| Thursday: Some Big Wins |
April 21, 2005 - It was all it was cracked up to be. Two good teams fighting
it out, each needing a win, but with only team able to
come out on top. Today it was Penn Yan over host Fairport
10-8 an a game that went right down to the wire.
Penn Yan scored the first goal, at 9:53
when senior attackman John Van Houten drove from the front
of the goal and scored the first of his 7 goals in the
game. Fairport came right back, less than a minute later
with a goal by senior midfielder Chris Lindner on an assist
from junior attackman Peter Burkhardtt.  Fairport
scored again at 5:16 when junior attackman Pat Reilly
scored on an assist by sophomore attackman Mike Danylyshyn.
Junior middie Jeff Sanna scored the last goal of the quarter
for Fairport with no time left on the clock. The Raiders
led 3-1.
Penn Yan took the break to refocus and came back strong
the the second quarter, shutting down the Raider offense
while scoring five goals at their end. Junior attackman
Dan McGuffie scored the first goal in man up with a feed
from junior attackman Ben Odell. The ball bounced off
two pipes before landing in the goal. Thirty-nine seconds
later Van Houten received a cross goal feed from Dan Mesler.
Forty-eight seconds later he scored again on a shot from
outside. Fairport, who received 11 penalties in the game
went two men down at 7:40 and Van Houten scored in man
up at 7:12 with an assist from junior middie Steven Carlson.
At this point the Mustangs had scored four goals in 2:25.
With 0:07 left in the half, Van Houten scored an unassisted
goal and the half ended with Penn Yan up 6-3.
After the halftime break, sophomore defenseman Michael
Manley, playing long stick on the face off wing, picked
up the ground ball and ran straight to the goal to score
what would be the Mustang's only goal of the quarter at
11:46. Fairport started back with two goals; the first
at 10:20 when Lindner scored with a hard side arm shot
from the front and the second by Reilly with an assist
by senior middie Erik Braun at 9:14. The quarter ended
with the Mustangs up 7-5 and Fairport looking to get back
in the game.
Four more penalties hurt the Raiders in the last quarter.
Van Houten scored two goals in man up (both unassisted).
Fairport then came back with three in a row, all by Lindner
and all unassisted. His last goal, at 2:43 took the score
to 9-8 Penn Yan. Both teams struggled for possession of
the ball. Carlson scored an unassisted goal at 2:14 which
would be the last goal of the game.
Sophomore goalie RJ Wickham recorded 11 saves for Penn
Yan (5-3). Fairport's junior goalie Geoff Mayor made 5
saves and Zack Harris made 1 save for the Red Raiders
(5-4).
 Schroeder
hosted Hamburg of Section Six and was the winner 9-3 after
taking a 1-0 lead in the first quarter and a 5-2 half
time lead.
Strong defense from close defenders, Jeremy Appell, Matt
Crandall, Mark
Liberti and Drew Palmer contributed numerous takeaways
and were successful in shutting down the previously undefeated
Hamburg offense. Defensive middies, Jason Cirulli, John
Pawluk and Chris Nicodemi picked up 20 ground balls.
Senior attackman Tom Costanza finished the game with 4g-1a,
sophomore attackman Grant Catalino finished with 2g-1a
and senior attackman Jack Mooney, who was moved to attack
for the game added 1g-2a. Senior midfielder Mike Catalino
and junior attackman Chris Ferry each added a goal while
senior middie Jason Cirulli added an assist for Schroeder.
Junior goalie Dennis Costanza Dennis Costanza 11 saves
for the Warriors who improve their record to 4-4.
Webster
Thomas jumped ahead 2-1 but Penfield
came back to lead 4-2 at the end of the first quarter
and was up 13-2 at the half.
Leading the effort for Penfield were senior attackman
Trevor Rice (4g-5a), senior middie Mike Thon (4g), senior
attackman Tim Pfeffer (2g-2a) and junior midfielder Kelly
McKenna (3g). Also scoring for the Patriots were Jason
Knerr (1g-1a), Mike Arvan (1g), Connor Rice (1g) and senior
defenseman Luke Prattico (1a).
The Penfield face off contingent of Mike Thon, Jason Knerr,
Mike Cummins and Connor Rice controlled all but 5 face
offs. Senior long stick middie Evander Wilson led the
Patriots ground balls effort with six. Penfield remains
undefeated with seven wins.
The Titans saw three different players score. Freshman
attackman Max Gurowski led the way with 1g-1a for Thomas
(2-5). No Report from Thomas.
