Junior Varsity Field Hockey: Knights Have 3 Goals Called Back; Tie FSK 0-0

By Ben Spector
Winning After MidKnight

To say that the Middletown High School Knights Junior Varsity Field Hockey team was unlucky in their game against the Francis Scott Key Eagles would be an understatement.

The upstart Knights, a team filled with players with little field hockey experience, had a chance to pick up a win against the Eagles, a Carroll County team with a historic program but where denied that through no fault of their own as the Knights had three goals called back.

These three goals called back had a definitive effect on the game as after that the Knights couldn’t put a goal in the net once more and would end up finishing the game in a 0-0 tie with Francis Scott Key, as even though the Knights didn’t win they did pick up an all important first result against the Eagles.

One of the goals coming into the game for Middletown was them for them to try and tap into their offense as they had been shut out during their first game, a 2-0 loss against Westminster and were still looking to find the team cohesion that would bring goals with them.

Middletown would find that cohesion, but unfortunately for them it seemed that no matter what they did and no matter what they threw at Francis Scott Key, it would either be that they would be stopped on the attack by the Eagles or when they finally did put one home against the Eagles that it would be called back for some reason.

And, it wasn’t as if the Knights committed infractions on all the goals to wipe them off the board. One of the goals that came off the board for Middletown, was due to a Francis Scott Key player wedging her stick in between the legs and tripping a Middletown forward in mid-shot.

The shot by Middletown would end up going in the back of the net which usually means that because the goal was scored by the team who the foul was against, the foul would be wiped off and Middletown would have a 1-0 lead over the Eagles.

Instead, the goal was wiped off the board and Middletown would get a penalty stroke but would not be able to convert leaving the game tied at zero which is where it would stay.

Still the tie was an important result for Middletown as the young team looks to get some momentum going early in the season and a tie against the Eagles, a Carroll County school, with a large degree of success as a program would be a good way to do it.

The Knights have shown that they have a large amount of raw talent during their first two games of the season, as they have improved infinitely over the course of their first two games as on both offense and defense, Middletown has shown an exceptional uptick from where they were at the start of the season.

Middletown, based on how they’ve played has earned a win and deserve a win. Unfortunately, they’ll have to wait on even though they shouldn’t have.