Eleven Games on Tuesday
April 8, 2008 - On a sunny afternoon with temperatures in the low 60s, eleven games were were placed in Section Five. The winners included Gates Chili, Penn Yan, Irondequoit, Livonia, and Mynderse. Schroeder took C-C (8-6), Fairport was the winner over Thomas (12-8), CA beat Geneva (12-7), Midlakes beat Pal-Mac by one and McQuaid Jesuit defeated Aquinas 7-6 in overtime.
Midlakes 6 - Pal-Mac 5
A young Pal-Mac team took a 4-1 half time lead with a number of extra man goals and they led at one point 5-3, but Midlakes returned in the second half and won 6-5. The Eagles scored three goals in under a minute including the first two scored directly from face off victories by Nick Newland and scored by Travis Bevins and Conor Hogan. The go-away goal was scored by Tyler Brooks-Lambert scored the goal assisted by Shane Wheeler.
Scoring for Midlakes were Shane Wheeler (1g), Tyler Brooks-Lambert (3g-2a), Conor Hogan (1a), Nick Newland (1g-1a), Ben Uveges (1a) and Travis Bevins (1g). Jared Schoonerman recorded 8s/5ga including several key saves toward the end of the game.
Scoring for Pal Mac were Justin Closser (1g), Steve VanDewalle (2g), Pete Maklos (3a), Greg Kier (1g) and Mike Russell (1g). Tim Doyle made 20s/6ga (77%) for the Raiders.
Penn Yan 17 - Victor 4
Victor scored the first goal of the game but the rest of the day belonged to Penn Yan who ended the game with a 17-4 victory.
Senior, attackman Ethan Payne scored for Victor after retrieving a ground ball in front of the crease. About two minutes later the Mustangs score the first of six in a row when junior attackman Cole Castle score the first of his four goals (and 2 assists), assisted by sophomore attackman Adam Trombley. Freshman middie Anthony Luppino score with a feed from junior attackman Matt Osgood who scored the last goal of the quarter (unassisted) after picking up a ground ball on the crease. The first quarter ended with the Mustangs up 3-1 but Victor still very much in the game.
Trombley scored the first goal of the second quarter after receiving a feed from eight grade middie Jordan Owen. Trombley faked low and went high to get the ball past Victor goalie Kevin Donnelly. He scored again after sneaking around from the back of the crease and pulling Donnelly off the post. Coach Mark Foeder called time out to settle the troops, but the Mustangs came right back with Brendan Minor's drive from a clear and a shot from out front. Senior attackman Frank Valenti scored with an outside shot at the 3:30 mark taking the score to 6-2, but Penn Yan came back after the next face off with scores by sophomore attackman Jamil Modafarri and senior defenseman Dana Wilbur, both assisted by Trombley. The score at the half was 8-2 for the Mustangs.
Victor started the scoring after the half with Senior middie Alex Rogemoser goals from front right. Penn Yan scored the next four, starting with a goal (while man down) by Osgood from junior defenseman Tim Dyer. Castle scored on an inside crease dodge ay 9:02 and scored again with an inside feed from Osgood. Trombley scored a fast break goal with an assist from Castle and Victor ended the quarter with creased feed from Kurt Sullivan to Rogemoser with 0:05 left.
It was all Penn Yan in the last quarter as the Mustangs scored five more, all but one assisted. John Linnan scored directly from the face off, shooting a hard shot into the top left corner. Trombley scored his last goal at 8:15, but assisted on the next next three, scored by Wilbur (2) and Castle.
Victor certainly had opportunities and a number of shots, but many were off the cage or were from a distance that was within the reach of Ethan Kamholtz (7s/4ga). Penn Yan , on the other hand, in offense had many crisp passes for shots and on defense was very aggressive, going after every ground ball and winning many.
Scoring for Penn Yan were Castle (4g-1a), Trombley (4g-6a), Luppino (1g), Osgood (2g-3a), Owen (1a), Minor (1g), Modafarri (1g), Dyer (1a), Wilber (3g) and Linnan (1g). Ethan Kamholtz was 7s/4ga (64%).
Scoring for Victor were Ethan Payne (1g), Frank Valenti (1g), Alex Rogemoser (2g) and Kurt Sullivan (1a) while Kevin Donnelly has 14s/17ga for the Blue Devils.
