Check out the recaps for SOL boys’ lacrosse teams in action Monday. CB East/CR South photos provided courtesy of John Gleeson. Check back for a gallery of photos. All SOS photo galleries for BOYS’ LACROSSE can be viewed by clicking HERE.
National Conference
Central Bucks East 10, Council Rock South 5
The Patriots clinched sole possession of their second conference title in as many seasons with a convincing road win over the Golden Hawks.
Luke Christmas connected for a hat trick to lead the Patriots. Nick Knepp also had a 3-point game with 2 goals and 1 assist. Thomas Williams and Matt Bowen both had 2 goals.
Nils Updale, who added a goal and an assist, turned in another dominant effort at the faceoff X, winning 15 of 19. Quinn Collins led the defense with 4 caused turnovers and 3 ground balls. Brennan Coleman also had 4 caused turnovers. Pat Coleman contributed 3 caused turnovers and 3 ground balls, and Ethan Greenlea had 3 caused turnovers and 2 ground balls.
Central Bucks East (11-4, 9-0 SOL) will host Council Rock North on Wednesday, and Council Rock South (10-5, 5-4) will travel to Plymouth Whitemarsh for a non-league game on Tuesday.
Central Bucks East 2-4-2-2 10
Council Rock South 1-0-1-3 5
Council Rock North 13, Central Bucks South 3
The Indians trailed 3-2 at the end of one quarter but dominated the rest of the game, thanks to an inspired defensive effort that stymied the Titans the rest of the way. The Titans scored one goal in the second quarter and none in the second half.
Rock North led 5-3 at halftime and then outscored its visitors 8-0 in the second half.
Anchoring the Indians’ defense were Nate Rambo (2 caused turnovers, 5 ground balls), Ethan Stanford (1CTO, 3GB), Noah Epstein (2CT, 2GB) and Erik Urbaniak (2GB). Goalie Timmy Shaffer was credited with nine saves in a strong outing.
Dean Scalamandre hand a hand in 9 goals in a stellar offensive outing, scoring 3 goals and assisting on 6 others. Jake Topalovich added 4 goals, and contributing 2 goals each were Andrew Zazoff and Sammy Lewis. Dylan Kavanaugh and TJ Blancato each had one goal.
Council Rock North (12-4, 6-3 SOL) will travel to Central Bucks East on Wednesday, and Central Bucks South (5-12, 1-8) will host Central Bucks West on Thursday.
Central Bucks South 3-2-3-5 13
Central Bucks South 2-1-0-0 3
Souderton 11, North Penn 4
The Indians won for the 12th time this season, notching a convincing win over their neighbor rival.
John Martin-Vince’s 5-point night (4 goals, 1 assist) led the Indians. Tyson Bui also had 4 goals. Jamison McDivitt added 2 goals and 2 assists, and Ty Quintos had 1 goal and 1 assist. Adding one assist each were Nick Curotto, Shawn Martin and Gavin Landis.
Souderton (12-3, 7-2 SOL) will host Neshaminy on Wednesday, and North Penn (8-8, 5-4) will travel to Pennsbury on Wednesday.
Neshaminy 14, Harry S Truman 0
The Redskins received contributions up and down their lineup in their shutout win over the visiting Tigers.
Patrick Courtney and Ethan Roney led a balanced Neshaminy attack with 2 goals and 1 assist while Ayden Demi and Jarad Edmister both added a pair of goals. Lucas Maher and Logan Backhaus both contributed a goal and an assist. Adding 1 goal each were Liam Ames, Lucas Lareau, Colin Heltzel and Tyler Schwartz. Ryan DeMatteo had one assist.
Ryan Rickards and Will Irving combined to record the shutout in goal.
Neshaminy (7-9, 2-7 SOL) will travel to Central Bucks West on Tuesday, and Harry S Truman (0-15, 0-9) will host Phoenixville in a non-league game Tuesday.
American Conference
Springfield Twp 6, Upper Moreland 5 (4 OT)
You’ll have to forgive Springfield Township assistant coach Mike DiPuppo for not recalling the exact details of the final goal of Monday’s game against Upper Moreland. Like everyone else on the Springfield sideline, the assistant was simply ecstatic that the Spartans were finally able to celebrate.
Springfield junior Peter Schmidt scored the game-winning goal in the fourth overtime period as the Spartans made it a memorable Senior Night by outlasting Upper Moreland 6-5 in Monday’s marathon game.
“If I remember correctly, we were coming out of a timeout,” DiPuppo said. “Peter Schmidt took a pass, drove down the left side, and beat the goalie with a great shot. I believe it was a low bouncer, but I’m not 100 percent certain.
“It was an unreal game. This is the first game I’ve ever been a part of where it went four overtimes, and we started overtimes 2, 3, and 4 with the ball (no faceoff). If there is an extra-man situation, and one team has possession to end the quarter, half, or OT, that team begins with the ball. We had an extra-man situation and ended with possession after overtime periods 1, 2, and 3.”
