CB South, North Penn & CB East were victorious in SOL boys’ lacrosse, and on the girls’ side, CB West, Pennridge, Upper Moreland, Neshaminy, Springfield & Pennsbury were winners. PW/CB South photos provided by Keith Clemens Photography. CLICK HERE to go directly to our photo galleries.
Boys
CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 12, PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 7
The CB South Titans won their match-up Wednesday against Plymouth Whitemarsh, outscoring the Colonials 8-3 in the second half after battling their host to a 4-4 halftime tie.
The difference in the second half?
“The energy,” coach Mike Strayline said. “It’s so hard to get kids pumped up, but we talked at halftime. We knew we were in the game. We already had two games where we started out really slow and played really well towards the end of the game.
“In the second half, a few guys stepped up and got everybody going. Donte Poli and Austin Novick stepped up and had some good comments at halftime, and the guys listened. Our momentum in the second half was really good.”
Sophomore's Colin Abbonizio and Logan Swangler led the Titans with three goals and one assist each. Senior Dante Poli and junior Austin Novick each scored one goal and had three assists. Goals were also scored by senior Joe DeLaurentis, sophomore Tyler Horvath, and juniors Dylan Grosso and Jake Reilly. Freshman Christian Manibo and Horvath each scooped six ground balls, and Swangler had three. Seniors Connor Falkowski, Dylan Cramm, Matt Stoll and Evan Casey, along with sophomore Matt McDonald and junior Angus Ballantine, had two ground balls each.
Falkowski led the Titans with three forced turnovers, Novick had two, and Ballantine, seniors Evan Quinn and Joe Maag, and junior Dylan McCrory each had one forced turnover. Horvath went 10-18 at the X, and Stoll 1-3. Goalies Bobby Sautner (seven saves) and Colin Bernstein (two saves) combined for nine saves.
“We’re very young,” Strayline said. “We have a lot of sophomores that are contributing. I have a freshman starting on defense – Christian Manibo, and he played amazingly.”
Dylan Cramm gave the Titans a boost off the bench in the third quarter.
“Dylan Cramm got an opportunity to play on defense, and he played really well,” Strayline said. “We have an award now with the hard hat for the player that works the hardest, and he took the hard hat award today. He played in the second half and really played well.”
Central Bucks South (1-2) will host Holy Ghost Prep on Monday at 5:30 p.m., and Plymouth Whitemarsh (0-3) will host Lower Merion on Friday at 3:30 p.m.
Central Bucks South 2-2-5-3 12
Plymouth Whitemarsh 2-2-2-1 7
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 12, COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 2
(Submitted article)
The CB East Patriots took the field on a blustery Wednesday for their first Suburban One National conference game of the year against Council Rock North. Despite the gale force winds, the Patriots managed to control the game with a 12-2 victory over the Indians.
It was a true team effort on the offensive end. A total of nine Patriots recorded points in the contest, including junior Ryan Stout’s five goals, one assist and senior Michael Ott’s two goals, three assists. Senior Jacob Manion had two goals, senior Brant Billingsley had two assists, and sophomore Ryan Gray had one goal and one assist. Senior Colin Stein (one goal), senior Greg Scholz (one assist), senior Ryan Bullotta (one assist), and junior Ryan Carroll (one goal) rounded out the scoring.
East was able to gain and maintain possession most of the game due to Michael Ott’s 12 of 14 face-off wins. Ott also had a team high eight ground balls. Jake Kueny added one face-off win and five ground balls.
The Patriots defense was stellar once again, led by Kueny’s five caused turnovers, and tough goaltending by Liam Rosenthal and RJ Miller, who combined for six saves. Scooping up two ground balls each were John Galow, Brant Billingsley, Ryan Stout, Jacob Manion and RJ Miller. Tyler Tracy, Hayden Durr, Daniel Burgos and Drew Bethke each had one ground ball. Ott, Bethke, Galow and Nick Lyons all had one caused turnover.
