Blaze Boys Lacrosse Wins First Game Of Season

Undaunted by giving up a goal just 48 seconds into the game, the Burnsville boys lacrosse team rallied to claim its first victory of the season, 12-8, against visiting Holy Angels in a non-conference game on a wet and frigid evening off of Highway 13.

The Stars claimed the early 1-0 lead and dominated much of the first four minutes of play, but the game turned after a breakaway goal by Bohdi Engum at the 7:42 mark of the first quarter was promptly followed by another Blaze score from Donovan Herby at 9:40 to give the hosts a 2-1 lead they would not relinquish.

As a driving wind that howled north across the field blew in a driving rain, Burnsville upped its lead with two more goals in the second half from Jake Maxson and Jace Childs and took a 4-1 advantage into halftime.

Brian Atkinson scored the first goal of the second half for the Blaze at 3:40 of the third quarter, with Engum scoring again at 6:35 to counteract a pair of tallies from Holy Angels as the game moved into the fourth quarter with Burnsville leading 6-3.

With a constant drizzle still falling from the sky, a relatively low-scoring affair exploded with a combined 11 goals between the teams with Neal Pester scoring twice and Dylan Delaney, Tanner Fricke, Engum and Atkinson each adding one more goal apiece before the clock hit zero.

It's victory secured, the Blaze improved to 1-2 on the season, with Blake scheduled to pay a visit at 7 p.m. Saturday night.