SOL Boys’ Lacrosse Wrap (4-30-24)

Check out the recaps for SOL boys’ lacrosse teams in action Tuesday. PW/Quakertown photos provided courtesy of Michael Rice. Check back for a gallery: https://solsports.zenfolio.com/f1055694815

Central Bucks West 13, Pennridge 8

Matt Jacobsen does a little bit of a lot of things for CB West.

The senior midfielder, committed to Richmond, is one of the best scorers in Bucks history. He also competes defensively, stays on the field for the ride and in the clear and on top of all that, he takes the bulk of his team’s faceoffs.

Tuesday night, Jacobsen put his imprint all over the Bucks’ big win that handed the Rams’ their first loss in SOL play. The senior had a hat trick and two assists, picking up his 200th career point along the way.

“It’s everything and I wouldn’t want to do it with anyone else other than the brothers beside me,” Jacobsen said. “Every single day with them is so fun, it means so much to me.”

Before Jacobsen, who also won 15-of-20 faceoffs on the X, could get to that big number, the Bucks had to weather a hot start by the Rams. Pennridge scored four times in seven minutes to open the night, then just four more times over the next 41.

Senior defenseman Eddie Rafalowski, a first team All-SOL performer last year, helped lead a robust effort on the back end.

“Honestly, they had the better of us in the first quarter,” Rafalowski said. “They put four in right away. I think all it took was for us to settle down a little bit, we had the matchups right, our coaches did a great job with the scout, we just needed to settle in.”

Matthew Seiler scored his 100th career goal for Pennridge, which had a 4-2 lead with 5:08 left in the first. Ryan Carickhoff added a hat trick for the Rams, who saw a four-game win streak snapped.

Freshman Michael Rafalowski, Eddie’s younger brother, led West with four goals and three assists. Colton Albrecht also had a hat trick, Aidan Kimberly scored twice and assisted on two goals and Alex Greenspan had a goal and two helpers.

“We started slowing it down on offense, I feel like we did that a ton,” Jacobsen said. “We could tell it was getting them frustrated. When they have the ball on their offensive side, they have a lot of good players and they’re pretty dangerous, so it was really important keeping it on our side, spreading it out and moving it around.”

Jacobsen netted his first goal with 4:04 left in the first quarter, starting a string of seven consecutive goals for the Bucks. Michael Rafalowski netted the go-ahead marker early in the second quarter, the run ending with a 9-4 West lead.

Eddie Rafalowski felt the second quarter was the Bucks’ best, despite the defense posting a shutout in the fourth, because it let them take control. Kanen Patel made seven saves in goal with Jimmy Donnelly, Garin Mangeot, Gavin Todd and Kevin Mallon contributing solid defense in front of him.

“We’ve got a lot of depth, our goalie’s been playing great this year,” Rafalowski said. “We have guys coming in off our bench that could be starting for any other team in the conference. I think we’re super talented and we can match up with anyone.”

Pennridge (12-3, 6-1) will host Harry S Truman Wednesday, and Central Bucks West (11-3, 5-3) will travel to Council Rock South Thursday.

CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 4 5 2 2 – 13

PENNRIDGE 4 1 3 0 – 8

Central Bucks South 14, Pennsbury 8

A stat-stuffing effort by Anthony Depedro powered the Titans to a win on Tuesday.

Depedro scored twice, assisted on seven other goals, picked up six ground balls and won 7 of 15 on the faceoff X. Landon Amorim found the net four times to pace South’s attack.

James Vargason and John Henson anchored the defensive effort that played a key rol in South opening up a 7-2 halftime lead. Vargason caused four turnovers, collected seven ground balls and added a goal, while Henson had four caused turnovers, four ground balls and won 1 of 3 faceoff draws. Dylan Albrodzinski added two caused turnovers and a ground ball with Dom Vacarello making 11 stops in net.

Keith Connor had two scores and two helpers while Alex Fessler, Jack Auerbach, Mark Etgen, Matt Waltrich and Kevin Ford rounded out the scoring with a goal each.

John Curtis, Lorgan Thorne and Braxton Furiness had two goals apiece for the Falcons, who also got scores from Chris Lynch and Trent Becker.

Jaden Beach made 11 saves.

Central Bucks South (8-6, 5-3) will be on the road at Neshaminy on Thursday, and Pennsbury (7-8, 4-4) will host Souderton Thursday at 5 p.m. in the stadium.

