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Quarter Finals for Classes A & C
May 30, 2008 - Penfield (#3) won a squeaker in overtime and advances to the semi finals after a 6-5 win over Schroeder (#6). Thomas(#5) beat McQuaid Jesuit (#4) 14-9) while Canandaigua(#1) remains undefeated with a 14-6 win over Pittsford (#9) and Irondequoit(#2) was the 8-6 winner over Fairport (#7) in Class a quarter finals. In Class C quarter finals, Penn Yan(#1) beat Batavia (#9), Livonia(#2) beat Mynderse(#7) with a score of 14-2 and Midlakes beat Bloomfield-Honeoye 16-3. Semi final games are next up, on Tuesday, June 3rd.
Thomas 14 - McQuaid Jesuit 9
For both Thomas and McQuaid Jesuit this year, runs, a series of goals in a row, have been important in games they have won. This afternoon, when they both met, it was important again as Thomas scored five goals in a row to take a 13-7 lead on their way to a 14-9 win over McQuaid Jesuit in Class A quarter final play.
The game was close for the majority of the game, with 4-4, 6-6, and 9-7 quarters. McQuaid Jesuit scored the first two goals, starting with one at 10:54 and the second 47 seconds later. Senior middie Nick Caton scored the first on an unassisted drive from the top left side. After the face off was won by Thomas, Nick Scalzo put one in the cage, but it was waved off when the officials said he entered the crease before the score. Corey Flanigan scored for the Knights on a sweep to the right.
The next three goals were by Thomas starting with a man up goal by freshman attackman Kyle Rothfuss with an assist from senior attackman Max Gurowski. The shot bounced right under McQuaid Jesuit goalie, Danny Caufield's stick. At 5:57 after clearing the ball, Gurowski circled the cage just past the goal line extended, turned back sharply and passed the ball to Scalzo on the opposite corner. Gurowski assisted on the next goal, when he moved the ball from behind the net to Pat Morrill in front.
With the score 3-2, McQuaid Jesuit tied the game on an unassisted goal by Mitch Ritchie, after his defender was picked off behind the goal. Ritchie worked his way to the top of the crease and scored with an underhand shot. At 1:55 McQuaid Jesuit took the lead with a wing feed from Eric Wright to Nick Wolak. Thirty seconds later Thomas ended the scoring in the first quarter and tied it back up at 4-4 with a Gurowski feed to Brad Hutton. Gurowski assisted on all four Titan goals and the quarter ended with a 4-4 tie.
Thomas started man up for three minutes when McQuaid Jesuit was assessed a 3:00 non-releasable stick penalty at the start of the quarter. Although the Titans were not able to score on that penalty, the did score on two others, as the Knights were hit with five and a half minutes of penalties in the second quarter. Kyle LaVallee scored after cutting inside the man down zone and catching the ball thrown by Jack Hinderland from behind the cage. Later, Scalzo scored in man up, throwing a hard side arm shot after receiving the ball from Brad Hutton. McQuaid Jesuit closed the half with two goals in about a minute, the first of which was scored unassisted by Nick Caton with a strong sidearm to the top right corner of the cage. The second was scored by Ritchie who backed in from the corner of the cage and the half ended in a 6-6 tie.
Just 47 second into the third quarter Thomas scored the go ahead goal when Hinderland scored an unassisted goal on a sweep to the left. After a great deal of transition Thomas scored another goal when JT Hauck scored on a sweep at 4:36. The Knights came back with a goal at 4:09 as Ritchie backed into the goal and dished the ball to Jeff MacDonald for the goal. The Titans saw a goal from Scalzo when he was able to sneak to the corner of the cage and one hand it past Caufield to give Thomas a 9-7 lead at the end of three quarters.
The Titans took control at the top of the fourth quarter scoring four goals in just under six minutes. After passing the ball around the goal numerous times, LaVallee scored the first (unassisted) after dodging inside and putting a shot the top right corner. Billy Gurowski sent the ball to Morrill who cut in parallel and finished with a quick stick shot. A minute and a half later Scalzo moved the ball to Hauck who scored on an open net when the Knights cleared the cage to double the ball. Scalzo, who had a shot, instead passed the ball to Hauck who had a better shot. Scalzo got his goal at 3:15 when he received the ball from Tomeno on a fast break clear. After a McQuaid Jesuit time out, Corey Flanigan scored an unassisted goal at 3:00 on a clear out play. Scalzo scored a man up goal for Thomas at 1:40 after receiving a cross crease feed from LaVallee. With under a minute left, Ritchie scored the last goal of the game after muscling in from a tight crease cut from behind the cage.
