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Niskayuna takes down state champ Jamesville-DeWitt, 17-10

Sunday, April 8, 2012

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Niskayuna took a quick lead and never surrendered it Saturday in beating two-time defending state Class B lacrosse champion Jamesville-DeWitt, 17-10, in a boys’ non-league game.

The Silver Warriors scored the first two goals, led at the half, 7-4, and after three quarters, 11-7, before sealing it on game-ending goals by Aidan O’Brien, Matt Sexton and Luke Goldstock. For Goldstock, it was his 18th goal in three games.

“I though we’d be able to create offense. We were prepared for sure,” said Niskayuna coach Mike Vorgang. “One of the keys was we had to shoot well, and the kids did that.”

Niskayuna (3-0) ended Jamesville-DeWitt’s 46-game winning streak. Jamesville-DeWitt went 22-0 in winning each of the last two state titles.

“Obviously, when you play a team the caliber of Jamesville-DeWitt, and win, it’s great for your program,” said Vorgang. “They’ve got a kid going to Syracuse and another one going to Harvard, and I’m sure they’ve got a bunch of others who will be going to Division I schools.”

Jamesville-DeWitt (2-1) came in with a No. 5 ranking on the ESPN Fab 50 national poll. Niskayuna is ranked No. 26 on the poll.

“This shows we can play with some of the best teams in the country,” said Vorgang, whose Silver Warriors beat Shenendehowa, 15-10, and Ballston Spa, 15-6, before ending the Red Rams’ lengthy streak. “It’s a huge win. It shows we belong at that level.”

Goldstock finished with five goals and an assist, Sexton had three goals and an assist, Tanner MacIvor notched three goals and combined with Tyler Pantalone for 13 faceoff wins, and Evan Quinn made 13 saves. Jeff Edwards paced J-D with three goals and two assists.

Brothers win

Andy Curro, Noah Arciero and Torey Williams each collected three goals and an assist, and Christian Brothers Academy defeated Schenectady, 17-5, in Big 10 action.

John Bassett and Sean Behrmann both added a goal and two assists for the Brothers (2-0, 3-0). Kwame Jarvis had a hat trick for the Patriots (0-1, 0-4).

Andy Hooten and Chris West scored for Colonie in a 4-2 non-league loss to Rome Free Academy, and Johnstown bowed to Utica Proctor, 5-4, at Knox Field.

BOYS

NON-LEAGUE

NISKAYUNA 17, JAMESVILLE-DEWITT 10

Niskayuna 3 4 4 6 — 17

J-D 2 2 3 3 — 10

Niskayuna scoring: Luke Goldstock 5-1, Tannder MacIvor 3-0, Blake Pfohl 2-0, Lucas Maloney 1-1, Matt Sexton 3-1, Aidan O’Brien 1-0, Reed Avveduti 1-0, Justin Picardi 1-2. Jamesville-DeWitt scoring: Griffen Fiener 2-0, Deke Burns 3-0, McClaren 0-1, Jeff Edwards 3-2, Justin Diamond 1-2, Mike Perkins 1-2.

Goaltenders: Niskayuna, Evan Quinn, 13 saves. Jamesville-DeWitt, Joe Shapiro, 12 saves.

ROME FREE ACADEMY4, COLONIE 2

Rome 0 2 1 1 — 4

Colonie 0 0 1 1 — 2

Rome Free scoring: Mohl 1-0, Richie 1-0, Stapleton 1-0 Grillo 1-0, Linderman 0-1. Colonie scoring: Andy Hooten 1-0, Chris West 1-0.

Goaltenders: Rome Free, Ferrell, 16 saves. Colonie, Brendan Deedy, 16 saves.

BIG 10

CBA 17, SCHENECTADY 5

Schenectady 2 0 2 1 — 5

CBA 7 7 2 1 — 17

Schenectady scoring: Kwame Jarvis 3-0, Mark Wells 1-0, Jordan Zaman 1-0, Cody Schnepf 0-1. CBA scoring: Andy Curro 3-1, Max Anthony 1-1, Noah Arciero 3-1, John Bassett 1-2, Torey Williams 3-1, Josh Frese 1-0, Pat Vivian 0-1, Sean Behrmann 1-2, Trevor Honis 1-1, Isaac LaRue 1-1, Zach Swanteck 1-0.

