Michael Brennan (77), Saki Nicholas (22) and David Disque (34) after Loomis Chaffee won the Founders League. (Loomis Chaffee)
At the conclusion of the Founders League championship game last year, after Loomis Chaffee had beaten Taft, 14-7, coach Bill Ball described a sense of elation.
When the final horn sounded again on Wednesday, and Loomis Chaffee was the champion for a second consecutive season following a thrilling, 8-7 victory over Choate, Ball called it a sense of relief.
Expectations entering the season might have been high, yet the Pelicans still over-delivered, finishing with a 16-1 record, going undefeated against Founders League teams and claiming a second league title.
It was something that had been building.
