Check out the recaps for SOL boys’ lacrosse teams in action in Tuesday’s opening round of the District 1 3A Tournament.
District One Class 3A opening round
No. 9 Upper Dublin 9, No. 24 Unionville 7
Upper Dublin poured in five goals in the second quarter to erase an early deficit and pick up momentum as the ninth-seeded Cardinals edged out No. 24 Unionville by a 9-7 score in Tuesday’s District One Class 3A opening round game.
Ben Guagliardo and Matt Shohen each scored two goals for the Cardinals, while Al Eby chipped in with a four-point game (1 goal, 3 assists).
Will Hoffmann scored once and went 12-for-20 on face-offs. Chris Kohlbrenner, Matthew Miller, and Kyle Spirt each scored single goals, while Josh Sadja and Reilly McLaughlin each had one assist.
Aarush Pillai went 1-for-1 on face-offs, and Parish Albright recorded 5 saves in goal for the American Conference champion Cardinals, who improve to 14-4 overall on the season. The Cards will visit National Conference runner-up Souderton, the districts No. 8 seed, for a second-round matchup at 6 pm Thursday.
Upper Dublin 2-5-2-0 9
Unionville 3-2-0-2 7
No. 10 Central Bucks East 6, No. 23 Haverford 4
Central Bucks East used aggressive play across the field, causing 12 turnovers and grabbing 24 ground balls, to help set up an opportunistic offense as the Patriots edged 23rd seed Haverford 6-4 in Tuesday’s first-round game.
“Today’s game with Haverford was tight,” East coach Bruce Garcia said. “They are very athletic and strong both defensively and offensively.”
Ben Bridegum picked up nine ground balls to go along with a pair of assists and one CTO. Dean Blackwell had one caused turnovers and four ground balls to go along with a goal. East also received strong efforts from David Brown (3 CTO, 4 GB), Tristan Smith (3 CTO, 2 GB), Patrick Coleman (3 CTO, 1 GB), Frankie Pacitti (1 CTO, 1 GB), Mathew Bowen (2 GB), and Jackson Jagoda (1 GB, 8-for-14 FO).
Thomas Williams led the Patriots’ scoring with three goals. David Crespo had a goal and an assist, Adam Volm added one goal, and Blake Bishop registered one assist.
Ben Snyder made 11 saves (73.3% SVP) as the Patriots improve to 12-6 overall. The 10th-seeded Patriots will travel to No. 7 Spring-Ford for a second-round game at 6 pm Thursday.
“It was a pleasure for us to host Haverford at Central Bucks East on Tuesday night. We look forward to our next game against Spring-Ford Area High School on Thursday as we move forward in the playoffs.”
Central Bucks East 0-3-1-2 6
Haverford 1-1-2-0 4
No. 13 Central Bucks South 12, No. 20 Council Rock North 9
Anthony Depedro was key to getting Central Bucks South started. He also did a nice job finishing for the Titans as well.
Depedro went 15-of-19 from the face-off circle, scooped up 16 ground balls, and also had two goals and an assist as the 13th ranked Titans overcame a slow start to power past No. 20 Council Rock North in Tuesday’s first-round matchup.
“Our face-off guy Anthony just never quit,” said South coach Mike Strayline. “He worked so hard to win possessions and once we started shooting in our spots it started to click.”
The Titans surrendered four goals in the second quarter and went into halftime trailing the Indians 5-2. But South netted five goal in each the third and fourth quarters to come back and pull ahead.
“We had a plan and it worked, we just got off to a slow start,” Strayline said. “Our defense adjusted in the second half and we created a bunch of turnovers in the ride. We got momentum and never looked back. This was a great team win.”
Matt Waltrich had two goals and one assist for the Titans. Landon Amorim scored twice and had two GB, Alex Fessler had two goals and one GB, Keith Conner scored once and assisted on three others, Jack Auerbach and Mark Etgen each chipped in with a goal and an assist, and Marcello Diprinzio had a goal and two GB.
Dom Varacallo recorded 10 saves for the Titans, who also received strong efforts from James Vargason (2 CTO, 2 GB), John Henson (3 GB, 1-for-1 FO), and Blake Bernstein (2-for-3 FO).
Council Rock North ends its season at 9-9 overall. The Titans improve to 11-7, and will visit fourth-seeded Radnor at 7 pm Thursday for a second-round game.
“I am retiring at the end of the season and the boys wanted to get me one more win,” Strayline said. “I love these kids and I’m going to miss being a part of CB South lacrosse, but I’m happy we won our last home game of the season and my career.”
Central Bucks South 1-1-5-5 12
Council Rock North 1-4-2-2 9
No. 14 Owen J Roberts 13, No. 19 Wissahickon 1
No. 15 Avon Grove 17, No. 18 Plymouth Whitemarsh 3
In their first playoff game since 2016, the Colonials received goals from midfielders Luke LaViola, Drew Strohl, and Ben Backenstose. The defensive effort was led by junior defense/LSM/FO Isaiah Bainbridge who had 4 caused turnovers, 9 groundballs, and went 13-for-24 on faceoffs, senior defenseman Frank Lynch who had 2 caused turnovers and 5 groundballs, and junior defenseman Jackson Budin also had a caused turnover and 3 groundballs. Midfielders Hayden Domers and Jack Cooper also recorded 2 groundballs and a caused turnover, respectively. Goalie Mason Best had 12 saves and 2 groundballs.
Plymouth Whitemarsh closed out its successful season with a 9-1 record in SOL American Conference play and 12-7 overall.
Plymouth Whitemarsh 1-1-0-1 3
Avon Grove 5-6-3-3 17
No. 16 Conestoga 9, No. 17 Council Rock South 3
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