Goaltenders: Schenectady, James Schnepf, 15 saves. CBA, Cody Greenwald, 9 saves.

Baseball

First win

Vinny Struffolino scattered seven hit with six strikeouts, and Mohonasen came from behind twice to beat Broadalbin-Perth in a non-league game, 5-3, for new coach Andy Cuthbertson’s first victory.

Jordan Cotton had a double and two RBI for the Mighty Warriors, and Jordan Glavin had two hits and an RBI. Luigi Magliocca had three hits for the Patriots.

Casey Kerr struck out 11 in a three-hit effort, and Zach Forbes went 2-for-3 with an RBI in Saratoga Springs’ 2-0 win over Queensbury.

Jack Herman also had two hits for the Blue Streaks (4-1), Matt Flynn doubled, and Dan Rittenhouse had the other RBI.

Albert Fiorenza drove in two runs with a pair of doubles, Dan Valchovic had two hits and two RBI, and Fonda-Fultonville got its first win, 10-7, over Stillwater.

Brandon Baker had two doubles and an RBI, and Kody Shaw and Charles Parslow both added two singles for the Braves. Alex Stewart had two hits and an RBI for the Warriors.

Josh Barnes hurled a three-hitter with eight strikeouts, and also knocked in two runs with a double and single, to lift Greenwich past Mechanicville, 8-3.

Barnes allowed one earned run, and teammate Joe Estramonte had three hits and two RBI. Sam DeCelle’s two-run single in the fifth gave Mechanicville a 5-0 lead before the Witches rallied.

Josh Hay belted two home runs as part of a 4-for-6 showing and had 10 RBI in South Glens Falls’ 17-4 win at Ichabod Crane. Alec Reeves and Tyler Zeh hit RBI doubles for the Riders.

Ichabod Crane bounced back to beat Gloversville, 10-7, behind Zeh’s nine strikeouts and Denny Shields’ homer and four RBI.

Cam Oathout went 4-for-5 with two RBI and two runs in Gloversville’s 12-6 win over Chatham.

NON-LEAGUE

MOHONASEN 5, BROADALBIN-PERTH 3

B-P 201 000 0 — 3 7 2

Mohonasen 112 100 x — 5 7 2

Brown, Zarecki (5) and Gordon; Struffolino and Galvin.

SARATOGA SPRINGS 7, QUEENSBURY 0

Queensbury 000 000 0 — 0 3 1

Saratoga 101 000 x — 2 7 1

LaFontaine and Farrier; Kerr and Forbes.

FONDA-FULTONVILLE 10, STILLWATER 7

F-F 301 510 0 — 10 15 2

Stillwater 002 300 2 — 7 5 3

Ladd, Shaw (6) and Sammons, Rose (6); Hill and McCumber.

GREENWICH 8, MECHANICVILLE 3

Mechanicville 100 020 0 — 3 3 1

Greenwich 000 053 x — 8 12 2

DeCelle, Corcoran (5) and Jones; Barnes and Giroux.

SOUTH GLENS FALLS 17, ICHABOD CRANE 4

SGF 150 344 0 — 17

Ichabod Crane 110 010 1 — 4

Mulcahy, Fearis (6) and Ciazza; Ferrari, Peters, Alberti and Barnes.

ICHABOD CRANE 10, GLOVERSVILLE 7

Gloversville 101 200 3 — 7 10 4

Ichabod Crane 201 160 x — 10 13 2

Rockefeller, Vandenable (4), Gray (5), Casimero (5) and Murray; Zeh, Reeves (7) and Shields.

GLOVERSVILLE 12, CHATHAM 6

Gloversville 002 530 2 — 12 13 2

Chatham 310 001 1 — 6 11 5

Oathout, Fox (3) and Murray; LeClair, Verschelden (4), Gregg (5) and unavailable.

Track

Streaks in record run

The Saratoga Springs foursome of Taylor Driscoll, Keelin Hollowood, Margaret MacDonald and Katie Treichel beat the University of Florida Relays 4 x 1,600 record by 44 seconds Saturday with a 20:12 clocking.

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