| Saturday: The End of Spring Break |
April 17, 2004 - With school back in session on Monday, this was the last chance for games during spring break-2004. There were a couple of last minute come-back wins that delighted the fans.
 Canandaigua scored the first four goals and held Irondequoit score-less until the 8:25 mark of the third quarter. Patience was the name of the game  as the Braves methodically held the ball on offense, constantly moving the ball around the outside and looking for only the "right moment" to shoot.
Junior middie, Dan Groot scored the first goal at the 10:00 mark of the first quarter with an assists from Steve Smith. Junior attackman, Chris Mulheron scored the first of his two goals at 7:09 and the quarter ended at 2-0. Aaron Manzer scored and unassisted goal in the 2nd quarter, ending the half at 3-0.
“It was one of the best defensive games I can remember,” Canandaigua coach John Johnson told the Finger Lakes Times. “To hold a quality team like Irondequoit to one goal over the first 36 minutes is pretty special.”
In the third quarter Irondequoit got on the scoreboard when sophomore middie, Derek Pino found the net with an assist from senior attackman, Jon Timkey.
The Eagles mounted a comeback attempt starting at the 5:42 mark of the last quarter with two goals by Sean Doyle (one in man up) and one by Timkey with 0:10 left in the game.
Six different players scored for the Braves including Mulheron (2g), Groot (1g-2a), Mike Pane (1g), Tyler Emery (1g-1a), Brian Hadsell (1g), and Manzer (1g). Senior defenseman, Grady Moore had a number of key takeaways and sophomore goalie, Dan Serafine recorded 4 saves for Canandaigua (5-0).
Irondequoit (2-2) was led by Timkey (1g-2a), Doyle (2g), and Pino (1g).
Penn Yan came back from a 7-5 deficit at the start of the last quarter to win, 8-7 in their game with Webster Schroeder at the DeWitt School. Sophomore midfielder, Dan Mesler (3g-1a) scored the winning goal with 50 seconds left in the game after receiving a feed from junior attackman, Jon VanHouten (1g-1a). Senior attackman, Kyle Eakens added 1g-2a and senior middie helped with 1g-1a. Senior defenseman Derek Christensen added an assist for the Penn Yan. Freshman goalie, RJ Wickham recorded 8 saves for the Mustangs (4-2).
Junior middie, Mike Catalino and junior middie, Jack Mooney each scored two goals for Schroeder (2-2). [No report from Schroeder.]
Livonia's senior middie led the day with 5g as the bulldogs beat host Hilton 10-7. Senior attackman, Ryan Rossborough (2g-2a), junior middie, Josh Hendrickson and freshman attackman, Brian Sciera (2g) hit the books for Livonia (2-2), while sophomore goalie, Aaron Jamison recorded 11 save.
Scoring leaders for the Cadets were eighth grade attackman, Mitch Ritchie with 4g-1a and senior midfielder, Jason Ramble with 1g-2a. Hilton is now 1-3
Geneva entered the game 3-1 while McQuaid Jesuit came to the game with a 0-5 record, but in the end it was the Knights winning 5-4 in this exciting, non-league game held at McQuaid Jesuit.
 First year Varsity Head Coach, Rob Warren saw his team battle back from a 3-1 halftime deficit to earn their first home victory in 2004. During the halftime break, Warren and defensive coach, Rich Rund told his team to put two men on every ground ball. Constantly yelling "two men. . . two men", the coaches push the Knights to get more
free balls.
The second half saw McQuaid Jesuit pick up many key ground balls, especially on the defensive side of the field. The extra ball time allowed the Knights to get the shots that produced the win. Senior middie, Matt Evans scored the unassisted tying goal at 4:33 left in the game.
With time running out, Geneva took a shot that was blocked and then picked up by McQuaid Jesuit's senior goalie, David Yahoodik (12 saves) who made a crisp lead pass to senior defenseman Chris Ragan who forced the fast break. When the Geneva defense rushed to pick Ragan up, he made the feed to junior attackman, Scott Rubino (1g-1a) who scored the winning goal with 0:43 left in the game.
Junior attackman, Tyler Rubino led the scoring for McQuaid Jesuit with 3g. Ragan, who picked up 4 ground balls, had a number of key take aways for the defense.
Four different players scored for Geneva including senior attackman, Luke Bonney (1g-1a), junior middie, Jake Queener (1g), freshman attackman, John Warner (1g) and junior attackman, Chris Toner (1g). Freshman attackman, Greg Bonney added an assist for Geneva. [No report from Geneva.]
Thomas moved to 3-2 with a win at Hamburg (Section 6) by a score of 12-9. Although tied at 1 aft the end of the first quarter, the Titans scored 3 unanswered goals to take a 5-3 into the halftime break. Thomas doubled their score in the third quarter and finished with two more.
Webster was led by sophomore attackman, Kevin Kemp with 3g, senior attackman, Steve Hutton (4g) and senior attackman, John Schumacher with 1g-2a. John Concordia registered 13 saves for the Titans.
Waterloo beat Tecumseh 12-6 as the Michigan team traveled through western New York on a spring break trip. Senior middie/attackman, Dave Osborne scored 5g for Waterloo while junior offensivemen, T.J. Radka and Gordy Lahr added 2g each. Senior, Mike Strohm scored 1g-2a for Waterloo (4-2). Tecumseh dropped to 2-3. [No report from Waterloo.]
Rush-Henrietta took the trip to Penfield where the Patriots dominated 15-1 behind the efforts of junior attackmen, Tim Pfeffer (4g-1a) and Trevor Rice (2g-4a). Junior midfielder, Mike Thon added 3g-1a and won 9 of 10 face offs for Penfield (5-0).
Senior middie, Joe Malach scored for R-H (1-2). [Only scores reported .]
It was host Orchard Park of Section 6 over Fairport, 10-7. Senior attackman, Pat VanHall scored 1g-3a and sophomore attackman, Pat Reilly added 1g-2a for the Red Raiders. Pete Gibbons added 2g and Tom Rynn added 2a for Fairport (1-3) who have now been downed by three of the top area teams, including Corning East (6-0), Canandaigua (5-0), and OP.Senior goalie, Sean Miller made 8 saves.
It was Aquinas over Brighton 13-8 as senior attackman, Bob DeFreeze scored 7g-1a while midfielders, Connor Burgasser (2g-3a) and Pat Eyre (2g) scored for the Little Irish (3-2). Senior goalie, Jeff Walker recorded 12 saves. Brighton's record is 3-1. [No report from Brighton.] |
