Why would you post individual point totals as most of those goals and assists are in meaningless games against inferior opponents. Why not list groundballs, draw controls and caused turnovers etc... ?
Happy to post those statistics - you have them available? Please send them to us at cagesage@backofthecage.com or post them as a response to this note. (Translation : You can only post the statistics that are available and maintained. There is not a High School in the world the records their ground ball counts, much less reports it to media outlets.)
I always wondered why a true defender does not receive any post season accolades unless they happen to score a bunch of goals. Do you think that GB's and CTO's be recorded at the hs level?
High School coaches, field staff, and sectional representatives have absolutely no interest in recording defensive (non-goalie) saves, ground balls, and similar. Both Varsity Soccer and Lacrosse suffer from the lack of defensive statistical recognition.
BOTC thinks that this defensive statistics void is due to the continuing action after a defenseman makes a play. When a keeper makes a save, the transition game goes into effect and a scorekeeper can log that save. When a goal is scored, the players reset at the center of the field. There are natural breaks in the running-clock action.
However, defensive transitions typically do not afford that break in the action. That might explain why defensive stats are just not logged.
As comfort to the parents of defensively positioned student-athletes, we can only offer the old sports axiom : "Offense sells tickets, defense wins championships".
And as a parent of a defensively positioned student athlete....it is hard to explain to her when a middie gets the accolades over her. Fortunately for my daughter; her team keep track of ground balls.
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