The Menlo boys lacrosse team has gotten off to a rocky start with a 1-5 record. However, junior attacker Caden Chock, who is second for the team with 11 goals behind senior attacker James Wernikoff who has 12, believes the team has been doing pretty well considering they have a lean roster forced to be leaner due to injuries.

“It’s always a bit hard to get a lot of kids into lacrosse, especially at a small school like Menlo, though, this year has been especially great because there’s been a lot of kids who decided to join, but again, they’re still fairly new,” Chock said. “There is nothing wrong with it but it just means that when it comes to certain harder opponents, as we get later in the game, people start getting tired and mechanics start falling apart.” However, Chock believes that as the new players start to get more experience, the problem will fade away.

Despite the losing record, Chock is happy with how the team approaches games. “You can see on the sideline, everyone’s always getting hyped for each other. No one’s really putting each other down. There’s a lot of positive energy all over the field. I think that’s one of our biggest strengths, just the energy we bring to every game.”

The team is looking forward to their trip to San Diego during the first three days of spring break where they will play Patrick Henry High School on March 29 and Scripps Ranch High School on March 31. “Last year we did a similar trip except it was to Washington and that was a lot of fun,” Chock said.