Check out the recaps for SOL boys’ lacrosse teams in action. CR North/Truman photos provided courtesy of John Gleeson, and CB East/CB South photos courtesy of Tracy Valko. Check back for galleries of both games: https://solsports.zenfolio.com/f1003499492
SOL National Conference
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 8, CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 2
The Patriots opened up a 4-1 halftime lead and duplicated their production in the second half on their way to the conference win.
Goals by Blake Bishop (Tom Williams assist) and Luke Christmas put the Patriots on top 2-0 after one quarter. The Titans got on the scoreboard in the second quarter, but goals by Adam Volm and Williams (Matthew Bowen assist) sent East into halftime with a three-goal lead.
For the game, Williams and Volm both had two goals and an assist. Bowen added a goal and an assist while Chris Funston, Christmas and Bishop each had one.
Funston also had four caused turnovers and four ground balls, Christmas added two caused turnovers and three ground balls while Pat Coleman and Jack Deem each had two caused turnovers and two ground balls. Devin Blackwell and Benjamin Bridegum each added one caused turnover and two ground balls, and Volm had two ground balls.
For the Titans, Matt Waltrich and Carter Kaplan each scored a goal while Alex Fessler and Kevin Friedman both chipped in an assist. Friedman also had three ground balls. James Vargason and John Henson both had three ground balls and two caused turnovers. Colin Mcreary had two ground balls and one caused turnover. Anthony Depedro won four of six faceoffs and led the Titans with six ground balls and two caused turnovers. Liam Goss won four of six faceoffs and also had two ground balls.
Dom Varacollo was credited with seven saves in goal for the Titans.
Central Bucks East (3-0, 2-0 SOL) will travel to North Penn on Thursday, and Central Bucks South (1-1, 0-1) will be on the road at Springfield Township.
Central Bucks South 0-1-0-1 2
Central Bucks East 2-2-1-3 8
PENNSBURY 14, NESHAMINY 4
The Falcons won the annual Doug Greenfield ‘Grandpa Cup’ game with a standout performance at both ends of the field.
“It’s a great rivalry,” Pennsbury coach Dean Curtis said. “So many of the boys grew up playing together in Lower Bucks Lacrosse, and to get to compete for your high school in a game like this is really special.”
John Curtis led an inspired Falcon attack with four goals and three assists while Mike DeZutel and Will Taylor both had two goals and four assists. Logan Thorne finished with a hat trick, Kolby Ranniello added a goal and an assist, and Henry Moser and Troy Haynes both added one goal.
Brad Hill won 15 of 21 faceoffs and also led the Falcons with seven ground balls.
Josh Vereb was credited with five saves in goal in a winning effort.
The Falcons, who led 4-1 after one quarter, took a 6-2 lead into halftime and added four goals in each of the last two quarters while allowing just one goal in each quarter.
“I am proud of our defensive effort tonight,” Curtis said. “We celebrated our seniors tonight, a bit earlier than normal, due to upcoming stadium construction. Our defensive midfielders, Nolan Halloran, Nate Schaeffer, Dan Lynch, and Liam Halloran were solid in between the lines.
“It was great to see our offense play pretty unselfishly tonight and get all our seniors on the board.”
For the Redskins, Jack McVey had a goal and an assist. Jack Sexton, Ryan DeMatteo and Jared Edmister each added one goal.
Pennsbury (1-2, 1-0 SOL) will be on the road at Council Rock South on Thursday, and Neshaminy (1-2, 0-1) will host Pennridge on Thursday.
Neshaminy 1-1-1-1 4
Pennsbury 4-2-4-4 14
SOUDERTON 13, COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 5
Four players connected for a hat trick to lead the Indians to a win in Tuesday’s SOL opener.
John Martin Vance and Seth Grossman each added a pair of assists to their three-goal efforts while Tyson Bui and Ty Quintois each had an assist with their hat tricks. Sean Landis added a goal to round out the scoring.
Ryan Rothenberger (3 caused turnovers, 3 ground balls), Troy Martin (3ct, 3gbs) and Max Ryon (3ct, 3gbs) came up big on the defensive end of the field.
Matt Malanga was credited with 11 saves in a winning effort in goal for the Indians.
Souderton (2-1, 1-0 SOL) will travel to Council Rock North Thursday for a 7 p.m. contest, and Council Rock South (1-1, 0-1) will host Pennsbury on Thursday at 7 p.m.
COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 12, HARRY S TRUMAN 3
Sam Lewis had a hand in seven goals, scoring four and assisting on three others to lead the Indians in Tuesday’s SOL opener.
Liam Dudley and Nick Colavito both had two goals and two assists. Colavito also had four ground balls while Dudley had one. Ryan Schaffer contributed a goal and an assist. Adding one goal each were Billy McBride, Logan Atkinson and James Reynolds. McBride also was credited with three ground balls. Andrew Zazoff chipped in an assist and also had four ground balls.
