Check out the recaps for SOL boys’ lacrosse teams in action Tuesday. Wissahickon/Upper Dublin photos provided courtesy of Geanine Jamison Photography. PW/New Hope-Solebury photos courtesy of Karla Donohoe, and CB South/North Penn photos courtesy of Cynthia Hanson. Check back for galleries of both games.
SOL American Conference
Wissahickon 19, Upper Dublin 4
It was a win that was a long time in coming for the Trojans.
The backyard rivalry was very one-sided the past decade with Wissahickon’s last win over the Cardinals coming in a season series sweep.jpg)
in 2010. Since then, the Flying Cardinals had won every meeting from 2011-19 with the 2020 season cancelled due to COVID-19.
Wissahickon wasted little time getting ahead Tuesday, with senior Matt Fritz winning the opening faceoff, taking it down and scoring just 13 seconds in.
“It’s a team that’s had our number since I’ve been here,” Trojans coach Matt Conway said. “It’s my first win over them and the first win over them for any of our players. We know what the game is going to mean coming in, so I thought we executed really well.”
Jackson Intrieri was on a mission Tuesday, with the Wissahickon senior attacker scoring seven goals and picking up the assist on another. His first goal gave the Trojans a 3-0 lead less than two minutes into the game, and he had a hat trick before the first quarter expired.
He punched home his third goal with just 0.6 on the clock in the first quarter, giving Wissahickon a 6-1 lead and capitalizing on a late Cardinals turnover near the end of the quarter.
“It’s just being patient on offense, and overall, through the season, I’ve just tried to get better using my body,” Intrieri said. “I was trying to use my shoulders and elbows to turn guys and get where I wanted to on the field, take my time and not let them speed me up.”
Intrieri often does most of his work from behind the goal, setting up teammates or going in for goal, but Tuesday, he just had it going. UD tried several different defenders on him, but the senior just kept taking the ball in close and putting the ball in the right spot.
His back-to-back goals sent Wissahickon into the half leading 10-2 and the senior had scored or assisted on more than half of the Trojans’ scores.
In an offense that also features potent scorers like Kyle Lehman, Brody Myers, Sam Baker and Dean Wolfe, the Trojans have the luxury of being able to play the hot hand.
“We all can get hot at any time. Whether it’s Brody sweeping over the top, Kyle (Lehman) coming around from X, Dean Wolfe from the wing, we use up picks, down picks,” Intrieri said. “I wouldn’t say we’re un-guardable, but I do think we’ve shown we’re a hard team to defend.”
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Upper Dublin would get within 3-1 on a man-up goal by Vijay Foster, but the Trojans defensive unit kept the Cardinals under wraps the rest of the way. With Wissahickon focusing on closing down attackers Andrew Sowers and Brett Rama, UD was limited to just one goal in each of the four quarters.
“(Sowers) and (Rama) are really good players who make everything go for them, so I thought Jake Picata and Quinn Fonash were huge in that they could play one-on-one with them so we didn’t have to slide too much,” Conway said.
Ethan Glass, Joey Connolly, Scott Pfeiffer, Alex Solomon, Sam Baker and EJ Schreiner were excellent all evening as well
Intrieri faced extra defensive attention in the second half, but added a goal in each quarter after intermission. Brody Myers had three goals and four assists to back up Intrieri, while Baker also had a hat trick, Lehman scored a pair and Fritz finished with two goals plus a 20-of-25 showing on the faceoff X.
Dean Wolfe also added two goals for the Trojans while EJ Schreiner and Joey Connolly added assists.
The win also left Wissahickon in sole possession of first place in the SOL American. Despite a strong showing so far this season, including a No. 6 place in the District 1 3A power rankings after Tuesday’s win, Wissahickon isn’t getting too far ahead of itself.
“This senior class, they keep us focused and do a really good job of that,” Conway said. “We’re a senior-laden group, which is a lot of the reason for our success.”
Wissahickon (10-3, 7-0 SOL) will travel to Downingtown East for a non-league game on Thursday, and Upper Dublin (6-5, 4-1) will be on the road at Plymouth Whitemarsh on Wednesday.
Wissahickon 6-4-3-6 19
Upper Dublin 1-1-1-1 4
Upper Moreland 10, Abington 1
The Golden Bears celebrated the team’s three seniors – Brendan Smith, Jon Knight and Aiden Bedara – by winning their 10th game of the season, and they did it in decisive fashion.
UM opened up a 5-0 halftime lead and did not allow the Ghosts to get on the scoreboard until the final quarter when the outcome had long since been decided.
Four UM player scored two goals each – Joe Messina, Ryan Olexa, Owen Dunlevy and Colin Hogan. Messina, Olexa and Dunlevy each added an assist. Adding a goal and an assist were Matt Tiernan and Alex Emmell. Justin Drinkwater, Ryan Veneziale and Logan Taylor each added an assist.
Matt Ludlow was credited with five saves in goal in the win.
UM coach Corey Kelly credited the strong defensive play of Colin Hogan and Alex Emmell in the win.
Upper Moreland (10-4, 5-2 SOL) will host Springfield Township on Friday, and Abington (3-8, 3-3) will host Upper Dublin on Thursday.
Abington 0-0-0-1 1
Upper Moreland 1-4-3-2 10
Hatboro-Horsham 16, Quakertown 2
The visiting Hatters controlled play from the outset of Tuesday’s game, opening up a 6-0 lead after one quarter and stretching that to 12-0 by halftime on their way to the no-doubt-about-it win.
