John Schofield of Medfield, left, defends Winchester's Grant Murray during last year's D-2 championship game. (Dave Arnold/NELJ)
Too many times in the offseason, Medfield (Mass.) High School standout John Schofield had trouble falling asleep.
Didn’t matter what time it was or how active he’d been. Rattling around in his head were snippets from last year’s Division 2 championship game against Winchester -- a four-goal lead in the second quarter that couldn’t be protected, the go-ahead goal by Ryan McCarthy with 1:33 left and the final minute that couldn’t produce a tying bid.
Months later, those reels were still in the back of his mind. Sometimes at the front.
