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Senior Spotlight with SR Boys LAX
The brotherhood of South River boys lacrosse takes center stage as the senior class joins Hawk Talk to reflect on a shared goal: a state championship. Trevor Phipps, Ben Adams, Ethan Marcian, Brody Miller, DaKhari Wallace, Will McCormick, Jacob Dillon, Sam Sollers, Andrew Patterson, Colin Burke, Conner Campbell, and Donovan Driscoll talk about growing up together on the field, Coach Campbell’s impact, and the unforgettable moments that have defined their journey. With senior night on the horizon, this group is focused on leaving a lasting legacy.
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All right, welcome back to the Hawk Nation. I'm Tom Frank.
Speaker 2:I'm Grayson Frank and I'm G McDuffie.
Speaker 1:And this is Hawk Talk, and we are talking all things South River High School sports. Hawk Talk is brought to you in conjunction with the Athletic Department at South River High School. Merrick Creative, your end-to-end creative agency dedicated to amplifying brands' authenticity through branding, marketing and public relations.
Speaker 3:Chad's Barbecue and Maryland Remodeling Expert through branding marketing and public relations no-transcript. So my question is, as a coach, how are we playing at Duke University if we want to run a press break? I mean, I was learning that. It always seems to me that in third grade I agree we just run straight to the ball. What are we doing? We're high-profile basketball players. Let's run a press break. Let's set some off-ball screens. Let's get each other open.
Speaker 1:You know, I don't see why you don't give Houston any credit for this. It was entirely just, duke.
Speaker 3:We have been preaching on Houston's defense lately, but a press break could have helped Four guys run to the ball. I can't believe that.
Speaker 1:Every one of us in that room said Duke could not be beat. I think you called him a five-headed goat, if I'm remembering correctly, I did.
Speaker 3:They chopped the head off.
Speaker 1:Yeah, they chopped the head off of the goat. Yeah, and then last night Florida beats Houston 65-63.
Speaker 3:That was a thriller that was. Now let me ask you this, Jaden, because I63. That was a thriller, that was.
Speaker 1:Now let me ask you this, jaden, because I thought the end was very weird. Has anything like that ever happened to you, where you get the ball for the winning shot, you go up to shoot the basket and, instead of shooting it, he just dropped it.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I mean I don't. So I guess he thought he was going to get blocked. I guess he thought he was going to get blocked and he I mean I don't, so I guess he thought he was going to get blocked. I guess he thought he was going to get blocked and he tried to I don't even know tried to bounce it on the ground but then realized that it would be up and down if he took the dribble. So I guess he decided just to not take it. I don't know what he was trying to do. I don't know what he was trying to do. I mean, I wasn't the national champion.
Speaker 1:I think you have to pass it at that point. You either got to shoot it or pass it. You can't just drop it.
Speaker 3:Yeah, you got to find somebody. I mean, I think LJ Cryer should have been the person taking the shots. He was your only player in double digits. The whole game. Yeah, really honestly Gives it a high hand.
Speaker 1:So Florida wins the national championship.
Speaker 3:Yeah, man. I mean I wasn't really impressed by Clayton. He had zero points at half. I think a big piece of it that was Will Richards. He went four from six from three at halftime and I think that was a huge part Because Clayton was off. The first half they were off.
Speaker 1:That's because they had great defense.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Shut them down.
Speaker 3:Credit to them. So I mean I guess Florida's our national championship champion Should have been Duke.
Speaker 1:What other final words Is Cooper Flagg coming out?
Speaker 3:I don't see why hey man Coop's at that point to where it's good problems to have. It's his own legacy, Do you want?
Speaker 3:to be remembered as a great college player If he gets a natty he might have, arguably I mean it's good problems to have, but like it's his own legacy. Yeah, at this point Do you want to be remembered as a great college player? Like, if he gets a natty, like he might have, arguably like one of the best college careers if he plays two to three years. But like, why not go to the league? He's so young. Like it's like he's coming out of high school if he goes to the league.
Speaker 3:It really is than LeBron was. When LeBron was coming in, lebron was like 18. So it's kind of like he gets a jump start and starts chasing those points.
Speaker 1:That legacy in general.
Speaker 3:That's all I'm saying.
Speaker 1:How much older is Cooper Flagg than the two of you?
Speaker 3:He was 17 during the season this year and I was 17 during this season.
Speaker 1:I think about that for a second.
Speaker 3:His birthday's in December, so I think his birthday is in, so it has to be like February or January. So I mean he's maybe a year and a month older than me.
Speaker 1:Wow, that's pretty crazy, isn't it?
Speaker 3:Yeah, and he's a first-round pick, he's the first overall pick and he's player of the year like undisputed. So it's kind of wow. I need to do better.
