When 16- year -old Erin Drumm was a junior at North Harford, she would have been a starting goalie for the varsity girls lacrosse team. However, after an 11 day battle with leukemia on December 22, 2015, Drumm passed away.

Every year since then the girls lacrosse team plays a game in memory of the athlete. This year, the Hawks faced a rival Bel Air. Junior Lexie Coldiron said, “We were all so hype to play Bel Air; we knew we had a good chance of winning and that made the whole experience so much better.”

Before the start of the game senior captains Olivia Becker, Caroline King, and Brooke Ciampaglio gave a speech about Erin. Ciampaglio said, “Erin was always the one to life the team up and make you smile” while king said, “I remember her smile just being contagious.”

The team starts every game with a cheer “Drummstrong on three, one, two, three DRUMMSTRONG”. The game started and the crowd went wild.

    The first half was full defensive action for the Hawks. “The girls had some amazing stops and the goalie was on fire,” said spectator senior Mikayla Magness. At halftime the Hawks were down.

   In the halftime huddle, head coach Patty Murdy gave the “most epic and meaningful” speech of all time according to junior goalie Lexie Coldirons.  She said Murdy said “do it for Erin because she can’t.”

The girls made a remarkable comeback. Senior Brenna Duley had 2 goals and 3 assists, junior Casey Divienti had 1 goal. While sophomore Lilly Macatee and junior Tori Gay both had hat tricks.

With 2 minutes and 57 seconds left in the game the Hawks were tied. Bel Air scored. With 25 seconds left in the game, the Hawks took it down the field and had the opportunity to tie it up. Though they did not capitalize and lost by one goal,  it was “the most fun I have ever had while playing the game of lacrosse,” said senior Brenna Duley.

Senior Brook Ciampaglio said, “ I know we were the last class that knew Erin but I have hope that our juniors will continue her legacy through the Drummstrong game.”

All three coaches said  how proud they were and how happy Erin would be if she were here.