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STATESMEN SCOREBOARD    VARSITY, WED 4/27 LANGLEY 16   MARSHALL  3      JV, WED 4/27 LANGLEY 13   MARSHALL  0      NEXT GAMES MARSHALL at MADISON   MONDAY, 5/2   5:30 and 7:15 PM

Marshall High School, 4/27/05 --
BOTH SQUADS HAVE TOUGH NIGHT VS. LANGLEY

Sophomore Steven White in heavy traffic

Well, if you like scoring... or if you like Langley(!!)... then tonight's games went pretty well. But for Statesmen fans, it got a little ugly. :-)

Frankly, Langley and Woodson are currently battling it out for the top spot in the entire AAA Northern Region. In back-to-back games against these two Region leaders, we got to see first-hand just what types of teams they are. Our Statesmen pulled out all the stops, and played with lots of determination, but the final scores against both of these opponents favored the Other Side.

I don't have much detail from the JV game yet, but View From The Stands tells me that our Varsity played a VERY competitive game against the Saxons for the entire first quarter. But then things kind of broke down at bit, and when it broke, it broke big.

Again, we've got great photos - so many that we've divided 'em into two separate pages (again :-). One for the JV game and the other for the Varsity. The Statesman in this photo is Steven White, a Sophomore on the JV squad who leads most of our faceoffs.

On Monday, we're On The Road against Madison. You know where that is... so everyone Be There!

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JV GAME: LANGLEY 13 - MARSHALL 0
These are pictures from the JV game. Pictures from the Varsity game are on the Varsity Pix page.

FACEOFF ! That's #18 middie Steven White

The Langley attack was formidable, but our Statesmen never lost their sense of determination. Here, #5 Kent Morimoto takes a strong defensive stance

Coach Ohri on the sidelines

SURROUNDED ! That's Big Brian Ritchey surrounded by a pair of Saxon attackmen - it's gonna be a physical night out here

With Kevin Hia moving up to play Varsity tonight, #2 Stephen Armstrong played a terrific game in goal

#13 Chris Newcomb takes a Langley attacker off the ball

Told you it was gonna get physical ! #7 Alex Mabe and #18 Steven White dig for a loose ball in the dust

#50 James Brown circling in from the right

That's #9 Sam Mencarini with the wicked sidearm blast - Sadly, we didn't get enough of these on goal

#24 Freshman Drew D'Alfonso

#25 Freshman Matthew Freedman

#28 Sophomore Carlos Arandia

That's #7 Alex Mabe racing down the right sideline while Sam Mencarini runs protection

#21 John Baker cuts right to get an open look in the offensive end of the field

BALL ! Chris Newcomb, Brian Ritchey and Mohammed Hussain dig for a loose ball on the defensive end

Long night on our end of the field, but we never backed down - Big Brian Ritchey delivers a serious check

Chris Newcomb holds out the Saxons attacker

It's a team effort - The gang of three converge on the Langley attack: Chris Newcomb, Mohammed Hussain and Brian Ritchey

The Statesmen middies played a lot of defense tonight, too

#15 Freshman Steven Nguyen

#9 Sophomore Sam Mencarini grabs possession after the faceoff

Weary warriors at the end of the game. It was a long night, but our Statesmen gave it their all - no quit - all determination - all Pride! #26 Daniel Nguyen, #30 Mohammed Hussain, #6 Jason Cheng and #13 Chris Newcomb