Reed brothers no longer "bored"
April 22, 2004
By KEVIN DUNLEAVY, Journal staff writer
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When they were in middle school, Brendan and Andrew Reed spent the spring and summer playing baseball. But that changed after the brothers were introduced to lacrosse. “Once I started playing, I loved it. It was so much faster,’’said Brendan Reed, now a senior at Springbrook. “In baseball, I’d be in the outfield bored to tears.’’ Springbrook coach Mark Pim is happy to have the Reed brothers in his lineup. They are two of the key players for the Blue Devils (6-1), who have yet to lose to a county team. Monday night in a 14-8 win over Sherwood, attackman Brendan scored three goals and assisted on another while junior midfielder Andrew added a goal and an assist. The Reeds’ prettiest play came when they connected midway through the third period. From the wing, Andrew hit his brother cutting to the point. Brendan caught the ball, and in one motion, fired a laser past Sherwood goalie Kyle Smith from 15 yards out. “We’ve had a few of those this year. It’s second nature,’’ said Brendan Reed. “We know where each other is going to be.’’ In the fourth quarter, Andrew scored on a crank shot after a determined drive to his left. Later, Brendan got the Blue Devils’ final tally when he wheeled behind the cage and beat a Sherwood defender to the crease. The Reeds aren’t the first Springbrook athletes to trade baseball bats for lacrosse sticks. The last time the Blue Devils made it to the region title game (2000), they were led by Scott Simmons, who turned to the sport after starting at shortstop for the Blue Devils’ varsity baseball team in his freshman year. Simmons proved an astute judge of his athletic talent last spring as he captained Salisbury to a Division III national lacrosse championship. Simmons’younger brother, Ben, now a freshman, had no such conversion, however. He grew up in a Burtonsville-based lacrosse program and brings years of experience to Springbrook. Monday night, he scored four goals and dished an assist. “When you get freshman who are experienced, that’s a huge advantage,’’ said Pim. “It’s just starting to happen in the county. The first group of kids are coming up who were brought up on lacrosse. It’s good to see.’’ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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