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Boys’ lacrosse semifinal: Brunswick one win away from regional crown
The Dragons remain undefeated, rolling to an 18-8 win over Cheverus.BRUNSWICK — Top-seeded Brunswick shook off an early challenge from No. 4 Cheverus and cruised to an 18-8 win in an Eastern Class A boys’ lacrosse semifinal Saturday.
The unbeaten Dragons, the defending regional champs, will play No. 2 Messalonskee on Wednesday night for the regional title.
Brunswick, the state’s lone unbeaten lacrosse team, held a statistical edge in every category on the way to its 14th win of the season. The Dragons outshot Cheverus 38-23 and had a 22-19 advantage in groundballs.
Ian Schlosser, a senior midfielder, won 17 of 27 faceoffs for Brunswick.
“We love to push the ball and play fast-paced lacrosse,” Brunswick Coach Don Glover said.
“When we get those opportunities to get up field quick, we take advantage and go.”
Brunswick started quickly, jumping out a 5-0 lead in the first quarter.
Cheverus took advantage of Brunswick penalties to get back into the game in the second quarter.
The Stags scored three goals in man-up situations to close to within 5-3.
“We hurt ourselves at times with the penalties, and they capitalized,” Glover said. “Six-on-six, our game plan was good.”
Mitchell Smith made eight his 10 saves in the second quarter to help the Dragons regain the momentum.
“Mitchell was outstanding, and he has been that way all season long,” Glover said.
The Dragons, who didn’t play Cheverus in the regular season, took an 8-4 lead into the second half.
Twice, the Stags closed to within four goals during the third quarter, but they could get no closer and Brunswick gradually pulled away.
Matt Brooks, a senior middie, had five goals and four assists for Brunswick. Ryan Croatti, a senior attackman, also scored five goals, and Kyle Woodruff, a senior attackman, chipped in with three goals and an assist.
Cam Glover, another senior middie, scored two goals and had three assists. Tyler Hillis, a senior attackman, finished with two goals and T.J. Sullivan scored once.
James Kane, a junior middie, scored three goals for Cheverus. Alex Nason, a junior middie, contributed two goals and an assist. Max Coffin, a sophomore middie, added a goal and three assists. Tom Lawson, a senior attackman, and Finn Cawley, a freshman middie, each scored one goal.
The Dragons snapped the Stags’ six-game winning streak.
“We’re a pretty youthful team, and I’m extremely proud how these guys played,” Cheverus Coach Bill Bodwell said.
“At one point (this season), we were 2-5, and we worked our way back to get into the tournament. They came a long ways this year. I’m really proud of them.”
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Boys’ lacrosse semifinal: Falmouth dominates on its way to final
The Yachtsmen jump out to a quick lead and cruise in the regional semifinals.FALMOUTH — Second-seeded Falmouth dominated every phase of the game to roll to an 18-3 win against No. 3 Waynflete in a Western Class B boys’ lacrosse semifinal Saturday.
The Yachtsmen, who advanced to play Cape Elizabeth in the regional final Wednesday, built a 10-0 lead less than 21 minutes into the game.
“We were very well prepared for them,” Falmouth Coach Mike Lebel said. “The work we’ve done over the course of the season has helped us prepare a lot of the guys on our roster to play, so we’re very deep.
“At the beginning of the season we were a little bit nicked up. Now everybody’s healthy and we can run a lot of guys through the midfield.”
Falmouth had a quarterfinal bye, and its coaching staff was able to watch the Flyers roll to a 17-6 win against No. 6 Fryeburg Academy.
“We were able to get a good look at (Waynflete) against Fryeburg, so we knew exactly what they were going to do,” Lebel said. “(We) knew their tendencies. (We) knew they were going to run a zone (defense), and we were able to practice against it. We didn’t have to spend half the game to figure something out during the game. We were already prepared. We knew what adjustments to make, and the kids just executed brilliantly.”
The Yachtsmen (10-3) were especially effective against Waynflete’s zone defense.
“They did a good job (against) our zone,” Waynflete Coach Dan Thomsen said. “It has some holes in it, and they found them. When we went to play man-to-man (defense), they did nice job against that, too.”
“With the zone, we knew we had to be patient and wait for alleys to open up,” Lebel said.
Jack Mainella won 19 of 22 faceoffs to make sure Falmouth retained possession of the ball following nearly all of its goals.
“They won every faceoff pretty much, and it’s hard to win a lacrosse game when you don’t have the ball,” Thomsen said. “They were great in the faceoff X.”
The game clock switched to running time when Jack Scribner finished off a three-minute penalty kill by scoring his fourth goal of the game three minutes into the fourth quarter for a 15-3 lead. In lacrosse, the clock keeps running after a team opens a 12-goal lead.
Bryce Kuhn led Falmouth with five goals and an assist. C.J. Leighton scored two goals and had two assists. George Gilbert contributed two goals and an assist, Jack Scribner had three assists, Devin Russell finished with three goals, and Henry Russell scored once.
Will Lewis, Cal Lewis and Will Nelligan each scored a goal for the Flyers (10-4). Cooper Chap and Willy Burdick each had an assist.
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Saturday’s boys’ lacrosse roundup: South Portland defeats Gorham
The defending state champion takes an early lead on the way to a 16-7 victory.SOUTH PORTLAND – Andrew Whipple scored one goal and assisted on the other four as the top-seeded Red Riots (12-1) took a 5-1 first-quarter lead on their way to a 16-7 win over No. 5 Gorham (10-4) in a Western Class A semifinal.
South Portland, the defending state champion, upped the lead to 8-1 in the second quarter and was in control throughout.
Whipple finished with two goals and seven assists. Jack Fiorini had three goals and two assists, and Kam Andrews also scored three goals.
Cam Wright had two goals and an assist for Gorham.
YARMOUTH 14, GARDINER 2: Will Garrett scored five goals and set up another as the second-seeded Clippers (11-3) advanced to the Eastern Class B final with a win over third-seeded Gardiner (10-4) at Yarmouth.
Bill Jacobs chipped in with three goals and an assist. Yarmouth will seek its third straight regional title when it hosts North Yarmouth Academy on Wednesday.
THORNTON ACADEMY 11, SCARBOROUGH 8: Isaac Sinclair and Jon Camire each had four goals and an assist, and the second-seeded Trojans (11-3) held off third-seeded Scarborough (9-5) in a Western Class A semifinal at Saco.
The Red Storm, trailing 8-2 entering the final quarter, pulled to within 9-8 before Camire and Tyler LaPointe scored in the final 1:21.
Zach Bryant had a goal and three assists for Thornton. Cam Nigro notched three goals for Scarborough, and Sam Neugebauer had two goals and an assist.
CAPE ELIZABETH 16, KENNEBUNK 2: Ben Shea scored four of his six goals during the second quarter as the top-ranked Capers (11-2) built an 11-1 lead against No. 5 Kennebunk (7-7) in a Western Class B semifinal at Cape Elizabeth.
Owen Thoreck added five goals and Connor Thoreck scored twice.
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