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[QUOTE="Faegan, post: 4719099, member: 360"]
Just back from a wedding weekend and was not able to watch the game.

I coached Jake Melchionni in youth - he is a natural righty and switched to LSM in (I think 7th grade).  His Dad - Keith - was an All American at Duke.  (I forget what year he graduated but 99% he played a year or two when the Gaits were still here, but I don't think SU played against Duke in those years?)  Jake immediately had a laser for a shot and his lax IQ has always been great.  Always in the right spot on the field and is fantastic at frustrating kids in the middle of the field.  Very aggressive.

The one game I missed coaching (because my daughter was in a play) in 8th grade, our team got into the only brawl we ever had when I was with the 2023s.  The opposing team had a coach whose son was WAY bigger than everyone else and had been rolling every team they played because of it.  I never got a straight story from anyone who was there, because I was the president and had to deal with the fallout of the brawl, but within the first quarter Jake was stripping the ball from the son and burying shots from 25 yards out.  This drove not only the son but the coach (his dad) apesh!t.  The coach left the sideline after the last goal and all hell broke loose.  End of game.  Two weeks of headaches for me.
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