POUGHKEEPSIE – Four Our Lady of Lourdes teammates rushed to the corner flag with Anthony Velovic.

He dropped in a looping free kick over the keeper with seven minutes remaining Tuesday to cement a 3-0 win over Red Hook. They posed in front of a camera and celebrated his strike.

"We treat each other like family. Every time we come out on the field we take care of each other, and we take care of each other off the field," Lourdes senior Jack Ruddy said. "I really like the way the team plays. We’ve dealt with a lot this season."

Former Warriors coach Eileen Cancro, who led the team to the Class A state semifinals last season , was fired in the wake of an incident before a Sept. 19 game that included an exchange of offensive language and physical contact between two teammates. Lourdes h

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