Alex Cerminara’s five-goal effort led the Hatters while Sam Fink added four goals and one assist. Dom Tarsi had a nine-point game with three goals and six assists. Adding one goal each were Justin Focht, Nate Phillips, Connor Davis and David Benjamin. Benjamin also had two assists and won 15 of 18 faceoffs in a dominant effort at the X. Davis added a team high six ground balls.
Jaden Mariano had a pair of assists while Tyler Kim and Max Tessler both had one assist. Hunter Long had one caused turnover and two ground balls, and Gabe Reavis had one ground ball.
Brendon Kirn (four saves) and Danny O’Donnell (two saves) split time in goal for the Hatters.
Hatboro-Horsham (6-8, 6-3 SOL) will travel to Abington on Friday, and Quakertown (1-11, 0-7) will host Council Rock South on Thursday.
Hatboro-Horsham 6-6-3-1 16
Quakertown 0-0-0-2 2
Plymouth Whitemarsh 11, New Hope-Solebury 10
SOL National
Central Bucks West 16, Neshaminy 3
Connor Albrecht scored four goals and assisted on four others in a stellar eight-point showing for the Bucks, who opened up a 5-0 lead after one quarter and led wire to wire.
Braydon Albrecht added a hat trick, and Jeff Woosnam had two goals and two assists. Austin Hahn and Cole Graeff both added a pair of goals. Hahn also had a pair of assists. Contributing single goals were Evan Goldrick, Matt Jacobsen and Shane Colsher. Jacobsen, Zach Martine and Reese Dalzell each chipped in an assist.
Jacobsen won 10 of 12 faceoffs and Cole Gnutti won two of six.
Evan Hee recorded seven saves in goal for the Bucks.
For the Redskins, Ethan Roscoe had a pair of goals, and Ethan Roney had one goal. Patrick Courtney contributed an assist.
Central Bucks West (7-8, 5-4 SOL) will host archrival Central Bucks East next Tuesday, and Neshaminy (3-13, 1-10) will host Springfield Township on Thursday at 7 p.m.
Central Bucks West 5-7-1-3 16
Neshaminy 0-1-2-0 3
Central Bucks South 14, North Penn 6
The visiting Titans opened up to a 9-1 halftime lead and never looked back on their way to the decisive win.
Evan Jacobsen led a balanced attack with four goals and one assist while Cole Cenci had three goals and three assists and Nick Fareno added three goals and one assist. Logan Dunn had two goals and one assist, and Reese Levinson contributed one goal and one assist. John Fitts had one goal, and David Humphreys had one assist to go along with one caused turnover and three ground balls.
Liam Goss won 9 of 14 faceoffs and also had five ground balls. Matt O’Donnell won one of two faceoffs. Christian Manibo had two caused turnovers.
South goalie Gavin Ostroff was credited with 12 saves in another solid outing.
Central Bucks South (8-3, 6-2 SOL) will host Council Rock North on Friday, and North Penn (7-7, 4-4) will be on the road at Souderton on Friday.
Central Bucks South 5-4-4-1 14
North Penn 1-0-2-3 6
Central Bucks East 9, Pennridge 8
The Rams threw a scare into the conference-leading Patriots, opening up a 7-5 halftime lead and taking an 8-7 advantage into the final quarter when the Patriots scored a pair of unanswered goals by Jonah Osborne and Luke Christmas (Nicholas Knepp assist). Christmas scored the game-winner with 4:36 remaining in regulation.
Joey Stella’s three goals and one assist led the East attack. He also had two caused turnovers. Osborne added a hat trick with one ground ball. Knepp had a goal and an assist while Christmas and Evan Bullotta each had one goal. Bullotta also had five ground balls and two caused turnovers.
Also for the Patriots, Ryan McCauley led the defense with four caused turnovers to go along with two ground balls. Quinn Collins contributed one ground all and two caused turnovers while Dean Blackwell had a pair of caused turnovers. Brennan Coleman and Mark Lapioli each had one caused turnover, and Michael Skulsky had one ground ball.
Ryan Kueny was credited with eight saves in goal for the Patriots – five in the pivotal third quarter.
Kieran Banks kept the Rams in the game, turning away 18 shots in a standout effort in goal. Ryan Carickhoff’s four goals led the Rams. Chris Fanelli added a goal and three assists. Jack Lenox had a goal and an assist while Jake Stranix and Tom Hart both contributed one goal. Liam Molyneaux had an assist.
Central Bucks East (9-3, 8-0 SOL) will host Council Rock South on Friday, and Pennridge (7-7, 5-4) will travel to Pennsbury on Friday.
Central Bucks East 4-1-2-2 9
Pennridge 4-3-1-0 8
Pennsbury 17, Harry S Truman 3
Fourteen different players contributed to the scoring in Tuesday’s non-league rout of the visiting Tigers. Jack Kalinowski had a hand in seven goals, scoring one and assisting on six. Shane Siegmund added two goals and two assists, and Kyle Rinehimer also had a four-point game with one goal and three assists. Will Taylor and Troy Haynes both had a pair of goals.
Adding one goal and one assist were Wes Carty, Ryan DeZutel and Kolby Ranniello. Contributing one goal each were Ben Daugherty, Avery Dysart, Tyler Geist, Matt Harkins, Pat Kirk and Kieran O’Neill.
For Truman, Jake Vogt, Juan Lopez and Patrick Berkery each had one goal. Will Patterson was credited with eight saves in goal for the Tigers.
Pennsbury (10-3, 6-2 SOL) will host Pennridge on Friday, and Harry S Truman (1-11, 0-8) will host Neshaminy on Friday.
Harry S Truman 0-0-3-0 3
Pennsbury 9-2-2-4 17
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