For Jocelyn Reed, Thursday’s game against Nanticoke Area is an important game. It’s the Wyoming Valley conference opener for the Hanover Area field hockey team and they are playing their rival, Nanticoke Area.
It’s always an interesting game, regardless of the sport, when these two teams play one another. For as much as Jocelyn Reed wants to think of it as just another game, it’s not.
That’s because she will be experiencing one of those first-and-last scenarios. Yes, it’s the first game of the season. Here is where the last comes in. It will be the final time she will be coaching against one of her daughters. Kate Reed plays for Nanticoke Area, just like her older sister, Grace, now a senior at St. Francis did. And their mom coached against the both of them.
“My kids go to Nanticoke Area, I teach at Hanover Area,” Jocelyn said. “A lot of people take jobs to coach their children. It’s fun. We all have the understanding it’s the mother-daughter game. After the game if it does not go my way it does hurt because I want to win. They don’t rub it in if they beat me. I wouldn’t rub it in against them. There is no animosity. They know I’m coming for them.”
Easier said than done? Not for coach Reed. She wants to win. Just like Hanover Area wants to win. Just like Nanticoke Area and Kate Reed wants to win. It’s a game. It counts in the standings. Kate Reed will try her best to put her team in the best position to score. Jocelyn Reed will do what’s best for her team. Just like any other game with the exception that Kate Reed might be the one to get a ride home from the game from the…
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