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Saturday: Brighton over Geneva
After a 4-4 tie at the start of the the fourth quarter, Brighton scored two goals. Geneva brought the scored to within one with less than a minute, but the Barons held on.
Eastridge won their second game in a row with a 14-4 scored over host Arcadia/Olympia. Matt Driffill and Brandon Moynihan scored three goals each and Sean Sawyer added 2g-1a while Shane Driffill scored one goal. Eugene Ferrera recorded five saves for the Lancers.
Scoring for the Lightning were Kevin Martin (1g), Tyler Beldock (2a) and Brian Cassidy (1g). No report from Acadia/Olympia.
Canandaigua scored six goals in the first quarter, but needed four goals in the last quarter to beat visiting Webster Thomas 10-6 on a night that featured a recognition of retired, long time Head Coach John Johnson.
Wasting no time, the Braves scored from the initial faceoff as Austin Rogers scored on a drive from the top of the box at 11:31. Less than 30 seconds later, A.J. Groot scored on a drive from front right. Thomas then scored on their first position on an outside shot by Kevin Kemp at 10:06. Less than one minute later Charlie Sauter scored for CA on a drive from out front. Sophomore attackman Connor Henerson scored at 6:49 on a pass from sophomore middie Andrew Knoblauch to give the Braves a 4-1 lead. The Titans came right back (at 5:58) when Dan Hinderland scored on a feed from Dom Scalzo. The Braves scored the last two goals of the quarter, the first at 4:42 by Jeremy Brown and the seconds scored by Knoblauch with 0:01 left. Canandaigua lead after 12:00 with a score of 6-2.
After seeing virtually no defense in the first quarter, both goalies and their close defensemen settled down, and the Titans were able to keep Canandaigua scoreless over the next two quarters,
Scalzo scored again for the Titans with 3:52 left in the half in a man up play that came from a feed by Max Gurowski. Kurt DetWiller scored with an assist from Brendon Rothfuss at 2:55 and the half ended with Canandaigua up 6-4.
It was John Johnson Day today in Canandaigua, as their lacrosse fans honored the twenty-six year lacrosse coaching career of John Johnson, who after retiring this year, became the Head Coach at St. John Fisher College. Standing with his family, Coach Johnson listened as Randy Groot, President of the Lacrosse Boosters read a letter of thanks from a former player. The Coach was then presented a framed collage commemorating his tenure as Canandaigua Head Lacrosse Coach.
The game continued under clear but cold and windy conditions with Scalzo scoring the only goal of the third quarter when, at 11:03, he picked up a ground ball near the crease and popped it into the net taking the Titans within one at 6-5.
Canandaigua came right out after the quarter break with two goals by Hennerson, both assisted by Knoblauch. Brown scored in man up on a feed from Groot at 5:57 to give Canandaigua a four goal lead, which was cut to three when Scalzo performed an inside roll dodge and scored the last goal of the game for the Titans at 4:42. Groot scored the last goal of the game for the Braves at 3:14 after driving from behind the cage.
In a game that was close throughout, Hilton was the 6-4 winner over visiting Brockport this afternoon. Scoring for the Cadets were Tyler Styles (2g-2a), Kyle Haywood (2g), John Graus (1g-1a) and Alex Wood (1g).
Scoring for Brockport were Justin Klymochko, Adam Nauerth, Andy Willis and Brett Allen each scored one goal. Connor Mykins made 9 saves for the Blue Devils. No report from Brockport.
Penn Yan beat visiting Ithaca (Section Four) 10-4 at Penn Yan this afternoon. Scoring for the Mustangs were Dan Mesler (5g-1a), Dan McGuffie (3a), Steven Carlson (4a), Ben Odell (3g), while Matt Osgood and John Linnan each added one goal. RJ Wickham made 9 saves and Adam Galusha made 1 save for the Mustangs (13-1). Ithaca, who lost to Corning East on Thursday, drops to 6-8.
After a 4-4 tie at the start of the the fourth quarter, Brighton scored two goals and held Geneva to one to win 6-5 at Brighton.
The Barons led 3-1 at the end of the first quarter and there was no scoring in the second. At the end of the third quarter the score was tied at four. Kyle Warren came out and scored 0:33 seconds into the last quarter for Brighton. The next ten minutes were scoreless until Ryan Conti found the back of the net (assisted by Colin Davis) with 1:53 remaining in the game to put Brighton up 6 - 4. RJ Gringeri scored for Geneva at 0:38 seconds remaining to pull within one.
Noah Berg recorded 23 saves for Brighton. Colin Davis finished the game with 2g-1a, Robbie Asselin added (1g-1a) and Tim Williams, Colin Hickey, and Ryan Conti each added a goal for the Barons (9-3).
