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Non-league
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 11, UNIONVILLE 5
The Patriots used a balanced scoring effort to defeat Unionville in a non-league contest Saturday.
Five players – Ryan Atkinson, Michael Smallwood, Thomas Williams, Blake Bishop and Adam Volm – scored two goals each to lead the Patriots. Smallwood and Williams also added an assist. Evan Riley contributed a goal while Patrick Coleman and Jackson Jagoda each had an assist.
Contributing three ground balls each were Atkinson, Dean Blackwell and David Brown. Coleman, Ben Bridgeum and O’Leary each had two.
Bishop led the Patriots with three caused turnovers and Volm had two.
Central Bucks East (7-3, 4-0 SOL) will travel to Souderton on Tuesday.
PENNRIDGE 18, PARKLAND 6
The Rams dominated play in Saturday’s non-league road game, opening up an 8-1 halftime lead and extending that to 15-4 heading into the fourth quarter.
Frank Fanelli and Ryan Carickhoff both had six-point games to lead the Rams. Fanelli had three goals and three assists, and Carickhoff scored five goals and had one assist.
Matt Seiler and Levi Souder both added a hat trick and also had one assist. Matt Kriney had a pair of goals while Colin Manville and Rocco Fanelli both had one goal. Kevin Matthews chipped in an assist.
Cole Nitterour won 9 of 23 faceoffs.
Tyler Vandermark was credited with 10 saves in goal in a winning effort. Calvin McGuire had one save.
Pennridge (8-1, 3-0 SOL) will travel to Spring-Ford for a non-league game on Thursday.
Pennridge 4-4-7-3 18
Parkland 0-1-3-2 6
AVON GROVE 16, ABINGTON 4
The Ghosts trailed by just one after one quarter (2-1) but found themselves on the short end of a 7-2 score at halftime.
Things got a whole lot tougher for the Ghosts when they lost starting LSM Liam Penderghest to a pulled hamstring at the start of the second quarter.
“That was a big difference maker,” Abington coach Mike Duffy said. “He’s great in the transition game, really good in the ground ball game.
“We were really running with them well in that first quarter, and then Liam Pendy went down, and it was a skid from there.”
Matt Miller’s three-goal, one-assist effort led the Ghosts. Colin Sullivan added one goal while Bobby Zuccato and Woll each had an assist.
Despite the outcome, Duffy liked his team’s effort.
“I think we’re getting better,” the Ghosts’ coach said. “This year I chose to ramp up the competition we’re playing to let them see the game played at that higher level and the speed it has to be played at.
“I think we’re getting better. We played some really good teams up until now, and coming into the back half of our schedule, we’re hoping it pays off, and that speed translates.
“They had a lot of really good shooters. We were on their hands, and they still found the back of the net. They were placing their shots really well, and that’s tough to beat.”
Abington (1-8, 1-1 SOL) will host Holy Ghost Prep in a non-league game on Monday.
Avon Grove 7-9 16
Abington 2-2 4
WISSAHICKON 13, OAKCREST HIGH SCHOOL 5
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