| West Genesee in a Close One |
March 28, 2006 - Inside Lacrosse has West Genesee
in the number
one spot in the National High School
Poll but Penn Yan played a close game and,
in fact was down 6-5 with just over 4:00
left in the game.
New York's top Class A team traveled to
Penn Yan to play the Class C Mustangs on
their new turf field and the fans that filled
the stands to watch the early season game
were not disappointed.
The Wildcats scored first, just 48 seconds
into the game as junior midfielder Adam
Mazzoni scored in man up on a feed from
sophomore attackman Collin Donahue. The
Mustangs came back at 9:51 when Dan Mesler
drove to the cage for the first of his three
goals of the night. Sophomore middie Luke
Cometti scored for the Cats at 6:45 on a
drive to the goal. Senior midfielder Kevin
Courtney was injured with a little over
one minute left in the quarter. The apparent
ankle roll kept him sidelined for the rest
of the game. The quarter ended with the
Wildcats up 2-1.
Although junior goalie, RJ Wickham had a
slow start in the first quarter, making
only one save, he dramatically improved
in the second quarter and played a terrific
game thereafter, making a total of 13 saves
in the game, but several at key, momentum
breaking moments.
Penn Yan scored first in the second quarter,
tying the game at 8:10 when Mesler made
the same cut as his first goal and hit the
back of the net (unassisted). The lead was
short lived as West Genesee returned with
two man up goals at 7:35 (Junior attackman
Brian Donahue) and at 6:14 (senior attackman
Chris Schmidt from sophomore attackman Ryan
Barber). Penn Yan's senior attackman Dan
McGuffie scored (unassisted) on a diving
shot after taking a hard check from the
defense at 4:11 The Wildcats scored with
two seconds left when junior middie Jeremy
Piochko hit the nets on a cross goal feed
from Mazzoni and the half ended with the
Wildcats up 5-3.
The third quarter was full of transition
and defense was the name of the game. Each
team scored a goal with Penn Yan first,
bringing the Mustangs within one again at
the 5:55 mark on a score by junior defenseman
Mike Manley who cleared the ball and took
it straight to the goal. Manley was remarkable
throughout the game, recording at least
seven one-on-one take aways against six
different West Genesee players. The Wildcats
scored at 4:02 as Cometti scored another
unassisted goal on a drive from the front
and the third quarter ended with the Cats
up 6-4.
 The
last quarter was very much like the third,
with lots of great defense and each team
trading goals. Penn Yan brought the game
to within one again at 6:30 with Mesler
scored in man up (unassisted). The Mustang
fans were brought to their feet as they
began to hope that a tying goal was possible.
West Genesee quieted them down a bit when
Donahue scored on a pass from junior attackman
Kevin Wadach at 3:00. Although the Mustangs
were man up with a little over a minute
left, they were unable to keep control and
the Wildcats took possession with 0:30 left
in the game.
For an early season game, this was an exceptional
one. Although the Wildcats moved the ball
quickly they were not as sharp as they were
at the end of last season, dropping balls
and throwing them out of bounds. This will
undoubtedly change in the next few weeks.
Penn Yan lost three goals in man down and
had far too many shots directly into West
Genesee's junior goalie John Galloway's
stick. Galloway recorded 15 saves and made
beautiful outlet pass clears on many of
them.
In the end, West Genesee had the win, but
Penn Yan played very well in their first
game of the year and proved they could play
with the big boys this season.
 It
was host Midlakes over
Bath 6-2. Senior attackman Jon Briggs ended
the game with 3g-2a, while junior attackman
Glen Stevenson, senior middies Nate Stevens
and Ricky Dawley each added one for the
Eagles. Sophomore goalie Jared Schoonerman
recorded 3 saves in the cage.
Junior attackman John Pruyn and senior attackman
Zac Conrad each scored one goal for the
Bath, whose sophomore goalie Brian Smith
made 13 saves.
Canandaigua
was the 10-3 winner against McQuaid Jesuit in the
game played at McAvoy Park tonight. The
Braves dominated throughout the game as
they out shot the Knights 49-15, and won
13 of 15 faceoffs.
McQuaid Jesuit scored first with a goal at 10:56
by junior midfielder Evan Gallina on a pass
from sophomore attackman Mitch Ritchie.
Canandaigua scored the next three goals,
starting with one (unassisted) by senior
middie Chris McWilliams and ending with
two man up goals. Junior attackman Jeremy
Brown scored the first on a feed from senior
attackman Eric Klein who ended the quarter
with an assist from Brown.
The Braves scored first, just 38 seconds
into the second quarter when junior attackman
Jordan Manzer scored on a feed from Klein.
At 2:20, junior midfielder A.J. Groot scored
and a pass from Brown in man up. McQuaid Jesuit
finished the half with a goal at 0:59 by
senior attackman Marty Farchione assisted
by Gallina. The half ended with CA up 5-2.
Canandaigua scored two goals in the third
quarter while holding the Knights scoreless.
Groot scored on an assist from Manzer at
11:17. Senior attackman Zack Scheetz scored
at 2:00 on a pass from sophomore attackman
Connor Henerson and the quarter ended with
the Braves up 7-2.
CA scored the next three goals with the
Henerson scoring the first at 10:46 (alone)
and the second at 3:49 (assisted by junior
middie Tyler Wakefield). Scheetz scored
the last goal for Canandaigua at 2:39 on
a pass from sophomore Justin Tomzak. Ritchie
scored McQuaid Jesuit's last goal (unassisted)
with 10 seconds left in the game.
Three goalies shared the duty for Canandaigua,
with senior Dan Serafine (6s-2ga) leading
the pack. Sophomore Scott Bement recorded
1s and junior Kyle Carson added 1s-1ga for
Canandaigua. Sophomore face off man Kevin
Peck won 13 draws for the Braves.
McQuaid Jesuit's senior goalie Pat Maguire made
11 saves.
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