| Monday: Sunny Day - Pal-Mac Wins |
April 11, 2005 - Cool but sunny afternoon skies were available for three
games, with McQuaid Jesuit playing at 7:00 PM.
Pal-Mac didn't wait long to try to make a statement
after Saturday's loss to Mynderse, as they scored three
goals in the first three
minutes on the way to a 15-7 win over visiting Newark.
Less than a minute and a half into the game senior midfielder
Dave Bennett scored the first of his 5g-1a. Twenty four
seconds later senior middie Matt Walker scored on an assist
from Bennett and 53 seconds later, senior attackman Owen
Campbell scored and unassisted goal in man up. Junior
Dave Merritt scored the last Pal-Mac goalie of the quarter,
also in man up. Newark ended the quarter with a goal by
junior attackman Jon Shanley who picked up a loose ball
on the crease and scored at 6:08.
It was Newark's turn in the second quarter as they held
the Raiders scoreless while added goals by senior Kevin
Burm and senior attackman Jason Johnson (assisted by Burm).
The half ended with Pal-Mac up 4-3.
The second half belonged to Pal-Mac who outscored the
Reds 6-2 in the third and 5-2 in the last quarter. Bennett
ended the game with 5g-1a, Campbell with 1g-3a and Merritt
with 1g. Senior attackman Jaimie Sinopoli scored all his
4g-2a in the second half as did senior middies Matt Walker
(3g) and Jeremy Reeves (1g). Senior attackman Matt Christ
added 2a for the Raiders. Senior goalie Ben Dlugosh recorded
12 saves for Pal-Mac (2-3).
Newark's scoring came from junior attackman Nate Johnson
(2g-1a), senior attackman Jason Johnson (1g), junior middie
Greg MacBride (1g) Shanley (3g) and
Burm 1a. Junior goalie Anthony Cole (12s) and Matt Hannon
(4s) shared the goal tending duties for Newark (1-4).
No report from Newark.
 McQuaid Jesuit
won their first game of the season against Canisus
(Section 6) with a score of 6-2 as seniors Tyler Rubino
(3g-1a), Scott Rubino (1g-1a) and Brendan Clar (1g) led
the way. First year coach Scott Bryson said, "I was
very pleased by the performance of junior goalie Pat Maguire
and especially pleased with the poise the team demonstrated
towards the end of the contest.". McQuaid Jesuit improves
to 1-3. Canisus moves to 2-1.
Onandaga
of Section 3 was the winner overtime as they
played host Mynderse, 8-7. Mynderse saw scoring from junior
attackmen Sean McGrimley (3g), Chris Warrick (1g) and
Andy Zaverella (1g) and from senior midfielders Troy Gotham
(2g-1a) and Tim Ellis (2a) as well as sophomore middie
Kevin McCully (2a). Junior goalie Nick Tiaskkun made 11
saves for Mynderse (3-4).
Livonia’s boy’s lacrosse team improved
to 4-0 with a 9-8 decision over the Greece Thunder on
Monday at Saunders field. “We feel very fortunate
to have improved to the point where we can be competitive.
Can we be consistently competitive? That is a question
we have yet to answer.” stated Coach Sciera. With
tests coming up next week with Victor and a rematch with
Waterloo that question will soon be answered.
Livonia built a 4-2 lead in the first half with four different
bulldogs scoring goals. Midfielder Luke Merritt scored
his first goal of the year. Greece came back in the 3rd
quarter to go ahead 6-5. Livonia then rattled off 4 straight
goals late in the third and early in the fourth quarters
to take a 9-6 advantage. All of the damage was done by
standout midfielders Chadd Britton and Josh Hendrickson.
Hendrickson had all three of his goals in the second half,
while Britton added two goals both on assists from Sophomore
attackman Brian Sciera.
Britton fished with 3g-1a, Henrickson with 3g, Sciera
with 1g-2a. Junior middie Luke Merritt added 1g-1a, junior
attackman added 1g and senior middie Shawn Wright recorded
an assist. Junior goalie Aaron Jamison, who was named
Defensive Player of the Week earlier in the day, recorded
12 saves for the Bulldogs.
Greece was paced by attackmen Dave Rodrigues (4g-1a),
Matthew Machucki (2g-4a), and Joe Hallowell (2a). Senior
midfielder Mike Kemp added 2g and senior goalie Orlando
Villegas made 19 saves for Greece (1-5).
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