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LACROSSE: K-D girls make program history

Posted: May 17, 2013 in Boys' Lacrosse, Girls' Lacrosse
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By JOHN WALK 505-5406 / @yorksportsguy

MILLERSVILLE — A slow, methodical offense isn’t particularly entertaining to watch, but it had gotten the Exeter Township girls’ lacrosse team into the District 3 quarterfinals.

And for the most part, the approach worked against Kennard-Dale on Thursday night under the lights in Millersville at Penn Manor’s Comet Field in Lancaster County.

The top-seeded Rams, aiming to get past the district quarterfinals for the first time in program history, trailed No. 9 Exeter by a goal at intermission, and later were down by a score with 17 minutes, 52 seconds remaining.

K-D had only seen an offense like Exeter’s twice earlier this season when the Rams faced York Catholic.

“The (last) York Catholic game they stalled us for four minutes waiting for that perfect pass,” Rams’ head coach Kelly Wetzel said. “But you have to be patient and realize it’ll happen. You have to rely on the goalie to make the save and your team to make the correct slides and correct reads and go from there.”

K-D remained patient Thursday and kept attacking, tying it up for the fourth time in the contest with 15:29 left. Rams’ sophomore Morgan Day scored less than a minute later to put K-D up for good.

The Rams eventually escaped with a 10-8 victory over Exeter (17-5), the Berks League champion, to move on to the district semifinals for the first time in program history.

“I knew we could beat this team,” Day said. “Of course there’s a little bit of doubt in your head like ‘Oh, they’re up by one.’ Since I’ve been on the team we haven’t won in the second round of districts, but I have faith in my team and I knew we could do it.”

With Rams’ leading scorer Nicole Black, a La Salle recruit, being held to two goals and one assist, Day stepped up with a team-high four goals and a game-high two assists. All four of Day’s scores were unassisted. She notched the game’s final goal with 4:44 to play to put K-D (21-1) up by two scores.

“I never started driving that much until this year,” Day said. “I was more (scoring) off of feeds. I know today once they (Exeter) started pressuring outside, and you see that lane open, you gotta go for it.”

Although K-D defenders switched match-ups throughout the game, Day and sophomore Lyndsey Duty (two goals) did a nice job of defending Exeter’s leading scorers, Hailey Leister (four goals, one assist) and Morgan Stump (three goals, assist).

Rams’ goalie Alana Pietra, who had to glare into the sun in the first half, made six stops. Exeter keeper Gabryele Pochron had an even more impressive game with 11 saves, including seven in the first half.

“It is (a relief to win), but I told the girls every team from here on out is gonna have a hot goalie,” Wetzel said. “You can’t get this far and continue unless you have one. They took advantage of Alana in the first half with the sun.”

Next game: K-D next faces No. 5 Hempfield (16-4) on Tuesday at Hershey High School at 7 p.m.

Hempfield will also be making its first appearance in the district semifinals after beating No. 4 Lancaster Country Day, 17-10, on Thursday.

OTHER GIRLS’

LACROSSE

PENN MANOR 12, SOUTH WESTERN 11: At Central York, the Mustangs stormed back from a 9-4 second-half deficit to send the District 3 quarterfinal into overtime, but the Mustangs suffered the loss in the extra session.

A goal by Mckenna Edwards with 1:34 left in the OT gave No. 6 seed Penn Manor (17-5) the win over No. 3 seed South Western, which finished the season at 17-3. It was Edwards’ seventh goal of the night.

Sydney Szparaga (five goals), Callie Kavanaugh (four goals, assist) and Alyx May (goal, assist) led the Mustangs.

BOYS’ LACROSSE

HERSHEY 19, KENNARD-DALE 8: At Lower Dauphin, the Rams’ season ended with a District 3 quarterfinal loss.

The 12th-seeded Rams finished at 14-6, while No. 4 seed Hershey improved to 19-2.

Jesse Schonbrunner led K-D with three goals and an assist. Freddy Seitz added two goals, while Dave Wallace added a goal and two assists.

–Reach John Walk at jwalk@yorkdispatch.com.

LACROSSE: K-D boys surprise West York

Posted: May 15, 2013 in Boys' Lacrosse, Girls' Lacrosse
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By JOHN WALK 505-5406 / @yorksportsguy

A part of Tuesday afternoon’s outcome was Kennard-Dale wanting to avenge a 22-14 loss at West York from two weeks ago.