Speaker 1:I don't know if that's the moral of the story. Just keep doing what you're doing. All right, let's talk some South River sports. Our baseball team now is five and three after two wins and two losses. This past week we beat Meade in Arundel but fell to North County in Chesapeake. This week we have two games today, wednesday, at home versus Glenn Burney and then on the road versus Broadneck on Friday. Our softball team sits at 5-4, also going two wins and two losses this past week. They will also play today, wednesday, at home versus Glen Burnie and then on the road versus Broadneck on Friday.
Speaker 1:The track team is at Crofton today and then at Saverna Park Friday and Saturday. Girls Lacrosse is now 4-2 after going 1-2 this past week. We lost to Marriott's Ridge and Broadneck but got back on track yesterday versus Westminster. They next play on Thursday at home versus Northeast and then a doubleheader away on Saturday. And we had a big one, a big win for our boys lacrosse team last Friday Double overtime win versus Broadneck, 6-5. The boys now sit at 6-0. Were either one of you at that game?
Speaker 3:Oh yes, we were both there. We were in attendance.
Speaker 1:Tell me what that was about.
Speaker 3:I mean from my point of view. I mean, obviously, when I saw Trevor go down I kind of thought we were in trouble but Ben kind of bailed us out there. I mean just Ben Adams is a dog bro. I mean it was a gritty game. It was a gritty game it was. People were getting laid out, people were getting thrown to the ground, lots of flags flying around. It's a rivalry game. I tried to park and there's people parked on the grass. There's a lot of people. It was a packed house. People with the fans showed up. We even had a student section. It was a great game. It was a good environment.
Speaker 1:Did Broadneck bring a lot of people? Were there a lot of people on the other side of the stadium?
Speaker 3:I didn't really see a crazy amount. I almost kind of thought Broadneck, thought they kind of had that in the bag.
Speaker 6:Yeah.
Speaker 3:We kind of shocked them. Yeah, because they just like I didn't see no kids I was trying to come with some of my friends. I was trying to. I always bet on my guys and none of them showed up. So I mean I didn't see many students from Broadneck there, but I saw some. Of course you see parents and stuff, but not a crazy amount of fans, no.
Speaker 1:Big win for us.
Speaker 3:Huge.
Speaker 1:Yeah, what do you guys think of this team?
Speaker 3:This team could go far. This team could go far. I mean, it's a run of park on the clock.
Speaker 1:I can't wait for that game. When's that game? Do we know off the top of your head? I don't I should only have it circled on my calendar honestly, but well, the boys will sit at six and oh, and you know what, we are going to spend the rest of our time on hawk talk. This week, let's meet all of our senior members of the boys. South river lacrosse team sounds good, let's go my name is trevor phipps.
Speaker 8:Sounds good, let's go. My name is Trevor Phipps, ben Adams, ethan Marcian Broden Miller.
Speaker 1:All right, fellas, so you guys are all seniors. This is it, yes sir. This is our last run, so before we even say anything, else, what kind of run do we have in us? All the way, all the way, all the way, all the way. We're undefeated right now. Right yeah, undefeated so far. So far so good, all right. So introduce or no first. What does it mean? Let's just start at the beginning. What does it mean to be playing here at South River? You guys are seniors, have all of you played all four years?
Speaker 2:Yep, yeah. No he didn't.
Speaker 1:I have not. No, you South River lacrosse.
Speaker 7:I would say the brotherhood. Everybody on the team has always been best friends, never any drama, always hanging out.
Speaker 1:No drama on this team. No drama.
Speaker 5:Yeah, I feel like the chemistry is there. We just click on the field.
Speaker 8:I moved in a little late. I came in in eighth grade, but as soon as I came in. Everybody was super nice. We all became best friends. We all hang out on the weekends after school. It's pretty great.
Speaker 2:Yeah, for me, being a first year, definitely feel accepted, welcomed by all the boys. It's a pretty cool atmosphere.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's cool, that's cool. So, as we head into the end of your high school career, this is it, guys. It went by pretty fast. How do you think lacrosse helped kind of shape who you are today?
Speaker 8:Definitely the work mentality. I mean, coach Campbell keeps us pretty strict on off-season workouts and then coming into the season he expects that you're ready. So it kind of just shows you it correlates to life Prepare yourself for it. You've got to deal with whatever you've got to go through.
Speaker 7:Go unprepared, don't show up on the first day and just expect to be ready. I like that. I'd say for all the teams I've ever played for and the coaches I've played for. It's taught me how to be a better person and also how to help people out, just learning new things or any struggles or just really anything.
Speaker 5:I feel like lacrosse as a whole just helped me do stuff when I'm tired. How do I put that? It made me a harder worker, in a sense.
Speaker 1:I kind of got where you're going.
