Check out the recaps for SOL boys’ lacrosse teams in action Monday. CB East/Lower Merion photos provided courtesy of Tracy Valko. Check back for a gallery of photos.
SOL American Conference
Wissahickon 22, Quakertown 1
The Trojans notched their eighth win without a loss in conference play, rolling to a decisive win over the visiting Panthers.
Fourteen players contributed to the scoring for the Trojans. Jackson Intrieri had a hand in seven goals, scoring twice and assisting on five others. Kyle Lehman (four goals, one assist) and Jimmy Malott (three goals, two assists) both had five-point nights. Nicholas Donofrio had a hat trick while Dean Wolf had two goals and one assist. Alex Solomon and EJ Shreiner both had a pair of goals. Brody Myers contributed one goal and one assist, and adding one goal each were Gavin Myers, Matthew Slovin and Joseph Connolly. Charlie Stehlik chipped in a pair of assists, and Andrew Slackman and Kyle Doll both had one assist.
Wissahickon (11-4, 8-0 SOL) will travel to Plymouth Whitemarsh on Tuesday, and Quakertown (1-13, 0-8) will host Upper Moreland on Tuesday.
Upper Moreland 15, Plymouth Whitemarsh 6
The Golden Bears – who led 5-2 after one quarter – took an 8-3 lead into halftime and then outscored their visitors 7-3 in the second half.
Ryan Olexa’s three goals and one assist led a balanced UM attack. Joseph Messina and Joe Marczak also both had four-point games with two goals and two assists. Colin Hogan added two goals and one assist, William O’Neill and Owen Dunlevy each contributed two goals while Matt Tiernan had one goal and one assist. Logan Taylor had one goal, and Alex Emmell contributed a pair of assists.
Matt Ludlow was credited with eight saves in goal in the win.
Upper Moreland (12-4, 7-2 SOL) will travel to Quakertown on Tuesday, and Plymouth Whitemarsh (4-8, 4-5) will be on the road at Council Rock South on Wednesday.
Plymouth Whitemarsh 2-1-2-1 6
Upper Moreland 5-3-4-3 15
Non-league
Central Bucks East 12, Lower Merion 2
Jonah Osborne scored five goals while Joey Stella assisted on six to lead the Patriots to a no-doubt-about-it Senior Day win over the aces in a non-league contest.
Nicholas Knepp added two goals and two assists, and Evan Bullotta had a pair of goals while Chris Funston and Shane McEntire each had one.
Bullotta also had six ground balls and three caused turnovers while Nils Updale had five ground balls and one caused turnover. Mark Lapioli had three ground balls and two caused turnovers, and Ryan McCauley had two ground balls. Adding one caused turnover were McEntire, Dean Blackwell and Brennan Coleman.
The Titans led by just a 3-2 score after one quarter but did not allow their visitors to score the rest of the way, closing the game with a 9-0 tear.
Central Bucks East (12-3, 9-0 SOL) will travel to Council Rock North on Tuesday.
Lower Merion 2-0-0-0 2
Central Bucks East 3-3-4-2 12
Souderton 12, Lansdale Catholic 6
The Indians have been on a roll but knew they were in for an emotional night on Monday.
Mark Princehorn, who led Souderton from 2014-19, was back on the sidelines only this time as an opponent. The first-year Lansdale Catholic coach got a nice round of applause from Souderton’s fans and plenty of former and current players made sure to give their regards once the game concluded.
In between, Souderton made sure it wasn’t a homecoming to celebrate as they took over in the second half to win a fifth straight game.
“This was a big game and we needed four quarters of 110 percent lacrosse the entire time,” Souderton senior Manny Puente said. “We carried that mindset the past week, it showed in the past few games and it translated into this game tonight.”
Puente, a long-stick defensive midfielder, and the rest of the Indians defense played a key role in the win by holding LC to just two goals in the second half. Freshman goalie Matt Malanga was solid, making 11 saves and the defenders in front of him kept LC’s top scorers well covered all game.
After falling behind 2-0, the hosts scored three straight to end the first quarter and traded goals with the visitors in the second quarter to cling to a 5-4 advantage at intermission.
A 5-1 advantage in the third quarter helped Souderton open up its lead as the Indians battled for every loose ball and made the task of getting up the field difficult for the visitors.
Souderton controlled possession, thanks in large part to senior Luke Wawrzynek who went 17-of-21 on the faceoff X.
“He’s having an amazing year,” Puente said. “He’s been killing it and he’s shown so much growth as a player. We knew going in we were going to do really well on the faceoffs. We ran by him how to take faceoffs against a guy using a pole and he did it flawlessly.”
John Martin Vince led Souderton with three goals and two assists but the Indians had plenty of contributors. Kobi Bui and Justin Wawrzynek each scored and assisted on two goals while Tyson Bui and Ty Quintois each put away a pair of goals while assisting one.
Jamison McDivitt assisted three goals before putting one away and Seth Grossman added an assist.
“We feel very confident, we’ve been working all season preparing for big games like this,” McDivitt said. “We’ve taught matchups, we’ve talked games, we have a bunch of young players on this roster that play significant minutes so it’s great to get them out here where they’re all learning and all growing.”
For the Crusaders, Connor Mann scored four goals, including the 100th goal of his career. Pat McKeever added a goal and three assists, and Colin Corbett rounded out the scoring with a goal. Connor Flanegan was credited with 10 saves in goal for LC.
Souderton (12-5, 5-5 SOL) will visit Methacton at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
Lansdale Catholic 2-2-1-1 6
Souderton 3-2-5-2 12
Central Bucks South 10, Springfield Twp 4
The Titans used a dominant first half to pick up a win over the host Spartans.
South scored all 10 of its goals before halftime and again rode a strong effort on the faceoff X by midfielder Chris Moore. Moore went 16-of-18 on draws, gathering 10 ground balls and adding a goal to his line.
John Fitts and Ryan Gordon each tallied two goals to lead South. Liam Brittin scored a goal and assisted on two while Cole Cenci and Nick Fareno each accounted for a goal and assist.
Jason Christiansen and Brady Hinkle rounded out the Titans scoring with a goal apiece.
Gavin Ostroff picked up the win with 11 saves in goal.
Luke Gozzard and Trey Dubose led the Spartans with two goals each. Carter Weiss posted six saves for a second half shutout.
South (10-3, 7-2 SOL) heads to rival CB West for a 7 p.m. start on Tuesday. Springfield Township (7-7, 4-4) will host West at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Central Bucks South 5-5-0-0 10
Springfield Township 1-0-1-2 4
Pennridge 15, Abington 7
After a first quarter deadlock, Monday’s non-league contest turned decidedly in Pennridge’s favor over the next three quarters.
After playing to a 3-3 tie after 12 minutes, the Rams won the next frame 6-1 and doubled up the Ghosts 6-3 in the second half to roll to the win.
Tom Hart had a monster game for Pennridge, tallying six goals and three assists. Chris Fanelli continued to rack up goals, scoring five on Monday.
Jake Stranix had a goal and assist while Jack Lennox, Tyler Richardson and Nate McMahon each had a goal. Matt Fleisch, Luke Lenox and Ryan Carickhoff added assists
Sean Gereaghty posted seven saves.
Abington (4-10, 4-4 SOL) visits William Tennent at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday while Pennridge (8-8, 5-5) heads to Boyertown on Wednesday for a 3:45 p.m. game.
Abington 3-1-1-2 7
Pennridge 3-6-2-4 15
Council Rock South 10, Hatboro-Horsham 9
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