One key in the game was the excellent play by senior defenseman Jake Ziegler who for most of the game drew the assignment to guard Ritchie who before the game was second in Section Five scoring (with 68) and points (with 95). Ziegler had several important take aways and was able to keep Ritchie from dominating in the game. Although the high powered attackman did score 3g-1a (4 pts) which is just under his average 5.2, Ziegler and Andrew Glagolev (who took over the assignment for part of the third quarter) did a fine job in keeping him from playing "his game".
Scoring for Thomas were JT Hauck (2g), Kyle Rothfuss (1g), Max Gurowski (4a), Nick Scalzo (5g-1a), Pat Morrill (2g), Brad Hutton (1g-1a), Kyle LaVallee (2g-1a), Jack Hinderland (1g-1a), Bill Gurowski (1a) and Kenny Tomeno (1a). James O`Neil recorded 11s/9ga for the Titans (14-4) who advance to the semi finals on Tuesday (at Aquinas) to face Canandaigua (5:00 PM).
Scoring for McQuaid Jesuit were Nick Caton (2g), Corey Flanigan (2g), Mitch Ritchie (3g-1a), Nick Wolak (1g), Jeff MacDonald (1g) and Eric Wright (1a). Danny Caufield had 8s/14ga for the Knights (15-5).
Penfield 6 - Schroeder 5 Overtime
Third seeded Penfield won 6-5 in the first overtime against Webster Schroeder. Penfield's Connor Rice scored with 2:52 remaining in the first overtime to seal the victory.
Penfield led or tied for all but 1 minutes and 42 seconds. Schroeder led with 3:16 remaining (only to lose the lead with 1:34 remaining). Connor Rice scored not only the winning goal, but also the tying goal. The score was tied 1-1 after the first, Penfield led 3-2 at the half and 4-3 after three quarters. Coach John Schembri said "Scott Tota had an excellent performance in goal with 16 saves," for Schroeder. For the Patriots Brady Del Pozzo finished with 7s/5ga.
Kyle Denhoff returned for his first contest since Hilton on 5/1 and made his presence known with 1g-1a for the Patriots. Other strong performances for the Patriots were Kyle Van Thof with 8 gbs and 8/12 at the face-off and long stick Jon Wheaton with 6 gbs.
Scoring for Penfield were Rice (3g-1a), James Dwyer (1g-1a), Denhoff (1g-1a), Gian Maggio (1g) and Van Thof (1a).
Scoring for Schroeder were Chris Mason (2g), Chris Topping (1g), Nick Mooney (1g) and Pete Noto (1g). Score only from Schroeder.
Canandaigua 14 - Pittsford 6
First seeded Canandaigua defeated the sole lower seed in Class A to make the final eight (#9 Pittsford) 14-6. In the cage, both teams played multiple goalies. For the Braves; Scott Bement, Anthony DeLeo, and Nick King all played time between the pipes. Bement finished with11s/5ga (69%) and DeLeo finished with 2s/1ga (66%), while King did not face a shot. Ernie Hook and Brendan Green split time for the Panthers. Green played the first 40 minutes (10s/11ga) and Hook was 50% (3s/3ga).
Scoring for Canandaigua were Austin Rogers (4g-2a), Brian Scheetz (3g-1a), Andrew Knoblauch (3g), Marshall Johnson (2g-1a and 13/16 f/o), Justin Tomzak (1g-1a), Nick Munn (1g), Connor Henderson (1a) and John Klein (1a).
Scoring for Pittsford were James Purpura (2g-1a), Alex Kober (1g), TJ Iuppa (1g), Jamie Leone (1g), Tim Moulton (1g), Thomas Rodenhouse (1a) and Craig Jerabeck (1a).
Penn Yan 21 - Batavia 2
First seeded Penn Yan defeated the sole lower seed in Class C (#9 Batavia) 21-2. In the cage, Justin Galusha (1s/1ga) and Ethan Kamholtz (2s/1ga) split time for the Mustangs.
Scoring for Penn Yan were Adam Trombley (3g-5a), Matt Osgood (4g-2a), Cole Castle (4g-1a), John Linnan (3g-2a), Jamil Modafarri (3g-1a), Nate Nichols (1g-2a), Dana Wilber (2a), Brendan Minor (1g), Ty Trombley (1g) and Adam Stork (1g). No report from Batavia.
Haverling 11 - Waterloo 8
Haverling won its second sectional game in the teams history; defeating Waterloo 11-8. Haverling, during their first season, won
their first sectional game (that was in 2002). The game was a back and forth contest for the first 18 minutes.