Speaker 5:It made me a harder worker in a sense, because I'm a middie and I run up and down the field like 100 times a game. I feel like I just have that do it tired mentality. So I feel like that's just kind of helped me outside of lacrosse.
Speaker 1:Do you ever, as a middie, turn to the goalie and think I'm running up and down, up and down, up and down? You, you run three feet, you don't even move out the cage.
Speaker 5:I mean, oh yeah, it's a thought, every game All right.
Speaker 1:What do you?
Speaker 8:guys think, what about the goalie?
Speaker 1:No, you don't have to answer me about the goalie. How have you improved, though, over the years, and what's made you improve?
Speaker 8:Well, we've all gotten bigger and stronger, which definitely comes out towards your upperclassmen years Freshman year. We, your upperclassmen years freshman year. We all came in. We probably thought we were better than we were, and it was. It was nice and humbling when we got here, um, having those older kids to kind of put us in our place and teach us what we needed to know. So definitely growing mentally and physically. I mean, you come in and you don't really know what to expect and you kind of get put in your place as soon as you get here with those those older guys. Um, as you go through high school, it kind of shapes itself and you figure yourself out as a person where you stand.
Speaker 5:I feel like we came in as freshmen Me, ethan, jacob, connor we all made JV, trevor, made varsity, and after that season you had what 40 goals.
Speaker 1:You had 40 goals your freshman year, yeah.
Speaker 5:So he set the standard pretty high, that's a good standard yeah. So I mean, like practicing with every day like gets us better, I mean, but yeah, the standard's already set high because of him.
Speaker 1:So we just got to. So 40 goals your freshman year. I got to ask how about sophomore and junior?
Speaker 7:Sophomore year I had 53. And then junior year, I had 60.
Speaker 1:So 60 is what we're aiming for. That's the number to beat this year. All right, that's a big number. Oh yeah, that's a big number. What advice do you guys give to the freshmen now? So you just went through it. I guess you came in here as a freshman and those seniors kind of helped mold you to who you are. How are you doing that for now, this year's freshmen?
Speaker 8:We've got a pretty young team. We lost a lot of guys last year so we brought up a lot of younger guys and it's kind of just explaining to them that we didn't really bring them up to have a stellar season and be that guy.
Speaker 8:It's bringing them up and we're getting them ready for their year next year when they have to step up and we've got a lot of young guys stepping up this year that having to play positions they probably shouldn't be in but I mean they're all working hard getting to where we need them to be and it's cool to see all the young guys stepping up and filling that role that an upperclassman should be taking. So it's cool to see everybody kind of work together and I mean there's mistakes made because younger kids and stuff happens, but everybody's willing to work hard and work through it and Coach has done a great job, kind of like acclimating these younger guys into their roles and I think they're doing a great job filling them. It's just keeping them positive and not really letting them get into their heads.
Speaker 11:Yeah.
Speaker 8:That's a big part of it.
Speaker 1:What kind of advice do you guys give to these young bucks?
Speaker 8:A lot of it's like simple stuff, like stick skills and stuff. That's just stuff you do at home hitting the wall after practice. You have a bad practice. Try not to get on them too hard, but just encouraging words go hit the wall or you've got to put the work in after it. It's just kind of encouraging them to go out on their own and figure it out on their own. Not everything just happens at practice.
Speaker 7:I'd probably tell them when they go out there to just play and not think, because that's usually what I take it Like I go and it's worked for the past four years.
Speaker 1:It's worked pretty well for you.
Speaker 5:I say, just like, take it all in, just play day by day, because like they're going to wake up tomorrow and they're going to be a senior.
Speaker 1:That's true. Have a time with it, yeah, just have fun, yeah.
Speaker 8:So as we approach senior, night, which is not when is senior night two weeks, two weeks.
Speaker 1:So it's not. That's not right around the corner, but it's pretty close. Like what kind of emotions do you feel this will be? You've went through senior night at football, yeah. So now you're going through it. This is the last one you're going to go through yeah, I mean it's really crazy to think about honestly.
Speaker 8:A lot of emotions it's gonna be crazy, be crazy.
Speaker 7:A lot of emotions because I mean we're like at this point we're pretty much done.
Speaker 12:Yeah.
Speaker 7:And it feels like yesterday we were just freshmen like coming in here.
Speaker 1:And now you've got yeah, a month left, yeah, Everybody says it don't let it pass you by.
Speaker 8:But I mean I'm sure all of us here can relate. I mean that it's done, it's almost done. It's pretty crazy to think about and I know it's kind of corny, but everybody says it. It does pass by so fast, so fast four years, and when you can still remember vivid plays or moments from almost four years ago, it's pretty cool to think about and it's special to be a part of.
