Monday, May 7, 2018

“I think this was our best game offensively"


"Although it had been a running clock throughout the fourth quarter, there was still just enough time for a little history. In the final minute of a game that had long been decided, Franklin raced the ball up the right wing and immediately looked to find senior attacker Eric Civetti. He got it outside the crease on the left side and drove to the cage. 
This wasn’t about the Panthers trying to run up the score, but to give the program’s all-time leading scorer the opportunity to set another record with his ninth goal of the game. Twice, Civetti had tied the record with eight in a game, but now he stands alone. 
Even more important for Franklin was that the nine goals were part of a dominating 22-8 victory on Sunday afternoon against Longmeadow, one of the top-ranked teams in the state. This was the third time this week that the Panthers had scored 20-plus goals in a game. The first two were against a pair of the state’s newest programs (Taunton and Stoughton) and on Sunday it came against one of the state’s best. 
“I was so afraid of this because of those two games and I’m just amazed,” said Franklin coach Lou Verrochi. “I’m blown away by the fact that we beat them the way we did. All the stars were aligned. It was just an incredible win. The kids played their butts off.”

Continue reading the game recap by Josh Perry, the Managing Editor of HockomockSports.com
https://hockomocksports.com/eric-civetti-sets-record-franklin-boys-lacrosse-routs-longmeadow/

A photo gallery of the game can be found online
https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/20172018/Spring-2018/Franklin-Longmeadow-Boys-Lacrosse-5-6-18/
Franklin senior Eric Civetti (6) scored a program-record nine goals and the Panthers earned a marquee blowout win against highly-ranked Longmeadow. (Josh Perry/HockomockSports.com)
Franklin senior Eric Civetti (6) scored a program-record nine goals and the Panthers earned a marquee blowout win against highly-ranked Longmeadow. (Josh Perry/HockomockSports.com)

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