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Wildcats Spear Spartans
The West Genesee Wildcats continued their winning ways
on a brisk Saturday afternoon with their 5th victory of
the season over visiting the East Syracuse Minoa Spartans.
The Wildcats got on the board off an early fast break which
ended with junior attacker Collin Donahue hitting senior
attacker Chris Schmidt with a pass which he banked off
the left upright for a 1-0 lead nearly two minutes in.
Sophomore Ryan Barber advanced the lead at the 8:29 mark
with a dodging move from the right side of the net and
buried a shot to make the score 2-0. For much of the remaining
quarter and picking up where they left off on Thursday
night against Liverpool, the 'Cat offense couldn't seem
to convert off numerous forced turnovers by the stingy
defensive unit. Trip after trip, the Wildcats struggled
to maintain possession or finish with turnovers of their
own. With 1:43 remaining junior attacker Adam Mazzoni fed
Collin Donahue to the right of Spartan netminder Chris
Ehde where he threaded a needle as he took a nasty check
across the mid-section. Schmidt made the Spartans pay as
the quarter came to a close as he slapped down an attempted
clear from the crease by Ehde which he then promptly deposited
for a 4-0 lead.
One minute into the second Schmidt fed from behind to fellow
attacker Mazzoni who was camped out on the crease. Mazzoni
then tossed in a top right corner shot to advance the lead
to 5-0. One minute later the 'Cats found the scoring touch
yet again as sophomore middie Luke Cometti hit Collin Donahue
who went horizontally airborn across the front of the crease to
rip an ankle high shot to push the score to 6-0. Off the
ensueing face-off, sophomore long stick middie Ben Waldron
picked up a Tim Desko draw and took off upfield. Waldron
spotted Donahue about 15 yards off to the left of the cage
with a pass that Donahue ripped uncontested past Ehde to
advance the lead to 7-0 with 9:44 remaining in the half
and tally his third goal of the game. Cometti again teamed
up with a Donahue on attack as he strode down the right
side of the field and tossed a centering pass to junior
Brian Donahue who ripped the net with 5:32 to go and end
the half up 8-0.
The second half saw Genny substitute freely with its deep
and talented bench. Spartan middie Parker Gazda scored
a goal in the third quarter which negated the gritty shutout
performance by the Genny defensive unit and goalie John
Galloway. Fellow sophomores Cometti and Joe Pompo notched
goals in the final two periods to push the final score
to 10-1 and solidify the Wildcats 34th consecutive victory.
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final |
| West Genesse |
4 |
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10 |
| East Syracuse Minoa |
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1 |
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C. Donahue 3-1, Schmidt 2-1, Barber
1-1, Mazzoni 1-1, Cometti 1-2, Waldron 0-1, Pompo
1-0, B. Donahue 1-0
SAVES: Galloway 9, Darrow 1
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