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End of the 2006 Season
After the regular season, there are several championship opportunities for teams that qualify. First up are the Section Five Tournaments for three classes (A-B-C). Sectionals winners then compete in the New York State Tournaments. |
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All Tournament Teams Announced All Tournaments teams were announced at the conclusion of each of the Championship games. MVP awards went to Mike Arvan (Penfield) in Class A, John Warner (Geneva) from Class B and Steven Carlson (Penn Yan) from Class C.
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Championships - 2006 The Section Five Tournament is now complete and the Champions have been crowned. Geneva wasted no time and scored six first quarter goals on their way to a victory over top seeded Brighton, 11-3. Penn Yan played a very close game but won 6-3 in their game with Waterloo and in the last game of the night, it was Penfield and a high energy and tension filled game as they posted a 12-8 win over Schroeder. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sophomore middie Sean Bennett scored an unassisted goal at 8:47 after he picked up a loose ground ball. Tim Williams scored Brighton's goal in man up with an assist from Robbie Asselin at 6:53, but Geneva came back with three more to end the quarter. John Manion scored an unassisted goal on a drive from behind the cage at 4:09 and less than thirty seconds later Warner scored on a drive from the front. RG Gringeri, who had an amazing day facing off for the Panthers, scored (unassisted) to end the quarter with Geneva up 6-1. ![]() The second quarter belonged to Geneva as they added three more while holding Brighton scoreless. Sean Braman scored on a feed from Kyle Boncaro at 9:56 and again (unassisted) at 3:38. Boncaro ended the scoring for the half with a man up goal and a feed from Greg Bonney with 0:36 left. The Panthers led at the half 9-1. Geneva's Willy Rago used an inside roll dodge to score a man up goal at 10:23 to start the third quarter. Warner ended the scoring for the Panthers with an unassisted goal at 8:31. The Barons scored at 1:58 when Asselin took the ball from the front of the goal and scored with a shot high and off stick. Brighton scored the only goal of the last quarter as Justin Hillery scored an unassisted goal. The Barons end their season with a 12-6 record. They did not go home empty handed however as they were awarded this year's Team Sportsmanship Award by the Genesee Valley Lacrosse Officials Association. "The award is presented to the team whose players, coaches and fans exemplify the true meaning of sportsmanship." The Panthers will face the winner of the NYS out bracket game between teams from Section Six and Section Ten, which will be played on Saturday. The next game for Geneva will be on Tuesday although the site and time are still to be determined.
Penfield will advance to the Western Regionals, at Canisius College in Buffalo on Tuesday. The time will be determined on Sunday. |
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The Semi Final Games The final four teams met in the semi final rounds at three venues tonight. At Aquinas, Penfield (#1) beat Canandaigua (#5) in the first game and Schroeder (#3) beat Fairport (#2) in the second game. At Irondequoit, it was Brighton (#1) over Victor (#4) in the closest game in the night, and Geneva (#2) over HFL (#3) in the second game. At Penn Yan, the Mustangs (#1) beat Livonia (#4), and in the second game it was Waterloo (#2) over Aquinas (#3). ![]() ![]() ![]() It was close in the first quarter with the score going back and forth. Penfield quickly scored the first two goals within the first two minutes with goals by Ben Foster (unassisted) and Scott Serron (from Connor Rice). Canandaigua then scored two goals back to back as Andrew Knoblauch (unassisted) and Eric Klein (from A.J. Groot) scored for the Braves but these were the last goals that the Braves would score until 7:39 remaining in the fourth quarter. The Patriots scored one more to take a 3-2 lead going into the second quarter. Penfield scored twice in the second quarter. The first was scored just 18 