Ask yourselves how important it is for you to log onto this forum and bash clubs, coaches, and players when someone very much like you is mourning the tragic death of their own son and star soccer player. Be thankful that your children are still alive, rather than being pissed off that they aren't getting the same playing time as others, or their team was beaten by another team at a meaningless tournament.
I'm sure the Reynolds' would gladly accept their son playing on a B team or going to a D2 college if it meant they could have their son back.
Think twice before you type that next post...........
Schoolboy soccer star fatally stabbed In Springfield, 2 violent deaths
By Jack Nicas, Globe Correspondent | March 15, 2010
Entering the weekend, Springfield had had only one murder in 2010. But in a span of two days, a spurt of violence left two dead and two injured in the city, police said.
The first victim was Conor Reynolds, 17, a star soccer player at Cathedral High School in Springfield. He was fatally stabbed in the neck about 11 p.m. Saturday outside a packed birthday party at a local restaurant. A 17-year-old classmate was stabbed in the arm in the attack, but survived. Police were looking for a specific suspect in Reynolds’s death: a neighborhood teenager who may have no connection to the victim.
“His life ended over little or no provocation by someone he didn’t even know, which is tragic in any case,’’ Springfield Police Sergeant John Delaney said in a telephone interview.
The attack occurred outside Blue Fusion Bar and Grill, which recently lost its liquor license, Delaney said. There, 3 miles from the quiet neighborhood of Cathedral High, a birthday party ballooned to more than 250 attendees, most between 16 to 20 years old, Delaney said. “It’s kind of near a high crime area,’’ he said. “They didn’t hire any police officers, and there were over 250 people, which is way too much for that building.’’
Witnesses said a 5-foot-7-inch black male, between 16 and 20 years old, stabbed Reynolds and his friend, the goalie on Cathedral’s hockey team, then fled on foot, police said. The other victim was treated and released from Baystate Medical Center.
Mayor Domenic J. Sarno is examining Blue Fusion’s entertainment license, Delaney said. The restaurant’s management did not return a message last night.
Joe Pantuosco, who coached Reynolds for four winning seasons at Cathedral, called the teenager the team’s “franchise player.’’ Several Division 3 schools were recruiting Reynolds, Pantuosco said. “He could put a Division 3 [team] on the map by himself; that’s how good he is,’’ Pantuosco said.
Hundreds mourned Reynolds yesterday on a Facebook page started by a classmate.
I'm sure the Reynolds' would gladly accept their son playing on a B team or going to a D2 college if it meant they could have their son back.
Think twice before you type that next post...........
Schoolboy soccer star fatally stabbed In Springfield, 2 violent deaths
By Jack Nicas, Globe Correspondent | March 15, 2010
Entering the weekend, Springfield had had only one murder in 2010. But in a span of two days, a spurt of violence left two dead and two injured in the city, police said.
The first victim was Conor Reynolds, 17, a star soccer player at Cathedral High School in Springfield. He was fatally stabbed in the neck about 11 p.m. Saturday outside a packed birthday party at a local restaurant. A 17-year-old classmate was stabbed in the arm in the attack, but survived. Police were looking for a specific suspect in Reynolds’s death: a neighborhood teenager who may have no connection to the victim.
“His life ended over little or no provocation by someone he didn’t even know, which is tragic in any case,’’ Springfield Police Sergeant John Delaney said in a telephone interview.
The attack occurred outside Blue Fusion Bar and Grill, which recently lost its liquor license, Delaney said. There, 3 miles from the quiet neighborhood of Cathedral High, a birthday party ballooned to more than 250 attendees, most between 16 to 20 years old, Delaney said. “It’s kind of near a high crime area,’’ he said. “They didn’t hire any police officers, and there were over 250 people, which is way too much for that building.’’
Witnesses said a 5-foot-7-inch black male, between 16 and 20 years old, stabbed Reynolds and his friend, the goalie on Cathedral’s hockey team, then fled on foot, police said. The other victim was treated and released from Baystate Medical Center.
Mayor Domenic J. Sarno is examining Blue Fusion’s entertainment license, Delaney said. The restaurant’s management did not return a message last night.
Joe Pantuosco, who coached Reynolds for four winning seasons at Cathedral, called the teenager the team’s “franchise player.’’ Several Division 3 schools were recruiting Reynolds, Pantuosco said. “He could put a Division 3 [team] on the map by himself; that’s how good he is,’’ Pantuosco said.
Hundreds mourned Reynolds yesterday on a Facebook page started by a classmate.
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