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April 18th, 2007

For These Teams, Weather Was Fine

BY ROGER CLEAVELAND
Copyright © 2007 Republican-American
Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Conditions weren’t perfect, but from the perspective of three local high school sports teams they were good enough to get the games in.

The deluge of rain that has forced the postponement of most high school athletic events in the state the last two days wasn’t enough to keep the Pomperaug High girls lacrosse team or the Woodland and Wilby golf teams from playing Tuesday.

It was an easy call at Pomperaug thanks to the Panthers’ all-purpose artificial field. Although their game was scheduled to be played at Lauralton Hall in Milford, the site was switched to Southbury because the field could be easily prepared for play.

“We had to move it because Lauralton Hall’s grass field was under standing water,” Pomperaug coach Mike Fleming said. “It was cold and rainy at Pomperaug, but the surface was workable. It rained on and off, but there was no thunder or lightning so we kept going.”

Pomperaug won thanks to constant offensive pressure applied by Taylor Fleming and Kelsey Goode with four goals each and Jaimie Orrico with three goals.

The Woodland and Wilby golf teams didn’t have the luxury of artificial turf, but they also didn’t feel they had the luxury of postponing the match.

“The high school golf season is so short that we have very little time to make up missed matches,” Woodland coach Ross Cooper said. “A big part of high school golf is playing when the course is available.

“The conditions certainly weren’t at their best. It was a cold, rainy, windy day. We were fighting the wind all day, but the kids handled it well despite the adverse conditions.”

Woodland’s Jon Bock was the medalist with a 49.

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