THE GRIND: Pinecrest Academy’s Luke del Balzo has been team’s ‘rock’

At Pinecrest Academy boys’ soccer practice Monday, Paladins goalkeeper coach Eric Quintana set up the battlefield. Two goals faced each other 50 feet apart. Pinecrest senior goalkeeper Luke del Balzo stood in one, his opponent in the other. They were ready for a drill they call, “Goalie Wars.”