Check out the recaps for the SOL boys’ lacrosse teams in action Saturday. CR South/CB South photos provided courtesy of Tracy Valko. Check back for a gallery of photos: https://solsports.zenfolio.com/f1055694815
SOL National Conference
Council Rock South 9, Central Bucks South 8
In a contest that came down to the wire, it was the visiting Golden Hawks eking out the win, putting a damper on CB South’s Senior Night celebration.
The Titans led 2-0 at the end of one quarter.
“Joey Smith found the net 15 seconds into the second quarter on a feed from TJ Shores,” Rock South coach Mike Murray said. “Then TJ Shores scored to tie the game.”
Joey Smith scored again to give CR South its first lead. CB South answered seven seconds later to knot the score 3-3. The Titans scored three of the next four goals to go into halftime with a 6-4 lead.
South extended its lead to 7-4, but undeterred, the Golden Hawks rallied.
“Owen Dillon, emerging as a beacon of resilience, delivered a pivotal goal,” said Murray of a goal that trimmed the Titans’ lead to two. “In the fourth quarter, (the boys) dug down deep, and with Owen Dillon scoring again and Conor McCaffery dodging and finishing tied the score at 7-7.”
Owen Dillon came up with one of the biggest goals of the game to give the Golden Hawks an 8-7 lead. CB South battled back to tie the score with 1:40 remaining in the contest.
“On the ensuing face-off, defenseman Thomas Gallagher, the linchpin of our defense, initiated transition and swiftly found TJ Shores to score what would be the eventual game winner, clinching the hard-fought win,” Murray said.
Outstanding performances of note from CR South were Logan Foy who had five ground balls. TJ Shores( (2goals, 1 assist, 1gb), Joey Smith (3 goals, 1assist, 3gb), MF Fenney (2 gb), Conor McCaffery (1goal, 2gb), Josh Geiger (3 gb), Owen Dillon (3 goals), Andrew Mannherz (3 gb) and Harrison Kim (2 gb) all make important contributions.
CR South goalie Billy Houser made 18 saves in the victory.
Landon Amorim and Anthony Depedro each had a hat trick to lead the Titans, Depedro also won 12 of 20 faceoffs and had two ground balls. Matt Waltrich had a goal and an assist, and Alex Fessler had one goal. Keith Conner had a pair of assists.
The Titans’ defense was led by James Vargason (2 CTO, 2 gb), John Henson (3 CTO) and Dylan Albrodzinski (2 CTO, 1gb). Dom Varacallo was credited with 10 saves in goal for the Ttians.
Council Rock South (11-5, 5-4 SOL) will host Pennridge on Wednesday to complete its regular season, and Central Bucks South (9-7, 6-4) will travel to Central Bucks West on Tuesday.
Council Rock South 0-4-0-5 9
Central Bucks South 2-4-1-1 8
Non-league
Upper Dublin 10, Manheim Township 6
The Cardinals battled Manheim Twp to a 6-6 halftime tie and then turned up the defensive pressure in the second half, outscoring their hosts 4-0 to earn the non-league road win.
Ben Guagliardo had four goals and two assists to lead the Cardinals. Cam Osborne added a hat trick while Kyle Spirt also had a three-point game, contributing a goal and two assists. Matt Shohen and Nate Brown each had one goal and one assist.
Coach Pat Lacon lauded the play of his defense comprised of Dom Paone, Will Hurlburt, Josh Sadja, Noah Morginstin, Chris Kohlbrenner, Reilly McLaughlin, Matthew Miller and Maro DeBernardo.
“Will Hoffmann had some huge faceoffs and ground balls in the second half to help retain possessions,” the UD coach said.
Will Hoffmann won 10 of 19 faceoffs, and UD goalie Parish Albright had seven saves in the win in goal.
Upper Dublin (11-3, 9-0 SOL) will be on the road at Abington on Tuesday.
Upper Dublin 4-2-3-1 10
Manheim Township 1-5-0-0 6
Central Bucks West 12, Unionville 9
It was another game and another record broken for Matt Jacobson, whose first goal vaulted him to the top of the program’s list for career goals.
Jacobsen and Colton Albrecht both scored three goals and assisted on another for four-point games while teammate Alex Greenspan also had a four-point game with two goals and two assists. Michael Rafalowski had two goals and one assist, Aidan Kimberly had one goal and two assists, Ben Greenspan contributed one goal, and James Rutenberg chipped in with an assist.
The Bucks trailed by one at halftime but rallied to outscore their visitors 8-4 in the second half to earn the non-league win.
Jacobsen had another big night at the faceoff X, winning 11 of 16. Kevin Mallon won 3 of 7 faceoffs.
Kanen Patel had five saves in a winning effort in goal.
Central Bucks West (13-3, 6-3 SOL) will host Central Bucks South on Tuesday.
Unionville 3-2-1-3 9
Central Bucks West 1-3-3-5 12
Conestoga 8, Wissahickon 3
Haverford 11, Council Rock North 5
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