Check out the recaps for SOL boys’ lacrosse teams in action Tuesday. Pennsbury/CR South photos courtesy of John Gleeson. New Hope-Solebury/Upper Moreland photos courtesy of Karla Donohoe, and CR North/Souderton photos courtesy of Jon Sklut. Check back for galleries of all three games.
SOL National Conference
Council Rock North 10, Souderton 9
In a battle of the Indians, it was the host team that – thanks to the go-ahead goal by freshman Andrew Zazoff with two minutes remaining – eked out the hard fought win.
“It was such a close game – it was just back and forth the entire game,” Rock North coach John Fitzpatrick said. “We had a couple injuries, and we had a couple jayvee guys playing. We had the ‘next guy’ mentality.
“It was very hot, and it was a battle. Souderton is a very good team. It was a real close, exciting end. The last two minutes my defense just shut them down and held them to a 10-9 win.”
Dean Scalamandre was part of seven goals, scoring four goals and assisting with three others. Zazoff and Dylan Kavanagh both had three goals and one assist while Shane Bradley had three assists. Nate Rambo and Sammy Lewis each had one assist.
“We lost our faceoff guy early in the game to an injury,” Fitzpatrick said. “We really had to battle.
“Sean Beverley – we had to put him on the faceoff against their faceoff guy just to create a 50-50, and he did a fantastic job. Max Harar, a senior pole, and Nico Whalen, another senior pole, all did a fantastic job along with Cole Newman, our senior goalie.”
Bradley also was credited with a team high seven ground balls while Kavanagh had five. Harar and Scalamandre both had three ground balls, Zane Moore, Lewis and Nick Colavita each had two goals. Charlie Puccio, Rambo and Luke Walstrum had one ground ball each.
Newman was credited with eight saves in goal in the win.
“This puts us at 10-1, and we’re in the driver’s seat,” Fitzpatrick said. “We’re going to have to continue to rack up the wins. We have Neshaminy on Friday, and they’re one of our rivals. I expect it will be a close game.”
For the visiting Indians, Kobi Bui had five goals and one assist, and John Martin Vince added a pair of goals. Justin Wawrzynek and Ty Quintos each had one goal and one assist, and Jamison McDivitt had three assists. Three players contributed one assist.
Council Rock North (10-1, 5-1 SOL) will host Neshaminy on Friday, and Souderton (7-5, 3-5) will travel to Harry S Truman on Friday.
Souderton 4-2-1-2-0 9
Council Rock North 4-2-2-1-1 10
Pennsbury 15, Council Rock South 7
Jack Kalinowski (six goals, five assists) and Avery Dysart (five goals, one assist) ignited the Falcons’ offense in Tuesday’s conference win.
Kolby Ranniello contributed two goals and two assists, and Mike DeZutel had one goal and three assists. Shane Siegmund added one goal and one assist.
Ryan DeZutel had a big game at the faceoff X, winning 16 of 25. Matt Harkins had three caused turnovers, and Nico Cione had eight saves in goal in a winning effort.
“It was a solid performance across the board from the team,” coach Dean Curtis said.
For the Golden Hawks, Sal Masstromarco led the way with five goals. Dean Rarick had a goal and an assist, and Jake Brossman had one goal. Antti Antere chipped in an assist. Mason Shores recorded seven saves in goal.
Pennsbury (8-2, 5-1 SOL) will travel to Central Bucks East on Friday, and Council Rock South (2-9, 2-6) will travel to Holy Ghost Prep for a non-league game Thursday.
Pennsbury 6-3-2-4 15
Council Rock South 1-5-1-0 7
Central Bucks West 16, Harry S Truman 1
Fourteen players contributed to the scoring for the Bucks, who led 11-0 at halftime on their way to the decisive win.
Connor Albrecht led a balanced attack with a goal and three assists, and Cole Graeff had two goals and one assist. Evan Goldrick and Charlie Murphy both had two goals while Landon Albrecht, Michael O’Hanlon, Joey Burian and Sam Greenberg each had one goal and one assist.
Contributing goals were Brayden Albrecht, Jeff Woosnam, Austin Hahn, Zach Martin and Sean Kelly. Cole Gnutti had one assist.
Evan Hee (four saves) and Will Shandlay (two saves) split time in goal for the Bucks.
Matt Jacobsen was a perfect 9 of 9 on faceoffs, and Gnutti won six of eight. Kelly won two of two.
