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By Brian Pitts
Enterprise Record

Davie’s girls lacrosse team did a nice job atoning for lopsided losses to Grimsley and Reynolds, winning in dramatic fashion at East Forsyth on March 21.
“Oh my gosh, it was the best game,” coach Haley Hines said following a 10-9 win. “When we had five minutes left, I was holding on to the other coach because I just needed to hold onto something because I was shaking. It was one of those games that kept you into it the whole time.”
Davie was a Tilt-A-Whirl in those final five minutes.
“We kept a one-goal lead, but we took two shots with five minutes left and I was telling my girls to slow it down,” Hines said. “I don’t know if they coååuldn’t hear me or they just wanted to score. I yelled: ‘There’s no need to shoot the ball.’ So they ended up getting the ball back and we held them off.”
The War Eagles were finally able to exhale when East missed a free shot with 70 seconds remaining.
“They had a free position shot,” Hines said. “It’s like a 50-50 chance that they’re going to tie up the game and force overtime or it’s going to be like a godsend. It went over the goal and we got the ball back. The adrenaline for everybody was off the charts.”
Davie improved to 2-2 overall and 1-1 in the CPC behind monster performances from sophomore Kayden Richardson (five goals, eight ground balls, assist) and senior Lyndsay Davis (10 draw controls, six assists, six ground balls).
“Kayden was phenomenal,” she said. “Lyndsay was player of the game. Mallory Peck caught an amazing pass from Lyndsay and scored her first goal. That girl (Davis) was all over the field. She definitely helped construct the game.”
Kimber Holston had two goals. Lila Moore had one goal and one assist as Davie kept East winless at 0-4. Both of Davie’s wins have been thrillers, including a 12-11 overtime triumph over Southwest Guilford.
“East has always been our archrivals,” Hines said. “East is always the team that we want to take out.”
Three days earlier in the CPC opener, Davie was no match for visiting Reynolds. Richardson was the only War Eagle who managed to score in the 13-1 loss.