A 29-2 lacrosse final is the latest score to raise questions

A tweet, an email, a direct message — that is the way it usually starts when the score is “way too much” to “way too little.”

From there, the bobbing, weaving and counterpunching ensues. If not careful, the messengers can find themselves taking one in the chops for daring to bring it to the public’s attention.

So yes, this one started Wednesday with an email from Mike Voucas: “I read with great interest your article (4-11-22) regarding the Fairfield Ludlowe baseball team’s victory of 36-0 over Wright Tech.

“I have another example of a team running up the score that being the Ridgefield HS boys lacrosse team’s 29-2 victory over Fairfield Warde at Ridgefield HS.

“As the JV coach at Warde with over 52 years in the game, I have never witnessed what I saw firsthand last evening. Simply put — no justification for this type of outcome. At any level — college, youth or high school.”

Voucas wrote he could provide me with an accounting of what transpired, and the level of poor sportsmanship exhibited by Ridgefield coach Roy Colsey.

A phone call ensued. “What was particularly upsetting to me as a coach on the sideline,” Voucas said, “was the fact that Ridgefield was ahead I believe, 18-2, at the half with all their starters on the field and all their starters remained on the field until the fourth quarter.”

Our Mike Fornabaio got ahold of Colsey.

“It’s a large margin,” Colsey said. “I don’t think it’s crazy compared to some of the basketball scores I’ve seen, 40-point margins, or a football game that’s 55-0. It’s a question of what you compare it to.”

Warde had a 6-0 record heading into the game, although none of the six victories came against top-echelon teams. Ridgefield

was ranked No. 2 in the state poll at that point.

Colsey said his starters played in three quarters and every kid on his team played at least a quarter.

In going through every score on the CIAC website on Wednesday, the 29 goals and the 27-goal differential were the most this season. There was one 21-goal differential.

29-2? That, to me, reads like 65-0 in football or