Preparing to leave for Blaine

It's been a very, very hectic schedule but the team finally is getting ready to head out to Blaine at the end of this week and spent the last two putting the finishing touches on the team and making final plans for the trip.

Two weeks ago, the team had it's second practice together. Once again it was in Amherst, but this time the team was met by an oppressive heat that forced players to very closely monitor their health and pushed the lunch break later into the day to try and avoid the hottest parts of the afternoon. The practice itself was very similar to the session from a week before, the coaches reviewed some concepts and introduced some new ones and there was a large amount of scrimmaging to get all of it into practice. The day ended with another game against Amherst locals... this time however, the "ringers" took it to the young guys made the game a decidedly one-sided affair.

This past Friday, the team had originally planned to head down to New Jersey to participate in Nucci's Cup, but after failing to secure a spot in the tournament Tiina Booth was kind enough to arrange a scrimmage under the lights at Amherst High School against the local club team, Club Team X. The YCC team was greeted with an early surprise as the uniforms from Breakmark arrived in time for the game and the squad finally took the field as a fully-formed and uniformed team. CTX was bolstered by a number of local players both home from college and pulled from other area teams, making the friday night squad deep and very, very talented. That talent showed early as CTX jumped out to an early 5-1 lead and took half 8-2. After a delay for lightning, the YCC team pulled it together a put a number of beautiful offensive points together and played a much better second half, with CTX winning the half 9-7. The final score was CTX 17-9.

With the schedule finally announced for the weekend, New England will see Colorado, New Jersey, and Madison on the first day. All three teams will offer tough challenges and hopefully the depth of the BUDA squad will pay dividends late into the day.