SOL Boys/Girls Lacrosse Wrap (5-12-23)

Check out the recaps for SOL boys/girls lacrosse teams in action Friday.

Boys

Non-league

HATBORO-HORSHAM 8, NESHAMINY 2

The Hatters, who led 3-1 after one quarter, took a 5-1 lead into halftime on their way to Friday’s non-league win.

Max Mariano’s five goals led the Hatters, who also received two goals and one assist from David Benjamin. Alex Cerminara added a goal and an assist. Adding one assist and two ground balls was Kevin Allison. Tommy Pedicone had one assist and one ground ball.

Also for the Hatters, Brett Yorko had four ground balls and four caused turnovers. Will McCabe had two ground balls and three caused turnovers. Matt Duggan had two ground balls while Nick Long and Danny O’Donnell each had one ground ball.

Brendan Kim was credited with 14 saves in a winning effort in goal.

Hatboro-Horsham (12-6, 7-2 SOL) is 22^nd in the latest District 1 3A power rankings.

Neshaminy 1-0-1-0 2

Hatboro-Horsham 3-2-1-2 8

PENNSBURY 15, HOLY GHOST PREP 7

The Falcons had reason to celebrate.

Not only did they notch their sixth straight win in Friday’s regular season finale, two of their players reached personal milestones.

With his three-goal, three-assist effort, Will Taylor eclipsed the 100 career goal mark, and Kolby Ranniello, who had two goals and one assist, now has 100 career goals.

John Curtis had four goals to lead the Falcons, and Mike DeZutel also had a four-point game with two goals and two assists. Logan Thorne added two goals while Troy Haynes had one goal and one assist. Branxton Furiness and Thatcher Wilhelm both had one assist.

Brad Hill added one goal and also had a big night at the faceoff X, winning 15 of 23. He also had 10 ground balls.

Jon Vereb recorded 14 saves in goal for the Falcons.

Pennsbury (12-6, 7-3 SOL) is 19^th in the latest District 1 3A power rankings.

Pennsbury 4-4-2-5 15

Holy Ghost Prep 1-3-0-3 7

ACADEMY OF THE NEW CHURCH 17, CENTRAL BUCKS EAST 2

A powerful ANC squad opened up a 7-0 lead after one quarter and never looked back.

Matthew Bowen and Blake Bishop each scored a goal for the Patriots while Ryan Atkinson had an assist and a ground ball.

Chris Funston’s three caused turnovers and three ground balls led the Patriots. Ethan Greenlee had two ground balls and one caused turnover and Patrick Coleman had two ground balls.

Central Bucks East (8-10, 6-4 SOL) is on the bubble at 25^th in the latest District 1 3A power rankings.

ANC 7-5-5-0 17

Central Bucks East 0-0-0-2 2

LOWER MERION 10, NORTH PENN 2

SPRINGFIELD TWP 1, WILLIAM TENNENT 0

Girls

Non-league

LOWER MERION 10, NORTH PENN 9 (2 OT)

The Knights lost a heartbreaker in Friday’s regular season finale, falling in double overtime to the visiting Aces.

“It was a heartbreaking loss tonight,” NP coach Heather Mellow said. “We unfortunately made too many errors and hit too many posts – eight.

“The chips just didn’t fall our way this evening. We will used this as a learning experience and improve upon it come playoff time.”

Kayla Stressman led the Knights with six goals, one assist and seven draw controls. Quinn Rodoff added two goals and four ground balls. Lauren Blanch had one goal, one assist and two caused turnovers. Morgan Rodoff had one assist. Grace Macnamara led the defense with four ground balls and two caused turnovers.

Kiera Holt was credited with seven saves.

North Penn (12-5, 9-1 SOL) is 11^th in the latest District 1 3A power rankings.

Lower Merion 6-3-1 10

North Penn 6-3-0 9