The hottest player in high school boys soccer right now, Miles Snelgrove.
The Lyman High School forward has torched teams for 10 goals in his last five games to move up the scoring ladder in Eastern Connecticut rapidly.
Why the sudden surge?
"It's just numbers," Snelgrove said, "without the team, none of it would happen. We're a young team that has really come together well."
Snelgrove refused to take much credit for the hot streak although Tourtellotte assistant coach Mike Arpin quipped Thursday night that Snelgrove has got to be the best player in the Eastern Connecticut Conference Small Division right now.
"Honestly, yeah," junior Jacob Duff said when asked if Snelgrove has surprised him just a bit with his sudden rash of scoring.
"He works so hard to get the ball and put it in the back of the net, it's what we need," Duff added.
It's apparently working as Lyman is undefeated in their first nine games this season.