
091a great sprint in the middle of all that. And the loose ball is picked up by Karina O'Donnell. Another win on the draw by the Panthers. Next Wednesday at 10:30 in the morning, the Silver Knights will open their season at NA at Homeland Stadium in Nashville. Yellow B first of two yellow bus days. Marin LOL shot. Oh, she had a wide open left side. It looked like it, but I think she shot to the right. Play on, says the official. That's the thing. when you're you're shooting the ball. How much control do you have with that aim, right? You know, I've never shot never, you know, carried a lacrosse stick, right? I mean, you watch the elite players, it looks like they can put the ball in the hole the size of the ball. I
092mean, that's that accurate. And of course, the uh NCAA lacrosse championships and this weekend at down at Gillette Stadium. Who's playing? Do we know? Uh this final four. Did Bowden make it? No, Bowden did not. Tus beat him. Really? Yep. Wow. The all world Bowden team. Yeah, Toughs beat them. There's so many layer levels of talent in lacrosse. It's amazing. Toughs beat him. They had two good battles this season, I think. Toughs and Bowden. I don't know what the score was, but I saw when Bowden was there, I said, "Well, that means the toughs played him and lost." The reward is or that uh that Bowden played him and lost championship at Gillette. Karina O'Donnell gets escorted away from the net by four exit players. Count him. She does get fouled and they play on.
093Loose ball trying to pick it up with Sage Devens, but instead Exiter comes up with it. A key turnover for the Blue Hawks. They are trailing by four with under four minutes to go. Balls on the turf. Foot race and a foul committed against the Panthers. Well, exit with 345 to play. No, it's it's against Exit. So, South's got the ball. I'm sorry. Yes, the So, now they turned it they just turned it over, right? The Blue Hawks was was against them. So, now exit can't waste time. They have to down there and score. And if you're in Nashville, go ahead, knock the ball around. Right. Well, it was sort of a haste makes waste. Uh last time they had the ball, they try to go so fast they ended up fumbling it. So this
094is where your defense wins you the game. Sprint downfield comes Alex Gerard. She hands it off to Haley Haley Kane. Behind the net it goes. Number eight with about a minute to play. John Collins. I'll go down on the field. Riley Benvitas with it. Under three minutes to go. Riley Benovitz comes out and shoots and it's saved. Might hit the post. The goalie's looking all around for it. Meanwhile, it's out in front. Exit got it back. The whistle. Let's see. A lot of contact. Yep. [Music] Restart. Exit. That's Josie Dunzik would be number eight. The bounce shot misses to the left. It's a big miss cuz now you got 220 to play. Yeah, actually trying to just running out of time. Turn around. Not able to get the shot away. Good defense by South. No
095easy shots. Clock continues to roll here even as they get into position. Two minutes left. Whistle. Shot goal. That is clear Wilhelm with the no doubter, but it took a while and that helps the Panthers cause up 13- 10 with 153 remaining. Still a game. Still a game. Still a game, right? So, here comes the allimp important draw. Sure is. You know, this is it. This is the This is the game right here. I think if National South wins this draw and is able to maintain possession, they can Yeah. Conversely, if Exiter manages to do something they haven't done is win three draws in a row, they'd have a chance to tie this game. They've been able to score within seconds of winning draws, but South's had the advantage right here in the center circle.
096[Music] Let's see. This is a different draw. You got one facing the other. Yeah. rather than side by side. It is. Yep. Up in the air. Oh, almost a scoop. And can they get it? Carly Ben Zachary comes away with it. Yep. Down the sideline she goes. She's inbounds. Carly Ben Zachary ducking a few defenders. And the restart in the corner. 134 to go. That was a game-winning draw basically, Tom. I think for South with two minutes left. They've already taken half a minute off the clock. Enjoying a three-goal advantage. They're going to run it out near midfield. Closer to midfield. Karina O'Donnell's pass to Marin LOL. Two of the short-handed players on the team. Karina to Marin to Addie Bordon. Back to Karina O'Donnell to her left. Good pass. Wide open. Ven Zachri. Marin
097LOL gets it back. Under a minute now. And South just uh playing keep away for the final minute. Looks like Tom. Yep. Smart. And we're under 47. John Collins. I'm going to head down. All right, Tom. We will see you down the road. Thanks for joining us. Uh Nathan, good to meet you. Nate Wilder and he and I will he will get now the you got an interview. Uh oh, a yellow card before we end. Wow. So while while this time is stoppage, we'll go down. So all right, John, we will see you soon. See you down the road, Tom. Carly Sherp gets the yellow card and she comes off. South Carly Ben Zachary has it. 30 seconds to go. She plays it back to Addison Bordon. She takes a hard stick check. She takes
098another one. Exit are kind of working out their frustrations on the South Ball handlers. Marin LOL is going to take a a hit. Balls on the turf and downfield comes number 22 Sophia Wilhelm. She runs into defenders. 8 seconds to go. Sophia trying to dish it. She does get it off in the middle. Hale Kane. Hale Kane shot misses wide to the right. And that is the ball game. A 13-10 win for the Nasha High South Panthers over the Exit Bluehawks in girls lacrosse. Both teams will leave here with a dozen wins a piece on the season as South improves to 12 and four and exit leaves at 12 and four. Could be a three-way tie for second place in the standings behind undefeated Portsouth depending on how exit does. They were 12 and three
099entering today. For Tom King, our executive producer Pete Johnson, our cameraman Tim O'Neal, I'm John Collins. Thanking you for watching this girls lacrosse match. Good evening from Stellos's Stadium, everybody. [Music] Heat up here. [Music] Purple Panthers threatening and Girtton with the lead. Titans point. No way. What a great passing pattern, I tell you. Finding himself all alone up the seam was Ryan Conley. Shot and a goal. And the Titans are on the board. Flecker. Oh, I tell you, she's a beast. Up and running. And that he's in there. Shot. Score. You can see it all setting up. You sure could. North sets it up and a kill. A winner. And here comes the Donna. All lined up. That's nothing but goyer right there. Oh my goodness. You'll watch it back on [Music] ETV. Heat. Heat.
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