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Cats turn out the lights on
Black Knights 10 - 1
The West Genesee Wildcats defeated the Henninger Black Knights at West
Genesee Highschool on a chilly Wednesday evening 10-1f or their sixth victory
of the season. It was the second meeting between the two teams this year with
the Cats taking both games by a combined score of 24-3.
The first quarter saw a total of only three goals as the Knights sought to keep
the explosive Cats at bay circulating the ball outside the perimeter searching
for the perfect shot, only problem? Genny defenders Sean Leahy, Jaren Woeppel,
Steve Prosonic and goalie Dan McKeon would have none of it. West Genny's initial
effort, a shot by senior Mark Cometti at 11:29 was saved by Henninger goalie
Mike Wesche which led to the Knights first possession that lasted nearly two
minutes. The initial series ended when Henninger's Taylor Bottar took a long
shot that McKeon easily snared and started the outlet that eventually led to
the first goal of the game 1-0 by Cats senior middie Tim griffin at 9:07.
Henninger then strayed from their stall-game one of the few times during the
evening tying the game at 1-1 just over a minute later at 8:03 on a goal by Jeff
Jackson with an assist to Dan Casciano. West Genny ended the scoring 2-1 in the
first quarter with a goal by middie Rob
Chamberlin at 3:50 with a left handed shot that eluded Wesche's stick and settled
in the lower left hand corner of the cage. The second quarter was much the same
as the first as the Black Knights continued to aimlessly hold the ball just outside
of the Cats defensive perimeter
which amounted to few scoring opportunities. However middie Chuck Cometti made
the most of his turn after being nearly decapitated with an errant stick extending
the Cat's lead to 3-1 with a right hander at 3:31
The half did end with a picture perfect goal 4-1 that went in with no time left
on the game clock with a goal by attackman Dave Osier. The Cats moved the ball
down below Wesche's right where attackman Tim Spillet passed to Cometti who then
found Oseir to the right of the goal. Osier took Cometti's feed and posted it
in the upper right corner of the cage with no time on the clock.
Genny owned the third quarter with a succession of three goals to take a commanding
7-1 lead. Middie Alex Vecchio made it 5-1 at 6:52 with a bouncer into the goal.
Spillet made it 6-1 taking a great pass from Cometti at 3:36 to increase the
lead. Then it was middie Brian Griffin's turn getting another assist from Cometti
to make the score 7-1 with just 1:13 to go.
The fourth quarter saw Griffin pick up where he left off getting an assist from
Mark Cizenski at 9:19 to make the score 8-1. Spillett added his second of the
game at 9:12 to give the Cats a 9-1 lead.Senior longstick John Keuchler capped
the scoring with an assist from Kevin Courtney with 3:41 left giving the Cats
a 10-1 win.
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B. Grffin 2-0, Spillett 2-0, Cometti, 1-2, Chamberlain 1-0, T.Griffin 1-0, Keuchler 1-0, D. Osier 1-0, Vecchio 1-0, Courtney 0-4, Ryan 0-1, Schmidt 0-1
SAVES: McKeon 6, McConnell 1
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| Spillett tallies number one |
Cometti rips the net |
Vecchio bounces one in |
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| Brian Griffin spins and scores |
Spillett tallies number two |
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