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Non-league
NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY 4, HOLY GHOST PREP 3 (OT)
After a tough loss to Springfield on Tuesday, the Lions bounced back 24 hours later with an exciting 4-3 overtime victory at home.
Sophomore attackman Mitchell Lontchar swept to top center, scoring a picture perfect goal to give the Lions the victory in OT.
Malcolm Raupp once again led the Lions with three goals. Goalie Leo Fowler was outstanding in goal with 15 saves. Chris Weisbrot and Brandon Cronce had 10 faceoff wins between them. Weisbrot’s key faceoff win in OT gave the Lions the ball, and Lontchar sealed the win.
“He works very hard on his shot,” Lions’ coach Jeff Bruemmer said of Lontchar. “He comes early to practice to shoot and works on his craft all the time. It paid off in a big way today.
“Malcolm Raupp and Mitch work very hard together. I expect Mitch to step into Malcolm’s role next year.”
Declan Curran was the key to the Lions’ transition game.
“Our clearing is simple – give it to Dec,” Bruemmeer said. “He’s been taking the ball from defense to offense all year. He’s unstoppable.”
Both defenses and goalies were outstanding, keeping the scoring to a minimum.
“Every player on our team gave their heart and soul today,” Bruemmer said. “We have a roster of 16 but have been playing at times with as little as 13.
“There’s never any problem with playing time. I ask a lot of our players and they give maximum effort every game.”
The Lions host non-conference Sun Valley on Saturday.
Holy Ghost Prep 0-0-1-2-0 3
New Hope-Solebury 1-1-1-0-1 4
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