The Undefeated Chicks with Sticks

By Natasha Solouki, Staff writer

Fountain Valley has seen one win after another with the Filed Hockey team. Although, the season had just started, various games against other rivalry high schools have taken place, each ending victoriously.

Many players are impulsive for the up-coming season, “The season is going to be amazing and we\’re going to win a lot of games” says Taylor Merickel (‘11).

In addition to that, the team is off to a great start with a 5-0 record. Their first league game was against their biggest opponent, Edison, and was held on a Tuesday afternoon on the Baron\’s home turf. The Lady Barons worked diligently against Edison who was undefeated at the time, and soon, the Barons scored their first goal by distinguished player, Taylor Merickel (‘11).

In the past years, the Chargers and Barons have continuously tied, but many teammates have something to say about today\’s game. “Edison is going down,” says Jacqueline Aleson-O\’Farrell (\’11).  “We\’ve tied with Edison every year and we really want to beat them this year”, says Cheyenne Clark (‘12). “This year we\’re going to eliminate Edison, fear nothing.” Emily Zinn (\’11) With that enthusiastic spirit comes another successful win for the Barons.

Their diligent coach also felt pleased by Tuesday\’s game, “ I feel extremely happy about the Edison game since we won 3-1!  Our girls played very well and never gave up.  We worked together as a team, which created some amazing plays and goals.  This team works together better than any team I have ever coached which is why our season has been so successful in our pre-season games.”

The Lady Barons seem to be off to a great start. Only time can tell if they\’ll make it to their biggest goal, CIF.