Hello fans, friends, and family! I am happy to be writing on this gorgeous sunny Super Bowl Sunday. In this Super Bowl game, the world will be watching two teams who have done nothing but amaze their fans in spectacular fashion during this decade. I can easily say I am a not a big fan of either team, especially the Giants. The sound in my mouth makes me want to vomit, but hey, I give credit where and when credit is due and I tip my hat to them. For another year, with their backs against the wall, the Giants have endured one of the toughest playoff journeys in NFL history. It should be a good one.
In my last post I promised that I would blog after the first week of practice, giving you guys kind of an idea of how things have been going. Well I have one word and one word only, COLD. On the first Monday practice we were thrown into a gauntlet battle with the baseball team inside the field house. The list of challenges included the mile run (very happy I was not chosen for that), tug of war, Indian wrestling, monkey suicides, and shuttle runs. By a dominating score of 150 - 45 (rounded) we sure proved why lacrosse players are that much better than baseball players, would you say so? Tuesday practice took place inside the field house. I know for all the alumni that are reading this, you guys all remember how much it just sucks in there. Hot dry stagnant air that lingers with the smell of pepper that just fills your lungs in the most unpleasant of ways. Yeah well that was Tuesday. In the past years, this regimen would be the same every day for the next 4 weeks depending on weather. Not this year people!
This year, Coach Cavanagh has invested a lot of faith in the material cotton. Some of you may have heard about it before, most sweatshirts and sweatpants are made out of it... Intended to keep one warm in cold weather elements right? Wrongg. From Wednesday on, we have been outside in temperatures of no higher than 35 degrees. This cotton material that I was explaining to you before, well yeahhh, it just does not do the job. The lovely turf field has been blanketed by a sheet of ice, blanketed by a sheet of snow. Coach Pedrick says, "Hey this is lax in north country baby," and hell yeah I am on board. It really has been something else. Weather aside, the team has been getting a lot accomplished and we are slowly developing and coming together. It really is appreciated when you can get those pre-season practices outside and the issue of space inside is no longer, well, an issue. Saturday was our first team scrimmage, and boy it was a good one. Up 3-1 for most of the time, the white team just needed to fend off the offensive threats of the red team. With a couple of costly turnovers, the game of lacrosse can change almost instantly. Tied 3-3, freshman Brendan Cefalu put one in for the white to go up 4-3. Mind you that game is 5. With the white defense getting a lot of action and playing real good, junior Nick Travers was still able to rip a nice shot off stick side of the goalie. Even with a face-off infraction that gave white the ball, the red team proved too resilient and junior Tommy Kilderry finished the game with a tough dodge and shot.
The guys have just been working on keeping their bodies healthy and as strong as possible. Ice baths, gym sessions, rehab, stim, and heating pads, have all become the daily routines for most of us. It really is a long pre-season, and guys like me who have done it before, understand and value you the rest we get on days like today and the equipment we have which helps in that effort as well.
Alright, well tomorrow is Monday and that means work and classes for most of us. I really appreciate all the recent followers I have accumulated on Twitter (@platts_lax). It is so good to see the parents keeping trendy with today's social networking and giving it a try. I will soon be "tweeting" a picture of the helmets with the new decals. I hope you understand that the Twitter aspect is great because it allows me to post new updates fast and easy. I do not have to write a blog just about helmet stickers, bags, or sticks. Enjoy the week everybody.
-Mike Santisteban
Haha how can I not? What a great Super Bowl that truly was, although I was 2! Good luck Madonna. Try to top this..
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