Westfield Hall of Fame boys lacrosse coach Shaun Cherewich dies at 78

Shaun Cherewich held a deep love and knowledge of British literature, a penchant for tooling about town in a little convertible sports car with the license plate WHS LAX, and was well known for pinning the term “hogwash” to almost anything he found disagreeable.
At any given Westfield boys lacrosse game coached by Cherewich, the word could sometimes be heard almost as frequently as the officials’ whistles – and often because of them.
Poor rotation by his defensemen? “Hogwash.” Got beat on a 50-50 ground ball? “Hogwash.” Timid pass that led to a turnover? “Hogwash.” Slashing call on what the former UConn defenseman considered to be a perfectly clean check? You get the picture.