New year, new coach at New York Mills
By Marquel Slaughtermslaughter@uticaod.com
Aug 19, 2019 at 5:12 PM Aug 19, 2019 at 10:41 PM
NEW YORK MILLS — The New York Mills field hockey team began its first practice of the year at 10 a.m. Monday on the track at New York Mills Union Free School.
It was first-year head coach Marissa Treen's way of seeing who entered the first official day of the varsity sports calendar in shape.
Treen previously coached at Clinton and ran Mills' modified team in 2018. She hopes her varsity team can come together after a winless season last year.
"I want to see them come in with a positive attitude and believe that they can win, and not be discouraged from the start," Treen said.
A winter league at Accelerate Sports and a summer league at Whitesboro High School kept the girls busy in the offseason. Practices, however, are different.
"We did summer league, but we just got thrown into games," NYM senior Bri Taylor said. "We didn't have any practices. So it feels good to actually be out practicing and running through drills."
"It gets us to work on our ball handling, and it actually gets us on turf," NYM junior Kristen Despins added about summer league. "We didn't do it last year, and we didn't do as well in the season, so I think it was really important to get going."
Treen had 10 girls practice Monday. More are expected throughout the week, she said.
As for apparel, Taylor said the seniors are looking into team sweats. New practice pinnies and gear for their "Pink Game" have also been brought up in conversations.
Contact reporter Marquel Slaughter at 315-792-4963 or follow him on Twitter @OD_Slaughter.
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