A Revolutionary Field Hockey Season

By Jennifer Schultz, Staff writer

        This past season for the Fountain Valley Field Hockey Team can only be described with one word: revolutionary. The Lady Barons worked harder than ever in their preseason and training over the summer with one goal in mind: to finally make it to playoffs. Coach Marr pushed the players and made them think about how much they wanted to win after working so hard for so many years. The constant reminder seemed to be just what the players needed because they started the season ready to finally be recognized for all their hard work.

        They began preseason with two big wins against Chaminade and Bonita High Schools, giving them their first taste of victory and making them hungry for more. They went through the first round of the season with victories against Westminster, Newport Harbor, and Marina High Schools. They only lost to the first place team Huntington Beach High School and the traditional rival, Edison HS.

        When the second round of season started, the ladies were starting to lose steam, but they kept their goal in mind and were able to push through with class. They beat Westminster HS again, tied Edison HS, and lost to Marina HS, Huntington Beach HS, and Newport Harbor HS. They managed to finish the season with a record of four wins, one tie, and five losses. This was enough however. The FV girls finished in fourth place and made Fountain Valley history by being the first field hockey team in FVHS history to make playoffs.

        The Lady Barons went into the playoffs against Harvard Westlake HS fired up and ready to move to the next round. The first round of playoffs is single elimination so the Lady Barons went out starving for a win. They held their own against the private school team with a tied score of one to one at the end of the first half. Unfortunately, Harvard Westlake was the superior team and came out scoring three more goals. This brought the final score four to one. The FV ladies, however, fought hard with great sportsmanship.

        So though the field hockey team lost in the first round of playoffs, their season was still nonetheless revolutionary because of the hard work that the ladies put in this 2008 season, and thereby becoming FVHS\’ first field hockey team to make it to playoffs.  Undoubtedly, these girls will go down in Baron field hockey history.