Saturday: Down to One Undefeated Team
April 30, 2005 - There were 8 games played on Saturday. HF-L's undefeated season ended at the hands of Schroeder, Fairport ended the week with three wins with their win over Corning East and Penfield remains the only Section Five team still undefeated with their win over Oswego.
It was expected that the Schroeder / HFL game would be a good one, but the Warriors certainly were the only people who might have expected a 17-2 win over the previously undefeated Cougars. Last week, Schroeder won a 9-3 victory over previously undefeated Hamburg and nearly had a come-back win against Fairport.
Senior defensemen Mark Liberti, Matt Crandall and Jeremy Appell and sophomore defenseman Drew Palmer were instrumental in holding the high scoring HF-L offense to 9 shots on goal. Junior goalie Dennis Costanza (5 saves) - allowed only goal in his three quarters in the cage. Senior goalie Andy Peter finished the game for Webster with 2 saves.
Scoring for Schroeder were Grant Catalino (7g-1a), Tom Costanza (2g-4a), Jack Mooney (2g), Chris Ferry (2g-2a) and Mike Catalino (1g). Junior middie Joe Didia (1g) and sophomore middie Andy Winslow (1g-1a) scored their first varsity goals while Eric Chavoustie scored 1g and Jason Cirulli (2a) and Drew Palmer (1a) also contributed to the Schroeder side. The Warriors advance to 5-5 while the Cougars drop to 10-1. Mike Cintineo scored both goals for HF-L. No report from HF-L.
Last week was a tough one for Fairport, but this week ended with three wins for the Red Raiders including today's 9-8 win over Corning East (Section 4). C-E, currently ranked 5th in the NYS Class B poll moves to 7-3.
Corning was ahead 6-5 at the start of the last quarter, but Fairport came up with three in a row. Sophomore attackman Mike Danylyshyn was the Fairport scoring leader with 4g. Sophomore middie Tom Rynn added 2g and Chris Lindner, Pete Burkhardtt and Jake Fricano each added a goal. Also in the scorebook for Fairport were Ryan Lowe (2a) and Brian Sanna , Jeff Sanna and Anthony DiMarsico who each added an assist for the Red Raiders. Junior goalie Geoff Mayor, who was instrumental in the win, recorded 13 saves for Fairport (8-4).
Scoring for Corning East were Tim Lando (3g), Dom Pierotti (2g-3a), Duncan Streeten (1g-2a), Carter Bloor (1g) and Derek Fiacco (1g). East goalie Tom Holden had 10 saves for the Trojans.
Pal-Mac was the winner over Mynderse on Saturday, 10-7 after coming back from a 0-2 first quarter and 4-5 half. The Raiders scored 4 unanswered goals in the third and traded goals in the last quarter. Face offs and ground ball production helped P-M gain the offensive ball time. "[Senior goalie] Ben Dlugosh had another stellar day. He stopped several point blank shots, which really sparked our team," commented Pal-Mac Coach Enzo Falso.
Scoring for Pal-Mac were Owen Campbell (2g-2a), Matt Christ (5a), Dave Bennett (4g 1a), Matt Walker (3g-1a), Jaimie Sinopoli (1g) and Ryan Buckley (1a). Dlugosh ended the game with 17 saves for the Raiders (5-8). No report from Mynderse.
Canandaigua beat visiting Bishop Timon (Section 6) 8-6. The game started out in even fashion, but by halftime CA was ahead 5-2. Dan Groot scored 3g-2a and Chris Mulheron added 3g-1a for Canandaigua. Tyler Emery, Brian Hadsell and Nick Boylan also added to the Brave's effort. CA improves to 10-1.
Bishop Timon saw scoring from Brendan Lewis (3g), Spencer Mallia (2g) and Brendan Donovan had one goal. Junior goaltender Jeff Conroy had 13 saves for Timon (7-4). Side note: Timon has been playing quite a schedule this season. They started the year with games with two strong Maryland teams (McDonogh and Boys Latin), added a game with West Genesee, played Canandaigua today and will play a strong team from Ohio (Western Reserve Academy) next week. No report from CA.
On a rain soaked day the Thomas Titans won a 14 -7 game over Eastridge who jumped to a 3 –0 start with goals by Sean Sawyer, Kevin Kimber and R.J. Pixley. Webster Thomas then went on to score six goals in the second quarter to take a 6-4 lead at the half.
Junior midfielder Kurt DetWiller (4g) scored two unassisted goals for the Titans and junior Kevin Kemp and sophomore Dom Scalzo each added a goal for the Titans. Freshman Max Gurowski (2g-2a) added two goals to help lead the way for the Titans who moved to 4-6 this year.
The second half belonged to Webster. DetWiller added two more goals and senior Jeff Rieman added a goal to make the score 9-3 Titans. Three Titan juniors scored their first varsity goals including Pat Gregory, Brandon Reeners, Steve Shepler and sophomore Dan Hinderland.
Junior Steve Hondorf and sophomore Alex Mosher combined for 11 saves for the Titans. Senior defenseman Matt Kemp and Mark Schuber along with sophomore Ryan McGrath all added key ground balls to led the way for the defense.
Scoring for Eastridge were Sean Sawyer, Kevin Kimber, Brian Sutton (1g,2a), RJ Pixley, Adam Hasenaeur, Todd Horne (1g,1a) and Matt Francis. Lancer goalie Mike Matteo recorded 15 saves for the Lancers (3-7).
There is certainly a rivalry developing in the second year of the GRALL between Livonia and Haverling. Saturday's game allowed each team to feel control for part of the game. Haverling started the game with a five goal lead including 3 by attackman Ryan Finney, but a 4 goal streak in the second half by Livonia give them then win 15-11.
Junior attackman Scott Mosher sparked the Bulldog offensive in the second quarter as he scored Livonia’s first four goals of the game. Coach John Sciera noted that a key for the bulldogs was pushing the ball to the goal in unsettled situations. “Scott did a very good job of dodging to the goal on our fast and slow breaks. By the time the second quarter had ended the bulldogs had battled back to within two goals of the Rams.
Although Haverling started off the second half with two goals, taking a 9-5 lead, Livonia exploded with ten goals for the win while holding the Rams to two.
Eight bulldogs scored in the win on Saturday. Scott Mosher lead the bulldogs with 6g-1a, followed by Chadd Britton’s 3g-1a, John Dalberth had 2g-2a, Brian Sciera had 1g-2a. Luke Merrit, Shawn Wright, and Oren Taylor each scored a goal. Livonia goal keeper Aaron Jamison had 12 saves. The Bulldogs move to 6-5.
Haverling's scoring came from Ryan Finney (3g-1a), Zac Conrad (3g), Richie Zajac (1g-5a) and Liam Glover (1g-3a). Also scoring were McKenzie Durham (1g-1a) and Collin Muller and Jeremy Sutfin who each added on goal for the Rams (2-8).
Penfield continued its winning ways with a 14-4 victory over Oswego (Section 3) on Saturday. The Patriots, who scored eight of their goals in the third quarter were led in scoring by Tim Pfeffer (4g) and Mike Thon (3g). Also hitting the scorebooks were Trevor Rice (1g-3a), Mike Arvan (1g-3a), and Jason Knerr (2g). Mike Cummins and Scott Serron each added a goal and Ben Foster and Luke Prattico each added one assist. Kelly McKenna (1g-2a) led the ground ball effort with 6. Starting goalie Brian Dell (8s-1ga), combined with Chris Tateo and Ryan Nicoletta for the goal tending duties. No information was available for Oswego (1-5).
