Boys
ABINGTON 17, NESHAMINY 6
Junior Cameron Leech had a hand in nine goals to lead the Ghosts, scoring three and assisting on six others. Hunter Jones had a team high four goals, and Joey Lomady and Matt Gormley both had two goals and one assist. Will Dulin, Matt Bross and John Wink each connected on a pair of goals, and Brian Gallagher chipped in an assist.
Goalies Blake Friedman (six saves) and Luke Werner (five saves) combined to make 11 saves for the Ghosts.
PENNSBURY 14, HARRY S TRUMAN 2
The Falcons opened up a 4-1 lead at the end of one quarter and took a 7-1 lead into halftime on their way to the big win.
Zach Abraham led a balanced Falcon attack with four goals while Nick Dugan connected for the hat trick and one assist. Jared Petty contributed two goals and two assists, and Grant Montgomery added two goals and one assist. John Conte and Lyle Arvanites each had one goal and one assist. Chase Mako had one goal and Brian Doron, one assist, to close out the scoring.
Defensively, the Falcons limited the Tigers to just four shots. Kyle Morris and Baez accounted for Truman’s two goals.
Pennsbury goalies Jack Kenney and Cameron Hansen were each credited with one save. Zack Bennett had 12 saves in goal for the Tigers.
Pennsbury 4-3-1-6 14
Harry S Truman 1-0-1-0 2
HATBORO-HORSHAM 10, NORTH PENN 2
Nick Paci (three goals, one assist), Zach Erwine (three goals), Pierre Armstrong (five assists) and Brendan Mulligan (two goals) led the Hatters offensively. Logan Eldridge (one goal, one assist) and Matt McPoyle (one goal) also contributed to a good day for the Hatters’ offense.
Jack Morris led the team with five ground balls, and Jake Cresta, Matt McPoyle, Keith Cameron and Ryan Moore anchored a defense that limited the Knights to just two goals.
Once again Marc Poust was efficient in net, recording 12 saves on 14 shots.
The Hatters (5-2, 4-1 SOL) return to action on Thursday when they will travel to Wissahickon for a non-league matchup.
SOUDERTON 13, PENNRIDGE 6
The Indians opened up a 7-1 halftime lead on their way to Tuesday’s win. Cory Alauf led the Indians with four goals, and teammate Greg Gibbs connected for the hat trick. Jonny Rice had a pair of goals, and Cordell Armstrong, Trent Breneman, Anthony Potts and Cam Trick each scored one goal.
WISSAHICKON 13, UPPER MERION 3
Brooks Melvin (four goals, one assist) and Luke Gomez (three goals, two assists) led the Trojans in Tuesday night’s win. Nate Degroat, John Carrozza and Zach Scannapieco each had one goal and one assist. Alex Ortiz, Neal Guaglianone and John Esposito each had one goal, and Pat Magdalinski had one assist.
Mike Zadroga had a pair of goals to lead the Vikings.
Jack Myers was credited with nine saves and Noah Katz had one as the duo combined for 10 saves for the Trojans.
Upper Merion0-0-0-3 3
Wissahickon 5-2-4-2 13
Girls
HATBORO-HORSHAM 15, CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 14 (OT)
The overtime had barely gotten underway when Maria Guerra – with five goals already to her credit – came up with the ball on the draw and sprinted downfield for the game-winning goal.
The Hatters had won Tuesday night’s thriller at War Memorial Field, but the Bucks – who haven’t come close to beating the defending Continental Conference champs in years - were feeling more proud than disappointed.
“It was a game to remember, and although we didn’t come out with the win in overtime, they can hang with the best of them, and I am very proud of them for never giving up,” West coach Tara Schmucker said.
The Bucks were fired up long before Tuesday’s game even started.
“At the end of practice yesterday, we talked about it,” West’s Sarah Gebre said. “It definitely helps to hear everyone cheering each other on.
“It makes you keep your head up and stay positive. Even if you’re down by five or down by one, the positivity always helps. We do have a really positive team.”
The Bucks needed every ounce of that positivity when they fell behind 6-1 after a turnover set up a goal by Rachel Rausa at the 14:34 mark of the opening half. By that time, Maria Guerra – who led all scorers with six goals – and Katie McKay both had a pair of goals and Casey Swezey had one as the Hatters appeared to be off and running.
Making matters even worse for the Bucks was the fact that senior Elena Romesburg was on the sidelines after limping off the field at the 18:31 mark.
The senior standout returned, and it wasn’t long before Romesburg found the net at the 9:49 mark, turning a Meghan Tillger pass into a goal after a Jacq Fitzgerald takeaway.
Just over a minute later, Tillger scored (Fitzgerald assist), and it was a 6-3 game. Guerra (McKay assist) answered for the Hatters, but Tillger scored off the rebound of a goalie save of her shot to make it a 7-4 game, and when Fitzgerald came up with the ball on the ensuring draw, the stage was set for a Sarah Gebre goal, pulling the Bucks to within two and prompting Swezey to call a quick timeout.
