Four Monday Games
April 30, 2007 - In four games played on Monday, Waterloo, Timon/St. Jude of Buffalo, Aquinas and Pal-Mac were winners.
Although Livonia had a 9-3 halftime lead, Aquinas held the Bulldogs scoreless in the second half while scoring 9 of their own for a 12-9 win at Livonia.
"I give all the credit in the world to the kids from Aquinas. They could have mailed it in at half time and they just kept hustling," said Livonia Coach John Sciera after the game.
Aquinas Head Coach Jerry Dawes was proud of the Little Irish, "Aquinas had a great second half...awesome comeback."
The two teams will meet again on Saturday at 7:00 pm at Aquinas for a GRALL rematch.
Scoring for Aquinas was Nick Berkompas (2g-4a), Marc Brondon (2g), Mike Gray (1g-1a), Anthony Bianchi (1g-1a), Austin Gorman (2g), Casey Vogl (1g), Cameron Corsaro (2g-1a), and Neil Foley (1g). Alan Antinarelli had 5s/9ga (38%) in the first half and Kraig Heston had 8s/0ga (100%) in the second half for AQ (5-5).
Scoring for Livonia were Brian Sciera (3g-2a), Jeff Wester (3g-1a), Oren Taylor (1g-2a), Gaelin Walsh (2a) while Terry Matthews and Tyler Russell each added one goal. Justin Becker had 12 saves and Aaron Miller 1 save for Livonia (7-4).
Pal-Mac was the winner in a 4-3 game against Greece Arcadia/Olympia. The Red Raiders led in the closely contested event, scoring the only goal in the first quarter and leading 3-0 at the Half. The Lightning came back in the third with two unanswered goals and each team scored one goal in the last quarter.
Scoring for Pal-Mac were Steve Vandewalle (2g), Jeremy Norsen (1g-1a), Jordan Wirthman (1g-1a) and Ryan Buckley (2a). Jon Reeves recorded 13s/3ga (81%) for the Red Raiders (2-7).
Helmers scored all three goals, two of which were assisted by Kyle Dorman for the Lightning. Zach Bevilacqua had 17s/4ga (81%) for Arc/Oly (1-7). No report from Arc/Oly.
McQuaid Jesuit started out with a strong performance, scoring a 5-0 first quarter and leading 7-4 at the half, but four unanswered goals in the third led to a 13-10 victory by Timon/St. Jude of Section Six. Timon started the last quarter 8-7 and then scored the next three goals (11-7) before the Knights answered with two. The teams traded goals and then Timon scored the last goal of the game.
Leading scorers for Timon included D. Caldiero (4-2), T. Vivian (4g) and N. Nelligan (2g-1a). The Tigers improve their record to (4-3).
Scoring for McQuaid Jesuit were Evan Gallina and Nick Caton (3g) each, Mitch Ritchie (1g-2a), JD Ayer (1g), Jeff MacDonald (2a), Dan Sturnick (1g) and Bill Napoli and Dan Caufield who each added an assist. Eric Wright 1-0 scored his Varsity goal for the Knights. Dan Caufield had 11s/13ga (46%) for McQuaid Jesuit (7-4).
Waterloo took the first quarter 4-2 and ended with 11-7 win against host Mynderse. The Indians led at the half 7-6 and held Mynderse to one goal in the second half.
Scoring for Waterloo were Josh Mateo (3g-1a), Peter Vacca (3g-2a), Curtis Brosius (2g), Mike Ruiz (2g-1a) and Chance Lowry (1g). Nelson Boyd, Rob Goodenow and Dylan Chilson each added one assist. Shawn Andrus had 10s/7ga (58%) for Waterloo (5-6). No report from Mynderse.
