MHC Dish From the Pitch 2013 MHC Dish From the Pitch 2

WEEK 2- June 2, 2013

HIDDEN TALENTS
What do you love most
about the MHC?
I enjoy the gathering more
than the game at times.
Being able to walk around
with friends and watch
people run each other
ragged by hitting a ball
back and forth is very
enjoyable. When it's my
turn to play (which is
always right at the start of
the day, sadly), it becomes
a whole new animal.
Nothing says "you're a
really good friend" more
than smacking a ball
across the field and letting
your team score a goal on
that friend.

Every Sunday at
beautiful Brown Deer
Park, the MHC hurlers
demonstrate their
remarkable skills on the
field with every point,
ground hurl, double,
and sideline cut.
As a club with
over 300 hurlers there
are bound to be hidden
talents used off of the
field in every tent on
the sidelines.
One of our U15
hurlers, Evan Schissler,
revealed his hidden
talent for us, painting.
His painting, titled
“Me,” is done in acrylic
on thick paperboard
and was done for his
high school art class.
I asked Evan a
few questions to get to
know him a bit better.
How did you find out
about the MHC?
My brother had signed
up for a High Interest
Day hurling activity at
his school and he fell in
love with the game. I
just sort of followed a
few years later, hoping
it would be fun.
When did you start
playing hurling?
It's my fourth year, so...
the year I started has to
be 2010.

self portrait: Evan Schissler
Why do you feel hurling helps identify you?
As far as I know, there are three people at my high
school who play hurling: me, my cousin Danny
Slawski, and John Klein. People see my painting and
say, "what's that stick thing you're holding?" I'm then
obliged to explain that I play a game that is the
national sport and national obsession in only one
country in the world. The game is a really unique
part of who I am, because out of my dozens of
friends, only two people play it alongside me.

What other hidden
talents do you have?
I like drawing MUCH better
than painting. Ever since I
was little, shading in
monotone colors just came
to me. Sure, it's easier than
painting because you don't
have to worry about the
colors, but it's what I grew
up with.
Favorite
hurling
memory?
Any various moments
when I'd be playing goalie
and I'd hold the position
against half a dozen
opponents. Then I'd lift the
ball up and crash it down
the field. Ahh, goalie.
Thank you Evan for
sharing your talent!