Churchville 14 - Rush-Henrietta 13    Overtime

 Churchville-Chili came together as a team and won their first victory over a Monroe County Division-1 opponent with a 14-13 overtime victory against Rush-Henrietta. At 2:52 of the first overtime period the Saints' Ryan Yunker scored his third goal of the game, assisted by Jeff Langschwager.

Langschwager opened up the scoring for the game for the Saints. That was followed soon after by Gino Marcello's first goal (assist by James Liveri). Marcello finished with 5 goals for the Saints. RH scored their first goal at 5:51 with Jake Alvarez hitting the back of the net on his only shot of the game. Marcello added two more goals for the Saints in the next three minutes (the first assisted by Trevor Jessop). RH struck again with Nate Delone scoring during a R-H man-down situation. Churchville-Chili used early RH penalties to help build their score as they scored two more goals before the first quarter ended, both in EMO. The Saints looked strong with a 6-2 lead after the first quarter.

The second quarter continued to be all Churchville-Chili. The Saints won the quarter 5-3. Yunker scored the first goal followed by Keith Preston who scored another man-up goal for CC. In all Churchville-Chili scored 4 out of 7 on EMO, while RH scored 3 out of 4 (including two during their fourth quarter comeback). Nate Delone scored his second for the Royal Comets with 7:04 remaining in the first half. Churchville continued scoring and finished with two late goals (1:32 and 1:18) to take an 11-5 lead into halftime.

The Royal Comets started to get their act together during the halftime break although Preston scored the first goal of the third quarter 0:46 in. Rush scored goals back to back with Ryan Leonard (from Delone) and Bobby Pattridge (from Aaron Bethmann) both finding the back of the net. Jon Hemink (assisted from Yunker) scored for the Saints to keep the six goal lead. However with 0:53 remaining in the third Colin Cornaire scored the first of his four goals to cut the lead down to five. The third quarter ended with the Saints up 13-8.

Adam Difulvio, the back-up goalie for the Saints, started the fourth quarter. 0:40 into the quarter Leonard scored to bring the lead down to four. With 5:40 remaining Pattridge scored (assisted by Cornaire) during an EMO. This cut the lead to three, and saw the return of starting goalie Sean Kettles to the Saints pipes. Difulvio finished with 2s/2ga. One minute later Cornaire scored his second goal during another EMO (assisted by Bethmann). The lead was now down to two. Cornaire scored the last two goals in regulation, unassisted at 1:56 and 1:29. The game moved onto to overtime.

The scoring drive began with a Kettles save from another Cornaire shot. Kettles made an outlet pass to Langschwager who beat his man down the sideline and looked to Ryan Yunker open near the crease.

The caliber of offense was present as both goalies had sub .500 games. Josh O'Shea, for RH, finished with 7s/14ga and Kettles, for CC, finished with 9s/11ga.

During a clearing attempt, Rush-Henrietta's Jon Roberts and Churchville-Chili's Scott Shamp collided helmet-to-helmet. Neither player returned to the game and Roberts was taken off the field by an ambulance, for precautionary measures.

Scoring for Churchville-Chili were Marcello (5g), Yunker (3g-1a), Preston (2g), Langschwager (1g-1a), Hemink (1g-1a), Pagano (1g), Yehl (1a), James Liberi (1a) and Jessop (1a).

Scoring for RH were Cornaire (4g), Delone (3g-1a), Pattridge (3g), Leonard (2g-1a), Bethmann (2a), Alvarez (1g) and Gmeinweiser (1a)..
  

Bath 10 - Midlakes 2

  Before the start of this season, the last game won by Bath was on May 6, 2005, when they defeated Newark in double overtime. The 2006 and 2007 seasons went winless, but this is a new year for the Rams and after today's 10-2 win over Midlakes, they are 4-2, with a two goal loss to Livonia and a one goal loss to McQuaid Jesuit.
  
Midlakes is a good team, currently 4-4, and so the game was expected to be a good one. It was, however, an off day for the Streaming Eagles and a good day for the Rams, who controlled both ends of the field and forced numerous Midlakes errors. Bath was relentless on defense, swarming the ball all over the defensive end of the field and picking up a majority of the ground balls.
  
