Check out the results for SOL boys’ lacrosse teams in action. CR North/CR South photos provided courtesy of John Gleeson. Souderton/Roman Catholic photos provided by Keith Clemens. Check back for a gallery of action photos…CLICK HERE to go directly to the boys lacrosse gallery.
NORTH PENN 7, CENTRAL BUCKS WEST 6
Games don’t get much more even than this one. The two teams were deadlocked at two after one quarter and tied 3-3 at the half. It was a 4-4 game heading into the final quarter when the Knights edged their visitors 3-2.
“We had so much internal adversity that my team fought through,” North Penn coach Rick Smith said. “To prevail at the end of the game – I had a player (Andrew Alexander) who was sick at halftime, and he comes out in the fourth quarter, and he gets the ground ball that wins the game.
“My coaching staff was saying, ‘He’s done, he’s out for the game,’ and the next thing you know he said, ‘I’m good. I’m ready to go.’ He got in with about a minute left and caused a turnover, got the ground ball and got it to our offense.
“It was a hard fought game for both teams. I was down a couple players because of some injuries, and I knew that it was going to be a battle to the end. You can throw records out the window – every time CB West and North Penn play it’s a hard fought game, as it should be.”
Keeping the Knights in the game was Matt Rinck. The senior goalie was a difference maker, turning away 24 of 30 shots he faced in a stellar outing.
“He some unbelievable saves today,” Smith said. “He had some saves where he was on his knees and he reached up in the air. He did a great job.”
On the offensive side of the field, Reece Udinski played a direct role in six of his team’s seven goals, scoring two and assisting on four others.
“Reece Udinski did a great job anchoring the offense,” Smith said.
Lucas Yannul added two goals, including a goal that gave the Knights an 7-5 lead with 8:30 remaining in regulation and turned out to be the game winner.
“He’s an attackman that comes off the bench when we run Reece up at midfield,” said Smith, whose team trailed 2-0 early in the contest. “He scored two goals in the fourth quarter, and we win by one.”
The Bucks made things very interesting when Brandon Gervais scored with 5:53 remaining to make it a 7-6 game.
“Matt literally stood on his head – he had two saves late in the fourth quarter,” Smith said. “He was on fire today. He did a really good job for us.
“Even last year – he did really well against CB West last year.”
Rinck had 21 saves in North Penn’s 10-5 win last year.
Also contributing to the Knights’ attack were Tanner Nelson, Matt Dickson and Nick Keim with one goal each. Adding one assist were both Nic Conroy and Eric Diamond.
“It was literally just a whole team effort,” Smith said. “It was a roller coaster of emotions the whole game. It was an intense game, and luckily for us at the end, we had one more goal than CB West did.”
Interestingly, North Penn was ranked 10th and Central Bucks West 11th in District One’s first power rankings released on Sunday.
“To say we’re one goal different is exactly where we should be,” Smith said. “I’m always emphasizing to our guys – win that one ground ball because if you win that one ground ball, that could be the difference in the game, and that’s what happened at the end of the game.”
Gervais and Joey Rockovich led the Bucks with two goals each. Rockovich also had an assist. Mike Samson and Ben Sexauer each added a goal.
Garrett Hichens won 8-of-16 face-offs and had five ground balls. Nick Werner scooped up four ground balls.
For the Knights, Udinski (five ground balls) and Diamond (four ground balls) combined for nine ground balls.
West goalie Max Dunar was credited with six saves.
North Penn (10-3, 5-1 SOL) will travel to Council Rock South on Friday, and Central Bucks West (9-4, 5-1) will be on the road at Cheltenham on Wednesday.
Central Bucks West 2-1-1-2 6
North Penn 2-1-1-3 7
COUNCIL ROCK NORTH 6, COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 2
The Indians threw some serious defense at their archrivals with Phil Huddy’s superb 13-save effort leading the charge.
The Indians took a 2-1 lead into the second quarter when Huddy turned away all five of the shots he faced, allowing his team to go into halftime with a 3-1 lead. He added seven more saves in the second half.
Peter Lehman and Beckett Thompson both had two goals to lead the Indians, and Jack Jogerst added one goal and one assist. Ben Hoefer also had a goal. Austin Gambino and Chase Patterson accounted for the Golden Hawks’ two goals. Gambino also had three ground balls.
Jack Jogerst led the Indians with three ground balls. Jack Early and Thompson had two each. Contributing one ground ball apiece were Ian Waitkus, Freddy Germana, Joey Scardino and Andrew Tate.
Council Rock North (6-5, 3-2 SOL) will travel to Harry S Truman on Tuesday, and Council Rock South (4-5, 1-3) will host Neshaminy on Tuesday.
Council Rock North 2-1-2-1 6
Council Rock South 1-0-1-0 2
CENTRAL BUCKS SOUTH 14, BOYERTOWN 7
The Titans fought their way out of a 4-0 early deficit to defeat Boyertown 14-7 in a non-league game.
Mike Dutkiewicz and Justin Abbonizio led South in scoring with four goals apiece. Ian Vogt led the team in total points as he dished out five assists and scored once. Dante Poli and Austin Novick each tallied four points (Poli with three goals and one assist while Novick had three assists and one goal). Angus Ballentine scored once and Dan Mignonga had one assist.
Brad Ross and DJ LoVerdi led the attack on the ground as each grabbed six ground balls, Poli had five, Chris Surina and Dutkiewicz both with three, Vogt, Dylan Grosso, Evan Quinn, Connor Falkowski, Joe DeLaurentis and Matt Stoll with two apiece and Colin Abbonizio, Jake Druce, Andrew Fratangelli, Mark Lumb, Evan Michner and Ballentine all with one GB. Poli caused four turnovers, LoVerdi, three, while Druce, Dutkiewicz, Surina and Quinn each forcing one apiece. Matt Stoll won 4-of-9 face-offs, Fratangelli 2-of-5 and Lumb was 1-of-8. Brad Ross was credited with 13 saves in goal.
Central Bucks South (7-6, 2-3 SOL) will host Central Bucks East on Wednesday.
UPPER DUBLIN 10, OWEN J ROBERTS 8
Upper Dublin was ranked 13th in the first District One 3A power rankings that were released on Sunday. Owen J Robert was 16th. The tightly contested game suggested the rankings might be pretty accurate.
The Flying Cardinals, who led 2-1 after one quarter, took a 6-4 lead into halftime. The Wildcats knotted the score 7-7 head into the final quarter when the Cards outscored their visitors 3-1.
Cary Romig’s had trick led the Cardinals. Max Winebrake had two goals and one assist, and Jerry Bardol added two goals. Contributing one goal each were Jed Hanson, Colin Asper and Nick Sowers.
Sowers scooped up a six ground balls to lead the Cardinals. Lucas Roselli had four while Jake DiMartile and Chris McDermott had three apiece.
Dillon Lojeski turned away 13 of 21 shots in a strong outing in goal for the Cards.
Upper Dublin (7-5, 4-1 SOL) will travel to Upper Moreland on Tuesday.
Owen J Roberts 1-3-3-1 8
Upper Dublin 2-4-1-3 10
SOUDERTON 16, ROMAN CATHOLIC 2
Stephen Blue’s five goals led the Indians, and Walker Martin added three goals.
Goalies Axell Beskar (two saves) and Hayden Grice (four saves) combined for the win in goal.
“It was a great team effort,” coach Mark Princehorn said.
Souderton (13-1, 4-1 SOL) will travel to Quakertown on Tuesday.
UPPER MORELAND 17, NORRISTOWN 1
About the Author