Speaker 1:So yeah, yeah, alright, you gotta give me some of those memories, give me some of your favorite moments from here at south river.
Speaker 7:They can be wild one of them's definitely have to be last year, when we beat saverna park anytime you beat saverna park. That was probably one of the top memories I've had here yeah, that's a great memory.
Speaker 5:Uh, I'm gonna think about a funny memory when I got pulled up, um, first practice. I got pulled up, I forgot who was dodging, but Leon Tang was guarding him and he just fell over the net. The net came down with him and I was just crying, laughing. It was the funniest. Actually, in another run last year, nick Sweeney came from Gonzaga first day of practice. Trevor was going to get going at him and then, like he did, like a split roll, nick fell over the goal and then coach Campbell was just like welcome to public school.
Speaker 8:It was kind of a cool moment At Nick Sweeney. Yeah, it was a really cool moment, to be honest, probably forgetting my helmet.
Speaker 7:Oh, that was probably one of the funniest moments we played Broadneck right after we got pulled up Wait you showed up at Broadneck.
Speaker 1:You were out going out to play and you don't have a helmet. Regional championship.
Speaker 8:There was a little mistake in the locker room. My helmet was grabbed. I didn't grab someone else's helmet and, yeah, my dad brought it to me before the game, though.
Speaker 1:So you did get it yeah.
Speaker 8:I did get it All right.
Speaker 2:I mean, for it being my first year, I definitely think the bus rides are pretty fun. My favorite moment so far there's probably only this game on Tuesday, or what was that Wednesday this past week? Yeah, we played North County. North County was Friday. Who did we play northeast this year?
Speaker 7:Mount.
Speaker 2:Hebron.
Speaker 6:No yeah.
Speaker 5:When he took that shot. Anyways, I took a bad shot.
Speaker 8:Yeah, it was pretty funny. It was like 20 yards over the goal.
Speaker 1:Just 20 yards over yeah.
Speaker 8:Sorry, a little more. He was aiming for 214.
Speaker 7:I'd say the team dinners are also some great memories too. Those are always really fun.
Speaker 1:I hear that from every sport Team dinners are kind of where it's at.
Speaker 8:Team dinners in Beverly Beach. We all get together, boys and girls across and a bunch of other sports. We go down to Beverly and there's a nice beach down there. Everybody hangs out when it's sunny out. We usually do it during the spring when it starts getting nice. Everybody's been all cooped up all winter. We go out to the beach and have a good time. We bring spike ball and stuff like that.
Speaker 8:That is cool, it's great to get all the out there. Yeah, how about your coaches? How have your? Uh, what kind of impact is your coaches had on you? Uh, the coaches do a great job here. Um, massinio, he's really funny. He's kind of the the guy you. He definitely can get strict, which we all know, um, but he's got a good sense of humor. He's. He's always he. He spends a lot of time like thinking about us in the offseason, whether it's talking about plays and stuff with other coaches and some of the former coaches. He reaches out to them so he puts in a lot of work with that. He's also a local guy, so there's some common activities to do around here, so he's always talking about that. Coach Campbell's been great for four years. He believed in all of us. He gave us all great words. Freshman year gave us a lot of inspiration and he's definitely helped drive us to be who we are now.
Speaker 7:I'd say Coach Campbell's definitely not afraid to break you down, but he will build you up eventually.
Speaker 1:That's good.
Speaker 7:And he always does mean well, but he's definitely not afraid to yell at you.
Speaker 1:That's pretty rough sometimes too. Um, we all love him, though. You all love him now and, and and he's he's gonna guide you hopefully to a uh, some, some big wins this year it's tough love tough love. For sure, for sure. What's about? What are you gonna miss most about your teammates?
Speaker 5:just being with each other the boys I'm playing with right now. Probably some of my best friends Played four years together.
Speaker 8:Going to college next year, still see each other in the summers, but it just won't be the same Won't be the same, everybody's going to go out. I mean, I really don't hang out with too many more people than the guys on our team and a couple of the other sports teams, but we're a pretty tight group. We do a lot together vacations, hanging out all summer, we're on the boats all around here and I don't know. We just kind of do everything together. It just kind of happens.
Speaker 8:It's been like that for four years now. Yeah, all right.
Speaker 1:So what's next for you guys? College, where are we going?
Speaker 7:I'm going to towson to continue playing there. You go to owson, salisbury, to play too. I'm going to salis.
Speaker 1:I'm going to Towson to continue playing there you go Towson Salisbury to play to.
Speaker 8:I'm going to.
Speaker 2:Salisbury, I'm going to the community college.
Speaker 1:There you go. Hey, that's good stuff, All right. So what do you want people to remember about this class? What are we going to remember about these guys? We're going to look back and go. The graduating class of 2025 lacrosse team just as the bell rings.