Bath scored three unanswered goals in the first quarter. After ball time at both ends of the field, Bath scored the first goal at 7:29 when senior attackman, Dave Harris received a cross-crease pass from freshman attackman Zach Reed and scored with a wrist shot. At 3:43, senior middie McKenzie Durham scored the first of his 5g-1a from an isolation dodge from behind the cage. He used this technique for a number of his goals in the game. With just under two minutes in the quarter, Harris scored on his own isolation play, also dodging his defender from behind the cage. Midlakes slides were either late or nonexistent and they managed only one shot on the cage in the first quarter which ended with Bath up 3-0.
  
More than half of the second quarter was spent in transition and it wasn't until 4:02 that Bath scored on a man up play with a feed from Durham to Reed who bounced the ball over Jared Schoonerman's shoulder. Schoonerman had a good day in the cage, making 18 saves, many on one-on-one shots in the last quarter.
  
Midlakes scored their first goal of the game with 0:26 left in the half when sophomore attackman Tyler Brooks-Lambert broke up a Bath clear and ran toward the goal, dishing the ball to Conor Hogan for the score. Bath came right back, however, and after a technical face off win sent Durham right to the goal, scoring with a shot to top right corner. The half ended with the Rams up 5-1.
  
The Bath defensive unit comprised of sophomores Tim Wolfer, Mark Bart and Dylan Bennett and junior Brent Harrison ( long sticks) and Andy Nesbitt and Nick Rossi up front were aggressive and dominating as they pressured the ball wherever it went and forced many turnovers. They were able to limit Midlakes to outside shots and by taking their passing game off the table, forced them to try one-on-one drives that limited the need for goalie Chris Wolfer to make a lot of big saves.
  
Bath scored both goals in the third quarter. At 10:35, Durham scored again on an unassisted isolation play that left him one-on-one with Schoonerman. Zach Reed scored again, this time on his own isolation dodge from behind the cage for a on-one-one.
  
Midlakes scored their last goal early in the fourth quarter when Brooks-Lambert received a feed from Ben Uveges who was behind the cage and used a bounce shot which sailed over Wolfer's shoulder.
    
Bath finished the scoring with three goals. After a save by Schoonerman, the ball came out to the side of the cage where Reed picked up the ball and sent it to Nick Rossi who scored the man up goal at 8:28. Less than thirty seconds later, again after winning a technical face off, Durham executed a dodge in front of the cage and scored on the outside shot. He scored another unassisted goal at 2:24 to end the game scoring.
  
Scoring for Bath were Mckenzie Durham (5g-1a), Zach Reed (2g-2a), Dave Harris (2g) and Nick Rossi (1g). Chris Wolfer recorded 5s/2ga for Bath. Sophomore Matt Nesbitt won 12 out of 15 face offs for the Rams.
    
Scoring for Midlakes were Tyler Brooks-Lambert (1g-1a), Conor Hogan (1g) and Ben Uveges (1a). Jared Schoonerman finished with 18s/10ga for Midlakes.
     

Gates Chili 12 - Brighton 5

 Gates-Chili fought back from a 4-1 Brighton lead in the second quarter to defeat the Barons 12-5. The Spartans scored six unanswered goals, three of which came in a two minute span. Jason Baetzhold finished with 8s/5ga for the Spartans. Kyle Hohmann finished with 17s/12ga for Brighton. Brighton's Parker Warren and Ben Gordon, both seniors, scored the first ever Varsity goals. Two freshman scored in this afternoons game, one from each team; Max Brauer for Brighton and Grant Ferguson for Gates-Chili. The Spartans improve to 6-1, while the Barons fall to 0-8.
  
Scoring for Gates-Chili were Ferguson (5g), Brad Weber (2g-1a), Mike Green (3a), Jeff Fichtner (2g), Cam Gormel (1g-1a), defenseman Adam Wacenske (2a), Tom Elkins (1g) and Pat Sposato (1g).
  
Scoring for Brighton were Warren (2g), Matt Fedick (1g-1a), Evan Davis (1g), Gordon (1g) and Brauer (1a).
    