The Bulldogs, meanwhile, hadn’t completely forgotten about last Thursday, when Central York scored five goals in the final minutes to beat West York, 13-12, in the York-Adams League Boys’ Lacrosse Tournament championship game.

Those two factors played key roles in Tuesday’s District 3 Tournament first-round match.

The No. 12-seed Rams came out hot and never let up, leading to an upset over No. 5-seed West York, 13-10.

“When you work so hard all year and one of the goals is counties, you’re gonna have some (negative) carryover,” West York head coach Rodney Tamblin said of last Thursday’s difficult loss to Central.

Tamblin also said it hurt the Bulldogs (17-3) being without defender Steven Wilson, who was ejected from last Thursday’s game, and midfielder Austin Groff, who suffered an injury against the Panthers. When a player is ejected from a game, he must also sit out the following game.

“We didn’t know for sure coming in (if Wilson or Groff would play) but when we got here we figured it out,” Rams’ junior attack David Wallace said. “You can’t really come in thinking ‘Oh, they don’t have their two defenders anymore, we’re gonna win.’ We played as hard as we could.”

Wallace led Kennard-Dale (14-5) with a game-high five goals to go along with an assist. It marked the Rams’ first win over West York in program history.

Kennard-Dale advances to face No. 4 Hershey (18-2) in the district quarterfinals on Thursday at Lower Dauphin Middle School at 7 p.m. Hershey defeated No. 13 Hempfield, 12-11, in overtime on Tuesday.

The Rams led West York, 8-5, at intermission and 13-8 going into the fourth quarter. Their largest lead grew to 13-7 with just more than four minutes left in the third quarter.

The Bulldogs scored two goals in the first three minutes of the fourth quarter but were held scoreless the rest of the way, mainly by Kennard-Dale playing keep-away and Rams’ junior goalie Ethan White making two big stops in the final minutes.

White, who is 6-feet, 4-inches tall, made seven saves in his first start back in goal after missing the last 13 games because of a broken right thumb.

“I was very nervous but I’m happy I could come back and help,” White said. “I was nervous because I haven’t been in goal for awhile but I’ve been practicing all week.”

Noah Ash had been handling goalkeeper duties during White’s absence.

“With White back in goal, we were able to put Ash in his normal defender position, which helped our defense tremendously,” Kennard-Dale coach Tom Nelson said.

James Barlow (three goals) and Jesse Schonbrunner (two goals, two assists) also paced the Rams’ offense. The Bulldogs were led by Seth Clauser (three goals, three assists), Devyn Roehm (two goals) and Hunter Betz (two goals, three assists). Goalies Jordan Lombardo (seven saves) and Cole Rinehart (five saves) combined for 12 stops for West York.

OTHER BOYS’ LACROSSE

EXETER 17, DALLAS TOWN 7: At Exeter, the Wildcats’ season ended with a first-round District 3 loss. Tanner Ierley and Kyle Andrews each had two goals and an assist for No. 11 seed Dallastown (13-6), while Jacob Mitchell added two goals. Derek Stump poured in seven goals for No. 6 seed Exeter (17-4), while Bryan Crim added three goals and two assists and Darion Einsig chipped in four goals.

PENN MANOR 13, CEN TRAL YORK 9: At Central, Max Haldeman had big game, collecting five goals and two assists, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the York-Adams League Tournament champions from falling in the opening round of the District 3 Tournament. Collin George added two goals and two assists for the No. 7 seed Panthers, who finished 16-3 on the season. No. 10-seeded Penn Manor improved to 15-5. Brady Charles had five goals and an assist for the Comets.

GIRLS’ LACROSSE

KENNARD-DALE 24, CENTRAL DAUPHIN EAST 7: At Fawn Grove, the Rams led 14-4 at the half and went on to capture the District 3 Tournament first-round victory. Morgan Day led the Rams with 10 goals and one assist. Nicole Black collected five goals and six assists for the winners, while Lyndsey Duty and Taylor Davis each scored four goals and added two assists. Haley Romoser had one goal and one assist. No. 1 seed Kennard-Dale (20-1) moves on to the quarterfinals and will face No. 9 seed Exeter (17-4) in the quarterfinals at 7 p.m. Thursday at Penn Manor. Exeter beat No. 8 seed Lower Dauphin on Tuesday, 21-11. The Rams will look to make program history by advancing past the second round of the district tournament for the first time ever.

