Sister act, times 3, at Williamstown

For at least six girls on the Williamstown field hockey team, there's always someone special on the field they can count on.

With three sets of sisters playing for the Braves - Allie and Jamie Trimble, Kamryn and Kate McKinney, and Gloria and Deborah Adebowale - the team dynamic and chemistry on the field have been an incredible sight for coach Kellyn Riley in her first year with the team.

"It's nice to see them develop and push each other," Riley said. "The younger siblings kind of look up to the older siblings."

But sometimes the older ones can learn from the younger, as in the case of senior Jamie Trimble. She has Allie, a sophomore, to thank for getting her started in field hockey.

While this is only Jamie's second year playing the sport, the two have formed an impressive chemistry on the right side of the field, with Jamie playing forward and Allie at midfield, teaching her older sister the ways of the sport.

"We can give each other constructive criticism, and we don't take it the wrong way," Allie Trimble said. "We just use it to get better."

While the Trimble sisters take the right side of the field, the left side has the McKinneys, with Kamryn and Kate McKinney, a sophomore forward and freshman midfielder, respectively, who are learning from the bond of Jamie and Allie, Riley said.

"I love having my sister on the field because we have a connection that other people don't," Kamryn said. "We're just always there for each other."

Although Kamryn is only a year older than her sister, she tries to be a role model for her, using the sport to bring them closer together.

"I absolutely love having her on the field, which sounds a little crazy because we're sisters," Kate McKinney said, noting a lack of competitiveness and cattiness in their relationship. "She always motivates me during games and practices."

As for the Adebowale twins, they just seem always to know what the other needs.

"They kind of pick each other up and motivate each other without even talking," Riley said. "They always say, 'It's a twin thing.' "

While the sisters are noticeably supportive of one another in Riley's eyes, the twins take a different route in their relationship: bettering each other with a dose of tough love.

"It's always nice to have someone tell you exactly how it is," senior forward Deborah Adebowale said. "It's good to have - I love it. It's nice to have that on the field, and I'm honest with her whenever she wants to hear it."

For Gloria, a senior defender, chemistry just comes with being twins.

"We've played together for a long time, so I don't have to tell her everything. I can just kind of look at her and she knows," Gloria Adebowale said. "Sometimes, it gets competitive, but it does make us closer."

While this is the last year that the Adebowale and Trimble sisters will be together, they're going to enjoy the bond as long as they can, leaving a legacy for the McKinney sisters to pick up and pass on in the coming years.

"It's awesome," Jamie Trimble said. "Sometimes you play with your best friends, but you never really get to play with your sister."