Pittsford 8 - Aquinas 6

 Pittsford improved their record to 4-3 with their 8-6 win over visiting Aquinas. The Little Irish dropped to 7-3 on the season. The game was close for the entire game with the score tied at two after one quarter, tied at three at the half and Pittsford with a one goal lead (4-3) after three quarters.
  
Scoring for Pittsford were Conor McDermott (5g-2a), TJ Iuppa (2g), Alex Kober (1g), Tom Rodenhouse (1a) and David Quinzi (1a). Brendan Green played the entire game and finished with 12s/6ga (66%).
  
Scoring for Aquinas were Cameron Corsaro (2g), Marc Brondon (1g-1a), Jasen Torres (1g-1a), Austin Gorman (2a), Mike Messina (1g) and Alex Gray (1g). In the cage, Kraig Heston finished with 11s/8ga (58%).
  

Penfield 17 - Greece Thunder 1

 Penfield defeated Greece Thunder 17-1 to remain undefeated at 7-0. Penfield led 9-1 after the first quarter and 13-1 at the half. Thirteen different Patriots made the score book. Kyle Vanthof was 7/8 at the face-off and Kevin Westcott was 5/5. For Thunder, Coach Perry said "Brandon Cheeseman (9 gb's) and Joe Prestigiacomo (7 gbs) played strong defense but Penfield was too much for Thunder."
  
Scoring for Penfield were Van Thof (1g-5a), Connor Rice (2g-3a), Tucker Nelson (4g), Kyle Denhoff (2g-1a), Gian Maggio (2g-1a), Tyler Zweifel (2g), Matt Malloy (2g), Mike Malloy (2a), Westcott (1g), Toby Terwilliger (1g), James Dwyer (1a), Jordan O'Brien (1a) and Ryan Regruit (1a). Kyle Semrau played the entire game in the cage and finished with 7s/1ga.
  
Scoring for Greece Ath/Ody were Nate Wallenhorst (1g) and Gino Prestigiacomo (1a). Andrew Hosenfeld finished with 15s/16ga for the Thunder, while Josh Bihrle finished 1s/1ga.
    

Geneva 20 - Livonia 9

 Geneva defeated Livonia 20-9 this afternoon. The Panthers won every quarter (5-2, 6-4, 3-2, 6-1) and played a strong game. Geneva Head Coach Russell said "It was a well played game that included a number of Livonia fast breaks and a serious day for the Geneva attack."
  
Scoring for Geneva were Kyle Boncaro (8g-3a), Alex Love (4g-3a), Eric Legott (2g-1a), Willie Rago (2g), Jim Warner (1g-1a), Dominic DiDuro (1g), Frank Triana (1g), Sean Bennett (1g) and Dan Torruella (1a). In the cage, Billy Craft finished with 5s/9ga.
  
Scoring for Livonia were Jeff Wester (1g-4a), Matt Girolmo (2g-1a), Cameron Ross (2g), Chris Bausch (1g-1a), Tyler Russell (1g), Mike Donals (1g) and Aaron Miller (1g). In the cage, Justin Becker played 43 minutes and finished with 5s/18ga while Kyle Whitford played for five minutes and had 2ga.
      

Spencerport 9 - Pal-Mac 4

 Spencerport made a strong fourth quarter effort to secure the win over Pal-Mac 9-4. The Rangers scored five unanswered goals in the fourth quarter and the game was tied 4-4 after three quarters. The Rangers played well in the last quarter. Mike Palvino made 6s in the fourth quarter alone to keep the Raiders from coming back. Palvino finished with 12s/4ga (75%). Justin Putt scored the first goal of the game for Spencerport (he finished with 4g) as well as winning 9/9 face-offs.
  
Scoring for Spencerport were Putt (4g), Kyle Mark (3g), Jon Robinson (2g-1a), Rich LaRock (2a), Mike Baldino (2a), Steve Hogan (1a) and Nick Fischer (1a).
  
Scoring for Pal-Mac were Chris Merritt (1g-1a), Peter Maklos (1g-1a), Mike DeMar (1g) and Justin Closser (1g). Tim Doyle played the entire game in the cage and finished with 13s/9ga (59%).

Frontier 15 - Newark 3

 Frontier (Section 6) defeated Newark 15-3. Scoring for Newark were Colin Johnson (2g) and Cody Skinner (1g). No information was available for Frontier.