PENNSBURY 1 1 4 2 – 8

CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 4 3 4 3 – 14

Council Rock North 8, North Penn 7

A gritty effort after halftime propelled the Indians to a comeback win on Tuesday.

Trailing 6-4 at halftime and 7-6 after three quarters, CR North’s defense posted a fourth quarter shutout. That helped the team’s seniors spark the rally.

Andrew Zazoff had six goals, the senior leading the offensive output. Senior Logan Atkinson filled numerous roles, scoring a goal, playing defensive midfield and taking faceoffs, plus contributing a caused turnover and four ground balls.

“Logan Atkinson was all over the place – a Swiss army knife,” Rock North coach John Fitzgerals said.

Defensively, senior Charlie Rambo had three caused turnovers and four ground balls. Kurkan Arpajian had a caused turnover and six ground balls. Jake Wellwood scored a goal, assisted on two and had a ground ball, Billy McBride tagged two assists and two ground balls.

Jason Boyd recorded nine saves in goal for the Indians.

“He played one of his best games,” Fitzgerald said of his goalie.

Council Rock North (8-5, 5-3) will host Central Bucks East on Thursday (7 p.m.), and North Penn (4-9, 1-8) will host Plymouth Whitemarsh in a non-league game Friday.

Council Rock South 9, Neshaminy 3

On a night the Golden Hawks celebrated their seven seniors, the underclassmen got them off to a good start.

Owen Dillon had two goals and three ground balls, Patrick Malone had a goal and ground ball, and Conor McCaffery had a goal, assist and four ground balls as the trio of underclassmen combined for South’s first four goals. McCaffery’s goal in the third quarter was the eventual game winner in a well-contested game that wasn’t decided until late.

CR South recognized seniors MJ Feeney, TJ Shores, Wes Waninger, Eli Phillips, Sean Jordan, Thomas Gallagher and Josh Geiger.

Feeney had a goal, assist and three ground balls, Shores tallied a goal, assist and four ground balls, Waninger had a goal and five ground balls and Joey Smith contributed three goals and three ground balls.

Logan Foy and Andrew Mannherz had four ground balls each for the Hawks’ defense.

Colin Demi, Jack McVey and Ryan DeMatteo had the Neshaminy goals. Jack Sexton had eight ground balls and five caused turnovers while Cory Hemberger made 24 saves.

Council Rock South (10-4, 4-3) will host Central Bucks West Thursday, and Neshaminy (3-12, 1-8) will host Central Bucks South Thursday.

Central Bucks East 15, Harry S Truman 2

The Patriots controlled the faceoff X en route to a big win on Tuesday.

Rowan Coverdale went 14-of-16, Jackson Jagoda won 3-of-4 and Josh Gouldey won his only draw to command possession of the ball. East assisted on seven of its 15 goals and had a lockdown defensive game with 11 caused turnovers and 25 ground balls.

David Crespo led with three goals, an assist and three ground balls. Michael Smallwood had two goals and two assists, Grant Bullard had two goals and a caused turnover, Adam Volm had a goal and an assist, Blake Bishop added a goal and three ground balls, and Evan Riley had a goal and ground ball.

Patrick Coleman had four caused turnovers and two ground balls, Dean Blackwell caused two turnovers with three ground balls and David Brown had three caused turnovers and a ground ball defensively. Frank Pacitti also had three ground balls, Blake Bishop had a goal and three ground balls, Cole Breen had a goal and two ground balls and Tristan Smith had a goal, a caused turnover and two ground balls.

Tommy Bryson made 14 saves in goal, crossing a major career milestone with his 800th save. Chris Glover scored both goals for Truman and Chase Tuttle had three ground balls with two caused turnovers.

Central Bucks East (9-5, 6-2) will travel to Council Rock North Thursday, and Harry S Truman (3-11, 0-8) will be on the road at Pennridge Wednesday.

CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 7 2 4 2 – 15

HARRY S TRUMAN 0 2 0 0 – 2

SOL American Conference

Abington 11, Upper Moreland 5

Matt Miller scored five goals and assisted on another to lead the Ghosts to conference win over the Golden Bears.

“It was a great team win on a hot day in Abington,” Abington coach Mike Duffy said. “We played as a team with solid defense all around and seven assisted goals out of 11 from the offense.”

The Ghosts opened up a 3-1 lead after one quarter and took a 5-3 lead into halftime before seizing control of the game with a 5-1 third quarter burst.

