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March 29,2007  -  Sweet Home (Buffalo) and Onondaga (Syracuse) were the out-of-section winners while Livonia, Pittsford and Mynderse were the local winners in five games played on Thursday.
  
red dots5 special  (March 28, 2007) - Penalties and faceoffs hurt the blue Devils as they were defeated by Sweet Home (Section 6) 10-4 at Victor. The Panthers scored 4 goals in man up including two during a 3:00 non-releasable stick penalty but controlled a great deal of ball time while Victor amassed 10 minutes in penalties. Sweet Home, who won 15 of 17 face offs, took a 1-4 first quarter lead and although the Blue Devils brought the scored back to a 4-5 half-time score.
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An illegal stick penalty (3:00) was assessed at the end of the half-time break, and the Panthers went right to work, scored the first man up goal at 11:34 and following it with a beautiful play with a with a pass from behind the cage resulting in a cross-cage feed for the goal at 10:42. They held Victor scoreless in the second half. Victor coach, Mark Foeder summed it up, "Sweet Home came to play today. They wanted to win more than we did."
  
Scoring for Victor were senior midfielder Eric Willman(1g-1a), junior midfielder Kurt Sullivan (1g-1a), junior attackman Frank Valenti (1g) and senior midfielder Joe Coleman(1g). Senior middie Jason Houtenbrink added 1a. Senior Mitchell Liegerot recorded 8s/10ga for the Blue Devils (1-1).
 
Scoring for Sweet Home were attackmen Cam Cardinale (4g-2a), Sean Burns (2G,2a) and Chris Covel(1g). Also scoring were midfielders Nick Cavalier (1g-1a), Eric Schniel (1g) and Talor Heard (1g). Chris Lyon made 7s/4ga for the Panthers.
  
red dot Onondaga (Section 3) defeated Waterloo 14-5. Scoring for Waterloo were Mike Ruiz (2g), Nelson Boyd (2g), Josh Mateo (1g), Jeff Wadhams (1a) and Curtis Brosius (1a). Goalies Shawn Andrus (14s) and Zach Bowen (4s) split time in the goal.
   
red dots5 special Pittsford traveled to Wegmans Stadium and defeated Aquinas 13-2 tonight under cool but clear skies. The Panthers out shot the Little Irish 38 shots (24 on cage) to 32 shots (16 on cage).
  
Pittsford ended the first quarter ahead 4-1 and by halftime had increased their lead to 8-2. They scored two more in the third and three more in the last quarter. Senior midfielder Brett Bridges took a majority of the face-off's for Pittsford and ended the night at 12/16 (75%).
  
After the game Head Coach Andrew Whipple spoke about how this season was going to be difficult with many strong Monroe County-1 division teams, including his brother Craig's Irondequoit team, who he will face on Saturday. Coach Whipple, "We had a good win tonight, but we need to practice hard this week if we are going to be competitive in our division."
  
Goalie play was instrumental in the win, as the goalies for the Little Irish combined for 11s/13ga (46%) while the Pittsford goalies combined for 14s/2ga (66%).
  
Leading the scoring for the Panthers was freshman attackman Jeff Milano-Johnson (5g). Senior midfielders Brett Bridges (1g-2a), Chris Kist (1g-2a) and Max Kestenbaum (1a) were joined by senior attackman Doug Milano-Johnson (2g) and juniors Conor McDermott (2g), Jamie Leone (1g) and Jimmy O'Neil (1g). Goalies Brendan Green (12s/2ga) and Sam Dupra (2s) shared time for the Panthers who advance to 1-1.
  
Scoring for the Little Irish were Anthony Bianchi (1g), Jasen Torres (1g), and Nick Berkompas (1a). Goalies Alan Antinarelli (8s/10ga) and Kraig Heston (3s/3ga) split time for Aquinas who move to 1-1.
   
red dot Livonia defeated visiting Midlakes 13-5 in a 6:30 pm game tonight. The Bulldogs started off quickly with six unanswered goals in the first quarter. Jared Schoonerman, Midlakes goalie, kept their team in the game in the second half with several outstanding point blank saves as the Eagles outscored the Bulldogs 3-1 in the second quarter ending the half 7-3 Livonia. The second half scoring shifted back to Livonia again, as the offense stepped-up six more goals.
  
Junior attackman Tyler Russell (5g-3a) led the Bulldog scoring. Seniors Brian Sciera (4g-1a), Paul Nebbia (1g) and Oren Taylor (1g-1a) were joined by underclassmen Matt Girolmo (1g-2a) and Jeff Wester (1g-1a). Sophomore goalie Justin Becker recorded 10s/5ga (66%).
  
Junior midfielder Nick Newland was the leading in scoring with 3g. Seniors Glen Stevenson (1g-1a) and Clay Hemminger (1a) were joined by sophomore Conor Hogan (1g). Junior goalie Jared Schoonerman recorded 11s/13ga (46%).
   
red dot After a 1-1 tie at the end of the first quarter, Mynderse pulled ahead and never looked back in their 12-5 win over visiting Greece Arcadia/Olympia.
  
Scoring for Arcadia/Olympia were senior midfielders Ron Hatch (2g-1a) and Kyle Dorman (2g) and junior midfielder Chris Hellmers (1g). Junior goalie Zack Bevilacqua recorded 13s/12ga (52%).
  
Scoring for Mynderse were junior attackman Dustin Luckinbill (5g), senior middie Kevin McCully (3g-1a), senior middie Tim Sweeting (2a) and junior midfielder Chris D'Amato (1g). Also scoring were senior midfielder Pat Churchill (1g), senior middie Josh Kurdziolek (1g), sophomore attackman Charlie Barbay (1g), senior defenseman Pete Hawryschuk (1a) and junior defenseman Brent Lombard (1a). Senior goalkeeper Ben LaValley made 13s/5ga (72%).