SOUTH WESTERN 13, WEST YORK 7: At Hanover, the Bulldogs’ season came to an end with a District 3 first-round loss. Sara Sweitzer (four goals, assist) and Allee Ilgenfritz (two goals) paced the 14th-seeded Bulldogs, who finished 11-6. No. 3 seed South Western (17-2) got big nights from Callie Kavanaugh (four goals, assist), Alyx May (three goals), Sydney Szparaga (two goals, assist), Lauren Schmidt (two goals), Emily Brown (goal, assist), Braxton Reddinger (goal, assist) and Jessica Kopenhaver (two assists). Laura Silver made nine saves in goal to get the win. In Thursday’s quarterfinals, South Western will face No. 6 seed Penn Manor (16-5) at Central York at 6 p.m. Penn Manor beat No. 11 seed Gov. Mifflin on Tuesday, 13-10.

MANHEIM TWP. 19, YORK CATHOLIC 13: At Lancaster, the 10th-seeded Lady Irish (14-5) saw their season come to a close with a District 3 first-round loss to No. 7 seed Manheim Township (17-4). Shannon Moore and Alexis China each had three goals for York Catholic. Maura Palandro and Lindsay Givens each added two goals for the Irish, while Megan Bittner had two assists. Abby Figge made six saves for York Catholic. Molly Hendrick paced Manheim Twp. with eight goals and an assist.

– Reach John Walk at jwalk@yorkdispatch.com.

Eight area teams earn district lacrosse berths

Posted: May 10, 2013 in Boys' Lacrosse, Girls' Lacrosse
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York Dispatch Staff Report

The York-Adams League will be represented by four boys’ teams and four girls’ teams in the upcoming District 3 tournaments.

Each tournament will feature 16 teams. Those teams, along with their seedings, were based on a power-ranking formula.

Each tournament will begin with eight first-round games on Tuesday, May 14. The quarterfinals are set for Thursday, May 16, followed by the semifinals on Tuesday, May 21, and the finals on Thursday, May 23.

York-Adams Division II champion Kennard-Dale (18-1) has earned the No. 1 seed in the girls’ field. The Rams will play host to Central Dauphin East (10-5) at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Division I champion South Western (16-2) is seeded No. 3 and will play host to No. 14 seed West York (11-5) in an all-York County girls’ battle at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

York Catholic (14-3) grabbed the No. 10 girls’ seed and will visit No. 7 seed Manheim Central (14-4) at 5 p.m. Tuesday.

In the boys’ field, the top York-Adams seed belongs to Division II champion West York (17-1) at No. 5. The Bulldogs will play host to No. 12 seed Kennard-Dale (13-5) in another all-York County battle at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday.

Division I champion Central York (15-2) grabbed the No. 7 boys’ seed and will play host to No. 10 seed Penn Manor (14-5) at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Dallastown (13-5) captured the No. 11 boys’ seed and will travel to No. 6 seed Exeter (15-3) at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Go here for the full brackets.

Central boys storm back to win lacrosse crown

Posted: May 10, 2013 in Boys' Lacrosse
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By JOHN WALK 505-5406 / @yorksportsguy

GLEN ROCK – Ian Desenberg doesn’t really understand why he did it.

Perhaps a feeling or instinct led Desenberg, a junior attack for the Central York boys’ lacrosse team, to position teammate Shereif Sutton in a certain spot on the field – a spot where Sutton hadn’t lined up all game.

Desenberg had just scored the game-tying goal in the York-Adams League Tournament championship game at Susquehannock High School against West York with 19.7 seconds left. As he and Sutton, a long-pole midfielder who scored one goal all season, stepped onto the field, Desenberg pulled Sutton aside.

“Right before we came on, he (Sutton) stepped on this (near) side (of the field) and I told him to go to the other side,” Desenberg said.

The following face-off led to the ball rolling right to Sutton, who scooped it up, ran past the midfield line toward the West York goal. He then did something he had done only once before this season, against New Oxford.

“Everything went slow-mo,” Sutton said. “I poked it (the ball) and I picked it up and I saw no one was (open) to get the ball, so I ripped it.”