The Patriots (3-0) will host West Chester Rustin at home on Saturday, at 1 pm. Council Rock North (2-2) will host Great Valley on Thursday at 3:30 p.m.
Council Rock North 0-0-1-2 3
Central Bucks East 3-5-2-2 12
NORTH PENN 7, SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP 5
The Spartans battled the Knights to a 2-2 halftime tie, and it was a 5-5 game heading into the final quarter when the Knights scored a pair of unanswered goals to earn the hard fought win.
Danny Payne scored two goals and assisted on two others. Matt Dickson also had a pair of goals while Eric Diamond had a goal and two assists. Adding single goals were Lucas Yannul and Jack Kim. Nic Conroy had a pair of assists.
For the Spartans, Paul Richardson had two goals while TJ White, Brian Mainenshein and Zack Coppol each added a single goal.
For the Knights, Terry Arnott won five face-offs, and RJ Macnamara won four. Knight goalie Bryon Rimmer recorded three saves in the win.
North Penn (4-1) will host Academy of the New Church on Monday at 3:45 p.m., and Springfield Township (2-2) will travel to New Hope-Solebury on Monday for a 4:30 p.m. contest.
Springfield Township1-1-3-0 5
North Penn 2-0-3-2 7
ABINGTON 13, FRANKFORD 1
Junior Nate Rose scored four goals, and senior Jake Geiger added a hat trick to lead the Ghosts to a rout of Frankford on Wednesday. Geiger also had an assist. Junior Marco McAfee contributed two goals and two assists, and freshman Alex Woll had a goal and two assists. Contributing one goal each were junior Dominic Ricciardi and freshmen Evan Figueroa and Ryan Tobin.
MORAVIAN ACADEMY 15, QUAKERTOWN 8
Girls
PENNSBURY 12, WISSAHICKON 11 (OT)
(Article submitted by Pennsbury lacrosse)
A little more than 20 minutes into its season opener Wednesday evening at Wissahickon, about the last thing that the Pennsbury girls lacrosse team figured to be doing at the end of the game was celebrating. And yet there were the Falcons when it finally ended, flying off the team bench together, all smiles, after digging their way out of an early hole for an unlikely, but highly satisfying, victory.
Pennsbury fell behind by six goals after 20 minutes and then shifted up a few gears, rallying to tie the game on a late Sarah Mac Davis free position goal and then winning it 12-11 in overtime on Lilly Nolan's third goal of the game, assisted by Emelie Curtis.
Annie Price led Pennsbury with five goals, and sophomore goalie Natalie Smith made 15 saves, nine in the first half, when the game really could have gotten away from the Falcons.
Pennsbury scored first, on a goal by Boston College field hockey commit Nell Webber, but the Trojans went on a big run, going up 7-1 after 20 minutes. Even after Price got one back, Wissahickon answered again, making it an 8-2 game.
The lead was still four for Wissahickon at 11-7 with 11:43 to play before Curtis sandwiched two free position goals around Price's fifth, making it 11-10 with 6:23 left.
Davis brought the Falcons all the way back with her own free position score with 2:54 to go in the second half, and neither team would score for the rest of regulation.
Wissahickon won the draw to start the overtime but turned it over. Pennsbury would clear, and then, after the teams traded turnovers near the Trojan goal (running the total number of turnovers between the teams for the night to 42), the F&M bound Nolan ended it when she curled around the goal, took a feed from Curtis and scored the winner.
Pennsbury (1-0) will host Villa Joseph Marie on Friday at 3:45 p.m., and Wissahickon (1-3) will be on the road at Central Bucks South on Monday for a 3:30 p.m. contest.
CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 11, PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 5
West’s trio of Division One recruits showcased their talents in Wednesday’s win, accounting for 10 of the team’s 11 goals.
Maddie Maio (University of Delaware) scored four goals and assisted on another. Finley Ueland (University of Southern California) scored three goals and assisted on two others, and Dani Dundas (Old Dominion University) also finished with a hat trick as the Bucks won for the fourth time in as many games to open the season.
“I am very proud of the team tonight,” coach Tara Schmucker said. “Everyone contributed, and both ends executed the plan well.”
