Check out the recaps for SOL boys’ lacrosse teams in action Saturday.
SOL American Conference
Upper Dublin 13, Wissahickon 3
The Cardinals opened up a 6-1 lead after one quarter and never looked back on the way to their eighth conference win without a loss.
Matt Shohen’s four goals led the Cardinals, and Kyle Spirt also had a four-point game with two goals and two assists. Cam Osborne and Al Eby both contributed two goals and one assist while Nate Brown and Ben Guagliardo had one goal and one assist. Matthew Miller contributed one goal.
Parish Albright (2 saves) and Ben Shervin (2 saves) combined for the win in goal.
For the Trojans, Austin Myers had one goal and two ground balls, Harrison Paul contributed two assists while Charlie Stehlik and Ryan Kim both had one goal. Danny Hussa led the Trojans’ defense with eight ground balls and three caused turnovers.
Upper Dublin (9-2, 8-0 SOL) will host Downingtown East Tuesday, and Wissahickon (10-3, 6-2) will travel to Holy Ghost Prep for a non-league game Tuesday.
Upper Dublin 6-7-0-0 13
Wissahickon 1-0-1-1 3
Non-league
Plymouth Whitemarsh 10, Pennsbury 8
In one of several local games selected to participate in the 12th Annual Play for the A’s lacrosse campaign bringing awareness and support to family caregivers of those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, the Colonials won a tightly contested game against the Falcons.
The Colonials broke a 2-2 tie with a 3-0 second quarter to go into halftime with a 5-2 lead. The Falcons evened the score 7-7 with a 5-2 third quarter burst, but the Titans came back to win it in the fourth quarter.
Sophomore midfielder Jack Cooper led the scoring for the Colonials with four goals and an assist. PW also received two goals from senior attack Ben Backenstose, and one goal apiece from junior LSM/defense/FO Isaiah Bainbridge, junior attack Scott Marguiles, sophomore attack Dylan Ippolito and sophomore midfielder Owen Cababe. Junior attack Caiden Lesczcynski also contributed with four assists.
The PW defensive effort was led by Bainbridge with three caused turnovers and five ground balls. Senior Defenseman Frank Lynch also had 5 ground balls to go along with his 2 caused turnovers and Junior Defensmen Jackson Budin and Chase Welliver contributed to the win with four ground balls and three ground balls, respectively. Welliver also had a caused turnover. Junior midfielders Connor Rarrick (1CTO, 1GB) and Luke LaViola (1A, 2CTO, 2GB) were also key to the Colonials’ victory. Goalie Mason Best had nine saves and three ground balls for the Colonials in a win that was their sixth consecutive.
For the Falcons, John Curtis led the way with two goals and two assists. Logan Thorne (1 goal, 2 assists), Chris Lynch (2 goals, 1 assist) and Trent Becker (2 goals, 1 assist) each had three-point games. Braxton Furiness had one goal, and Jake Kalinowski had an assist. Jaden Beach recorded two saves.
Pennsbury’s Bradley Hill had a big day at the faceoff X, winning 21 of 22 faceoffs and also had 12 ground balls.
Plymouth Whitemarsh (8-5, 6-1 SOL) will host Quakertown on Tuesday, and Pennsbury (7-7, 4-3) will travel to Central Bucks South on Tuesday.
Plymouth Whitemarsh 2-3-2-3 10
Pennsbury 2-0-5-1 8
Central Bucks West 12, Upper Merion 7
The visiting Bucks opened up a 7-1 lead on their way to the non-league win.
Matt Jacobsen and Colton Albrecht each had a hat trick. Albrecht also had an assist. Alex Greenspan had two goals and one assist, and James Rutenberg had two goals.
Aidan Kimberly (1 goal, 3 assists) and Michael Rafalowski (4 assists) both had four-point games. Caden Loftus had one goal, and Garin Mangeot added an assist.
Jacobsen won 7 of 16 faceoffs, and Kevin Mallon had four of seven assists. Kanen Patel was credited with nine saves.
Central Bucks West (10-3, 4-3 SOL) will host Pennridge on Tuesday.
Central Bucks West 4-3-1-4 12
Upper Merion 1-0-2-4 7
Downingtown East 15, Central Bucks South 5
The visiting Titans led 3-2 after one quarter but were shut out in the second quarter as the Cougars took a 5-3 lead into halftime on their way to the non-league win.
Keith Conner contributed one goal and one assist. Scoring one goal each for the Titans were Landon Amorim, Alex Fessler, Jack Auerbach and Matt Waltrich. Anthony Depedro won 8 of 13 faceoffs and had eight ground balls, and Blake Bernstein was 6-for-11 at the faceoff X and also contributed five ground balls.
Dom Varacallo was credited with 10 saves, and Brayden Shahan had two saves.
Central Bucks South (7-6, 4-3 SOL) will host Pennsbury on Tuesday.
Central Bucks South 3-0-0-2 5
Downingtown East 2-3-6-4 15
Souderton 10, Perkiomen Valley 9
Ridley 14, Council Rock North 7
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