Powerful Rockets Push Past Woburn in Second Half

Reading High School is ranked among the top boys lacrosse teams in the state. The Rockets showed why during the second half of Tuesday afternoon's game against visiting Woburn.

The Reading coaching staff was far from thrilled entering halftime leading the Tanners by only a 5-3 margin. But the staff had to have been more than pleased with the team's effort in the final two periods as the Rockets opened things up and went on to a 14-5 win.

During the first half of the contest, the scoring was balanced throughout the roster for the Rockets. Mark Dente notched goals on both of the shots in registered in the opening minutes while Brian Shea, Andrew Bourque and Mike Seibold fired one home as well in the early goings.

Conor Frazier had two assists in the first half while Charlie Colvin and David McDermott added early helpers of their own.

Still, head coach Charlie Hardy was vocally upset during the break. He could be heard telling his charges that his team was more talented than its opponent, and needed to show it in the second half.

And that's just what the Rockets did.

With the 9-2 second half margin leading to the victory, Reading improved to 10-2 on the season with two losses coming by a combined five goals. The Rockets are ranked as the No. 15 team in the state according to ESPNBoston's most recent poll.