Siblings shine for Calvert High School girls lacrosse
Buckmaster sisters among youthful Cavaliers group
On an evening in which gloomy, chilly conditions eventually yielded to intermittent, heavy showers, a pair of Calvert High School girls lacrosse siblings had their chance to shine in the Cavaliers’ 1610 victory over visiting La Plata last week in Prince Frederick.
Calvert (2-0) sophomore Evelyn Buckmaster, who also plays field hockey for the school, and younger sister, freshman Charlotte Buckmaster, who plays volleyball at Calvert, were both instrumental in leading the Cavaliers to a comfortable victory on March 23 over their Southern Maryland Athletic Conference and 2A South Region foe. In fact, both Buckmasters admitted that their primary goal this season is a region crown.
“We definitely want to win regions this year,” said Evelyn Buckmaster, a group that also includes fellow SMAC squads Huntingtown, La Plata and Patuxent. “I think we can be pretty good. It was tough playing in the rain tonight, but it was also fun.”
“Me and Evelyn have been playing together since the third and fourth grade,”
said Charlotte Buckmaster. “We have a lot of younger girls on the team, but we’re going to be pretty good. But we look for each other when we’re out on the field. There are a lot of good teams in SMAC and in our region. But our goal this year is to win the region.”
Both Buckmaster sisters performed well amid the chilly, rainy conditions last Wednesday evening on a day when most of the other outdoor athletic events in
volving SMAC teams were postponed. Calvert and La Plata were close early, but goals from the Buckmaster sisters, Clare Daelemans and Payton Stevens gave the Cavaliers an 11-6 lead at the intermission.
On several occasions in the second half, Calvert had doubled the La Plata production with the Cavaliers owning 12-6 and 14-7 leads, respectively, over the soggy, slick terrain. La Plata sophomore Reagan Tharaldson, however, was among the
bright spots for the Warriors in the final stages, scoring three of the Warriors’ four second-half goals including the last one.
“It was a good game,” said the soft-spoken Tharaldson. “It was okay playing in this weather. It was fun, I guess. We could get better this year. It’s going to take a lot of hard work from all of us. But we can definitely get better. I thought we played okay tonight.”