Irondequoit 8 - Ithaca 2
Irondequoit took the trip to Ithaca where they were the victors with a score of 8-2. Scoring for the Eagles were Tony Micelotta (3g), Greg Wright (2g-2a), Mike Wallenhorst (1g), Jimmy Walsh (1g), Drew Coholan (1g, 3a). Tyler Nash had 16s/2ga (89%) for the Eagles (2-1).
Schroeder 8 - Churchville-Chili 6
Both Webster Schroeder and Churchville-Chili were determined to win their game this afternoon, each for different reasons. Schroeder ended up on top, but not without having to fight off the resolute Saints. The Warriors came into the game looking for their first win of the season and the Saints came in looking for their first win ever over a Division-1 program.
Ryan Yunker (assisted by Gino Marcello) scored the first goal of the game less than one minute into the game. The Warriors, however, using Mike Tota, Nick Mooney and Joe Matison (all seniors) scored three unassisted goals to moved Schroeder into the lead after the first quarter. That two goal lead was the difference as the Saints played the Warriors to a tie for the next three quarters.
Two players scored their first Varsity goal of their careers in this game. Schroeder's junior, Chris Mason and Churchville-Chili freshman, Scott Shamp both scored their first goals.
In the cage, Scott Tota finished with 5s/6ga for the Warriors while Sean Kettles finished with 7s/8ga for the Saints.
Gino Marcello led all scorers with 3g-1a. Marcello showed his strength scoring when the Saints needed him. Yunker finished with 2g-1a. Scott Shamp (1g) and Jeff Langschwager (1a) rounded out the scoring for the Saints.
Schroeder looked all over their roster for scoring. Mike Tota finished with 2g and Chris Mason with 1g-1a. Other than those two, five players had single goals (Mark Saltrelli, Mark Butto, Nick Mooney, Joe Matison and Chris Topping) and one with a single assist (Billy Harris).
As is obvious any time two people watch the "favored" game, different eyes see different things. With that in mind, we have linked two pdfs for this game that show slightly different data, as submitted by Churchville-Chili and Webster Schroeder.
For a more complete look at the numbers, check out the full statistics from Schroeder and from Churchville-Chili.
Fairport 12 - Webster Thomas 8
Fairport and Thomas met at Fairport High School for a Monroe County Divisional crossover match this afternoon with Fairport finishing on top 12-8. A major factor for Fairport win was sophomore attackman Brendan Saylor who stepped up with 5g for the Raiders.
Fairport scored the first four goals in the game. Michael Lehmann had a big day and finished the game 18/23 (78%) at the face-off and won numerous key possessions for the Raiders, getting them the ball when it was necessary (especially early on). Lehmann said "we played well and I am glad that we won." He also led all players with 11 ground balls.
John McDonnell scored the first goal, followed by Alexander Keil (assisted by Martin Manilla), then Manilla, then Eric Hislop (assisted by McDonnell). The Raiders scored all four goals in less than 5 minutes. The Titans scored two goals to end the first quarter down 4-2. Pat Morrill and Billy Gurowski (assist to Jack Hinderland) scored for the Titans.
Thomas and Fairport each scored one goal in the second quarter, Nick Scalzo (from Kyle LaVallee) for the Titans and Saylor (from Michael Leet) for the Raiders. Entering halftime the score was 5-3 Fairport.
Saylor and McDonnell each added two more goals at the start out the third quarter before Thomas' Kyle Rothfuss (assisted by Max Gurowski) scored on an extra-man opportunity. Fairport kept up the pressure as McDonnell scored another and Saylor added two more before the end of the quarter.
Thomas tried to fight back in the fourth quarter and outscored the Raider 3-1. However the Raiders were too strong even as Hinderland, Scalzo and Billy Gurowski scored in the 
final quarter for the Titans.
After the game, the youthful Saylor said of a key Monroe County showdown, "we played four hard quarters and came out on top."
In the cage, Kristoffer Sterzin played strong for the Raiders finished with 18s/8ga (69%). Sterzin also finished with one take and six ground balls. For the Titans, James O'Neil finished with 8s/12ga.
A stand out performance for the Titans was by defenseman Jake Ziegler. Ziegler finished with 5 ground balls and 7 one-on-one takes and was strong for the Titans, a major factor keeping the score as close as it was.