From roughly 20 yards out, Sutton fired a shot past West York goalie Cole Rinehart and into the back of the net to give the Panthers their first lead of the game with 13 seconds remaining on the clock.

The goal wound up being the game-winner and capped off a stretch of 3:33 that saw Central overcome a four-goal deficit to win, 13-12.

“It means the world,” Desenberg said. “We worked so hard in the offseason for this. It paid off. It’s incredible. I don’t know what just happened. This is crazy.”

Desenberg jokingly took credit for Sutton’s goal, but even Sutton was quick to give praise to his teammate.

“Ian Desenberg, I have to give him credit,” Sutton said. “He was like ‘Hey, go to the other side (of the field),’ which I never ever do. So the fact he said that, I gotta give him credit for setting it up.”

Both teams were competing for their first-ever league tournament championship. West York head coach Rodney Tamblin, who led the Bulldogs (17-2) to the York-Adams Division II title in his first year as the West York coach, said his team was hurt by losing defenders and team captains Austin Groft and Steven Wilson in the final minutes.

Play was halted with 4:50 left when Wilson was ejected from the game for unsportsmanlike conduct. It was then that trainers ran to midfield to examine Groft, who was motionless on his stomach. Groft fell to the ground during play, when his helmet made contact with an opponent’s leg. He walked off the field a few minutes later but did not return to the game.

“We were in complete control until the last four minutes,” Tamblin said. “We ended losing two of our best defenders. It’s tough when you have one guy who gets hit in the head. And then Steven Wilson is the emotional spark plug on our team. He gets worked up and sometimes emotions get the best of you.”

Central (16-2), the York-Adams Division I champion, took the momentum when play resumed. Max Haldeman scored to make it a three-goal game with 3:33 left.

“We didn’t quit,” Central coach Wade Noonan said. “We were down at one point by four or five (goals) and we just decided … it scares the heck out of me. They came back and they played their butts off.”

Desenberg (three goals, assist), Haldeman (four goals, assist) and C.J. Belker (three goals) led Central’s offense. Panthers’ goalie Shane Walker made 13 saves.

West York was paced by Devyn Roehm (four goals, one assist), Tanner Gerace (three goals) and Hunter Betz (seven assists).

Bulldogs’ goalies Jordan Lombardo (four saves) and Rinehart (one save) combined for five stops.

- Reach John Walk at jwalk@yorkdispatch.com.

BOYS’ LACROSSE: ‘Dogs, Panthers in final

Posted: May 8, 2013 in Boys' Lacrosse
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By RYAN VANDERSLOOT 854-1575 x455 / @YAIAAscores

West York s Nick Wilker, left, is covered by Dallastown s Frank Marquet during Tuesday s York-Adams League Boys Lacrosse Tournament playoff semifinal. Wilker paced the Bulldogs with four goals. West York will battle Central in Thursday s title game. (John A. Pavoncello photo)
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EMIGSVILLE — The West York boys’ lacrosse team was probably tired of hearing about how they fell to Dallastown in last year’s York-Adams League Tournament title match.

The problem was, their coach, Randy Tamblin, wouldn’t let the Bulldogs forget about it.

Tamblin reminded them earlier this season in their first-and-only regular-season meeting with the Wildcats, a contest the Bulldogs won with a strong second-half finish.

Then there were some more reminders by the West York coach before, and even during, Tuesday’s semifinal clash between the two rivals at Central York High School.

The message apparently was effective. The Bulldogs again pulled off a strong second half. After battling the Wildcats to a 3-3 tie at the break, the Bulldogs used a 16-1 blitz in the second half to rout Dallastown, 19-4.

The ‘Dogs were led by four goals from Nick Wilker and three apiece from Hunter Betz and Tanner Gerace.

West York advances to the championship match opposite Central York. The Division I champions rallied from a five-goal second-half deficit to upend Kennard-Dale, 14-13, in the other semifinal Tuesday night.

“We knew it was going to be a battle,” Tamblin said. “Our guys were hungry from last year. I kept (asking them) ‘how does second taste?’ And, you know, they don’t like that. They’re fighting this year.”

West York set the tone early in the second half after a defensive struggle over the first two quarters. Wilker needed just 25 seconds to break the deadlock, before teammate Austin Groff doubled the lead 35 seconds later.

