The Robinson Boy’s Lacrosse team is gearing up to start their 2022 season. Last year their record was 4-10 but this year, things may change. With the loss of over ten seniors, there is a bunch of new faces to come back and take those places. Head Coach, Smithers thinks this year’s team can have a different turn than last year.

“The expectation this year is to reverse some negativity and team culture from last year and get back to the tight bond we had in previous years. We lost a lot of seniors last year,… so we have a complete rebuild,” Smithers said. “Really our primary objective is to come together and operate as a team and not allow ourselves to [sperate into two] and not allow ourselves to get down when times are tough.”

Maybe with the loss of all the seniors from the previous year, there needs to be some people to “replace” them. There are now twelve newcomers to this year’s lacrosse team and within that twelve, ten people are new to the sport. This complete rebuild of the team makes it difficult, yet the fresh start this team needs. This wouldn’t be possible without the help of Captain Robby Rice (’22) and co-captain Matthew Brown (’22).

“Our relationship, [with the freshman and newcomers], grew during the fall when I led a lot of senior practices. I felt like I was one of the best-qualified people… with coaching them and I just wanted to help lead the team,” Brown said.

Every player has different ranges in playing including skill level and the length they have played. Some have played all their life while others just started this year.

“Well this is my first year… [so I would like to work on] my fundamentals and get better as a player with the help of the seniors,” said new defensive player, Ruauidhri Doyle (’25).

Some games are major for the Robinson lacrosse team including the Plant game on Feb. 15, and Senior night which is on March 30 against Freedom. These two games are the best two to attend to support the team.

“First two weeks are going to be tough, we’ve got Plant and then Alonso and the next week we have Steinbrenner and all three are pretty good; Plant being final four state championship-contending team last year so that’s our first game this year and we will learn a lot about ourselves that game,” Smithers said.