North Penn, Pennsbury, CB East, Souderton, Upper Dublin, CR South & Wissahickon were winners in SOL boys’ lacrosse. Check out the recaps.
SOL National Conference
NORTH PENN 6, PENNRIDGE 5 (OT)
Danny Payne came through when it mattered most for the Knights, scoring the tying goal late in regulation and then winning it midway through the first overtime with a replay of his game-tying goal.
“When he scored the tying goal, it was snowing, and it was snowing good – it was coming down pretty heavy, and it was actually difficult to see the ball,” North Penn coach Rick Smith said. “It was just an experience.”
Payne’s late-game heroics seemed unlikely after the Rams opened up a 4-1 halftime lead and upped that to 5-1 early in the third quarter.
“We’ve seen Pennridge play, and Pennridge has been doing very, very well recently with their transition game,” Smith said. “We emphasized during practice – if we played Pennridge in transition, we would not win the game.
“In the first half, we made mistakes, they played transition and they won. They really dominated the first half.”
The Knights closed out regulation with a 4-0 tear that was capped with Payne’s equalizer.
“We made a couple of adjustments at halftime with our face-offs, we made a couple of adjustments with our riding, and we came out in the second half and Pennridge scored,” Smith said. “Now we’re down 5-1, and our kids – they never thought it was over, and they went into the third quarter and we just scored one after another.
“It was a team win tonight. Pennridge fought hard, North Penn fought hard. Unfortunately, one of those two teams had to lose. It was a great high school lacrosse game, a typical Suburban One League game. There is no easy game for us in the Suburban One. Everyone is a legitimate team, and it showed tonight. We went neck in neck. It was a great game.”
The Knights’ defense – goalie Bryon Rimmer and defensemen Ryan Schoppe, Sam Bardzinski, Brian Myers and long stick middie Nic Conroy – came up big throughout the entire game and had a stand late in regulation.
“We had the ball on offense, and we threw it away,” Smith said. “Pennridge had an opportunity. They used a timeout, our defense stood its ground and forced overtime.
“Pennridge won the face-off, they used a timeout, and our defense stood tall. We got the ball down on offense, it was Danny Payne on the dodge for the game winner and that was it.”
Rimmer was credited with seven saves.
“Bryon Rimmer did an outstanding job in the second half,” Smith said.
In addition to Payne, Matt Dickson had two goals and two assists in a four-point night. Stephen Rinck also added a pair of goals. Lucas Yannul chipped in an assist.
For the Rams, Nick Fanelli scored two goals and added an assist. The junior attackman reached a personal milestone, connecting for his 100th career goal. Kevin Britner added a pair of goals while Matt Nevells had a goal and an assist.
Pennridge goalie Tristan Banks recorded eight saves.
This game, according to Smith, is one of the special ones.
“You can throw records out the window when we play Pennridge,” Smith said. “Right now we’re both very successful with our records, but anytime we play Pennridge, it’s a battle.
“It’s always a tight game, we always play each other really tough. Our teams are very similar. We’re both very young with very few seniors. We’re junior driven.”
North Penn (6-2, 2-0 SOL) will host Central Bucks East on Friday, and Pennridge (6-2, 1-1) will host Council Rock North on Thursday.
North Penn 1-0-2-2-1 6
Pennridge 2-2-1-0-0 5
PENNSBURY 10, COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 7
In what is rapidly becoming a theme, the Falcons received contributions from up and down their lineup in Tuesday’s win over the Indians.
Max Jackman, Ben Abraham, Luke Vando and Avery Dysart contributed two goals each. Vando also had an assist and three ground balls while Dysart added an assist. Contributing one goal each were Cole Ruoff and Will Anderson. Ruoff, who had a four-point night, added three assists, and Anderson had an assist and three ground balls. Nick Sutton chipped in two helpers for the Falcons.
Jack Krefetz played a key role for the Falcons, scooping up a team-high nine ground balls and winning 11-of-18 face-offs. Bryse Raniello was credited with four ground balls while Justin Hernandez and Charlie Nuschke had three each.