The Bulldogs added two more over the next 68 seconds, and not even a timeout by the Wildcats could halt the momentum. By the time the Wildcats scored with 3:50 left in the third period, West York was already comfortably ahead, 12-4.

“In the first half we were pretty sloppy,” Wilker said. “Coach called us out on it and in the second half we came out and made the adjustments.”

Tamblin delivered a different message to his team, and that seemed to bolster the players’ confidence heading into the second half.

“I just had to tell my guys that they knew they were a good team and we weren’t playing like it in the first half,” he said.

Dallastown coach Chris Andrews knew it was going to be tough to stop the Bulldogs once they started rolling.

“They were just getting ball possession and going down and scoring very quickly,” he said. “On transitions … that’s very hard to defend. Then they got the momentum and they kept going.”

While the contest was fiercely competed, the game was played in its entirety without a single penalty.

“A game of this magnitude and there’s no penalties, just shows you the discipline that both of these two teams have,” Tamblin said.

Three Bulldogs (Devyn Roehm, Alex Raffensberger and Groff) each tallied two goals, while Tanner Brannon finished with three assists. The goalie tandem of Jordan Lombardo and Cole Rinehart combined on 11 saves.

Joe Didusch led the Wildcats with two goals. Goalie Jack Marks finished with five saves.

Now the Bulldogs will attempt to erase the sour taste from last year’s title setback to the Wildcats in the finals. To do so, they’ll have to get by a Central York team that gave them trouble earlier this season in what turned out to be a 14-9 West York win.

OTHER BOYS’ LACROSSE

CENTRAL YORK 14, KENNARD-DALE 13: At Glen Rock, the Panthers outscored the Rams 6-2 in the final quarter to rally for the victory.

Max Haldeman provided the game-winning score with 2:35 left in regulation. Haldeman finished with five goals.

Ian Desenberg and Collin George each added three goals and an assist for Central. Conor Thornton and C.J. Belker each added a goal and an assist.

The Rams were led by Freddy Seitz (three goals, three assists), Jesse Schonbrunner (four goals, assist) and Nate Mikolinis (three goals, two assists). James Barlow added two goals and an assist, while Dave Wallace chipped in a goal and two assists.

Shane Walker made nine saves to get the win in goal. Noah Ash made five saves in a losing cause.

SPRING 12, SOUTH WESTERN 11: At Hanover, Colton Reese (three goals, assist), Austin Barley (two goals, two assists), Trey Baker (two goals, assist), Ty Sager (two goals) and Austin Klunk (two goals) paced the Rockets to the victory in a regular-season contest. Quin Albright (four goals, assist), Ryan Delea (three goals), Cameron Sanders (goal, assist), Jaden Sanders (goal, assist) and Ian Norris (goal, assist) led South Western.

– Reach Ryan Vandersloot at sports@yorkdispatch.com.

LACROSSE: Central York girls top New Oxford

Posted: May 7, 2013 in Boys' Lacrosse, Girls' Lacrosse
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York Dispatch Staff Report

Central York captured an 18-13 girls’ lacrosse triumph over visiting New Oxford on Monday night.

Addison Billings led the Panthers with four goals. Alexis Balanda, McKenzie Windsor and Jessica Ames each scored three goals for Central. Windsor also contributed five assists. For the Colonials, Lauren Lippy scored four goals.

OTHER GIRLS’ LACROSSE:

CUMBERLAND VALLEY 19, SPRING GROVE 2: At Spring Grove, the Rockets got goals from Shelby Grosberger and Emily Bankert in the non-league loss.

YORK SUBURBAN 15, EASTERN YORK 4: At Wrightsville, Alex Anderson and Karis Reiter scored three goals each to power the Trojans. Anderson also had an assist. Suburban’s Karlee Wasilewski and Cierra Eckenrode scored two goals apiece.

BOYS’ LACROSSE

WEST YORK 16, NEW OXFORD 4: At New Oxford, Hunter Betz collected six goals and four assists to lead West York (16-1). Seth Clauser added three goals for the winner.

LACROSSE: West York boys clinch crown

Posted: May 3, 2013 in Boys' Lacrosse, Girls' Lacrosse
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York Dispatch Staff Report

The West York boys’ lacrosse team clinched the outright York-Adams Division II championship for the second straight season on Thursday with a 15-4 victory over visiting York Catholic.

