Check out the recaps for SOL boys/girls lacrosse teams in action Friday. CB West/CR North photos provided courtesy of Diana Leferovich. Check back for a gallery of action photos.
Boys
NORTH PENN 12, COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 9
Danny Payne scored five goals to lead the visiting Knights to the National Conference win Friday afternoon. Matthew Dickson and Lucas Yannul added two goals each. Andrew Kelly, T.J. Macnamra, and Dakari Luby also scored goals.
Yanul added an assist, while Byron Rimmer made seven saves in goal.
The Knights improved to 10-5 overall and 5-2 in conference while South slipped to 7-6 and 3-4. North Penn will travel to Harry S Truman on Monday, and Council Rock South will host Pennridge on Monday.
North Penn 2 4 4 2—12
Council Rock South 1 1 2 5—9
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 12, PENNSBURY 1
The visiting Patriots jumped out to a 7-0 first-quarter lead and rolled to an easy win on Friday. The Patriots held the Falcons scoreless for the entire first half.
Michael Ott led the way for East with five goals. Greg Scholz and Ryan Stout added two each, Collin Stein, Jacob Manion, and Jake Ventresca had one each. Ryan Stout had two assists while Manion, Scholz, Ryan Bullotta and Dan Burgos contributed one each.
Ott collected eight ground balls and won seven faceoffs.
Drew Bethke gathered three ground balls, Joey Beahan two, Jake Kueny two, and Bullotta, Pat Volko, and John Galow one each. Volko won two faceoffs and Kueny one.
Liam Rosenthal made eight saves in goal while R.J. Miller added one.
Luke Vando scored Pennsbury’s loan goal.
East (12-2, 7-0 SOL) will face Catholic League power La Salle on Saturday. Pennsbury (8-7, 2-5) will be on the road at Pennridge on Monday.
C.B. East 7 2 2 1—12
Pennsbury 0 0 1 0—1
CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 24, NESHAMINY 10
A record-setting performance by Dante Poli highlighted the host Titans’ win on Friday. The senior scored a school-record nine goals in his team’s National Conference win. He also had four assists for a 13-point night.
Colin Abbonizio scored three times for South. Dylan Grosso Jake Reilly, and James Ruger twice each. Angus Ballantine, Tyler Horvath, Matt Stoll, Austin Novick, Chase Holley and Logan Swangler all scored single goals. Abbonizio and Grosso had three assists each, Ballantine, Horvath and Holley one each.
Horvath led the Titans with 13 ground balls, Stoll collected seven and Swangler five. Evan Quinn and D.J. Loverdi had three each. Poli, Grosso, Matt McDonald and Evan Casey had two each, Abbonizio, Reilly, and Lorenzo Marin one each.
Horvath was 19-of-28 on faceoffs and Stoll 3-for-8
Bobby Sautner made four saves in goal and Colin Bernstein one.
South improved to 9-5 and 4-3 in the National Conference. The Titans will host Pennsbury on Monday night at 7:15 p.m. Neshaminy fell to 7-9 and 1-6. The Redskins will host Council Rock North on Monday.
CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 17, COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 8
Erik Ojert, Joey Rockovich, and Michael Samson scored three goals each as the visiting Bucks prevailed on Friday in the National Conference matchup. West built an 11-3 by halftime and was never threatened.
Mark McCool and Blake Ewaskey scored two goals each as West improved to 12-2 overall and 6-1 in the National Conference. Christian Kunkel, Jake Ojert, Zach Lorino, David Ross scored one goal each.
Ojert added four assists, Rockovich two, Jake Ojert two, C.J. Lang, John McCreary, and Ewaskey one each.
Ewaskey collected eight ground balls while Garrett Hitchens claimed five. Hitchens was also 13-of-21 on faceoffs. Max Dunar had 12 saves in goal while Connor Garrison made two.
Central Bucks West will travel to Central Bucks East for a 3:30 p.m. contest Monday. The Indians, who dropped to 7-8 and 2-5, will be on the road at Neshaminy on Monday.
C.B. West 5 6 3 3—17
C.R. North 2 1 1 4
UPPER DUBLIN 12, WISSAHICKON 9
The Flying Cardinals won their seventh American Conference game without blemish on Friday and this one clinched a share of the SOL American Conference title. It was the first loss for the Trojans in six league starts (5-8 overall).
Jerry Bardol's seven-point night (two goals, five assists) led the Flying Cardinals. Max Winebrake and Jed Hanson each added a hat trick. Winbrake also chipped in an assist. Luke Roselli had two goals and an assist while Cary Romig and Jason Williams both had one goal.
Roselli won 16 of 23 faceoffs, and his impressive outing also included 14 ground balls. Nick Sowers had four ground balls and two caused turnovers while Hanson, Winebrake and Anthony Cerminara each had three ground balls. Bardol had two, and scooping up one ground ball each were Williams, Romig, Brian McCarry and Brody Balasa.
Dillon Lojeski recorded nine saves in goal for the Cardinals.
The Cardinals led 6-2 after the first quarter, but the Trojans rallied to make it an 8-6 game at halftime. The Trojans trailed 11-6 after three quarters but continued to battle. A Jackson Intrieri rocket found the net for a man-up goal that made it an 11-9 game with six minutes remaining in regulation.
Intrieri led the Trojans with a five-point night, scoring two goals and assisting on three others. John Dickson and Harrison Williams both had a pair of goals. Brody Myers had a goal and an assist, and scoring one goal each were Owen Baim and Michael Licata.
Matt Fritz won 10 of 22 faceoffs for the Trojans, and Brad Melvin recorded nine saves in goal for the Trojan goalie.
Upper Dublin will travel to Quakertown on Monday with an opportunity to clinch the conference title outright and wrap up another undefeated season in league play. Wissahickon will host Springfield Township on Monday.
