With the last week of the Fountain Valley High School Field Hockey official season over, the seniors on the team only have memories to hold them of the FV field hockey moments in the past years. The Lady Barons ended the season with a strong determination and great teamwork.
On Tuesday, October 25, FV played a home game vs. Marina High School. Varsity played hard in the first half and it came out as a tie. Unfortunately, the Barons were scored on twice more and the ending score was a loss of 3-1. JV played after, determined to even out the score with the Marina Vikings. The jv team fought it out hard on the field and scored once. The Vikings unfortunately got in a goal with a short corner still in the first half, but within the next 5 minutes, the Barons shot another goal and scored. In the second half, both teams came close, but neither scored, resulting in a Baron victory 2-1.
Two days later, the Field Hockey team played their last game of the season at Huntington Beach High School. Seniors were consciously aware that this was their last field hockey game as Barons. And so varsity went onto the field ready to give their all to the last game before next year, or for some seniors, the last official field hockey game of their life. HB came fast and furious, shooting on varsity goalie Alex Capuano (’12) nonstop, whom even stopped one goal by performing the splits in all her goalie padding, being a spectacular sight. The defense did a great job, especially senior Nichole Schwartz (’12), who noticeably contributed to the game greatly. Unfortunately, the Varsity team lost, 0-5. JV also did a wonderful job, being the first team to score on the field, and holding the upper hand, 1-0, during halftime. Unfortunately, the Oilers came back determined and scored three times, finalizing the score 1-3.
It was a roller coaster of a year for everyone on the team, but in the end, the Barons did not make it to the LAFHA playoffs.
