Lacrosse--Jessica Foster

Even though Merit Academy didn’t have its own lacrosse team, lacrosse was the most popular sport at the school. Many Merit students played for Spanish Fork Warriors on either the junior varsity or varsity teams. The junior varsity won two games and lost nine. The varsity won two and lost ten, but the players still had a lot of fun and never gave up. They kept working hard, and for being a first year team, they played really well.
When you look at the boys on the lacrosse team, one thing is obvious—lacrosse boys like showing off their skills. “Chicks dig guys that play lacrosse!” said Darren Jensen, freshman. Junior Cory Foster had additional motivation: “I love playing in the games. I like them, because they are really competitive and I am a competitive person.”
Even though the records aren’t impressive, the games were incredibly intense, full of aggressive hits and high adrenaline. The best part of lacrosse, like most sports, were the games. “I like the games because you don’t know the kids on the other teams so I don’t feel so bad if I hit them,” said Josh Bladh, sophomore.
The biggest weakness for the team seemed to be the defense. However, the boys didn’t let that discourage them, instead they let it fire them up for next year. “We really need to practice on our throwing and the catching because the ball is on the ground more than it is in our lacrosse sticks and in the air,” said Darren Jensen, freshman.
With the popularity of the Spanish Fork Warriors, everyone is rooting for a team at Merit. Cole Halladay, another freshman, said “I would want there to be a team for Merit so that we can have more people from our school playing and not more from Spanish Fork.” Since on any given day, you can see a number of students playing lacrosse outside during lunch, a Merit lacrosse program would make a lot of students very happy.