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Slim’s Shockers Storm Burke’s Irish Castle
by Jack Harrold

photo credit: Trish and Sarah Borzon
Joe “JB” Blanchar fired right back
with a point for the Castle squad.
The Burke’s halfbacks and
midfielders also stepped up to
help prevent more pointing from
Slims and their efforts resulted in
another Burke’s point after some
great stops by Shockers’ keeper
Dave ”Chico” Monfrey.
The second quarter was a
great defensive battle. The
Shockers’ defense was swarming
to the ball and moved it up the
lines which led to the first goal of
the match by Steve “Jake”
Jakubowski.
But John Lindstrom led a
spirited defensive effort by

Quotes From the Pitch
“I can’t play, she’s staring at me.”
“Everybody STOP!”
“She’s in my way.”
“She took the ball away from me!”
“I’m dizzy.”
-Ivan Wayne Baker IV (age 4)

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The second match of
opening day saw the Slim
McGinn’s Shockers take on a
Burke’s Irish Castle squad
representing one of our new
sponsors. Both teams were
pumped up after the opening
ceremonies and took that energy
to the field which resulted in
some great first quarter action.  
An early penalty on the
Castle squad led to a quick point
for Slims by Dan “Danny Mac”
McAuliffe. Another point
followed shortly after by the
Shockers midfield, but Burke’s
wasn’t going to let the Shockers
run away with the early lead as

Burke’s to limit the Shockers
shots on goal and was aided by
Christian Neuenschwander in a
great display of team
communication early in the
season.
The second half got right
back to the action with a tight
battle and both teams hoped to
take control of the match early.
The keepers from both
squads made some great saves,
but the game had clearly shifted
to an offensive battle and
relentless plays by both teams
led to an amazing back and
forth quarter. The highlight may
have been Steve Taylor’s
beautiful overhead double off
the free by Connor Kilp for the
Burke’s goal.
Towards the end of the
game however, the Shocker’s
defense proved to be
impenetrable and despite a
Castle squad that never stopped
working, the Slim McGinn’s
Shockers took the opening day
victory.
The final score was Slim
McG inn’s 5-10 (25) to Burke’s
Irish Castle 2-6 (12), but in a
great example of MHC
sportsmanship the Burke’s cocaptain noted, “The game was
hard fought, but we had fun.”
What a great way to sum up this
exciting opening day.