The recently approved boys’ lacrosse team, coached by Brooke Wells, will join the ranks of the athletic program this spring.

With the addition of lacrosse, a school of 133 students will have eight spring sports teams.

Some students—who think that another spring sport could hurt standing programs such as baseball—responded to the news with apprehension.

“With all of the other sports, and now the lacrosse team, it could be hard to have a lot of guys at practice. And it could really hurt us as a unit,” senior baseball team member Trevor Sutley said.

In addition to lacrosse, members of the baseball team are also signed up for the golf and tennis teams. These conflicts may prove to be too much for the baseball team, which has struggled over the last two years to maintain the requisite number of players (nine) at games, and rarely has that generous an attendance at practice.

Curiously, another proposed spring sport, boys’ volleyball, was turned down last year. Junior Cooper Jackman said the reason for its denial was that volleyball would conflict with spring sports.

“When I talked to (athletic director) Matt (Vargo) about a boys’ volleyball team, he said that another spring sport would hurt the others,” Jackman said.

According to Jackman, the proposed volleyball team had as many as 20 supporters.

“I was really excited about the idea of a volleyball team, and a lot of people expressed interest in it,” Jackman said.

Another junior, Jacob Frankel, also was excited about a boys’ volleyball team. “It would be awesome,” Frankel said.

Instead, it may be lacrosse that causes conflicts this spring.

Participating on two teams that both practice every day in the afternoon will be extremely challenging and will present difficult decisions concerning team priorities.

If the baseball team continues to lose players to other sports, its ability to compete with a full complement of players may be in serious jeopardy, come spring time.