- Nick Frens takes a shot on goal.
The Barons boys’ water polo team took on the Edison Chargers this past Wednesday, November 2nd. In their last game of the season the boys couldn’t pull out the victory as they lost 1-15.
The Barons started off the first period allowing Edison to gain up a huge lead. The poor start was customary to the Barons season, only 30 seconds into the game the Chargers conceded their first goal. The Barons did manage to create some chances and fired 3 shots, testing a strong Edison keeper, but the boys could not convert. The rest of the first quarter the Barons could not stop the barrage of the Charger offense allowing 5 more goals to end the quarter down 0-6. The last two goals coming in the last 30 seconds.
In the 2nd quarter the Barons played their best polo of the game. They tightened up the defense and pressed aggressively. Unfortunately right off the drop the Barons gave up an easy turnover and Edison converted and easy breakaway. From then on though the Barons cleaned up shop in the back along with strong blocks from Chad Halstad (’14). At the 3:40 point the Barons went up a man on the power play and Shawn Carroll (’12) converted the Barons only goal of the game. The Barons had finally seemed to gain some resemblance of a fight but it was cut short with less than two minutes left by another Edison goal. The game stayed a dismal 1-8 at the half.
Starting off the second quarter the Barons were hurt by another blunder of a turnover to open the quarter and with a little more than 1:30 in they gave up another. Only second after the goal the Barons were again thrown a big blow. Carroll, the captain and only goal scorer, was ejected from the game for rough contact. The rest of the quarter was littered with penalties by both teams and Edison converted 2 more to bring the tally to 1-11. In the final quarter of the Baron’s season there was very little hope for a salvation. Once again the Barons allowed an early goal, only to be followed by more Charger goals. The final score coming to a 1-15 loss for the Barons.
“There was no intensity, and we didn’t play smart,” Brandon Lacy (’12) summed up the game.
The Barons took too many penalties to give themselves a chance and routine to the season the Barons went down early and went down far enough to make it impossible to dig themselves out. The early plan to the game was to “press hard and to not foul” said Connor Halstad (’12); but the Barons allowed too many shots and could not control their tempers. The Barons ended the Sunset League 1-3 and placed 5th of 6 in one of the toughest leagues in Orange County. The boys ended the season with an overall record of 6-23.