Colavito also had four ground balls. Kurken Arpajian and Danny Maglathin both were credited with three ground balls.
For the Tigers, Chris Glover led the way with two goals, seven ground balls and two caused turnovers. Ansuman Turay had one goal, four ground balls, one caused turnover and was 7 for 17 on faceoffs. Patrick Berkery added one assist and also had two ground balls and two caused turnovers. Jack Rugarber led the Tigers with eight ground balls while Chase Tuttle (2gbs, 2 ct), Joe Scheller (3 gbs, 1 ct), Connor Freer (1 gb, 1ct) and Robert Eldredge (1 ct) also contributed.
Truman goalie Tommy Bryson recorded 18 saves and had a 60 percent save percentage.
Council Rock North (3-3, 1-0 SOL) will host Souderton on Thursday at 7 p.m., and Harry S Truman (0-3, 0-1) will be on the road at Central Bucks West for a 6 p.m. contest.
PENNRIDGE 9, NORTH PENN 2
SOL American Conference
WISSAHICKON 13, NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY 2
The Trojans won their fourth game without a loss and notched their first league win on Tuesday.
Andrew Slackman had a big game for the Trojans, leading the way with five goals and two assists. Kyle Lehman added three goals and three assists while Nicholas Donofrio contributed a goal and an assist. Kyle Doll had two goals, and both Aiden Leary and Matthew Slovin had one. Gavin Myers was credited with three assists.
Kyle Crump (3 saves) and Patrick Carr (2 saves) combined for the win in goal.
Dominic Kemper had 14 faceoffs wins, and Idan Jaffe had one faceoff win.
Wissahickon (4-0, 1-0 SOL) will be on the road at Hatboro-Horsham on Thursday, and New Hope-Solebury (1-1, 0-1) will host Upper Moreland on Thursday.
HATBORO-HORSHAM 7, ABINGTON 3
Brendan Kim turned in a brilliant 22 save effort in goal, and the Hatters’ goalie was the catalyst of the Hatters’ standout defensive effort.
David Benjamin led the Hatters’ attack with five goals and also won seven of eight faceoffs. Max Mariano had three assists and also was credited with two caused turnovers. Alex Cerminara added one goal.
Also for the Hatters, Kevin Allison had six ground balls and two caused turnovers, Tommy Pedicone had two ground balls and three caused turnovers, Brett Yorko had three ground balls and three caused turnovers, Nick Long was credited with four ground balls and two caused turnovers, Will McCabe had two ground balls and two caused turnovers, Ethan Weaver had three ground balls and one caused turnover, and Matt Duggan had three ground balls.
Hatboro-Horsham (3-1, 1-0 SOL) will host Wissahickon on Thursday, and Abington (2-2, 0-1) will be on the road at Holy Ghost Prep Friday for a non-league game.
Hatboro-Horsham 2-1-3-1 7
Abington 1-0-2-0 3
UPPER DUBLIN 12, QUAKERTOWN 0
The Cardinals notched a shutout win over the Panthers in Tuesday’s league opener, but the game, according to their coach, was not as easy as the final score suggests.
“Today’s win was a whole team effort, from top to bottom,” UD coach Pat Lacon said. “The boys played hard from the opening whistle to the final one. We were pushed on both sides of the ball, and they forced us to not slow down or take a play off.
“Quakertown did an awesome job of playing a full 48 minutes. That is a true testament that speaks volumes about their coaching staff and team leaders.”
Nathan Brown’s two-goal, one-assist effort led a balanced UD attack. Aiden Callahan and Ben Guagliardo both had a pair of goals. Matthew Shohen contributed one goal and two assists, Kyle Spirt and JD Beamer each had one goal and one assist, and adding one goal each were Cameron Osborne, Cole Coffey and Todd Price. Al Eby chipped in an assist.
Will Hoffman, Ryan O’Sullivan and Michael Gewartowski each had three faceoff wins.
Sharing time in goal in the shutout win were Brendan Reape (3 saves) and Jonah Fisher (one save).
Upper Dublin (1-2, 1-0 SOL) will travel to Plymouth Whitemarsh on Thursday, and Quakertown (0-3, 0-1) will host William Tennent on Thursday.
Non-league
METHACTON 11, CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 7
The Warriors opened up a 9-2 halftime lead, and although the Bucks bounced back and outscored their visitors 5-2 after the intermission, they never could make up the ground they lost.
For the Bucks, Austin Hahn had a pair of goals and won three of four faceoffs while Matt Jacobsen connected for a hat trick and won eight of 16 faceoffs. Joe Perry had a goal and an assist, Alex Greenspan had one goal, and Sam Greenberg and Harrison Brownlow both chipped in an assist.
West goalie Will Shandlay was credited with six saves.
Central Bucks West (4-1) will host Harry S Truman on Thursday.
Methacton 4-5-1-1 11
Central Bucks West 0-2-2-3 7
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