Matt Capoferri led Springfield with 2 goals, while Schmidt, Jaxon Weiss, Jack Hasson, and Eli Rubincam each chipped in with 1 goal. Patrick McMahon made 12 saves across 8 periods of lacrosse.
“This was just a great game with a fantastic crowd,” DiPuppo said. “Both teams played their tails off and it wouldn’t have surprised me if we were still playing now!”
Springfield improves to 5-2 in league play, 5-11 overall. The Spartans will visit Upper Dublin at 3:30 pm Wednesday. Upper Moreland falls to 5-3, 9-6, and will visit George School at 4 pm today.
Upper Moreland 1-1-1-2-0-0-0-0 5
Springfield Twp 1-3-0-1-0-0-0-1 6
Hatboro-Horsham 14, Abington 4
Min Lee scored 5 goals and added 1 assist to power Hatboro-Horsham to a 14-4 victory over Abington in on Monday.
Alex Cerminara also netted 5 goals and added 1 caused turnover for the Hatters. David Benjamin had 2 goals and 2 assists and won 14 of 16 faceoffs. Connor Davis had 1 goal, 1 ground ball, and 2 caused turnovers, while Jaden Marino added 1 goal. Hunter Long registered 2 caused turnovers and 1 ground ball, Will McCabe had 3 caused turnovers, and Tommy Pedicone had 1 caused turnover.
Brendan Kirn made 17 saves in a stellar outing to earn the victory in goal for the Hatters (6-3 in league play, 11-5 overall). The Hatters will return to action when they host Haverford High at 3:45 pm Thursday. Abington falls to 2-6, 5-11, and will host William Tennent at 3:30 pm Wednesday.
Abington 0-2-1-1 4
Hatboro-Horsham 3-2-7-2 14
Plymouth Whitemarsh 12, New Hope-Solebury 8
New Hope-Solebury celebrated its new turf field with a ribbon-cutting ceremony prior to Monday’s Senior Night game. After the pre-game festivities, the visiting Colonials and Lions locked horns in an
entertaining American Conference battle.
Junior midfielder and captain Justin Bainbridge (6G, 3A, 3GB, 7/10 FO) led the visiting Colonials to a come-from-behind victory over the Lions on the strength of two hat tricks and a solid night of face offs. Bainbridge added 3 assists to his 6 goals, along with 3 ground balls. Bainbridge was joined offensively by senior captains CJ Petrakis (2G, 2A) and Luke Wendler (2G, 1A) who had a pair of goals each, as well as junior Jared Kolsun (1G) and sophomore Ben Backenstose (1G) who each contributed a goal.
Defensively, Plymouth Whitemarsh was led by seniors Keith Gallagher and Matt Licwinko who played lockdown defense in the second half. Goalie Nate Mascio had an outstanding evening as well notching 12 saves. Rounding out the Colonials’ effort was solid LSM play by Senior Tim Sol (3GB) and freshman Isaiah Bainbridge (2GB, 1CTO) and stellar defensive midfield play from Senior Luke Weikel (2GB, 2CTO), who caused multiple turnovers, and Junior Rick Mattioni.
After celebrating Senior Night and the official ribbon cutting of the new turf field, the undermanned Lions broke out to a 
first quarter 5-2 lead but were unable to hold off the Colonials and were outscored 10-3 the rest of the way.
Junior Malcolm Raupp led the Lions with 5 goals. Seniors Jack Czarneki, Jace Caponegro and junior Luke Hoffman had 1 goal apiece.
“Caponegro added 3 assists and garnered much of the Colonials’ defensive attention as has been the case all year,” New Hope coach Jeff Bruemmer said. “Czarnecki played both middie and attack and has been a valuable contributor.
Although first year player and senior backup goalie Tadero Csineros saw no action tonight, his presence has been an inspiration to all players. These seniors will certainly be missed next year!”
Plymouth Whitemarsh (4-9, 3-4 SOL) will host Council Rock South in a non-league game on Tuesday, and New Hope-Solebury (3-11, 2-7) will host Cheltenham on Tuesday.
Wissahickon 19, Quakertown 0
The Trojans clinched at least a share of the American Conference title. Only a win over PW on Wednesday separates Wissahickon from its second consecutive crown and third in the last four years with the COVID-19 pandemic erasing the 2020 season.
Fourteen players contributed to a balanced scoring attack. Nicholas Donofrio’s 6-point night (1 goal, 5 assists) led the Trojans. Andrew Slackman had a hand in five goals, connecting on 3 goals and assisting on 2. Kyle Doll added 3 goals and 1 assist while Sam Baker and James Malott both connected for hat tricks. Dylan Lynagh added 1 goal and 3 assists, and Jason Michaels had 2 goals. Aiden Leary had 1 goal and 1 assist while Joseph Connolly, Gavin Myers and Blake Zimmerman each had 1 goal. Kyle Lehman, Charles Stehlik and William Hussa each chipped in 1 helper.
Wissahickon (11-4, 8-0 SOL) will host Plymouth Whitemarsh on Wednesday, and Quakertown (2-13, 1-7) will be on the road at Upper Moreland on Wednesday.
Upper Dublin 16, William Tennent 1
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