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The Lacrosse Lamentations
with Aisling Keane
And I thought that couldn't have gotten any worse than it did. That last storm really did a number on Releinthi, didn't it? All pitches in the city were flooded; all those afternoon football games had to be postponed for another time. Lucky gridiron bastards though; their pitch dried up just in time for the late night game. No such luck for us lacrosse fans though; our pitch could not get dry enough in time and the our quarterfinals game against Sarzonia had to be postponed, meaning everyone else got to play except the two of us. Talk about a rain delay, right? In fact, flooding in the part of Releinthi where McNaughton Park is was so bad that one day after the storm, even though the pitch was now dry, the streets around the stadium weren't, and upon the urging of the city authorities the quarterfinal was pushed back by yet another day. By this time both teams were getting antsy, I'm sure. Like, are they ever going to get to play ever again? Or would this game have to be moved somewhere else?
Thankfully it didn't have to go down like that, and by the second day after the storm everyone was given the all clear to play. It proved to be tough going but in the end, the Amazons triumphed over the Sarzonians. A modicum of revenge for the loss in the Arena Bowl for sure, but I have a feeling that this won't be enough for Cousin Dara until our arena football team actually defeats the Sarzonian arena football team sometime in the future. He's not the type to be easily satisfied, Cousin Dara. Tomiko Legaspi shining the brightest out of our attack today, scoring 6 out of our 13 goals against the Sarzonians. Claude Dematteo was our primary channel into the attack, with 10 out of those 13 goals passing through him before going into the goal. Many people might say that 13 is an unlucky number but not today, not for Abanhfleft. Ah, but now the question is, will it prove to be unlucky for the next time?
Now, some people out there might say that I shouldn't be talking about bad luck because it's inevitably going to bite us all in the arse. Well, I say to that, better to get the jinx out of the way right here and right now instead of during the game, where we all know thoughts of jinxes work best. Strange mentality, I know. For some of you. But we Flefts know better than to take anything for granted. We did that before and we all know how that turned out. Nothing is ever for granted in this day and age. Also, we need to stop thinking of ourselves as the underdogs in everything we do now. We've had more than enough time to build ourselves up to the rest of the world, and now it's time that we did something about that. It's time we showed that we deserve to be among the best. Let's stop playing like scaredy cats, and let's start playing like we own the place. Which, in this particular case, we literally do. We are on home turf, ladies and gents. It's about time we started acting like we are at home. Win that trophy, lasses and lads. Let the whole nation watch you lift that over your heads right here.