June 10, 2008 - Two out of three Section
Five teams won Western Regional Championships today. Canandaigua beat
Orchard Park 11-5 in the first game. Hamburg beat Geneva
13-9 in the second game and Penn Yan was the
18-2 winner over Salamanca. Many games throughout the state were postponed
until Wednesday due to weather issues.
West Genesee (Section 3) did beat Vestal (Section 4) 13-9 and will play against
Canandaigua on Thursday. Corning East (Section 4) beat Skaneateles (Section
3) in an exciting last minute win (10-9) in their Class C quarter final
game and will play against Penn Yan on Thursday.
CLASS A: Canandaigua 11 - Orchard Park 5
 The
Braves scored three goals in the first three-and-a-half minutes and took a
5-0 first quarter lead on their way to a 9-1 half and 11-5 win. Canandaigua benefited
from many Orchard Park penalties, included a three minute stick penalty to
start the fourth quarter and some exciting saves by Scott Bement who ended
the game with 15 saves. Orchard Park saw its first goal from Kevin Lalley with
2:33 left before halftime.
Scoring for Canandaigua were Brian Scheetz (3g), Justin Tomzak (1g-3a), Connor
Henderson (3g-1a), Austin Rogers (1g-2a), Marshall Johnson (1g-1a), Tom LaCrosse
(1g) and Tanner Scharr (1g-1a).
Scoring for Orchard Parks were Jeff Tundo (1g), Artie Marrapese (1g), Kevin
Lalley (1g) and Mike Allaire (2g). Ryan Cole made 9s/11ga for the Quakers who
end their season with a record of 19-3.
CLASS B: Hamburg 13 - Geneva 9
Section Four Champion Hamburg took a 5-0 lead in the first quarter, but Geneva
came back in the second with five of their own as the Bulldogs led 7-5 at the
half. Senior attackman Kyle Boncaro scored the last Geneva goal of the half
with just six seconds left, as he drove the crease and shot a one-handed underhand
shot that scored.
Senior middie Willie Rago cut Hamburg's lead to one at the top pf the third
(7-6), scoring at 8:46 and giving the Panthers a 6-1 run since the first quarter.
Joe Resetarits gave Hamburg an 8-6 lead, who then went on to add an assist
and then two more goals. Hamburg led after three quarters, 11-7.
Geneva scored twice to take the score to within two, but Resetarits scored
his sixth goal of the game with 1:12 left to put Hamburg up for good, 13-9.
The Bulldogs will move on to the State semi finals in Syracuse
and will face either Carthage (Section 3) or Chenango Forks (Section 4).
Individual stats will be available on Wednesday.
CLASS C: Penn Yan 18 - Salamanca 2
 Penn Yan dominated in the third game of
the day at Lewiston-Porter High School. The Mustangs scored two quick goals
in the first three minutes of the game and then scored two more in a ten second
period to take a 4-0 lead which became a 7-0 lead by the end of the first quarter.
With Penn Yan ahead 11-1 in the
last few seconds of the half, Salamanca's Christian Reiller scored a hidden-ball
trick play , holding the ball on the back of his stick and walking toward the
goal, where he flipped the ball in to the air and shot the ball on an unexpected
Penn Yan goalie. The Mustangs led 11-2 at the half.
With 7:22 left in the third quarter, Brendan Minor scored
Penn Yan's fourteenth goal sending the game into running time. The Mustangs
finished with four more for the 18-2 final. Matt Osgood had seven goals for
Penn Yan.
Penn Yan will face Corning East (Section 4) on Thursday at Coyne Field (Syracuse
University).
Scoring for Penn Yan were Nate Nichols (2g), Matt Osgood (8g-1a), Cole Castle
(3g-1a), John Linnan (2g-1a), Adam Trombley (2g-4a), Brendan Minor (1g), Jamil
Modafarri (1a) and Dana Wilber (1a). Ethan Kamholtz had 9 saves for the Mustangs.
Scoring for Salamanca were Christian Reiller and Damon Biscup who each scored
one goal. Salamanca who finished their season with a 17-3 record.
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