Scoring for Fairport were Saylor (5g), McDonnell (3g-1a), Hislop (2g-1a), Manilla (1g-1a), Keil (1g), Leet (1a) and Aaron Jones (1a).
Scoring for Thomas were Scalzo (3g), Jack Hinderland (1g-2a), Billy Gurowski (2g), Max Gurowski (2a), Morrill (1g), Rothfuss (1g), LaVallee (1a) and Brad Hutton (1a).
For a more complete look at the numbers, check out the full statistics.
Gates Chili 18 - Batavia 4
Gates Chili scored eight unanswered goals in the first quarter and led at the half 10-2. After the break the Spartans added six more in the third and two more in the last quarter, winning their game against Batavia, 18-4. Brad Weber won 19 of 22 face offs and picked up 13 ground balls for Gates who scored on 3 of 6 man up opportunities.
Scoring for Gates Chili were Tom Sudek (1g-6a), Mike Greene (2g), Tom Elkins (3g-3a), Jeff Fichtner (2g-4a), Brad Weber (1g-2a), Grant Ferguson (3g), Cam Gormel - (2g) and Pat Sposato (4g-1a). Jason Baetzhold had 7s/4ga for the Spartans (2-0).
Scoring for Batavia were Ian Chapman (2g), Joe Muoio (2a) and Will Mulcahy (2g). Goalie Matt Landfried had 13s/16ga and played (36 mins) and Theo Hill played 12minutes and had 1s/2ga.
McQuaid Jesuit 7 - Aquinas 6 OT
McQuaid Jesuit and Aquinas met for the first time of the season, with McQuaid Jesuit coming out on top with a 7-6 OT win.
Penalties were the name of the game, McQuaid Jesuit scored 3/4 times in the extra man opportunities for penalties that included two unsportsmanlike conduct calls. Aquinas opened up the scoring at 10:02 with Anthony Bianchi finding Marc Brondon on the crease. McQuaid Jesuit scored their first goal of the night at 4:28 as Nick Caton scored during a 5-on-5 play. The first quarter ended tied 1-1.
The Second quarter was controlled by McQuaid Jesuit, who outscored the Little Irish 3-1. McQuaid Jesuit scored the first two goals starting with a goal scored during EMO as Jeff MacDonald and JD Ayer hooked up on an inside feed. The first full strength goal of the night for McQuaid Jesuit was scored when Caton pulled the ball out and ran an arc along the top of the restraining line and put the ball off stick-side past Aquinas goalie Kraig Heston who finished the game with 10s/7ga (59%).
Aquinas scored the next goal only 0:11 seconds later as Casey Vogl won the face-off and ran straight down and shot on cage. Vogl finished the game 8/13 (61%) at the draw and with a game leading 7 ground balls. The final goal of the half was scored in EMO as Mitch Ritchie broke the Aquinas clear and passed the ball up to JD Ayer for the score with only 0:38 remaining. The score was 4-2 for McQuaid Jesuit at halftime.
McQuaid Jesuit opened up the scoring in the second half with a goal at 9:35. Ritchie scored his lone goal of the night on an EMO possession and an outside shot (assisted by Eric Wright). Aquinas scored the next goal with a straight dodge by Dylan Pinto. McQuaid Jesuit's Caton scored his third of the night on a cross-crease pass by Nick Wolak at 1:55. Aquinas held the Knights scoreless from this point, until they scored the winning goal in overtime. Aquinas scored with only 0:07 remaining on an Man-up opportunity. Austin Gorman fed Neil Foley from behind for the goal. The third ended with the Little Irish down two goals.
Aquinas scored the only two goals of the fourth quarter with Mike Gray scoring (unassisted) and Gorman scoring (assisted by Vogl). The Little Irish fought back hard to take the game into overtime.
As overtime started, Vogl won the face-off but the Little Irish could not get a shot off before turning the ball over. After clearing the ball, the Knights gave the ball to Ritchie who took two runs at the cage, missing both times. Caton was then subbed back into the game and given the ball. After taking one run at the cage (missed) he asked Coach Jordan for another chance, "I missed the first time, but I told Coach I wanted one more [chance]." Caton scored with 1:23 remaining in the first overtime to give the Knights the win.
