Check out the results of SOL boys/girls lacrosse teams in action Monday. CR South/Jenkintown photos provided courtesy of John Gleeson. Check back for a gallery of action photos.
Boys
CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 16, NESHAMINY 6
Central Bucks East hosted Neshaminy Monday afternoon at Patriots Stadium. Ryan Brown started the scoring for the Patriots when he scored his first of five goals with 10:24 remaining in the first quarter. East went on to score five more goals in the first and jumped out to a commanding 6-1 lead at the end of the quarter. The Patriots led 10-3 at intermission and cruised to a 16-6 win for their fifth win of the season.
The Patriots offense was led by Ryan Brown five goals three assists, Ryan Stout followed with two goals two assists, Greg Scholz and Alec Bracken each had two goals and one assist, and Ryan Schmidt had two goals. Dan Burgos, Jacob Manion, and Mike Ott chipped in with one goal apiece. Mike Ott dominated face-offs winning 19-of-21, and he also had eight ground balls. Colin Stein won 2-of-2 face-offs and had four ground balls. Ryan Brown was credited with three ground balls, while Joe Thiroway, Ryan Schmidt, John Galow and Dan Burgos each had two ground balls.
Defensively, Joe Thiroway and Dan Burgos led East with two caused turnovers each, while Drew Bethke and Ryan Schmidt each were credited with one caused turnover. RJ Miller had two saves and Liam Rosenthal had one save in goal for the Patriots
With the win, East improved their record to 5-2. The Patriots’ next game is Wednesday, April 19, at home when they host Owen J. Roberts High School. Neshaminy (1-6, 0-2 SOL) will host the George School in a non-league contest on Wednesday.
Neshaminy 1-2-1-2 6
Central Bucks East 6-4-1-5 16
Non-league
HATBORO-HORSHAM 16, DOWNINGTOWN WEST 8
The visiting Hatters, who led 4-2 after one quarter, took an 8-4 lead into halftime and then blew the game wide open with a 6-0 third quarter surge.
“The Hatters played a terrific team game against out-of-league opponent Downingtown West,” coach John Kurek said. “After a close start to the game, the Hatters rallied together and pulled away in the second half.”
Logan Eldridge scored six goals and assisted on another while Ian Reilly added four goals to lead the Hatters’ potent attack. Tim McPoyle had a pair of goals, and Cameron Knox had two assists. Joe Larouche had one goal and one assist. Adding one goal each were Brian Hood and Jason Klein. Matt Barella had an assist.
Joe Brophy was credited with nine saves in goal for the Hatters.
Hatboro-Horsham (5-1, 1-0 SOL) will host Cheltenham on Tuesday.
Hatboro-Horsham 4-4-6-1 15
Downingtown West 2-2-0-4 8
CHELTENHAM 12, CONWELL EGAN 11
The Panthers displayed remarkable resiliency, scoring a pair of goals in a span of 1:35 after the Eagles rallied from a once six-goal deficit to knot the score late in Monday’s non-league game.
“I told the guys in the locker room after the game – in the past couple of years, if we would have a lead and the other team fought back, we never really would get over that hump,” coach Michael DiPuppo said. “The way the momentum had shifted in the second half tonight – you could kind of feel Conwell Egan coming back.
“We weren’t making the plays, and Conwell Egan stepped up and made some nice plays and nice adjustments. You knew we had a chance, but to see the kids step up the way they did – within a minute and 35, you put two goals in the back of the net to say ‘You guys tied us. Now we’re going to take over this game.’ Our offense worked. We scored the goals we needed to and held on.”
The Panthers, who led 3-1 after one quarter, took a 7-4 lead into halftime and led by just a 10-8 score heading into the final quarter when the Eagles rallied to knot the score with four minutes remaining.
“We were up 6-1 and 7-2, we got a little sloppy, we kind of rushed some things, and we kind of ran away from the game plan a little bit, and they tied the ball game,” DiPuppo said. “They really outhustled us the second half.”
Less than a minute after the Eagles knotted the score, Alex Townshend scored the go-ahead goal with 3:34 remaining, using a Harry Stackhouse assist.
“This play – I hadn’t seen passing like that from this group ever,” DiPuppo said. “We were working the ball around, looking for a good shot.
“We passed it down to Harry Stackhouse, and he rifled a pass over the middle to Alex, who just put it in the net. That was an incredible play.”
Senior captain Colin Boyle – back in action for the first time this season after being sidelined with an injury – tacked on an insurance goal with 2:25 remaining.
“They were trying to get the ball back, so we spread out the field,” DiPuppo said. “Colin found a spot, beat his man and put the ball in the goal.”
The Eagles scored to make it a 12-11 game with 2:09 remaining in regulation.
“We hung on for dear life,” DiPuppo said. “The defense stood tall, and our goalie made a couple of nice saves at the end, and we were able to escape.”
Tim McHugh led the Panthers with five goals, and Boyle added four. Townshend finished with two goals while Stackhouse had one goal and two assists. Jacque Fisher had a pair of assists.
Daniel Lee won 12-of-18 face-offs, and Panther goalie Harvey Miller recorded eight saves in the win.
Cheltenham (4-4, 0-1 SOL) will be on the road at Hatboro-Horsham on Tuesday.
Conwell Egan 1-3-4-3 11
Cheltenham 3-4-3-2 12
ABINGTON 14, NEW HOPE-SOLEBURY 1
The Ghosts raced to a 6-1 lead and never looked back on the way to their first win of the season on Monday.
John Petriccione led the Ghosts with four goals, two assists and five ground balls. Also coming up big were Jack Kurtz (two goals, three assists, four ground balls) and Nate Rose (three goals, two ground balls). Casey Hesdon had one goal, one assist and three ground balls, and Kevin Fitzgerald added one goal and three ground balls. Also contributing one goal and one ground ball were Dominic Ricciardi and Marco McAfee. Nyk Copes had one goal while Ryan Herman, Liam Campbell and Matt Werner each added an assist. Werner also had one ground ball.
Combining for the win in goals were Connor Reed, who had three saves and one ground ball in three quarters, and Reece Gibbs, who had two saves and two ground balls in one quarter.Abington (1-6, 0-2 SOL) will host Souderton on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Abington 3-3-5-3 14
New Hope-Solebury 0-1-0-0 1
Girls
Non-league
COUNCIL ROCK SOUTH 10, JENKINTOWN 6
The Golden Hawks exploded for eight goals in the second half to break a 2-2 halftime tie on their way to the non-league win.
Mary Kate Simpson and Mikayla VanAken both scored a pair of goals to lead a balanced attack. Sarah Womer added a goal and two assists, and Emily Keller had a goal and an assist. Contributing one goal each were Grace LeNoir, Dom Marino, Claudia Steinmetz and Tori Wright.
Council Rock South (2-3, 1-0 SOL) will host Pennsbury on Tuesday.
Jenkintown 2-4 6
Council Rock South 2-8 10
PENNRIDGE 11, WISSAHICKON 10
Emily Vervlied had another big game for the Trojans, leading the way with five goals and one assist to go along with 12 draw controls. Carolyn Wilde added three goals, one assist and three draw controls. Sam Intrieri had two goals and one draw control.
Megan DeGroat and Hannah Havrilla each had an interception. Trojan goalie Kyra Myers had seven saves in goal.
Pennridge (5-3, 1-1 SOL) will travel to Central Bucks South on Wednesday for a 5:30 p.m. contest, and Wissahickon (3-6, 2-0 SOL) will be on the road at Souderton on Wednesday.
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