The Bulldogs improved to 15-1 overall and 14-1 in the division. West York bounced back from its first loss of the season on Wednesday, 8-5 against Susquehannock.

Seth Clauser (four goals, two assists), Hunter Betz (three goals, assist), Tanner Gerace (two goals, assist), Jon Kane (two goals) and Landon Hanna (two goals) led West York.

OTHER BOYS’ LACROSSE

KENNARD-DALE 13, EASTERN 7: At Wrightsville, Jesse Schonbrunner highlighted K-D’s victory by scoring five goals and assisting on three other goals. Freddy Seitz supplied three goals and two assists for the Rams, and Nate Mikolinis contributed two goals and two assists. Jon Witman led Eastern with four goals, and Christian Buser connected on two goals and two assists for the Golden Knights. K-D improved to 12-3 in Division II of the York-Adams League.

OTHER GIRLS’ LACROSSE

KENNARD-DALE 27, EASTERN YORK 1: At Fawn Grove, the Lady Rams rolled on Senior Night to improve to 16-1 overall and 15-0 in York-Adams Division II. The Rams had already sewed up the division crown. Nicole Black (two goals, nine assists), Leah Kordaz (three goals), Marisa Freund (three goals), Danielle Markel (two goals, assist), Morgan Day (two goals, assist) and Taylor Davis (two goals, assist) led K-D.

YORK CATHOLIC 14, WEST YORK 6: At York Catholic, Lindsay Givens led the Irish with four goals. Shannon Moore, Alexis China and Natalie Fiorenza each scored two goals. For the Bulldogs, Sara Sweitzer scored three goals. York Catholic finished 13-3 in York-Adams Division II, while West York finished 11-5 in the division.

LACROSSE: West York boys suffer first loss

Posted: May 2, 2013 in Boys' Lacrosse, Girls' Lacrosse
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York Dispatch Staff Report

The West York boys’ lacrosse team suffered its first loss of the season on Wednesday night, falling 8-5 against visiting Susquehannock.

The Bulldogs dropped to 14-1 overall and 13-1 in York-Adams Division II. The loss prevented West York from clinching the outright division crown. Susquehannock improved to 10-7 overall and 9-6 in the division.

Thomas Nace (three goals), Zach Gloeckner (two goals, assist), Aiden Kirkendall (goal, assist) and Collin Riley (goal, assist) led the Susquehannock attack.

Web Burrier made 12 saves to get the win in goal.

Seth Clauser scored four of West York’s five goals. Devyn Roehm added two assists.

OTHER BOYS’ LACROSSE

CENTRAL YORK 17, SOUTH WESTERN 5: At Central, the Panthers rolled behind strong performances from Max Haldeman (six goals, two assists), Ian Desenberg (three goal, three assists), C.J. Belker (three goals, assist), Conor Thornton (goal, assist) and Collin George (two goals). Quin Albright (two goals, assist), Jaden Sanders (goal, two assists) and Cameron Sanders (two goals) led the Mustangs. Central improved to 13-2 in York-Adams Division I. They are tied for first place with Dallastown. The two teams will square off at 7 p.m. Friday at Dallastown.

DALLASTOWN 14, SPRING GROVE 7: At Spring Grove, Jacob Mitchell led the Wildcats to the York-Adams Division I victory by scoring five goals and adding three assists. Joe Didusch scored three goals for the winners, while Tanner Ierley and David Dygert each scored two goals and added one assist. Kyle Andrews scored two goals. For the Rockets, Coleton Reese scored three goals, while Trey Baker scored two goals and added one assist. Dallastown improved to 13-2 in the division and 13-3 overall.

YORK SUBURBAN 11, YORK CATHOLIC 9: At York Catholic, Ian Size led the Trojans with three goals. Anthony Bettencourt and Foster Hoyt each scored one goal and picked up two assists. Camden Kelliher scored two goals, while Mike Sipes and Justice Gettle each scored one goal and added one assist. For the Irish, Tanner Yanick had four goals and one assist, while Luke Brennan had two goals and one assist. Teddy Trapeni and Jacob Norton each scored one goal and added one assist.

