| Penn Yan Advances |
June 7, 2006 - Penn Yan won
a decisive 8-1 victory over Canton (Section 10)
and will be the only Section Five team to advance
to the NYS semifinal round at Syracuse on Thursday.
Geneva lost 11-5 to Amherst (Section 6) and Penfield
lost 12-11 in the last minute of the game to Orchard
Park (Section 6).
The Mustangs of Penn Yan extended their winning
streak to 21 with their 8-1 Western Regional Championship
win over Canton Central (Section 10). The Golden
Bears, who beat Silver Creek (Section 6) in the
out bracket game on Saturday, won the right to play
the game closer to home as the game was played a
Liverpool High School (Section 3), rounghly halfway
between the Penn Yan and Canton.
The game saw a typically great defensive effort
by the Mustang defensive unit that included Tristan
Keas, Mike Manley, Preston Christensen, Dana Wilber,
Donnie Benedict, Chris Carlson and Mitch Kicher
and RJ Wickham who made 18 saves.
Scoring for Penn Yan were All Americans Dan Mesler
(3g), Steven Carlson and Dan McGuffie (2a). Ryan
Cook added (2g), Josh Perrault scored (1g) and Dan
Wolfe added (1a) for the Mustangs (21-1).
Next up, for the Mustangs is the semi final game
with Christian Brothers Academy, who beat Chenango
Forks (Section 4) 14-11 Tuesday. The Brothers (18-3)
won their first Section 3 Championship on Saturday
after beating Skaneateles 11-9. The game will be
played on Thursday at Cicero-North
Syracuse High School at 3:30.
In the Class B quarter finals, Amherst
(Section 6) was the 11-5 winner over Geneva. The
Tigers took a 5-2 first quarter lead. The Panthers
scored first in the second quarter with a goal by
RJ Gringeri, but Amherst came back with three more
before the halftime break. Amherst advances to play
Corning East (Section 4) at 8:00 pm on Thursday
at Cicero-North
Syracuse High School.
Many Section Five lacrosse fans were anticipating
the possibility of a Class A team reaching the finals
this year, but a powerful Penfield team, fell just
a bit short as Orchard Park (Section
6) won a 12-11 game with a goal by Tom Mitchell
with 0:43 left in the game.
It was an unusal game for the Patriots, who, with
All American face off specialist, Kelly McKenna
winning many face offs throughout the season, faced
the Quakers' Nick Brink who with the rest of the
OP face off team, won more than three quarters of
the draws in the game.
The Quakers came right out in the first quarter,
controlling most of the ball time and used five
different players to take a 5-1 lead after twelve
minutes.
The Patriots scored five straight goals in the second
quarter, also using five different players to take
a 6-5 lead before OP scored the last two goals of
the half. Each team added two goals in the third
quarter which ended with the Quakers up 9-7.
Penfield came back in the last quarter tying the
game at 11 with a goal by McKenna with 0:56 left
in the game. Brink then won the next faceoff when
the ball was popped out to Mictchell on the wing.
Mitchell ran the ball to the goal and scored at
0:43. Although Penfield gained control of the ball
after the next face off, they were unable send the
game into overtime.
Orchard Park (21-1) will play West Genesee (Section
3) at 5:30 on Thursday at Cicero-North
Syracuse High School.
NYS Brackets are available here
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