Scoring for Geneva were Kyle Boncaro (3g), Greg Bonney (1g), RJ Gringeri (1g) and John Manion (1a). No report from Geneva.
Jeremiah Wilder broke the Haverling-Haverling school record for most saves in a game as he recorded 31 saves (81.5%) in a game that was won by Aquinas with a scored of 7-1.
The teams seemed to be evenly matched in the first half, with Aquinas scoring one goal in the first quarter (Nick Berkumpas from Pat King) and two in the second half (Marc Brondon from Mark Pincelli in man up and Nick Berkompas from Pincelli) while the Rams were held scoreless.
The second half started fast for AQ with King scoring on a pass from Nick Vincent as Aquinas took a 4 to 0 lead. Pincelli then added an unassisted goal but the Haverling Rams put one on the board with a goal from David Harris assisted by Mac Durham. David Scmandt finished the scoring in the third quarter with a goal, assisted by King in man up. At the end of the quarter Aquinas was in the lead 6-1. Sophomore attackman Neil Foley finished the scoring by putting in a rebound for AQ to make the final score 7 to 1.
The Aquinas defense played very well with excellent performances by defenders Carroll Kennedy, Joe Edd, and Charlie Oster and Middies Chris Gionta and Marc Brondon. Alan Antinareli made 6 saves for the Irish who held Haverling to only 11 shots on goal and scoreless until late in the third quarter.
Scoring for Aquinas were Berkumpas (2g), Brondon (1g-1a), King (1g-2a), Pincelli (1g-2a), Scmandt (1g), Vincent (1a) and Foley (1g).
Scoring for the Rams was Dave Harris who was assisted by McKenzie Durham. No report from Aquinas.
It was a full day of lacrosse in Pittsford, as its Community Lacrosse Association spent the day celebrating lacrosse. After opening the concession stands at 9:00 am, there were various games for Girl's and boys's teams from Grades 1-6 throughout the morning. The chicken BBQ and silent auction were designed to raise money for the Association. At 1:00 the Boys JV team played against R-H. At 2:00 the Girls Varsity played against Penfield and at 5:00 the Boys Varsity played against Rush-Henrietta.
Rush-Henrietta was the 15-9 winner in a penalty filled game at Pittsford Mendon High School.
The Royal Comets were on the scoreboard first when senior middie Tony Henriquez scored with an assist from Brian Hantzis at 11:36. Pittsford responded at 9:52 when Chris Kist scored an unassisted goal to tie the game at one. Pittsford scored again at 7:57 to increase their lead to 2-1 when Doug Milano-Johnson scored on a pass from Jamie Moran. RH finished the scoring in the 1st quarter when Justin Rose scored (unassisted) at 1:09 to tie the game at 2-2 at the end of the first quarter.
Henriquez started the second quarter, scoring at 10:39 with the assist from Hantzis. RH scored at the 8:50 mark with an unassisted goal by Matt Moran which increased their lead to two. The Royal Comets scored the next six goals in the quarter to take a 10-2 halftime lead. Many of the goals were scored on man-up situations while Pittsford accumulated 12 penalties during the 2nd quarter. Scoring for RH in were Hantzis, Henriquez with two goals while Justin Rose added one and Matt Moran scored the last two of the half, the last coming at 0:02.
The Royal Comets picked up where they left off in the first half starting as Hantzis who added his second of the game at 10:45 (assisted by Moran). Henriquez added his fifth of the game at 10:14. Pittsford scored just seven seconds later when Milano-Johnson added his second goal of the game with an assist going to Cam Edmiston. Tim Barth scored for RH at 1:31 in an extra-man situation with the assist from Rose.
Pittsford scored their second goal of the quarter at 0:49 when JJ Postel hit the back of the nets (unassisted). Junior goalie Matt McShea made 10 saves in the quarter for the Royal Comets and finished with 18 in the game. RH was up 13-4 lead heading into the 4th quarter.
Pittsford outscored RH 5-2 in the fourth quarter to make the final score, RH 15, Pittsford 9.
Scoring for Rush-Henrietta were Henriquez (5g-1 a ), Rose (4g-2a ), Matt Moran (3g-2a), Hantzis (2g-2a) and Tim Barth (1g). Matt McShea made 18 saves in just over three quarters while allowing 5 goals. RH improves to 8-4.
Scoring for Pittsford were Chris Kist and Doug Milano-Johnson (2g each), Jamie Moran (1g-1a) while JJ Postel, Connor McDermott and Jamie Leone each scored one goal for the Panthers (3-9).
Head Coach Mike Gottko credited his man up offense, "We were able to gain momentum in the 2nd quarter with our man-up unit as we capitalized on their penalties. Matt McShea made great saves(10 total) during the 3rd quarter to stop any runs that Pittsford made to get back in the game. He really stepped up his play in this game."
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