seconds into the quarter and the second with only 0:01 remaining in the half. The second goal of the quarter came when Foster sent the ball to a cutting Rice, as he moved across the crease. The half ended with the score 5-2. Penfield only scored one goal in the third when Serron Serron picked up the ball off a missed shot and hit Huntington on the crease for the goal which increased the Patriot lead to 6-2. The first three goals of the fourth quarter also came from the Patriot offense. Canandaigua’s last goal came from a feed by Justin Tomzak and a shot from Zack Scheetz. Only 0:09 second later and after a Patriot face-off fast break Kelly McKenna fed the ball tp Kevin Green. ![]() Scoring for Penfield were McKenna (2g–1a), Rice (2g–1a), Serron (1g-2a), Foster (1g–2a) while Huntington, Malone, Green, and Arvan each score one goal. Brian Dell accumulated 6 saves and played for a majority of the game. Penfield will play Webster Schroeder for the Section V Championship on Friday at 7:15 at St. John Fisher College. Scoring for Canandaigua were Scheetz, Knoblauch, and Klein with one goal each and Groot and Tomzak with one assist each. Dan Serafine made 13 saves and played for a majority of the game for the Braves. ![]() Scoring for Penn Yan were Dan McGuffie (2g-4a), Ben Odell (3g), Dan Mesler (2g), John Linnan (2g), Steven Carlson (5g-2a), Dan Wolfe (1g), Mike Manley (1a) and Josh Perrault (1g-1a). RJ Wickham (4s), Adam Galusha (1s) and Ethan Kamholtz (1s) shared time in the goal for the Mustangs who will defend their Section Five title when the face Waterloo at 5:15 on Friday at St. John Fisher College. No report from Livonia tonight. ![]() ![]() ![]() Schroeder started the night strong and with few exceptions, controlled the game for its entirety. The first five goals were scored by the Warriors. Three of those goals were scored by Mike Tota. Fairport’s Patrick Reilly broke the run and scored an unassisted goal with an inside dodge. Schroeder came back within a minute with another goal; this one by Chris Ferry (assisted by Andy Winslow). Then with 0:05 left in the first quarter Fairport scored when Daniel Scarazzo hit Shawn Runyon who scored with an outside underhand shot that skipped under Dennis Costanza’s stick. This started a series that ended each of the first three quarters with goals scored in the last 10 seconds of each quarter. The first quarter ended with Schroeder up 6-2. The Warriors began the second quarter with an unassisted goal by Chris Topping. Fairport then scored two goals in a row; the first an unassisted pipe side sidearm shot by Jake Fricano and the second a man-up goal in which Fricano found Runyon at the top of the box for a top-shelf goal. Schroeder, not to be slowed down, scored on two back to back fast-breaks from face offs that the Warriors dominated throughout the game. The first found defenseman Chris Nicodemi finding Tota and the second was an inside dodge from Grant Catalino. Schroeder scored with only 0:08 left in the half with a feed from Ferry finding Jay Willmes who was unguarded on the crease. Schroeder entered the half time break with a 10-4 advantage. The third quarter found Fairport again attempting to mount a comeback as they scored the first three goals of the quarter, taking the score to 10-7, but that was all for the Raider offense in the quarter. Ryan Lowe scored the first (unassisted), Jeffrey Sanna then added one (unassisted), and Fricano scored on a pass from Peter Burkhardtt. Schroeder ended the third quarter with two more goals as Nick Mooney scored and Austin Orsini ended the quarter with his goal at 0:05. The third quarter ended with the Warriors up 12-7. ![]() The fourth quarter mirrored the first with Schroeder scoring four goals, two of which were scored by Catalino. Both Schroeder and Fairport scored one more goal to end the game with the final of 17-8. Dennis Costanza ended the night with 8 saves for Schroeder who will play Penfield for the Championship at 7:15 on Friday. Scoring for the Warriors were Catalino (3g–3a), Ferry (3g–2a), Tota (5g), Monney (1g–1a), Willmes (1g–1a), Chavoustie (1g–1a), Winslow (2a) while Orsini, Sullivan, and Topping each had one goal, and Nicodemi (1a). Scoring for the Raiders