SOL National Conference
Pennridge 19, Central Bucks South 8
A dominant second half, capped by a monster fourth quarter, propelled the Rams to Thursday’s win.
Pennridge led 7-4 at the break, then outscored the Titans 12-4 after halftime, putting away eight goals in the fourth. Matt Seiler’s four goals and four assists coupled with four goals and two assists from Ryan Carickhoff and a four-goal, three-assist outing from Levi Souder paced a productive Rams attack, with Frank Fanelli keeping pace with a hat trick and assist.
Cole Nitterour won 19-of-29 faceoffs, adding an assist. Matt Kriney added two goals and an assist, Rocco Fanelli had a goal and two helpers, and Andrew Horensky added a goal and assist to round out the Rams’ offense.
Tyler Vandermark made 13 saves in the win.
Landon Amorim’s three goals, Keith Conner’s two goals and Jack Auerbach’s two goals led CB South. James Vargason had five faceoff wins and six ground balls with Anthony Depedro notching three wins on the X and seven ground balls. Blake Berstein added two faceoff wins.
Dom Varacallo had 20 saves and Brayden Shahan added two stops in goal for the Titans.
Pennridge (7-1, 3-0 SOL) will travel to Parkland Saturday for a non-league game at 1:30 p.m., and Central Bucks South (4-4, 1-3 SOL) will play North Penn on Tuesday.
PENNRIDGE 3 4 4 8 – 19
CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 1 3 2 2 – 8
Central Bucks West 12, North Penn 6
The Bucks broke open a tie game with a strong second quarter while dictating the game on faceoffs to collect a win Thursday.
Matt Jacobsen led the way, winning 12 of his 14 faceoffs and scoring a hat trick as West won the second quarter 4-1 after the Knights had played to a 3-3 tie in the first. James Rutenberg was 1-of-4 on faceoffs and Ben Greenspan went 1-of-2 on the X for a combined 14-of-22 effort for West.
Also for the Bucks, Colton Albrecht had three goals and an assist, and Alex Greenspan tacked on two goals and an assist. Michael Rafalowski had a goal and three assists, Aidan Kimberly was responsible for a goal and an assist and Rutenberg and Brad Mulreaney each found the net once.
Kanen Patel made three saves to secure the win.
For North Penn, Caiden Myers led the scoring with a hat trick. Vinnie Montmore, Emerson Morelli and Luigi Cardone also scored while Joe Morrow had eight faceoff wins.
Connor Howard stood tall in goal, registering 20 saves.
Central Bucks West (7-1, 2-1 SOL) will host Neshaminy Tuesday, and North Penn (3-5, 1-4 SOL) will travel to Central Bucks South Tuesday.
CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 3 4 1 4 – 12
NORTH PENN 3 1 0 2 – 6
Souderton 14, Harry S Truman 2
The Indians opened up a 6-0 lead after one quarter and never looked back on their way to their fourth conference win without a loss.
John Martin-Vince’s seven-point game led the Indians and included two goals and five assists. Seth Grossman added a hat trick while Gavin Landis had two goals. Sean Landis and Oliver Brewer both contributed one goal and one assist. Contributing one goal each were Trey Bui, Shaun Whitcomb and Ryan Lewis. Reese Robataille added an assist.
Ryan Johnson recorded one save in the win.
For the Tigers, Colton Cornell and Connor Freer each scored a goal while Conner Bryson had one assist. Chris Glover also handed out one assist and had two ground balls. Rob Eldredge was credited with one ground ball and two caused turnovers.
Tommy Bryson recorded 23 saves (62 save percentage).
Souderton (6-2, 3-0 SOL) will host Central Bucks East Tuesday, and Harry S Truman (3-7, 0-4) will host Pennsbury Tuesday.
HARRY S TRUMAN 0 2 0 0 – 2
SOUDERTON 6 3 3 2 – 14
SOL American Conference
Upper Dublin 14, Abington 1
Five Upper Dublin players tallied multiple goals in a wire-to-wire win Thursday.
