LANDON LACROSSE 12 St. MARY’S OF ANNAPOLIS 6

goldenstateservicesj
Mar 19, 2024
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The Bears are making a habit of destroying the WaPo rankings—having already defeated the paper’s #7 Severn and now the #5 St. Mary’s, one would expect that the heretofore #8 Landon to move on up. The Saints have a roster with 8 Div. I and one Div. II commits plus only an O/T loss to the Bulldogs of Rockville Pike.

On a cold and windy afternoon, after the Holton Panthers wrecked the Rockets of Richard Montgomery, the home boys opened up on O: @ 5:26 ANTHONY PANETTI found SEAN MURRAY for goal 1; soon thereafter, TROY ULISNEY swept down a lane and threaded a pass to ANTHONY for a 0:10.3 goal.

The X men (HAYDEN GOOZH and TALAN SMITH) and their wings won 2 and lost 1 in period 1. ZACH ABRAMSON defended the Bear Nets with 2 saves on 3 Saints shots. The Bear transition game cleared the ball5 times with 1 fail while their athletic ride stopped 2 of three SMS clears.

END OF Q1 BEARS 2- SAINTS 0

This segment saw the home O unleash its power-soring 3 tallies to their opponents found the nets in the waning seconds. Again, ANTHONY connected with SEAN @5:20 to rack up his second goal and the team’s 3^rd. The first unassisted Bear goal was recorded @ 3:27 on a nifty dodge by KEVIN MILLER. The MURRAY (A) and PANETTI (G) connection added Bear GOAL #5.

With 0:47.5 remaining until half the Saints scored.

Landon’s clear was 3 for 3; its faceoff 2/4; ZACH saw 3 shots and stopped 2.

HALFTIME BEARS 5- SAINTS 1

The MIAA A powerhouse came out of the break loaded for bear-scoring 2 times (at 11:52, 9:50) without response by the home team UNTIL @ 8:55 when ANTHONY fed RILEY LUGAR for Landon’s 6^th goal. The Saints added two (7:37, 5:53). The White Jerseys answered with an unassisted goal by SEAN@4:26 plus a TROY to CHASE ROBERTSON goal @ 1:21 to restore a +3 margin.

END OF Q3 BEARS 8- SAINTS 5

Through these 36 minutes, COACH MCGETTIGAN used 4 attackmen, 11 middies, 3 LSMs, 4 SSDMs. 2 LSMs, 5 Ds and 1 G. Entering the last period, Landon’s depth and energy took over the game. ANTHONY’s speed made him open for an assist from SEAN @9:34. Speedy CHASE dodged to a good shot @3:52. Followed by AEDEN CASSIDY’s first goal as a Bear @3:52. and ZACH’s 4^th Q shutout ended when he made a magnificent save only to have a Saint beat him on the rebound at 2:57. To close the door, CHASE beat the SMS goalie @2:18.

For the game ZACH had 5 saves on 21 Saint shots, The Bears fired at the Annapolitan goal 29 times. The clears were 16 to 2 fails, Faceoffs 11 wins 9 losses.

FINAL SCORE BEARS 12—SAINTS 6

ONTO TO DALLAS—good luck, If some parent would be so kind as to send me scores, scores, assisters, saves, etc. to sandy_murdock@yahoo.com