GIRLS’ LACROSSE

SOUTH WESTERN 20, CENTRAL 4: At Hanover, Sydney Szparaga led the Mustangs to the York-Adams Division I victory by scoring four goals and adding three assists. Braxton Reddinger had three goals and two assists. For the Panthers, Jessica Ames and Allison Scott each scored two goals, while MacKenzie Windsor added three assists. South Western improved to 14-1 in the division and 15-1 overall.

YORK CATHOLIC 15, YORK SUBURBAN 7: At Suburban, Meaghan Bilyeu and Lindsey Givens led the Irish offense with three goals apiece. Shannon Moore, Alexis China and Natalie Fiorenza each scored two goals. For the Trojans, Karis Reiter and Karlee Wasilewski each scored three goals. York Catholic improved to 12-3.

WEST YORK 16, SUS QUEHANNOCK 11: At West York, Sara Sweitzer led the Bulldogs by scoring seven goals. Allee Ilgenfritz scored five goals, while Brittney Armpriester scored two goals. For the Warriors, Brooke Clasing scored five goals, while Carley VanLuit scored two goals. West York improved to 11-4.

SPRING GROVE 12, DALLASTOWN 5: At Dallastown, Shelby Grosberger (four goals), Jordyn Miller (two goals) and Abigail Hinson (two goals) combined for eight of the Rockets’ goals. Kayla Thomas had three goals for Dallastown. Mary Eckert had 16 saves in a losing cause.

LACROSSE: Dallastown boys tied for top spot

Posted: May 1, 2013 in Boys' Lacrosse
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York Dispatch Staff Report

The Dallastown boys’ lacrosse team rolled past Red Lion, 17-3, on Tuesday and moved into a tie for first place in York-Adams Division I.

The Wildcats improved to 12-2 in the division and 12-3 overall. Central York, which did not play on Tuesday, is also 12-2 in the division.

Jacob Mitchell led the Wildcats, scoring five goals and adding three assists. Tanner Ierley (three goals, two assists), Bailey Haines (three goals, one assist), David Dygert (goal, two assists), Tanner Bogacyzk (goal, assist) and Joe Didusch (goal, assist) also excelled for Dallastown. Wildcats goalie Jack Marks made 13 stops in goal to record the victory.

For the Lions, Jac Gemmill scored one goal and added one assist.

OTHER BOYS’ LACROSSE

YORK CATHOLIC 10, EASTERN YORK 8: At York Catholic, the Fighting Irish outscored Eastern 3-0 in the final quarter to rally for the victory. Tanner Yanick (goal, three assists), Luke Brennan (three goals), BradLee Rosenzweig (two goals) and Tommy Bowser (two goals) led the Irish offense. Eastern was paced by Justin Keller (four goals), Christian Buser (two goals, assist) and Conrad Rhein (three assists). Corbin Kurtz made 18 saves to get the win in goal. Alex Smith had 23 saves in a losing cause.

GIRLS’ LACROSSE

SUSQUEHANNOCK 21, RED LION 7: At Glen Rock, Brooke Clasing (six goals), Ashley Valway (four goals), Katelyn Welch (four goals), Carley Van Luit (three goals), Olivia Bond (two goals) and Maddie Ellis (two goals) accounted for all of Susquehannock’s scoring. Sierra Donovan (three goals), Jenny Smith (two goals) and Raquel Rich (goal, assist) led Red Lion. Ashton Alban and Amber Orner combined for 15 saves for Susquehannock. Marissa Linden had nine saves for Red Lion.

LACROSSE: West York boys keep on rolling

Posted: April 30, 2013 in Boys' Lacrosse
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By JOHN WALK 505-5406 / @yorksportsguy

WEST YORK — Mistakes happen.

First-year West York boys’ lacrosse coach Rodney Tamblin understands that.

He’d just like to see his club learn from their previous errors and improve. But for the first 12 minutes of Monday’s game against visiting Kennard-Dale, the Bulldogs were making the same mistakes that nearly cost them four weeks earlier, when they squeezed out a 10-9 win against the Rams.

Kennard-Dale scored the first three goals of Monday’s game and later held a three-goal advantage in the second quarter before West York finally came to life in the last eight minutes of the first half.

“The first time we played (Kennard-Dale), fundamentally we couldn’t get it together. We were still able to come out with a one-goal win,” Tamblin said. “We wanted to come out (today) and show these guys we can move the ball around, we don’t just have one or two guys scoring. We have six or seven guys who can score on the field.”