were Fricano (2g–1a), Runyon (2g) with Lowe, Sanna, Sardone, and Reilly each scoring one goal and Mierzwa, Burkhardtt, and Scarazzo each scoring one assist. The Red Raiders end their season at 15-4. ![]() Scoring for Brighton were Colin Henry (4g), Colin Davis (3g), Tim Williams (2g-1a), Rob Asselin (3a), Justin Hillery (1g), Justin Hillery (1g), Justin Hillery (1g) and Ryan Conti (1g). Noah Berg recorded 14 saves for the Barons who will take on Geneva at 3:00 on Friday at St. John Fisher College. Scoring for Victor were Andy Savage (2g-1a), Eric Willman (2g-1a), Erick Rogemoser (2g), Frank Valenti (1g-1a), Alex Rogemoser (1g), Jason Houtenbrink (1g), Pat Sullivan (1g) and Stephen Personale (1a). Mitchell Liegerot had 10 saves for Victor who end their season at 10-10. No Report from Brighton tonight. ![]() Scoring for Waterloo were Bill Jolly (5g), Josh Mateo (3g-2a), Nelson Boyd (2g), Winston Boyd (4g-1a), Stephen Kuti (2g-1a), Mike Ruiz (1g-2a) and Curtis Brosius (1a). Andy Riegel had 18 saves for the Indians (14-6). Scoring for Aquinas were Nick Vincent (2g-2a), David Schmandt (5g), Pat King (1g), Neil Foley (1g-1a), and Chris Gionta (1g). Alan Antinarelli had 9 saves for Aquinas (9-9). No report from Aquinas tonight. ![]() Scoring for Geneva were John Warner (3g), RJ GRingeri (4a), Kyle Boncaro (5g-2a), Jim Warner (1g), Sean Bennett (1g-1a), John Manion (1g-1a) and Willie Rago (1a). Geneva will play Brighton for the Championship at 3:00 on Friday. Connor Burgasser scored both goals for the Cougars and Adam Roache made 13 saves for HFL who finishes their season at 11-7. |
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The Quarter Final Round The seeding worked out well in the quarter final round of the Section Five tournaments as all the top seeds advanced except #4 Thomas who lost to #5 Canandaigua in double overtime. ![]() ![]() Scoring for Penn Yan were Dan McGuffie (3g-1a), Ryan Cook (3g-1a), Ben Odell (1g), Dan Mesler (5g-1a), Steven Carlson (1g-1a), John Linnan (3g ), Dan Wolfe (1g), Dana Wilber (1g-1a) while Brandon Trombley and Ty Trombley each added one assist. Junior goalie Adam galusha posted 3 saves and freshman goalie Ethan Kamholtz added 1 save for Penn Yan. Jeremiah Wilder had 9 saves for Haverling. ![]() Scoring for Penfield were Connor Rice (3g-4a), Mike Arvan (1g-6a), Dave Malone (4g-1a), Scott Serron (4g), Kelly McKenna (2g-2a), Ben Foster (2g-1a), Mike Cummins (1g), Kevin Roe (1g) while Kevin Green and Parris Williams who each added one assist. Brian Dell recorded 6s/2ga and Ryan Nicoletta added 1s/1ga. Scoring for Irondequoit were Derek Pino, Kevin Coholan, and Todd Laemlein. |
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Class A Out Bracket Games It was an out bracket day for Class A teams and most games were won by big scores. ![]() Scoring for the Red Raiders were Dan Bothwell (1a), Ryan Lowe (2g), Mike Danylyshyn (1g-4a), Dan Scarazzo (1g-1a), David Burke (2g), Eric Martin (1g-1a), Ted Mierzwa (2g-2a), Dan Holmes (4g), Jake Fricano (2g), Shawn Runyon (1g), Max Keil (2g), Matt Gropp (1g-2a), David Sardone (2a) and Todd Sturcken (1a). Geoff Mayor made (1s/0ga), Zach Harris made (3s/1ga) and Matt Hurley had (4s /2ga) for Fairport who will host Rush-Henrietta on Friday in the quarter final round. ![]() Scoring for the Thunder were Jared Bennett (2g), Jeremy Fitzgerald (1g) and Mike Conderman (1a). Dave Tarana made 6 saves and Nick Bellucco added 3 saves the Athena/Odyssey. ![]() Scoring for Penfield were Toby Terwilliger (3g-1a), Kyle Vanthof (3g-1a), Connor Rice (3g-1a), Scott Serron (1g-3a), Dan Huntington (1a-3g), Mark Hill (2g-1a), Kyle Denhoff (1g-2a), Mike Cummins (1g-2a), Kevin Green (2g), Kevin Roe (2g), Dave Malone (1g-1a), Ben Foster (2a), Kelly McKenna (1g), Mike Arvan (1g), Paul Leonhard (1g), Parris Williams (1g), Alex Nowak (1a) and James Dwyer (1a). Brian Dell made 1 save (0ga) and Ryan Nicoletta added 5s/1ga) for the Patriots who will host Irondequoit on Friday in the quarter final round. ![]() David Jackson scored for Arcadia/Olympia. ![]() Scoring for Canandaigua were Zack Scheetz (1g), Connor Henderson (3g), AJ Groot (2g-1a), Austin Rogers (1g), Chris McWilliams (1g-2a), Nick Munn (1g-1a), Tyler Wakefield (1g), Andrew Knoblauch (1a), Jon Zachariaas (1a), Justin Tomzak (1g-1a), Eric Klein (1g-1a), Brian Scheetz (1g-1a), Evan Roth (1g), Jon Klein (1g) and Marshall Johnson )2g-1a). Dan Serafine played the first half and had (6s/0ga), Scott Bement played the 3rd quarter and 3 minutes of the 4th and recorded (3s/2ga) and Kyle Carson played the last 9 minutes and had (2s/2ga) for the Braves who will visit Webster Thomas for the quarter final game on Friday. Scoring for Brockport were Adam Nauerth (2g), Justin Klymochko (1g), Eric Gallert (1g) while Tyler Stuphen and Bohdan Klymochko each added one assist. Connor Mykins had 14 saves for the Blue Devils. ![]() The Titans scored the next nine goals between the second and the third quarter. ![]() Leading the scoring for Thomas were Kevin Kemp (2g-4a), Kurt DetWiller (4g), Dom Scalzo (4g-2a), Brendan Rothfuss (3g), Max Gurowski (1g-1a), Kyle Lavallee (1g-1a) and Nick Scalzo (1g). Steven Hondorf had 11 saves and allowed 1 goal. Thomas will host Canandaigua on Friday in the quarter final round. Scoring for Pittsford were Fred Morse (3g-1a), Doug Milano-Johnson (1g-1a), Cam Edmiston (1g-1a) and Chris Kist (1g). ![]() The Knights scored the first three goals of the game with unassisted goals from Evan Gallina, Mitch Ritchie, and Mark Hanna (assisted by Dan Odorczyk). The Spartans made the scoreboard adding two of their own back to back as the Spartans saw unassisted goals by Andrew Hilton and Patrick Lynah. The Knights ended the quarter up 4-2 after another goal from Ritchie (assisted by Gallina) with 1:46 left in the quarter. Hilton added another goal for Gates-Chili early in the second quarter. McQuaid Jesuit then scored two more unassisted goals, the first by Ritchie and the second by Nick Caton. Pat Sposato of Gates-Chili scored the next two goals, both unassisted, for the Spartans, but his two goals would be separated by two from the Knights. Nick Cardillo scored unassisted at 4:21 and then Hanna scored at 3:23. Dan Sturnick ended the scoring for the half with a goal at 0:49 with an assist from Gallina. The half ended with the score 9-5. ![]() The Spartans were held scoreless in the third quarter while the Knights added two of their own. The first, in man-up goal was assisted by Ritchie and scored by Sturnick. The second goal was another unassisted goal by Hanna. The third quarter ended with an 11-5 score in favor of McQuaid Jesuit. The last two goals for Gates-Chili were scored by Jimmy Drabin. The first was unassisted and the second was assisted by Lynah. The Knights scored three goals in the fourth at 7:51, 5:38, and 2:54. Hanna scored the first (assisted by Cardillo), the second was scored by Conroy (unassisted) who continued on to assist Hanna on the final goal of the night. Scoring for McQuaid Jesuit were Hanna (5g), Ritchie (3g-1a), Gallina (1g–2a), Sturnick (2g), Cardillo (1g–1a), Conroy (1g–1a), Caton (1g), and Odorczyk (1a). Patrick Maguire accumulated 11 Saves and had 7 goals against. The Knight will visit Webster Schroeder on Friday in the quarter finals. Scoring for Gates-Chili were Sposato (2g), Hilton (2g), Drabin (2g), and Lynah (1g–1a) while Andy McEntee and Pete Leoni each added one assist . Jason Baetzhold and Dave Bellavia combined for 12 saves for the Spartans. ![]() Schroeder started off a bit slowly in the first half but opened the scoring with 2 goals by Eric Chavoustie on feeds from Grant Catalino. Chris Ferry returning from an injury was the first half sparkplug scoring 1g and 2 assists in the first half. His transition play was directly responsible for the scoring in the first half. The second half was a much crisper half for Schroeder as they scored 9 goals in just over one quarter. Defense played very well limiting shots from the Hilton attack. ![]() Scoring for Schroeder were Eric Chavoustie (2g), Chris Ferry (1g-2a), Mike Tota (4g), Grant Catalino (1g-6a), Jay Wilmes (1g), Austin Orsini (4g-1a) while Nick Mooney, Chris Nicodemi and Andy Winslow each added one assist. Dennis Costanza (7 Saves) left with 7:00 Minutes left in the second half and was replaced by Zach Marshall (0 Saves). Schroeder will host McQuaid Jesuit on Friday in the quarter final round. ![]() ![]() ![]() Scoring for Irondequoit