Evelyn Hidy, left, and Chase Melchionni have stood out during a superb season for Taft. (Robert Falcetti)
It was a taste of things to come.
During the dreary summer of 2020, when live lacrosse recruiting halted and players were thrown into nervous uncertainty, Evelyn Hidy and Chase Melchionni got thrown together when their respective clubs — CT Grizzlies and New Jersey-based STEPS Lacrosse — collaborated.
More than a year before they’d become schoolmates at Taft and teammates on a squad that opened this season with eight straight wins, they got to see each other’s games close-up.
They walked away from those play dates impressed.