McQuaid Jesuit won 9-8 in the first overtime period
in their exciting non league game against visiting Victor
on Thursday afternoon.
The Knights scored first on a man up goal by junior attackman
Mark Hanna with the feed from senior midfielder Scott
Rubino at 10:59. Victor returned at 9:24 with the first
of sophomore midfielder Jason Houtenbrink's three goals
on an assist from senior middie Kyle Sullivan. Hanna scored
again for McQuaid Jesuit, again in man up with an assist from
sophomore middie Evan Gallina at 4:50. Ten seconds later,
junior defenseman, Alex Caton, working from the face off
wing,  scored
an unassisted goal for the Knights. Victor's senior attackman
Cory Benulis scored the final goal of the quarter on a
feed from junior middie Erik Rogemoser with 1:37 left.
McQuaid Jesuit was up 3-2.
Victor owned the second quarter after McQuaid Jesuit scored it's
only goal (Hanna unassisted at 10:59). Victor's freshman
attackman Tom Rogemoser scored at 3:55 and again at 3:13
(assisted by Sullivan). Houtenbrink collected another
goal, this time assisted by Sullivan at 0:35 and the half
ended with the Blue Devils up 5-4.
Victor scored first in the third with an unassisted goal
by sophomore midfielder Eric Willman at 11:00 and McQuaid Jesuit
came back with a goal at 7:09 by senior middie Kevin Dacey,
assisted by Gallina. The rest of the quarter was quiet,
as the defense took control of the shooters. McQuaid Jesuit's
Caton had a number of dramatic take aways, but his offense
could not score until Dacey scored on a feed from
Rubino with 0:30 left in the quarter. The teams were tied
at six at the of the third quarter.
In the last quarter Willman put Victor ahead at 10:40
on his unassisted goal, but Dacey tied the game again
at 8:33 when he picked up a ground ball near the crease
and scored an unassisted goal. Rubino put the Knights
ahead at 4:52 with an assist from his brother Tyler. At
3:25 Victor's Houtenbrink scored (assisted by Sullivan)
to send the game into sudden victory.
Victor controlled the face off at the start of the first
overtime period and took the ball down field where the
Knight defense was looking into the sun. The defense forced
a turnover and the ball moved to the McQuaid Jesuit end of the
field. After a couple of missed shots and some key ground
balls McQuaid Jesuit's junior attackman Marty Farchione scored
the winning goal at 2:41.
"After a tough loss against Brighton earlier in the
week, we needed this win. We showed great poise at the
end of the game. I hope this game represents a turning
point," said McQuaid Jesuit Head Coach Scott Bryson who
was pleased with the victory.
McQuaid Jesuit improves to 3-5 while Victor drops to 5-4.
Rush-Henrietta
was the winner in a game with visiting Pal-Mac on Thursday
afternoon. Senior attackman Sam Hillmon was the scoring
leader for the Comets with 4g-1a, while sophomore Matt
Moran added 3g-3a and Brian McShea scored 3g-1a for R-H
(2-6). No report from Pal-Mac.
Pal-Mac senior goalie Ben Dlugosh had another noteworthy
day in the goal. Senior midfielder Matt Walker and senior
attackman Owen Campbell led the effort for Pal-Mac with
3g each and senior attackman Jamie Sinopoli added 2g for
the Raiders who drop to 3-6.
It
was Waterloo over host Livonia 13-4 Thursday
afternoon as ten different players hit the scorebook for
the Indians.
Scoring for Waterloo were senior middie T.J. Radka (2g-2a),
sophomore attackman Josh Mateo (3g-1a), senior attackman
Jason Johnson (2g-1a) and senior middie Gordy Lahr (2-0).
Junior midfielders Andy Riegel, Bill Jolly and Winston
Boyd each added 1g-1a and senior attackman Matt Haws added
a goal for Waterloo. Adding assists were senior midfielders
Matt Kaiser (1a) and Dave Everett (2a). Senior goalie
Pat DeBolt had 9 saves and senior goalie Matt Lilly had
3 saves for the Indians (6-4). Livonia's
report was unavailable at this time due to technical difficulties.
According
to the morning paper, senior attackman James Ryan scored
4g-2a, and senior attackman Mike Ryerson added 3g-2a for
Brighton in their 10-7 win over host
Aquinas. Junior attackman Colin Davis added 3g for Brighton
(7-1).
Chris Roland scored 3g-1a for Aquinas (6-3). No
reports from Brighton or Aquinas
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