Chase Williams

Rivers first game of the 2011 season – scrimmage at Duxbury.  The word on the street was that Duxbury should win big.  Well as it turned out the street was not right.  Rivers went up by 2 early and ended the first in the lead.  Duxbury came out strong in the second and really took it to Rivers.  In the fourth Rivers fought back but ran out of time, losing by a few.

Clams coach Ron Westgate comments from practice.

Chase Williams (Rivers rep. junior LSM) was the best defensive player on the field in my eyes. He busts his butt on the wings during faceoffs, plays great D and is the best communicator that we had on defense. There were a couple times where I couldnt help but walk over and let him know that I was impressed with something that he did. At one point he was the 1 slide from the crease and not only turned around and asked who his 2 was, but when he realized that they were extended too far from the crease he hazed a slide and turned back and made sure someone was there to cover the crease. As a goaltender, I believe that a defense should be able to talk itself out of many of the shots that it sees and it is communication like this that makes it happen.

My Summer 2010 highlight video and other videos in my Youtube playlist. You can also access the video on our youtube channel (see right hand side column). If you would like a DVD with a full game, email me at chase@chrisdiannefamily.com and I can send that out.

I gave a lot of thought to my options at the end of the summer and I decided to make the switch to private school and repeat 11^th grade. I am now at The Rivers School as a junior (class of 2012). I made this decision because I want to stretch myself academically and develop my lacrosse another year with Head Coach Justin Walker (Rivers School and Fighting Clams). I believe this will help me meet my goals of going to a great college and playing for a top lacrosse program.

A collection of some game clips playing both short stick middie and D. Not all games filmed. Here is a link to my game photos for 2010 WHS lax season.

A video clip of Weston vs Bedford. We won.

I was asked by my coach to play shortie this season. I am happy to help in this role. I still play some LSM for my HS team and I also play D on man down.  For college recruiting, I am still an LSM. Coach Justin Walker from Fighting Clams watched me play and is pleased with my ability to go from pole to shortie and thinks that the experience is great for me.

First Scout just completed a highlight video of me at UMASS and Hofstra playing with the Fighting Clams.  You can get the video on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcMJB2nEM0U and it is also available on the Coaches Eye, as well as full game films (http://www.thecoacheseye.com).  Contact me if you would like a DVD versions with complete game films.

My Dad and I went out to the Colgate Holiday Shoot-Out. Colgate is a beautiful school. I had a great time and got to play in 6 games. The ride out was fantastic, really nice day and yes I slept a good part of the way. The ride back is another story, lots of snow, but again I slept for the first few hours of the trip. Check out the videos on my family’s youtube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/chrisdiannefamily for some game video playing close defense and a video playing zone.