In the cage for the Knights Dan Caufield played well finishing the game with 19s/6ga (76%). Caufield's first quarter was especially strong as he finished the first with 10s/1ga (91%).
As usual with the Little Irish thus far this season, they out shot their opponents (48-32) and won the gb battle (29-23). Against strong competition and close games giving the Knights four EMO to work with hurt the Little Irish.
Scoring for McQuaid Jesuit were Caton (4g), Ritchie (1g-1a), Ayer (1g-1a), MacDonald (1g), Wright (1a) and Wolak (1a).
Scoring for Aquinas were Gorman (1g-1a), Vogl (1g-1a), Foley (1g), Brondon (1g), Pinto (1g), Gray (1g), Bianchi (1a).
For a more complete look at the numbers, check out the full statistics.
Livonia 7 - Haverling 5
Down 5-0 at the half, Haverling scored one unanswered goals in the third and added four more in the fourth, but fell short as Livonia won the first GRALL game of the 2008 season with a 7-5 win. "Both teams played tough and both had a lot of opportunities on offense, " said Coach Wood after the game. The two teams were undefeated with two wins prior to this game.
Scoring for Livonia were Tyler Russlell (2g), Chris Bausch (1g-1a), Matt Girolmo (1a), Cameron Ross (1g), Jeff Wester (2g-1a), Mike Donals (1g) and Adam Wingate (1a). Justin Becker recorded 12s/5ga for the Bulldogs.
Scoring for Haverling were Nick Rossi (1g), Zach Reed (1g-2a), Dave Harris (2g) and Mckenzie Durham (1g-2a). Haverling goalie Chris Wolfer had 8s/7ga.
Mynderse 10 - Waterloo 8
Waterloo led 7-5 toward the end of the fourth quarter. Mynderse tied it on goals by Warrick and Bachman, assisted by Bachman and Koopman. Waterloo went ahead by one at 7:38 on an unassisted goal by Shafer. Mynderse was man up and Bachman intercepted a clearing pass after a save and scored (unassisted). From the next face off, Warrick scored with an assist from Koopman at 4:33. Bachman completed his hat trick with an assist from Koopman. Mynderse controlled the ball for most of the last three minutes as Mynderse got the 10-8 win.
Scoring for Mynderse were Matt Koopman (1g-3a), Dustin Luckinbill (2g-1a), Jerry Jones (1g), Charlie Barbay (1a), Josh Sahler (1g), Mike Warrick (2g), AJ Bachman (3g-1a) and Steve Lucchessi (1a). Brad Dove had 9s/8ga for the winners.
Scoring for Waterloo were Curtis Brosius (1g-1a), Rob Goodenow (1g), Jeff Wadhams (2g-1a), Jon Asbury (1a), Chance Lowry (2g), Joe Shafer (2g). Shawn Andrus recorded 14s/10ga for the Indians.
Canandaigua 12 - Geneva 7
Canandaigua came out quickly and led 8-0 at the end of the first quarter and 10-2 at the half before finishing with a 12-7 win over Geneva in Finger Lakes action.
Scoring for Canandaigua were Connor Henderson (6g-2a), Justin Tomzak (2g-2a), Marshall Johnson (2g), Tanner Scharr (1g), Andrew Knoblauch (1g-1a), Kevin Peck (1a) and won 8 of 9 on face offs and Brian Scheetz (1a). Scott Bement made 11s/7ga for the Braves (3-0).
Scoring for Geneva were Alex Love (3g-1a), Kyle Boncaro (2g), Jim Warner (1g), Tyler Travis (1g) and Willie Rago (1a). Kyle Brimm played goal and had 9s/12ga for the Panthers.
Newark 8 - Bloomfield-Honeoye 2
Newark was a 8-2 winner over Bloomfield-Honeoye at a game played at Honeoye. Scoring for Newark were Matt Clemons (2g-4a), Colin Johnson (3g), Eric Stivers (1g-1a), Stephen Johnson (1g), John Gonzalez (1a), Schuyler DePauw (1a), Chad Morrisson (1g) and RJ VanDeMortel (1a). Ben Hartman had 9s/2ga for the Reds.
Scoring for the BHers were Sean Beaney (1g) and Lucas Mashtare (1g). Chase Voorhees had 11s/8ga. No Report from Bloomfield-Honeoye. No report Bloomfield-Honeoye.