Speaker 7:That's a good one that we were state champs yeah, that is a good one also that we were state champs. This will be the year. This is good. Is this gonna be it?
Speaker 1:can we win two state championships in two different seasons?
Speaker 5:basketball girls, basketball boys, lacrosse I say, if it's the year, this is a year this is it.
Speaker 8:Yeah, this is it oh god, I hope you guys do class. Yeah, we don't have too many juniors on the team.
Speaker 5:No, we have a couple. This is it I mean next year the senior class.
Speaker 8:It's not looking too big. So this year's the year we're pretty strong on offense Defense is strong.
Speaker 1:We've got a good goalie and a good foe go.
Speaker 8:It's been like that for 10 years.
Speaker 1:All right, let's go beat Suburban Apart.
Speaker 10:Let's do it.
Speaker 1:I can't say I hate Suburban Apart, but I don't like Suburban Apart. We all do, all right. One final message.
Speaker 2:You can say anything you want to say. I just think it's you know, just the rest of your life.
Speaker 5:Yeah, like I said earlier, take it day by day, just have fun with it.
Speaker 8:Talk about not being scared to come and try out. I mean, it's your first year playing.
Speaker 2:I mean it was a lot of back and forth like 50-50, whether I wanted to play or not. But I do really think it was a good decision choosing to come play. Met up with a pretty cool group of guys, so pretty happy.
Speaker 7:Yeah, up with a pretty cool group of guys, so pretty happy.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'd also say just don't take anything for granted, all right. Well, listen to your own advice. Don't take anything for granted. Every game is gonna be a tough one. Yeah, I want a state championship. All right, guys thank you thank you
Speaker 14:all right, all right um. Andrew patterson, number nine play midfield.
Speaker 12:Jacob Dillon.
Speaker 13:defense number four Will McCormick, number three I play close defense Sam Sollers number six I'm a D-middy.
Speaker 1:Nice. All right guys. What's it mean to be playing here South River lacrosse? Have you guys all played all four years?
Speaker 5:Yeah.
Speaker 1:All four years. What's it mean?
Speaker 12:It's just a brotherhood. After the first year, like after playing with each other for so long, you just create a bond with everybody and it's hard to break that, especially with like all of us have played together, like half of us have played together since youth. You just already have that friendship and the friendship just goes on. It's just like everyone's close with each other. It's not like you're trying to compete out with each other which you are but you're just all friends at the end of it.
Speaker 13:Yeah, you're a team.
Speaker 14:Every day. You're hanging with your boys, you're eating, you're practicing together, do team dinners together, so you just really get a close bond.
Speaker 6:The alumni is pretty cool. Walking around Edgewater people are recognizing you, saying what's up, when's the next game? It's cool to have everybody around.
Speaker 13:I think also the bond with the younger guys and the older guys is good too, because I remember, I have memories from seniors when I was younger and now I like making the freshmen have fun too.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so what's some of the biggest lessons? That's kind of shaped who you guys are being part of lacrosse.
Speaker 13:Don't miss spring break.
Speaker 1:That definitely gets me you haven't had spring break in four years, have you oh?
Speaker 6:I haven't, I've had it every year, probably doing everything fast. If you're going fast, it's harder to mess up.
Speaker 12:Yeah, if you're going to make a mistake, do it 100%. Don't second guess yourself. Just go one way without trying to yeah, trying to go both ways.
Speaker 14:Just do one thing and we can critique it from there, it's just yeah, if you're, and if you're, if you're going to do something, do it right. Don't kind of give it half effort, because even if you're going full speed and you're doing the wrong thing, it's a lot harder for the coaches to tell told us that one yesterday how have you seen yourself improve over the over the four years?
Speaker 13:I changed the whole position, so I don't know if that's an improvement or improvement that's improvement but I think I've gotten smarter on the field. Not the best, but smarter you definitely get more comfortable.
Speaker 6:Like walking into a game freshman or sophomore year. You definitely feel in your stomach a little bit more, but as seniors now like during the national anthem or during warm-ups you're definitely more comfortable in that situation that's okay what advice you're gonna give to these young guys?
Speaker 1:you're talking about, like, befriending these guys and helping them along. What advice do you give to these young guys?
Speaker 13:you're talking about like befriending these guys and helping them along. What advice do you give to them? Um, do you have something to say? You have to eat right now, oh just enjoy it like enjoy school, I think, because, like I'm not I'm not the biggest fan of school and like I always, never, never look super forward to lacrosse, but I love it when I'm in it, like I'm enjoying it now yeah, once that whistle blows, all the nerves go away.
Speaker 14:you, you can't work yourself up before the game too much, cause you know that, like you know, once you're on the field you just lock in and you play.