were Derek Pino (2g-1a), Joe Parker (5g), Kevin Coholan (4g), Nick Kane (4g-1a), Mickey Haight (1g), Greg Wright (3a) and Tim Pease (1g). The Eagles will play at Penfield in the quarter finals on Friday. ![]() ![]() made 5 saves in the quarter. Churchville lead 2-0 after one quarter. Rush-Henrietta got on the scoreboard at 11:02 of the second quarter when Nate Delone scored (unassisted) and Tony Henriquez scored the next two RH goals (unassisted) at 9:03 and then again at 7:58 to give the Royal Comets their first lead of the game at 3-2. Matt Moran scored his first of five of the day at 3:36 on a pass from Henriquez. Brian Hantzis scored his first of the game at 1:17 with an assist by Moran to push the RH lead to 5-2 which they took to halftime. Moran started the scoring in third quarter at 8:10 (unassisted) to increase the RH score to 6-2. Churchville responded at 6:52 with a goal by Cory Mee scored with an assist from Grogan. RH scored at 6:43 when Justin Rose won the next faceoff and hit Moran who then connected with Hantzis. Nate Delone added his second of the game with another assist from Moran. Moran added another unassisted goal at 2:57 before the Saints added the last goal to make the score 9-4 after three quarters. Hantzis scored his third of the game at 7:31 (unassisted) and then Moran connected on his fourth and fifth of the game at 7:09 and 4:40 of the fourth to end the scoring. The first was assisted by Hantzis with the second was unassisted. Matt McShea recorded 10 saves for the Royal Comets who will visit Fairport on Friday. Coach Gottko was excited by the win and the advancement in the Tournament. "We are excited to advance into the quarterfinals. The further teams advance in sectional play, the more disciplined and fundamentally sound you have to be. We hope to improve on those facets of the game in preparation for the next round on Friday." |
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Championships - 2006 The Section Five Tournament is now complete and the Champions have been crowned. Geneva wasted no time and scored six first quarter goals on their way to a victory over top seeded Brighton, 11-3. Penn Yan played a very close game but won 6-3 in their game with Waterloo and in the last game of the night, it was Penfield and a high energy and tension filled game as they posted a 12-8 win over Schroeder. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sophomore middie Sean Bennett scored an unassisted goal at 8:47 after he picked up a loose ground ball. Tim Williams scored Brighton's goal in man up with an assist from Robbie Asselin at 6:53, but Geneva came back with three more to end the quarter. John Manion scored an unassisted goal on a drive from behind the cage at 4:09 and less than thirty seconds later Warner scored on a drive from the front. RG Gringeri, who had an amazing day facing off for the Panthers, scored (unassisted) to end the quarter with Geneva up 6-1. ![]() The second quarter belonged to Geneva as they added three more while holding Brighton scoreless. Sean Braman scored on a feed from Kyle Boncaro at 9:56 and again (unassisted) at 3:38. Boncaro ended the scoring for the half with a man up goal and a feed from Greg Bonney with 0:36 left. The Panthers led at the half 9-1. Geneva's Willy Rago used an inside roll dodge to score a man up goal at 10:23 to start the third quarter. Warner ended the scoring for the Panthers with an unassisted goal at 8:31. The Barons scored at 1:58 when Asselin took the ball from the front of the goal and scored with a shot high and off stick. Brighton scored the only goal of the last quarter as Justin Hillery scored an unassisted goal. The Barons end their season with a 12-6 record. They did not go home empty handed however as they were awarded this year's Team Sportsmanship Award by the Genesee Valley Lacrosse Officials Association. "The award is presented to the team whose players, coaches and fans exemplify the true meaning of sportsmanship." The Panthers will face the winner of the NYS out bracket game between teams from Section Six and Section Ten, which will be played on Saturday. The next game for Geneva will be on Tuesday although the site and time are still to be determined.
