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Road to Nationals

Camryn Davis

On Friday, February 6th Greenville Road Warriors hockey team played in their state championship game. Greenville played against the Charleston Mariners, and after a tough match, they ended up winning their game 8-4. This win means heading to Minnesota for the National Championship.

During this game, the Road Warriors also had their senior night. The team has 7 seniors- 

Derek Baldassarra (Fountain Inn High School), Laydon Anderson, Hayes McCart, Matt Barr, Trey Williams, Will Maness and Zach Kellermeyer.   

These seniors played their last season, and making it all the way to nationals is a big deal. Senior Derek Baldassarra has been playing hockey for 10 years and has only ever once made it this far during his 15u season. Ending his high school hockey career with a boom, Baldassarra is excited to travel and is most excited to be able to play against some good competition.

Taking a deeper look into the game and the strategy it took to win, player Travis Anderson stated “It feels really good to make nationals, this has been the goal all year. ” and his teammate, FIHS junior Tyler Davis went along with that by saying, “We’ve worked really hard to get here and I'm proud of the team.” 

The championship game was a very important game during this season. A lot of work was put into the team throughout the season, lots of conditioning, skating and training to make sure that they were prepared for the big game.

 The biggest thing a lot of players are working on making sure that even with the conditioning, they're fueling and hydrating so they stay healthy.

Being a part of the team this season has meant more than just playing hockey. It’s shaped players and it's brought them closer together. Hockey has taught leadership and “being able to bond with people and  how to connect with people in the heat of the moment and working together.” 

The team gets along very well, and they’ve learned to get along with each other. Even in difficult moments when the game gets hard, they’ve worked together to learn how to communicate. 

Heading to nationals, nerves are high, but so is the excitement. Greenville heads to Minnesota over spring break, they’ll play multiple games, stay tuned for the excitement of nationals!

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