Falcon goalie Tim Davis recorded nine saves in a winning effort.
Pennsbury (6-2, 1-1 SOL) will host Hatboro-Horsham on Thursday, and Council Rock North (5-3, 0-2) will travel to Pennridge on Thursday.
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 14, NESHAMINY 2
Greg Scholz led a balanced Patriot attack with four goals and one assist. The team’s five Ryans accounted for 14 points with Ryan Carroll contributing two goals and two assists while Ryan Stout had two goals and one assist. Ryan Gray had a pair of assists, Ryan Bullotta, one goal and one assist, and Ryan Eife chipped in one goal. Daniel Burgos also had two goals and two assists. Adding one goal each were Hayden Durr and Kevin Beahan. Michael Ott, Jake Ventresca and Joey Beahan each had one assist.
Ott (seven face-off wins) and Pat Volko (six face-off wins) combined for 13 face-off wins. Liam Rosenthal (three saves) and RJ Miller (one save) split time in goal.
Joey Beahan scooped up eight ground balls to lead the Patriots while Ott added six. Collin Stein had three ground balls. Drew Bethke and Jake Kueny both had two ground balls and one caused turnover. Ventresca also had two ground balls. Tyler Tracy had one ground ball and two caused turnovers. Kevin Beahan, Connor Martin and Stout each had one ground ball. Joey Beahan was credited with two caused turnovers.
Central Bucks East (7-1, 2-0 SOL) will travel to North Penn on Friday for a 3:30 p.m. contest. Neshaminy (5-3, 0-2) will host Holy Ghost Prep on Thursday.
Central Bucks East 4-3-5-2 14
Neshaminy 0-0-1-1 2
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 17, HARRY S TRUMAN 1
SOL American Conference
SOUDERTON 9, ABINGTON 0
The Indians’ defense and goalie Axell Beskar – who stopped all nine shots he faced – were on top of their game in Tuesday’s shutout win.
“It was a great team effort defensively,” coach Mark Princehorn said.
Cole Witoslawski’s four-goal effort led the Indians’ attack. Stephen Blue added two goals and one assist, and Walker Martin also had a pair of goals. Dylan Anderson added one goal, and Adam Booz contributed a pair of assists. Kain Turner had one assist.
The Indians, who led 2-0 after one quarter, took a 4-0 lead into halftime on their way to the convincing win.
Souderton (6-2, 2-0 SOL) will travel to Harry S Truman on Wednesday, and Abington (3-4, 1-1) will be on the road at Springfield Township on Friday.
Abington 0-0-0-0 0
Souderton 2-2-3-2 9
UPPER DUBLIN 13, SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP 6
The Cardinals raced out of the gate to a 6-0 lead after one quarter and took an 11-2 lead into halftime. Luke Roselli and Justin Heckler set the tone for game, combining to win 19-of-23 face-offs with Roselli finishing the game a perfect 11-for-11 at the X. He also had a team-high seven ground balls and scored one goal to cap off a dominant performance.
Max Winebrake connected for a hat trick to lead a balanced Cardinal offense. Jed Hanson, Cary Romig and Brian McCarry each had a pair of goals. Jason Williams had a goal and two assists while Zach Young added one goal. Colin Asper had one helper.
Nick Sowers scooped up four ground balls and also had two caused turnovers. Adding three ground balls were McCarry and Williams. Asper, Heckler, Malik Bootman and Jake DiMartile each had two ground balls. Adding one ground ball each were Matt Sharkey, Pat Tucker and Seth Miller.
For the Spartans, Wilson Krewson had a pair of goals while Zach Coppol, Trey DuBise, Paul Richardson and Nic Pugliese added one each.
Upper Dublin (8-0, 2-0 SOL) will host Plymouth Whitemarsh on Thursday, and Springfield Township (5-4, 0-2) will host Abington on Friday.
Springfield Township0-2-1-3 6
Upper Dublin 6-5-1-1 13
WISSAHICKON 13, QUAKERTOWN 1
Non-league
METHACTON 10, UPPER MORELAND 3
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