Penfield will advance to the Western Regionals, at Canisius College in Buffalo on Tuesday. The time will be determined on Sunday. |
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Penn Yan Advanced in NYS Penn Yan won a decisive 8-1 victory over Canton (Section 10) and will be the only Section Five team to advance to the NYS semifinal round at Syracuse on Thursday. Geneva lost 11-5 to Amherst (Section 6) and Penfield lost 12-11 in the last minute of the game to Orchard Park (Section 6). The Mustangs of Penn Yan extended their winning streak to 21 with their 8-1 Western Regional Championship win over Canton Central (Section 10). The Golden Bears, who beat Silver Creek (Section 6) in the out bracket game on Saturday, won the right to play the game closer to home as the game was played a Liverpool High School (Section 3), rounghly halfway between the Penn Yan and Canton. The game saw a typically great defensive effort by the Mustang defensive unit that included Tristan Keas, Mike Manley, Preston Christensen, Dana Wilber, Donnie Benedict, Chris Carlson and Mitch Kicher and RJ Wickham who made 18 saves. Scoring for Penn Yan were All Americans Dan Mesler (3g), Steven Carlson and Dan McGuffie (2a). Ryan Cook added (2g), Josh Perrault scored (1g) and Dan Wolfe added (1a) for the Mustangs (21-1). Next up, for the Mustangs is the semi final game with Christian Brothers Academy, who beat Chenango Forks (Section 4) 14-11 Tuesday. The Brothers (18-3) won their first Section 3 Championship on Saturday after beating Skaneateles 11-9. The game will be played on Thursday at Cicero-North Syracuse High School at 3:30. ![]() In the Class B quarter finals, Amherst (Section 6) was the 11-5 winner over Geneva. The Tigers took a 5-2 first quarter lead. The Panthers scored first in the second quarter with a goal by RJ Gringeri, but Amherst came back with three more before the halftime break. Amherst advances to play Corning East (Section 4) at 8:00 pm on Thursday at Cicero-North Syracuse High School. Many Section Five lacrosse fans were anticipating the possibility of a Class A team reaching the finals this year, but a powerful Penfield team, fell just a bit short as Orchard Park (Section 6) won a 12-11 game with a goal by Tom Mitchell with 0:43 left in the game. It was an unusal game for the Patriots, who, with All American face off specialist, Kelly McKenna winning many face offs throughout the season, faced the Quakers' Nick Brink who with the rest of the OP face off team, won more than three quarters of the draws in the game. The Quakers came right out in the first quarter, controlling most of the ball time and used five different players to take a 5-1 lead after twelve minutes. ![]() The Patriots scored five straight goals in the second quarter, also using five different players to take a 6-5 lead before OP scored the last two goals of the half. Each team added two goals in the third quarter which ended with the Quakers up 9-7. Penfield came back in the last quarter tying the game at 11 with a goal by McKenna with 0:56 left in the game. Brink then won the next faceoff when the ball was popped out to Mictchell on the wing. Mitchell ran the ball to the goal and scored at 0:43. Although Penfield gained control of the ball after the next face off, they were unable send the game into overtime. Orchard Park (21-1) will play West Genesee (Section 3) at 5:30 on Thursday at Cicero-North Syracuse High School. NYS Brackets are available here |
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Penn Yan Finished Season in Final Four After 21 wins in a row, PennYan lost 11-6 in the semi final round of the NYSTournament to Christian Brothers Academy of Section 3. ![]() "We had a great practice yesterday, taking care of the things we had to, and we came out here and played a full 48 minutes for the first time all season," CBA coach Jon McCoy told the Syracuse Post Standard. The Brothers (19-3) were down 3-1 at the end of the first quarter. After interecpting a clearing pass and scoring an open goal net CBA brought the score to 4-3 with almost four minutes left in the half. The Brothers added two more goals before the half, the last of which was scored with just over ten seconds left and CBA took a 5-4 lead into the half. Senior defenseman Tristan Keas tied the scored at five, adding one of only three goals scored by the Mustangs in the last three quarters. Scoring for CBA were Jack Harmatuk (3g-1a), Devin Daly (2g-1a), Mike Suits (2g-1a), Greg Khanzadian (2g), Craig Lange (2g), Ben Ashenburg (1a), Andrew D'Agostino (1a) and Jovan Miller (1a). Senior goalie Matt Schoeneck had 9 saves. Scoring for Penn Yan were Steve Carlson (3g), Ryan Cook (1g-1a), Tristan Keas (1g), Dan McGuffie (1g), Dan Mesler (1a) and Tyler O'Dell (1a). R.J. Wickham recorded 14 saves. NYS Brackets are available here |
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