Upper Dublin 6 2 3 1-12
Wissahickon 2 4 0 3-9
PLYMOUTH WHITEMARSH 7, HATBORO-HORSHAM 3
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP 11, QUAKERTOWN 2
Girls
NORTH PENN 14, HATBORO-HORSHAM 4
Bri O’ Donnell scored four goals and added an assist as the Knights rolled over the Hatters Friday afternoon in a non-conference test.
“We played well as a team,” coach Heather Mellow said. “We were patient on offense, and our defense really worked well together.”
Kelly Macnamara scored three goals for North Penn just hours before serving as the kicking specialist for Montgomery County in the Bucks-Mont Lions Club all-star football game.
Mikayla Barrow scored twice and added two assists, while Grace Sacchetti scored twice and added an assist. Kristin Varilla added two goals, Lily Szilagyi one. Emily Crawford contributed an assist.
Heather Shannon had five draw controls and Sacchetti four.
Jillian Barr had seven saves in goal and Ashley Lambert two.
Gabby Liott paced Hatboro-Horsham with three goals.
North Penn (8-6, 5-1 SOL) will host Council Rock North on Monday, and Hatboro-Horsham (2-11, 2-4) will host Abington on Monday.
Hatboro-Horsham 1 3—4
North Penn 8 6—14
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 20, JENKINTOWN 5
Quinn Ferry scored five goals as the Patriots prevailed in Friday’s non-conference game. Brigette Bishop and Katie Powell each added four goals for East Riley Forman three, Mackenzie Boyle two, Erin McGovern and Kieran Fink one each
McGovern added four assists, Forman three, Ferry, Bishop, and Powell one each.
Fiona Henderson and Maddie Gresko split time in goal with Henderson making seven saves and Gresko one.
Central Bucks East (10-5, 5-1 SOL) will travel to Pennridge on Monday.
C.B. East 11 2
Jenkintown 2 3—5
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP 16, NESHAMINY 55
Lindsey Smith and Ellie Hamilton achieved career milestones on Friday as the visiting Spartans recorded an easy non-conference win.
Smith scored three goals, including the 200th of her career. She also contributed an assist, five draw controls, 
and a ground ball. Hamilton paced her team in scoring with six goals, including the 100th of her career. She also recorded five assists, five draw controls, and a ground ball. Smith and Hamilton are both seniors.
“I’m very proud of both of them,” said Springfield coach Maggie Canavan. “Lindsey scored her 100th goal only last year, so this was a cherry on top, a testament to how hard she works every day. Ellie is usually the one assisting on all our goals so I’m very happy to see her on the other side and scoring her 100th goal.
“They both truly have fun playing the game and that’s what I love most to watch. They deserved it and I couldn’t be more proud.”
Emily Walsh added five goals for the Spartans, who improved to 9-6 overall. She also contributed an assist, three draw controls, and three ground balls. Sophia Perry scored a goal and added three assists. Allie Cottone scored a goal and collected three ground balls.
Molly McGoldrick claimed two ground balls, Charlotte Henry and Ella Marino one each. Annie Ryan made 11 saves.
Springfield Township (3-4 SOL) will host Wissahickon on Monday and Neshaminy (5-8, 0-5) will host Pennsbury on Monday.
Springfield 13 3—16
Neshaminy 3 2-5
SOUDERTON 17, COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 4
Carlie Doughty and Riley McGowan scored four goals each on Friday to the Big Red to the non-league win. Sarah Goodwin, Liz O’Hara, Anna Anello and Kate Connolly scored two goals each as Souderton improved to 11-4 overall. Randi Hess added a single goal.
McGowan added three assists, Doughty two, O’Hara and Kylie Norbeck one each. McGowan claimed three turnovers while Doughty, Connolly, Norbeck, O’Hara, Goodwin, Hess, Mariah Bainbridge, Sydney Rohrbach, Ceci Puente and Jackie DeAvizone each. Lauren Scott made three saves.
Souderton (6-1 SOL) Council Rock North (0-10, 0-6) will travel to North Penn on Monday.
Souderton 12 5-17
Council Rock North 2 2-4
GWYNEDD MERCY 14, CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 11
Anna Green and Francine Richick scored four goals each to lead the Titans. Kasey Dietzel added a pair of goals, and Janessa Watson had one.
Central Bucks South (12-4, 5-2 SOL) will host West Chester East in a non-league game on Monday.
RADNOR 13, ABINGTON 6
The Ghosts rallied from an early 4-0 deficit to pull to within two but never could make up the early ground they lost against the perennial Central League powerhouse.
"Against a strong team, our mistakes lead to a goal at the other end," coach Mary Liz Klepper said. "We had minutes of great play, but then a turnover would cost us a goal."
Six different players each scored a goal for the Ghosts: Sam Simon, Abby Thomas, Kaley Ehnow, Jamira Mashore, Kelly McCallister and Lauren Van Buren. Simon also had four draw controls while Mashore had a pair of assists. Ehnow, Van Buren, Taheera Rodgers and Grace Hinkle each had one assist. Hinkle also had four draw controls.
Ellie Hughes recorded 10 saves in goal for the Ghosts.
"Sam Raymond and Anna Joseph had a great defensive game today," Klepper said. "We also had some underclassmen that showed and up and were a threat.
"Grace Hinkle was able to grab four draw controls when we really needed them. Kelly McCallister had a beautiful goal that helped us get some momentum. Looking forward, especially heading into playoffs, we need to clean up our game so that we can be rewarded for our solid play."
Abington (9-6, 5-1 SOL) will travel to Hatboro-Horsham on Monday.
Abington 3 3-6
Radnor 8 5-13
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 9, VILLA JOSEPH MARIE 7
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