“They were a threat on offense,” Guerra said. “They definitely saw that our defense was a little slow today. We weren’t getting that second slide, and they saw that, and they capitalized on it.
“That was a really good move on their part.”
Swezey scored on a come-around goal to put the Hatters on top 8-5, and when Rasua scored (Annette Desipio assist) after a Jenna Cutilli takeway, the Hatters led 9-5 with 2:25 remaining in the half.
That was still plenty of time for the Bucks to do some damage, and they did. A Fitzgerald goal was followed seconds later by an Elle Ueland goal, and the Bucks trailed by just two at the intermission (9-7).
“They did a solid job of moving the ball up the field,” coach Swezey said. “We were putting good pressure on the ball, but they weren’t giving it up. They weren’t giving up unforced turnovers.
“Sometimes you try and pick someone out that you can turn around and double on and try and steal the ball. I don’t think we had that opportunity today, and you felt kind of stymied sometimes.”
A Romesburg goal off the opening draw of the second half made it a one-goal game, and a nifty play by freshman Bryn Boylan, who came up with an interception and converted it into a quick goal, knotted the score 9-9 less than three minutes into the second half.
The Hatters responded like champions, and it was Swezey turning a Rausa pass into a goal, and when Guerra scored on a free position, the Hatters led 11-9. Again, the Bucks came roaring back, using goals by Amanda Gundlach and Fitzgerald to knot the score 11-1.
Twice McKay gave the Hatters a one-goal lead – both times the Bucks responded. First it was Boylan connecting, and the next time it was Euland on the left post turning a nice Gebre pass on a free position into a goal.
“We’ve been practicing since the fall, and with all the practices, we’ve kind of become one,” Gebre said. “We’re used to each other, and we set each other up to do the best we can. We just know each other so well.”
The Bucks took their first and only lead when Gundlach scored on a come-around goal with 2:49 remaining in regulation. Rausa came up with the ball on the draw, and it was Guerra knotting the score.
The Hatters had a pair of shots to win it in the final minute of regulation, but sophomore goalie Molly Naylor, who had 17 saves in a huge performance, stopped both.
“Their goalie – the first eight shots of the game she looked like an All-American,” Swezey said. “I was like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me.’ She had a lot of saves.
“They were on a high, and our girls were doubting themselves a little bit.”
“Molly came up huge for us tonight,” Schmucker said. “Especially in the first half when Elena was out with an injury, and it seemed we could not get a draw control.”
The Hatters took the suspense out of overtime when Guerra scored off the draw, but the Bucks had put up quite a fight.
“I knew that it was going to be a good game coming into it because I play club with some of the girls on the team,” Guerra said. “We knew they had some good ball handlers, but I didn’t think it was going to be this close.”
Schmucker had no complaints about her team’s performance.
“Something we have been really working on is handling the pressure,” West coach she said. “In past years, especially against Hatboro, they’re great at pressuring in the midfield.
“We’ve been sticking extra girls on defense to get used to having that pressure. One of the things I would say about our attack – everyone is a threat out there. I don’t have an attacker who’s not a threat. When you have that type of team, you don’t have to worry about getting it in the hands of one person every single time.
“I think that’s what was hard for them. We had a freshman Bryn Boylan stepping up and Amanda (Gundlach) taking that last shot. We had attackers all over the place just really helping out. It’s something we’ve been working on.
“In past years when we’ve played teams like this, we’ve backed down from pressure like that. We knew that was going to be something that would keep us in the game or take us out of it.”
Schmucker went on to credit her defense.
“As a team, Hatboro can handle the ball really well and they’re super fast,” the Bucks coach said. “Defensively, I think we held with them and we slowed them down. That’s another thing they should be proud of.
“What they should take away from this game is that we can hold on with the best of them. They have to believe they can beat the best teams.”
While the Bucks fell to 6-1, the Hatters improved to 4-4.
“We just came off a game against Great Valley that we lost 11-12,” Guerra said. “That was a really fun game for us.
“I really like games like this. It really pushes us as a team, and it makes us play well when you play a good team like West.”
Hatboro-Horsham 9 5 1-15
Central Bucks West 7 7 0-14
ABINGTON 14, PENNSBURY 9
Jeannie Van Buren scored six goals and teammate Rachel Morris added four to lead the Ghosts to the non-league win over the Falcons Tuesday night. Mikki Raymond added the hat trick, and Kat Thallon added a single goal for the Ghosts, who led 7-6 at the intermission.
For the Falcons, Lindsey Lubiak had four goals while Sarah Benzinger, Missy Frankil, Ella Gambell, Carson Smith and Rachel Pierce each added single goals.
Abington goalie Sabrina Barrett recorded five saves while Pennsbury’s Kayla Kunde had three saves.
Pennsbury 6 3-9
Abington 7 7-14
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