It took a little while, but the Bulldogs finally were able to flex their offensive muscle in a 20-minute stretch from the 7:48 mark of the second quarter through the end of the third quarter. West York scored 18 goals during that period to open up a double-digit advantage. It led to an impressive 22-14 win over the Rams. With the victory, West York (13-0 league, 14-0 overall) clinched at least a share of the York-Adams Division II title. Kennard-Dale (11-3, 12-3) sits in second place in the division behind the Bulldogs.

Susquehannock, York Catholic and New Oxford remain on West York’s league schedule. A win in any of those contests would give West York the division title outright for the second straight season in just the program’s fourth year of existence. The Bulldogs went a combined 9-19 in league action in 2010 and 2011 but are now 24-4 against league competition since 2012.

“I’ve been an assistant coach the last three years,” Tamblin said. “The first couple years were a little hard but we’ve definitely been a work in progress and it shows this year.”

West York junior attacker Nick Wilker scored three of his five goals in a third quarter, when the Bulldogs put 11 balls in the net.

“Our last game against these guys was 10-9, so we had to come back like how we did against Central and Dallastown,” Wilker said. “We wanted to send a message that we’re the best.”

West York seems to be getting hot at the right time. The Bulldogs have scored 20-plus goals in a game three times this season, with all three coming in the last four games. Their 22 goals Monday matched a season-high.

West York outshot Kennard-Dale 35-19. Along with Wilker, the Bulldogs’ offense was paced by Devyn Roehm (six goals, two assists), Hunter Betz (four goals, three assists) and Seth Clauser (four goals, assist). Bulldogs’ goalies Jordan Lombardo (three saves in first half) and Cole Rinehart (two saves in second half) combined for five stops.

Five Kennard-Dale players scored multiple goals, led by James Barlow (three goals) and David Wallace (three goals).

OTHER BOYS’ LACROSSE

SUSQUEHANNOCK 7, YORK SUBURBAN 5: At Suburban, the game was tied 3-3 after three quarters, when the Warriors netted four goals in the final period to capture the York-Adams League Division II victory. Aiden Kirkendall led the Warriors with three goals. Thomas Nace scored two goals for the winners, while Collin Riley picked up two assists. For the Trojans, Foster Hoyt had two goals and one assist, while Mike Sipes scored two goals and Ian Size picked up two assists.

GIRLS’ LACROSSE

KENNARD-DALE 23, WEST YORK 20: At Fawn Grove, the Rams led 14-8 at the half and held on to capture the York-Adams Division II victory. K-D clinched the outright division championship with the victory. Morgan Day led the Rams with nine goals. Taylor Davis had five goals and four assists for the Rams, while Nicole Black had seven assists and two goals. K-D’s Lyndsey Duty had four goals and one assist. For the Bulldogs, Allee Ilgenfritz scored a game-high 11 goals, while teammate Sarah Sweitzer collected seven goals and one assist. K-D improved 14-0 in the division and 15-1 overall. West York fell to 10-4 in the division and 10-4 overall.

SUSQUEHANNOCK 15, YORK SUBURBAN 5: At Glen Rock, Brooke Clasing led the Warriors with five goals and two assists. Katelyn Welch collected three goals and two assists for the Warriors, while Carley Van Luit scored three goals and Ashley Valway scored two goals. For the Trojans, Karis Reiter scored two goals and Karlee Wasilewski had one goal and one assist.

RED LION 19, DALLAS TOWN 10: At Red Lion, Jenny Smith and Sierra Donovan scored five goals each to help power the Lions past their arch-rival. Raquel Rich supplied three goals for the winners, and Emma Conrad delivered two goals. Donovan had two assists to go with her five goals. Kayla Thomas answered with five goals for Dallastown. Gabby Russo and Olivia Thomas each connected for two Wildcats’ goals, and Lindsay Ellis contributed one goal and two assists.

SOUTH WESTERN 16, SPRING GROVE 4: At Spring Grove, the Mustangs received four goals each from Erin Brown, Jessica Kopenhaver and Sydney Szparaga. For the Rockets, Shelby Grosberger scored two goals and added one assist. South Western improved to 13-1 in York-Adams Division I and 14-1 overall. The Mustangs have clinched the division crown.

– Reach John Walk at jwalk@yorkdispatch.com.

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