Speaker 12:Yeah, I think you have to be a little uncomfortable, like if you're just comfortable going into it, you're not doing it a hundred percent. Like you gotta be uncomfortable to play. Like cause not everything's just given. You gotta Not everything is just given. You've got to work to that. You don't always start off where you want to start and you've just got to work to it. So, just like, don't get discouraged like just because you're not starting your freshman year or something like that. Just like whether you're on JV varsity. Just like, keep working to it. Like we have a freshman this year. He's doing really good like off that's like probably the best thing you can do. Just like working alone, because practice is one thing, but you've got to work alone.
Speaker 1:Yeah. So how are we feeling You're in your senior year? We've got senior day it's still a couple weeks away but how's that going to feel Like? You've seen it so many times, with all the seniors on your team walking with their families?
Speaker 14:How's it going to be? A little bit bittersweet, but at the same time, like Jacob said, we've kind of been playing together for all four years, so I think it's kind of be a little happy, a little sad, but we have a strong bond, so we're going to get through it.
Speaker 12:Yeah, bittersweet's the right term. It's going to be hard seeing everyone go, but you just got to make a positive impact for the ones coming up for the next year, because that's what I look forward to All the seniors. Previously, they all guided me to the right direction for this night, and that's just where I am now, and it's perfect.
Speaker 2:I like that Can't say anything better.
Speaker 13:That was a pretty good answer.
Speaker 2:That was a great answer.
Speaker 1:That was a great answer. All right, you got to tell me some funny moments. Got to have some good, special funny moments to share.
Speaker 6:Donovan Driscoll last year it was regional semifinals Scores his first goal in varsity, runs around, pops off the field and throws up. That was the highlight.
Speaker 1:That was the highlight of the season.
Speaker 14:That was the season right there, yeah, another Donovan Driscoll story, you know, bombing one 20 feet over the cage right into the woods against a rundle up by 20 with about a minute left.
Speaker 1:Same game, same game, same game. That's a heck of a game Give him the Brody one.
Speaker 12:It's good, oh yeah, brody.
Speaker 13:Yeah, last game, same thing Flew, flew far.
Speaker 12:First shot ever for point lacrosse. I think it went in the uprights from what I saw in the video.
Speaker 1:I think he just told us about that. He admitted to it. God admitted.
Speaker 14:Yeah, he admitted to it, I think my freshman year, Connor Chick getting carted off in the game to go take a poop in the fourth spot. That was a great one because he couldn't walk there himself.
Speaker 12:He had to go that bad. He had to go that bad. I'm trying to think about it. Is there anything funny at team dinners? There's got to be something funny at the team dinners. Senior assassin is pretty funny during team. Oh yeah, oh, last year's senior assassin there there is some 546, 546 questionable call james commando he. He was trying to get one of our teammates out, but it wasn't after practice, so he got in a little argument with the teammates.
Speaker 1:You stuck up for your teammates. Yeah, coach.
Speaker 6:Campbell filmed a video saying the practice ended at 5, not 4.45 or whatever it was.
Speaker 1:I like it, so he wiped it off. It's sticking together like that.
Speaker 13:And kids were wearing goggles under their helmets and like floaties. During practice it was bad.
Speaker 1:That's kind of fun. All right, tell me about your coaches. How have your?
Speaker 13:coaches helped you improve. I think Coach Campbell keeps us really accountable. I think, that's just a good life skill, that he's treated us or taught us just accountability. Keeping myself in check.
Speaker 14:I mean, when you mess up, you're definitely going to know it, but you're also definitely going to know what you did wrong. So I mean you can treat them as learning experiences. You can't take, you know, the yelling too personally, because the guy was just trying to help you and then, as soon as that whistle blows, it's like you know next play.
Speaker 12:Yeah, like when you mess up, he doesn't just like yell at you to yell at you, he'll like explain what you're doing wrong and it's your turn to actually like put that into effect like what he's teaching you, because you can't keep making the same mistake over and over again.
Speaker 1:Yeah, All right. What's next for you guys?
Speaker 6:I'll be going to College of Charleston for business marketing.
Speaker 1:Ooh.
Speaker 6:I'm figuring it out.
Speaker 12:I'm going to Flagler for lacrosse for finance.
Speaker 14:Yeah, I'm most likely going to Georgia for mechanical engineering.
Speaker 1:There you go. All right, what do you want people to remember about this senior class? Your teammates had a very one-word answer, but it was a very strong one.
Speaker 10:What is that?
Speaker 6:I want to win a championship but it was a very strong one. What is that? I want to win a championship. There it is, that is true. There it is.
Speaker 1:State ship Get the ring. Can we do?
Speaker 14:it Definitely? I think so.
Speaker 6:Definitely.
Speaker 12:All right, with no sacrifice, what?