The Bucks roared out of the starting gate to a 5-1 halftime lead and never looked back.
“CB West was the better team tonight,” PW coach Ellen Reilly said. “They came out and took control from the draw. They dominated draw control.
“(We) struggled to possess the ball when they had their opportunities. The last quarter of the game we fought back, but it was too little too late.”
Liv Fitzgerald also had a goal for the Bucks. Lauren Ring was credited with two saves in goal.
Schmucker acknowledged it was hard to single out players in the team win and acknowledged some of the team’s unsung heroes.
“Eva Altadonna did a great job on her mark up,” the Bucks’ coach said. “Lucy Varner’s defensive effort with four ground balls and three caused turnovers was impressive.
“Finley, along with her offensive stats, showed a lot of hustle on the re-defend.”
Ali Diamond and Kennedy Reardon each scored a pair of goals. Diamond also had an assist. Mackenzie Leszczynski added a single goal.
Central Bucks West (4-0) will host Downingtown West on Friday at 7 p.m. Plymouth Whitemarsh (2-2) will travel to Radnor on Friday for a 3:45 p.m. contest.
Plymouth Whitemarsh 1-4 5
Central Bucks West 5-6 11
UPPER MORELAND 14, COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 3
Jess Flanagan and Emma Meakim both had a hand in six goals. Flanagan scored four goals and assisted on two others while Meakim had two goals and four assists.
Flanagan also had 10 draw controls.
“Her draw controls were the key to our success,” coach Kim Frantz said.
Meghan O’Donnell scored twice and assisted on two others, and Bryanna Gordon had a pair of goals and an assist. Adding one goal each were Chloe Leiter, Moira Olexa, Maddie Grace Wood and Cassidy Hirsch.
“We had a great game as a team with eight different girls scoring and assists from five different people, including four assists from Emma Meakim,” Frantz said. “We are excited to play Jenkintown tomorrow.”
UM goalie Cheyanne Grumm recorded three saves in the win.
Chloe Ondria accounted for all three of Rock North’s goals.
Upper Moreland (4-0) will host Jenkintown at 3:30 p.m., and Council Rock North (0-1) will host Springfield Township on Friday.
Council Rock North 1-2 3
Upper Moreland 11-3 14
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP 17, BONNER-PRENDERGAST 4
The Spartans seized early control of Wednesday’s contest, racing to a 12-2 halftime lead on their way to mercy rule win.
Ellie Hamilton had a hand in nine goals, scoring three and assisting on six. She also had six draw controls. Lindsey Smith had a team high five goals to go along with five draw controls, and Emily Walsh had four goals and three draw controls. Adding one goal each were Allie Cottone, Charlotte Henry, Ella Marino and Maddie Yoder. Cottone also had one draw control and one ground ball while Marino had two ground balls and Yoder, one ground ball. Molly McGoldrick scooped up one ground ball, and Sophia Perry chipped in an assist.
Annie Ryan was credited with two saves in goal in the win.
Springfield Township (2-0) will travel to Council Rock North on Friday for a 3:30 p.m. contest.
Bonner Prendergast 2-2 4
Springfield Township12-5 17
PENNRIDGE 18, COATESVILLE 2
Eight players contributed goals in the Rams’ rout of the Raiders. Casey Hefner led the way with four goals and an assist, and Alex Lippmann had a hat trick. Jenna Lund, one of five players with two goals, had a team high three assists. Miya Wagner, Macy Price, Morgan Wahlters and Jill Csaszar all had two goals and one assist. Aubrey Miller chipped in one goal.
“Casey Hefner, Macy Price and Morgan Wahlers dominated on the draw control, almost winning all the draws,” coach Karen Schnurr said. “The team worked together and was able to mesh as one unit. We’re ready for tomorrow against Saucon Valley and then Friday against Upper Dublin.”
Pennridge (1-1) will be on the road at Saucon Valley on Thursday (5 p.m.).
NESHAMINY 16, QUAKERTOWN 5
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