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Wildcats Shoot Down Northstars
With Late Flurry
The West Genesee Wildcats
(2-0) captured their 32 straight Class A lacrosse game
against the visiting Cicero North Syracuse Northstars
with an 8-4 victory at home on an unusually warm 70 degree
evening that featured several bouts of rain.
The early part of the game saw stellar goaltending from a pair of juniors the
Northstars Jamie Praino and West Genesee's John Galloway who ended the
game with 18 and 17 saves respectively. Galloway was tested early by CNS's junior
attackman Nick Lococo who banked a point blank shot off his helmet at 11:19.Then
at 10:37 followed with a nice dodge move to shed a Genny defender, only to be
stuffed by Galloway at close range. However the third shot did not prove so fortunate
for the Cats as the Northstars turned a Genny turnover in to the first goal of
the game 1-0 at 9:31 when junior Jeff Gilbert used a nice left, right, left series
of stick moves to beat his man and tuck the ball past Galloway. The Cats finally
began to warm up on offense with just under five minutes to go, but Praino slammed
the door on five straight Wildcat shots giving CNS a 1-0 first quarter advantage.
Early in the second quarter the Cats used a man up pushing call to tie the game
1-1 on a goal from junior attackman Adam Mzzoni with an assist from sophomore
middie Luke Cometti. Genny threatened again at 7:24 when junior attackman Adam
Mazzoni's shot glanced off Praino then hung up in the air behind the goalie before
dropping in the crease just short of the goal line. Not to be outdone Galloway
followed Praino's exploits with two back to back stops one on Lacoco, then
snared a bounce shot by sophomore middie Steve Ianzito. Collin Donahue followed
with two tests, the first at 3:35 which Praino passed with flying colors snuffing
Donahue's spin round attempt. However Donahue bested Praino on his next effort
taking a Mazzoni backside feed on the crease and one timing it into the goal
for a 2-1 lead. Cicero would knot the score 2-2 with just 40 seconds to go with
the help of a West Genny penalty when junior attackman Nick Blumer ripped a bullet
over Galloway's shoulder.
The third quarter saw the Northstars take the lead 3-2 at 8:02 as Lococo finished
off a pretty fast break that began with a save and nice outlet pass from Praino.
Once again it was Collin Donahue with 3:36 to go scoring his second goal of the
game to tie the score at 3-3 with an assist from Cometti. The Northstars ended
the quarter with a flurry as Galloway stopped senior attackman Mike Broadhead,
then followed with a spectacular stop on junior middie Jeff Gilbert who spun,
twisted then dove headlong while firing a shot only to have Galloway reach high
and defelected the shot away. With the game still in the balance the Cats used
a three goal run in a two minute span to finally give themselves a bit of breathing
room.
The fourth goal giving Genny a 4-3 lead came by way of a Cometti right handed
blast from 20 yards out at 7:51. Junior middie Joe Pompo made it 5-3 at 6:26
when he placed his running left hander past Praino off stick side. Sophmore
middie Ryan Barber followed suit at 5:20 with a nearly identical shot giving
the Cats a 6-3 advantage. Less than a minute later at 4:36 Collin Donahue snared
a pass from senior defenseman Jaren
Woeppel and released the ball while leaping towards the goal and watched as it
found its way in the cage giving the Cats a 7-3 lead and Donahue's third goal
of the game. The Northstars chipped away at the Genny lead 7-4 with
a goal with 1:39 remaining, but Barber followed with his second of the game putting
it out reach with his second of the night giving the Cats and 8-4 victory.
The Cats were also led by a strong defensive effort from junior defender Chris
Aubertine and senior defensemen Jaren Woeppel,Ben Watkins and Mark Kelly.
Junior middie Tim Desko also helped the Cats with a dominating performance at
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2 |
3 |
4 |
final |
| West Genesse |
0 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
8 |
| Cicero-North Syracuse |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
Mazzoni 1-1, C. Donahue 3-0, Cometti
1-2, Pompo 1-0, Barber 2-0, Woepple 0-1, Desko
0-1
SAVES: Galloway 17
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