Central Bucks West (5-6, 4-3 SOL) will host North Penn on Friday, and Harry S Truman (1-9, 0-6) will host Souderton on Friday.
Harry S Truman 0-0-1-0 1
Central Bucks West 5-6-3-2 16
SOL American Conference
Springfield Township 7, Abington 6 (OT)
The Spartans were back at it again.
Austin Maggioncalda scored in overtime, giving the Spartans the win in another thriller – their fourth one-goal game in eight contests.
Making this one especially impressive was the fact that the Spartans – who tied it with less than two minutes remaining on a goal by Luke Gozzard – began overtime down not one but two players.
“We got it to one down, and there was a wild sequence in the middle of the field,” Springfield coach Hank Resch said. “We got it cleared and got it to one of our attackmen, Austin Maggioncalda. He shot from 10 yards and just put it in. It was a good win.”
The Spartans were without Trey DuBose, their standout midfielder, as well as rock solid defenseman Brennan Donnelly, but their teammates – despite being shorthanded – pulled together for the big win.
“Those kids are fighters – they hang in,” Resch said. “It’s a great win. We didn’t necessarily play well, but they hung in.”
The Spartans’ coach credited the strong play of Cameron Dennis, whose hat trick led the way. Gozzard had a pair of goals while Jaxon Weiss added a goal and an assist.
Patrick McMahon was credited with seven saves in goal for the Spartans.
Springfield Township (6-4, 4-2 SOL) will host Central Bucks South on Thursday, and Abington (2-6, 2-2) will host Plymouth Whitemarsh on Friday.
Springfield Twp 1-2-1-2-1 7
Abington 1-3-1-1-0 6
Upper Moreland 12, New Hope-Solebury 5
Ryan Olexa’s six-point game – which included three goals and three assists – led the Golden Bears’ attack. Joe Messina added four goals
while Matt Tiernan contributed three assists. Owen Dunlevy and Colin Hogan both had two goals, and Justin Drinkwater had a goal and an assist. Aidan Cosgrove and Joe Marczak each had an assist.
Coach Corey Kelly lauded the play of several newcomers to the lineup.
“Young freshman close defender Tomas Carr and another freshman pole, Frankie Sebold, gave valiant efforts,” the Golden Bears’ coach said.
Upper Moreland (8-2, 3-1 SOL) will travel to Wissahickon on Friday, and New Hope-Solebury (3-8, 1-7) will host Quakertown on Thursday.
Upper Moreland 1-4-5-2 12
New Hope-Solebury 1-0-2-2 5
Pennridge 10, Neshaminy 6
The Rams used a 4-1 second quarter to erase a one-goal deficit after one quarter, going on to outscore the Redskins 8-3 over the final three quarters.
Tom Hart’s hat trick led the Rams while Frankie Fanelli added two goals and an assist. Chris Fanelli had one goal and two assists, and Jake Stranix contributed a goal and an assist. Adding one goal each were Jack Lenox, Ryan Carickhoff and Matt Fleisch.
Kieran Banks was credited with eight saves in a winning effort in goal for the Rams.
Pennridge (7-5, 5-2 SOL) will travel to Central Bucks South on Friday, and Neshaminy (3-11, 1-8) will be on the road at Council Rock North on Friday.
Pennridge 2-4-3-1 10
Neshaminy 3-1-0-2 6
Wissahickon 20, Hatboro-Horsham 5
After a huge win Saturday versus previously undefeated Garnet Valley, the Trojans stayed focused and cruised to a 20-5 win at Hatboro Horsham.
The Trojans were led on offense by Kyle Lehman with five goals and one assist, Jackson Intrieri with one goal and four assists and Brody Meyers, who had a career high four goals. Sam Baker and Dean Wolfe both had three-goal hat tricks, and EJ Schreiner, Jason Michaels, Andrew Slackman and Ethan Glass all added one goal. Defender Ethan Glass scored his first career varsity goal. Alex Solomon and Jimmy Mallott both added assists. Matt Fritz was 14 of 17 on faceoffs. The defense was led by Jake Licata, Quinn Fonash, Ethan Glass, Joey Connolly and goalie Scott Pfeiffer.
Wissahickon (8-3, 5-0 SOL) will host Upper Moreland on Friday, and Hatboro-Horsham (3-7, 3-3) will host Plymouth Whitemarsh on Thursday.
Wissahickon 7-7-5-1 20
Hatboro-Horsham 1-0-0-4 5
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