Also for the Ghosts, Matt Giannattasio contributed a hat trick while Andrew Suit had two goals and one assist. Cade Sullivan and Ben Eyre both had one assist.

“Overall, it was the whole team coming together for a good win,” Duffy said.

Abington (5-11, 5-3 SOL) will travel to Springfield Twp Thursday, and Upper Moreland (6-6, 4-4) will host Phoenixville Wednesday in a non-league game.

UPPER MORELAND 1 2 1 1 – 5

ABINGTON 3 2 5 1 – 11

Springfield Twp 10, New Hope-Solebury 3

The Spartans broke open a close game with a strong third quarter on Tuesday.

Holding a 3-1 lead at half, Springfield Twp took the third frame 5-1 to take a commanding lead. Matt Capoferri led the way with a five-goal performance.

Tommy Coppol had a goal and three assists, Adam Fleuhr scored once with two assists and Jack Vecchione, Colin Pennington and Peter Thallner all scored once.

Carter Weiss made five saves to get the win.

Springfield Twp (10-3, 6-2) will host Abington Thursday at 7 p.m., and New Hope-Solebury (5-9, 3-6) will host George School in a non-league game Wednesday.

SPRINGFIELD TWP 2 1 5 2 – 10

NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY 0 1 1 1 – 3

Plymouth Whitemarsh 13, Quakertown 9

The Colonials scored another league win when they hosted Quakertown. Plymouth Whitemarsh won a hard-fought battle by a score of 13-9. The Colonial offense was led by Ben Backenstose (3G, 2A, 2GB), Scott Marguiles (2G, 1CTO, 1GB), Caiden Lesczcynski (2G, 1CTO, 1GB), Isaiah Bainbridge (1G, 1A), Luke LaViola (1G, 3CTO, 1GB), Drew Strohl (2G), Jack Cooper (2A, 1GB), Noah Gamble-Stein (1G), and Dylan Ippolito (1G). The defense was led by Isaiah Bainbridge (5CTO, 6GB), Frank Lynch (5CTO, 2GB), Jackson Budin (3 CTO, 8GB), Chase Welliver (2CTO, 2GB), Connor Rarrick (2CTO, 3GB), Owen Cababe (1CTO), Sean Herron (1GB), and Alex Frangiosa (1GB). Goalie Mason Best had 10 saves

Plymouth Whitemarsh (9-5, 7-1) will host Hatboro-Horsham for its Senior Night Thursday, and Quakertown (4-11, 1-6) will host Cheltenham Thursday.

Non-league

St. Joe’s Prep 16, Souderton 6

The Indians trailed by just one after one quarter, but St Joe’s Prep took control of the game with a 6-0 second-quarter surge on their way to the non-league win.

Leading the Indians were Brody Anderson with two goals, one assist and two ground balls and Seth Grossman with two goals, one assist and three ground balls. John Martin Vince had one goal and one ground ball, Jaden Knize had one goal and five ground balls while Sean Landis and Gavin Landis each had one assist. Max Ryon added one assist, three caused turnovers and three ground balls.

Payton Bannak won 14 of 26 faceoffs and also had three ground balls.

Leading the defense were Troy Martin (4 ground balls), Ryan Rothenberger (2 caused turnovers, 2 ground balls), Sean Ryon (1 caused turnover, 2 ground balls), Jackson Hirschman (1 caused turnover, 3 ground balls) and Ben Fadden (2 ground balls).

Goalie Matt Malanga was credited with seven saves and three ground balls.

Souderton (11-4, 7-1) will travel to Pennsbury Thursday for a 5 p.m. contest.

ST JOE’S PREP 2 6 3 5 – 16

SOUDERTON 3 0 1 2 – 6

Downingtown East 10, Upper Dublin 9

The Cougars have proven a formidable rival for the Cardinals the last two seasons, taking three wins in three incredibly close games.

UD fell a goal short of undefeated East, the current top team in the District 1 3A standings, Tuesday but not without a game effort. Matt Shohen scored three goals with an assist and Cam Osborne had two goals to lead the Cardinals.

Kyle Spirt had a goal and two assists, Nate Brown and Ben Guagliardo had a goal and assist each and Cole Pedroso added a score while Al Eby had a pair of helpers. Parish Albright made seven saves.

Upper Dublin (9-3, 8-0) will host Upper Moreland at 7 p.m.

DOWNINGTOWN EAST 4 2 4 0 – 10

UPPER DUBLIN 3 4 1 1 – 9