Kyle Spirt, Nate Brown, Matt Shohen, Al Eby and Reece Taylor all scored two goals each for the Cardinals. Spirt added four assists, while Shohen, Eby and Taylor all adding one assist. Cam Osborne had a goal and three helpers for UD.
Reilly McLaughlin, Ajay Foster and Ben Guagliardo also had a goal each.
Jonah Fisher, Ben Shervin and Paish Albright combined for five saves in goal for UD. Cole Pedroso also tallied an assist.
Upper Dublin (4-2, 3-0 SOL) is off until next Thursday when the Cardinals will travel to William Tennent. Abington (1-7, 1-1 SOL) will host Avon Grove in a non-league game Saturday at 11 a.m.
Springfield Twp 5, Hatboro-Horsham 3
A 3-1 halftime lead held up as the Spartans and Hatters traded second half goals on Thursday.
Jack Vecchione’s hat trick led the Spartans’ offense, Colin Pennington added a goal and assist and Adam Fleuhr tallied a goal.
Springfield Twp (4-0, 2-0 SOL) will be on the road at Neshaminy for a non-league game Friday, and Hatboro-Horsham (0-6, 0-3 SOL) will host Quakertown Tuesday.
SPRINGFIELD TWP: 1 2 1 1 – 5
HATBORO-HORSHAM: 0 1 1 1 – 3
New Hope-Solebury 11, Quakertown 5
A productive all-around effort netted the Lions a win over the Panthers on Thursday.
Offensively, Mitchell Lontchar found the net four times, and Trevor Donohoe had a hat trick. Colin Foster scored twice while Parker Taylor and Quinn Bridge each scored a goal. For Bridge it was his first varsity goal.
Captain Lucas Solis dictated tempo, notching three assists.
Defensively, freshman Cole Catalano registered 14 saves while close defenseman Ben Klayman picked up 10 ground balls and orchestrated the team’s clearing game. Oliver Phillips and Josh Dizio provided strong backup defensively.
Chris Weisbrot, Colin Foster and Brandon Crounce controlled the X with a combined 15 faceoff victories.
New Hope-Solebury (3-5, 1-3 SOL) will host Plymouth Whitemarsh on Tuesday, and Quakertown (3-6, 1-2 SOL) will be on the road at Pleasant Valley for a non-league game Friday.
Wissahickon 6, Upper Moreland 5
The Trojans held off a fourth quarter rally by the Golden Bears, escaping with a one-goal win on Thursday.
Wiss held a 6-3 lead going to the final frame. Upper Moreland scored the only two goals of the fourth quarter, but the Bears were unable to find a tying score. Five Trojans scored, led by Charlie Stehlik’s two goals, assist and four ground balls.
Austin Myers, Blake Zimmerman, Chase Comer and Nolan Pounds also scored for the Trojans. Myers added two assists and a ground ball, Comer collected three ground balls and Pounds gathered four ground balls in an active effort.
Logan Bruno’s seven ground balls and three caused turnovers led a defensive effort that also included Kyle Crump, who had seven saves on 12 shots faced, Quinn McClintic, Cole Lilienfeld, Conor Nevulis, Carmen Schoppe and Charlie Hussa. Schoppe and Lilienfeld each had two ground balls.
Nolan Reilly set the tone at the faceoff X, winning 12 of 15 draws and collecting six ground balls.
Aiden Tuffy had two goals for Upper Moreland with Kevin Messina, Paul Fell and Evan Barrett also notching goals.
Wissahickon (6-1, 4-0 SOL) will be on the road to take on Oakcrest in a non-league game Saturday at 11 a.m., and Upper Moreland (4-4, 2-2 SOL) is off until Thursday when the Bears will be on the road at Springfield Twp.
WISSAHICKON 2 3 1 0 – 6
UPPER MORELAND 1 1 1 2 – 5
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