Speaker 14:day? Is it today, march 31st?
Speaker 1:March 31st, you can call it today Month and a half. Month and a half until a championship run. I like it All. Right, guys. Anything else? Anything, you got a live mic in front of you.
Speaker 13:You got something good.
Speaker 12:I don't know Expect a state championship.
Speaker 6:Yeah, be ready for it. Yeah, be ready for the state championship.
Speaker 1:All right, we're going to be ready for it. We're going to be watching.
Speaker 13:Thank you, all right guys, thank you.
Speaker 7:Thank you All right Appreciate it.
Speaker 1:All right, let's start down here. Give me your name, your number and your position.
Speaker 11:My name's Donovan, I'm number 40, and I play offensive midfield.
Speaker 4:My name is Dakari, I'm number one and I play defensive midfield.
Speaker 9:My name's Colin, I'm number 25, and I play defensive midfield.
Speaker 10:My name's Colin, I'm number 25, and I play defensive midfield.
Speaker 1:My name's Connor, number 33, and I'm a goalie. All right, the goalie. We were talking about the goalie a little earlier. That's great yeah.
Speaker 10:All right. So what does it mean to play lacrosse here at South River? It's always been special to me because I grew up watching these games. My dad's a head coach, so I've been coming here since I was like five years old and I've always had like, wanted to play here, so like ever since.
Speaker 9:I started, it always just like meant something to me. Yeah, it's been really cool getting to know everyone on the team through like four years of playing here. I like moved here in eighth grade and I played one year rec but then I didn't really know anyone then. To you know, four years being here, I just really like the family and community that I built.
Speaker 4:Through my four years of being here it was like welcome arms, because I didn't play lacrosse until I got to high school and the coach was like really good at helping me like learn how to play lacrosse and getting me used to everything.
Speaker 11:I've only been playing the sport for three years. I started my sophomore sophomore year and I started on JV. It was pretty fun. And then like I'm just glad the coaches like just helped me and like I got introduced to the sport at like with a good coaching squad and yeah.
Speaker 1:So how do you guys think lacrosse has helped you through high school and has shaped you into who you are today?
Speaker 10:I don't know, but I think it comes with like a little bit of a little bit of like integrity where, like hold you accountable, like you have to at least have a 2.0 or less than two to stay on the team um but yeah, I just I think it like helps hold you accountable.
Speaker 9:Yeah, yeah it's definitely gave me, like, some motivation in school. You know, keep my grades up and, like you know, represent the team. Well, you know, don't do anything bad because that reflects poorly on the team.
Speaker 10:Yeah.
Speaker 4:It just really opened my eyes to let me know that like you got to like make sure what you're doing is like not going to come back and affect you or your teammates.
Speaker 11:So you just got to be open-minded it just made me a better person overall because, like our coaches just always tell you to like do the right thing, and you know like when you're representing south river in your chest, just always do like the right thing, yeah yeah, how have you, how have you seen this team improved over the years?
Speaker 1:this, this group, you got.
Speaker 10:You got a big senior class here um, I think like at the beginning, like sophomore year, we were kind of like, I don't say like divided up, but like we weren't as close as we are now, like like sophomore year up to senior year. I think we've all kind of like clumped together as a group. I think it helped build chemistry.
Speaker 9:Yeah for sure. Over a couple of years, everyone getting to know each other more and more. It helped build team chemistry, which I think resulted in us playing together better.
Speaker 4:Yeah, I just think that a lot of them played together when they were younger too, so like they already had experience together.
Speaker 11:So once we all came together and put the pieces together, it's been working yeah I mean, you can obviously see the chemistry and the team if you just watch one of our games and, um like, yeah, it's just a great group of guys what advice do you give the young guys to kind of create that chemistry?
Speaker 10:um, I don't know, I like spend time like outside of just practicing games together, like you could like hit the field on like a random day just for like an hour or two, um, and definitely spend some like other extracurricular curricular activities together yeah, for sure.
Speaker 9:Like you know, just spending time with your teammates and bonding outside of practice or like outside of school is really important. That way, you know, you guys get to know each other. Be better friends, you know, be there for each other more.
Speaker 4:Yeah, like he said, just bonding because I feel like teams with stronger bonds go the farthest.
Speaker 11:Yeah, and like it's just good to be with your team outside of practice a lot because it just it can translate on the field all right.
Speaker 1:So your seniors we're gonna have senior night in a couple weeks. Did you ever think you were gonna be here, like where you're the guys going across the field with family or friends or whoever you're with, to be celebrating your senior year? How's that gonna feel I definitely.
Speaker 10:I feel like it came really fast, like watching all the ceremonies growing up and I couldn't wait for it and then like freshman year came and then like sophomore year I was on varsity and then watched all those guys go through and then kind of just felt like it skipped to now where it's like right here on the doorstep.
