Check out the results for SOL boys’ lacrosse teams in action on Wednesday.
CHELTENHAM 14, CHURCH FARM 1
The Panthers rebounded from a disappointing showing in Monday’s 20-5 non-league loss to Upper Darby to rout visiting Church Farm.
“We just plum didn’t show up on Monday – that’s pretty much what happened,” coach Michael DiPuppo said. “It happens at times, but you know what, when you think you’re going to go in and you feel comfortable that you can beat a team and they beat you by 15 goals, you kind of question things.”
There was no question that a different Panther team showed up on Wednesday, opening up a 6-0 lead after one period and extending that to 8-0 by halftime. CFS scored its only goal of the game in the third period.
“We had a really good day of practice on Tuesday morning, and we came out ready tonight, so that’s really all that matters,” DiPuppo said. “We kind of forgot about what happened on Monday and that ‘game’ and really stepped up and played well tonight, so we’re very happy.”
Tim McHugh had another stellar outing, finishing with six goals and three assists. Harry Stackhouse added three goals and two assists. Jade Siojo had two goals, Brian Noel added one goal and one assist while Alex Townshend and Daniel Lee had one goal each.
“Our offense really kind of sets the tone,” DiPuppo said. “You see it in the stats with Tim (McHugh). Even when we turn the ball over or they make a save and clear, our offense is really pressing our rides, which creates some nice turnovers, which happened tonight and created a lot of situations where we got the ball back and it gave us extra possessions.
“Extra possessions are going to give us better opportunities. Early in the season, we relied on Daniel Lee’s face-offs where he was averaging 65-70 percent on face-offs. These are our extra possessions that we thought we were going to get. Yet, we lose 16-3 to Council Rock North, so those extra possessions were not creating scoring changes.
“Whereas against Norristown and again tonight, they’re creating opportunities, and we’re playing team offense. Out of the 14 goals, we had nine assists. That means we’re working the ball around, guys are moving, and we’re finding the open man. When people are going to start keying on Tim, we’ve got to find people that are going to put the ball in the back of the net. When you have nine assists on 14 goals, we’re finding the guys that are open, and that’s what we’ve got to keep doing.”
Siojo led the defense with nine ground balls, and Lee won 6-of-9 face-offs.
Harvey Miller was credited with two saves in the win.
Cheltenham (3-4, 0-1 SOL) will travel to Hatboro-Horsham on Tuesday.
Church Farm 0-0-1-0 1
Cheltenham 6-2-2-4 14
QUAKERTOWN 15, PERKIOMEN PREP 5
Jeffrey Royall turned in a stellar outing on attack, leading the Panthers with seven goals and one assist. Jacob Barndt and Jake Lewis both added a hat trick. Scott Keck had one goal and two assists, and Sam Barndt contributed one goal and one assist.
Gavin Hilleart won 5-of-7 face-offs while Chase Oliver led the defense, scooping up seven ground balls.
Chris Brady was credited with 12 saves in a solid outing in goal.
Quakertown (3-3, 0-1) will travel to Wissahickon on Tuesday.
Quakertown 3-4-4-4 15
Perkiomen Prep 2-0-3-0 5
SOUDERTON 13, POPE JOHN PAUL II 5
Jake Phaup had another monster performance for the Indians. The Syracuse-bound senior was a near-perfect 17-of-18 on face-offs, and he also led the Indians with four goals.
Cole Witoslawski and Walker Martin both added a hat trick. Witoslawski also had a pair of assists. Trent Breneman had a pair of goals while Stephen Blue had one goal and three assists.
Axell Beskar was credited with eight saves in goal for the Indians.
Souderton (7-0, 1-0 SOL) will travel to Abington on Tuesday.
NOTRE DAME (N.J.) 11, PENNSBURY 9
Ben Abraham's four goals and Ryan Kelly’s hat trick led the Falcons’ attack while Nick Sutton finished with one goal and two assists, and Luke Vando had one goal and one assist. Gavin Fleming had two assists and Will Anderson added an assist.
Defensively, Bryse Raniello led the way with four ground balls. Pennsbury goalie Tim Davis recorded 13 saves.
Pennsbury (2-3) will host Council Rock North on Tuesday in its SOL opener.
NESHAMINY 12, BOYERTOWN 11
SPRING-FORD 16, CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 5
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