Haverling had a 2-0 lead early in the first quarter, which Waterloo tied up at 2 with 3:12 remaining in the first. Zach Reed, a freshman, took the late first quarter lead for the Rams with a one-on-one drive from behind the cage. However, with 0:01 remaining on the clock the Indians tied the score for the second time in the quarter. Early in the second Waterloo took the lead 4-3 as Pete Vacca found Jeff Wadhams. Reed drove from behind the cage (similar to his first drive) however this time he hit Dave Harris across the cage, for the 4-4 tying goal. Haverling began their forward progress outscoring the Indians 4-1 to take an 8-5 lead into the half.
Haverling won the first quarter 3-2 to take the 11-7 lead. In the fourth quarter, Haverling was "patient on offense and defense" says Coach Ken DiDomineck. With 0:44 remaining in the game, Rob Goodenow scored his fourth goal for the Indians, however Haverling was just too strong. Haverling moves to (10-8) on the season and move onto the semi-finals and faces Livonia at 7:00 on Tuesday (at Hobart). Waterloo finished the 2008 season (6-13).
In the cage, Chris Wolfer had 14s/8ga for Haverling. Zach Ramirez finished the game with 9s/11ga. Ramirez finished the season with 136s (51%) since replacing Shawn Andrus (April 29th game against Victor).
Scoring for Haverling were Harris (5g-1a), Reed (3g-3a), Cole Beebe (1a) and McKenzie Durham (3g-2a).
Scoring for Waterloo were Goodenow (4g), Wadhams (2g), Chance Lowry (1g-1a), Curtis Brosius (1g-1a), Joe Shaffer (1a) and Vacca (1a). No Report from Waterloo.
Livonia 14 - Mynderse 2
Livonia scored 6 goals in the first and 7 in the third on their way to a 14-2 victory over Mynderse Academy. Livonia's Coach Brett Wood says "I was happy that we played hard tonight and did some fundamental things better." In the cage, Justin Becker (6s/2ga) and Kyle Whitford (1s) split time in the cage for Livonia. Brad Dove finished the game for Mynderse with 13s/14ga.
Livonia moves on to the semifinals, where they will face Haverling for the fourth time this season. The game will be held at Hobart at 7:00 on Tuesday. Coach Wood "We are looking to face Haverling again, and improve on our game.Haverling is a great rival for Livonia ... and I'm sure they will be a formidable opponent."
Scoring for Livonia were Tyler Russell (3g-4a), Mike Donals (3g-2a), Chris Bausch (3g-1a), Jeff Wester (1g-2a), Matt Girolmo (2g), Cameron Ross (1g) and Aaron Miller (1g).
Scoring for Mynderse was AJ Bachman (1g), Nick Giovanni (1g), Mike Warrick (1a) and Brent Lombard (1a).
Midlakes 16 - Bloomfield-Honeoye 3
It was Midlakes over Batavia 16-3 in Class C quarter final action. Midlakes scored three unanswered goals in the first quarter and led 7-1 at the half. They then added seven unanswered goals in the third quarter and tied 2-2 in the last quarter. "It was on of our best games of the season," said Midlakes Head Coach Rich Doan. The Eagles will face Penn Yan in the semi finals on Tuesday (5:00) at Hobart.
Scoring for Midlakes were Matt Barilla (1g), Ben Uveges (4g), Tyler Brooks-Lambert (1g-2a), Nick Newland (2g), Tom Cheney (3g-1a), Travis Bevins (2g-1a), Nick Judge (2g), Ryan Teed (1g) and Justin VanCamp (1a). Jared Schoonerman had 15s/3ga for Midlakes (9-1).
Scoring for B-H were Luke Anderson (2g), Zach Hammond (1a) and Zach Blain (1a). Max Van Orman had 7s/16ga for BH. [One goal missing.] No report from Bloomfield-Honeoye who end their first Varsity season at 7-11.
Irondequoit 10 - Fairport 8
Irondequoit was ahead for most of the game until Fairport had a strong run in the fourth quarter taking the game to 9-8 Irondequoit with about a minute in the game. After
Tyler Nash came up with a critical save the Eagles cleared the ball. Fairport brought the goalie out and Irondequoit added an open net goal for the 10-8 final.
Scoring for Irondequoit were Tony Micelotta (2g-1a), Drew Coholan (3g), Mike Wallenhorst (2g-2a), Greg Coholan (1g) and Greg Wright (2g-1a). Nash ended the game with 16s/8ga. Irondequoit will play Penfield in the Class A semi finals on Tuesday (7:00PM) at Aquinas. It will be the third game for the two teams. Penfield won the first game (11-7 on April 29th and Irondequoit won the second game (8-7 on May 22nd).
No report has been received from Fairport.