Speaker 9:Yeah, it's definitely surreal, like I just remember watching, you know, the senior night, like last year and stuff, and it's crazy how quickly you know it's now our time yeah for senior night.
Speaker 4:I mean not really unbelievable, but um yeah, no, it's crazy yeah, it's crazy how fast like the time just approached us, because, like it was like I felt like you were going to be in high school forever, and now that we're ready to leave, it's kind of sad a little bit.
Speaker 11:I'm with Dakari on that. It just all flew by. I just remember my first time playing wall ball, sophomore freshman year, and I was just thinking there's no way I'm already senior week's already in two weeks. It's crazy to think about.
Speaker 1:So you guys got to have some good funny stories for him. Yeah, he's ready for that.
Speaker 4:My favorite memory was last year against Sorondo so Donovan, he was like he went to a dodge and he shot the ball and it was like nowhere near the goal. It was hilarious, it was like 20 feet off it was not too long after that he comes off the field puking.
Speaker 1:I think we might have heard that a couple times already.
Speaker 11:No, I came off the field puking after I scored. I scored versus Arundel the second time. We played them in the playoffs and then I came off the field puking, so two different times.
Speaker 1:Two different times. There you go how about anything else.
Speaker 10:There's a couple times where one of the other seniors, jacob, he'll get broken. He's a defenseman and he'll get messed up. He'll be in the wrong place and he'll get scored on and he'll take this walk of shame over to me and it's I don't know. I always think it's funny. Like, regardless of like what the situation is, he'll be like walking with his head down, dragging his stick.
Speaker 1:It reminds me like a sad puppy at least he's coming over to you, he's acknowledging you. There you go. Um, how about your coaches? What kind of impact is your coach's? Your coach is your dad, so that's kind of interesting.
Speaker 10:I mean, I've had dad as my coach since I was four years old and he's been with me all the way through high school, so it's nothing really new to me, but he's always someone I can fall back on and someone who I look up to as well for advice or just something to yeah, coach Campbell's been great.
Speaker 9:Through the few years on varsity that I've had with him he's really helped me in my lacrosse journey and, just to prove, as a player, he knows my strengths and weaknesses and he tries to help me build on that. And he knows my strengths and weaknesses and he tries to help me build on that. He tells me I'm coachable so I can fix what I do wrong.
Speaker 4:So I really appreciate that. I really appreciate Mr Campbell too. He's one of the main reasons I've played lacrosse, because he gave me an opportunity freshman year and it was just fun being around him and the rest of the team, so I enjoyed it. I just stayed with it.
Speaker 11:I mean, yeah, we have a really good coach and staff I mean Campbell, Vicinio, coach Kelly, coach Bear they're all just such great coaches. It's just again, I think, like they can help us with our weaknesses and tell us what we need to get better at. And they always tell us we're coachable, because if we weren't coachable then we wouldn't be able to grow from our mistakes.
Speaker 1:There you go. What's next for you guys?
Speaker 10:I'm going to St Mary's College of Maryland to continue playing lacrosse.
Speaker 9:I'm probably going to Towsonin and then I'm gonna major in exercise science and then hopefully become a pt I'm probably gonna go to uh anorano community college and further my studies I'll be working in the trades.
Speaker 1:My friend's dad owns a plumbing company all right so called perfect plumbing there you go run your first ad for perfect plumbing. All right, what do you want people to remember about you guys, this class in particular?
Speaker 10:yeah, last year we beat sabrina park for the first time in nine years that's the first time in nine years yeah, since we won a state championship, um. But like I think we beat them 12-6, which is like, yeah, pretty crazy that is crazy considering that we lost 13-5 the next time we played on yeah but I hope that, like people, kind of remember that because it was a great game to be a part of and maybe we have a little bit of the championship run in us.
Speaker 10:Yeah, I mean, I feel good about this year. I think we have our strong senior group to look up to and we have a couple of underclassmen who are ready to step up to the plate. I like you guys.
Speaker 1:All right, last words you can say anything, come support.
Speaker 4:I love my mom, I love my parents.
Speaker 9:I love my mom.
Speaker 11:I love my parents. I'm appreciative of South River Lacrosse as an organization. Sweet.
Speaker 1:I like it. All right, guys, thank you. All right. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. Thanks again to all our seniors. Catch them playing again this Thursday home game versus Northeast. Come out and watch these guys play. That's our show. Please don't hesitate to contact us through Instagram at SRHawkTalk. Let me know what you think of the show and who you want to see on a future episode. Subscribe to the show on Apple, spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. Leave us a rating on Apple and spread the word Seahawk Nation. I'm your host, tom Frank.
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