LANDON LACROSSE 15 CARDINAL GIBBONS 10

The Crusaders of Raleigh, NC are coached by Alex Buckley, a stud from Brown U (from whence out Will McGettigan graduated) and they have established a history of excellence in Tar High School lacrosse (finalist in State championship every year for the past 5 years and twice walking off of the field with the Trophy. True to the competitive nature of anyone who played lax at East Providence, this Catholic high school added trips north over the past 5 years. The team’s athleticism benefits from its very successful football team.

Before the game started on this unusually delightful afternoon, the 15 seniors and their parents were honored for their years of contribution to the Landon lacrosse team. Anyone familiar with this program knows that much is demanded of these Bears and their parents also contribute tremendously to the success of the team.

The Bears were first in the scoreboard with a step down goal by 2019 Will Carlson. The shot hit the corner of the CG goal @ 10:38.

A speedy NC middie responded with a goal at 9:52.

Senior Myles Tonkel showed his strength with a drive to the goal ending with a bounce shot that mystified the Crusader G @7:25.

Graham Hertzberg followed with the 3^rd Bear goal @4:43. That was set up by a CT occasioned by Matthew Kopp whose pass to the Landon attackman who shot and the graceful #50 gathered in the ball and shot the rebound for gosl #Off of a Will Bou win at X (19 0f 26 for the dqy0, the ball moved to Joey Graham who buried the Bears’ 4^th goal@4:25. For good measure, Joey G beat the CG goalie @ 3:05.

The Crusaders conceded little and responded with their 2^nd goal at 0:16.8

END OF 1^ST Q BEARS 5 CRUSADERS 2

The visitors showed their grit and earned the first tally of period 2 at 11:29.

The combination of Zak Oehlerking and Graham H connected @9:36. The nimble and big sophomore took the pass and scored. The Crusaders replied with an assisted goal at 5:05.

Landon had a mini run with Ryan Giles feeding Graham H on a Fastbreak which started with RG’s CT; goal @ 5:17. The second of 2 consecutive goals was registered @ 2:00 when Graham H fed Joey G for a nice goal.

Again the Crusaders used the last few seconds of a period when the deposited a ball in the Bears’ goal at 0:27.0

HALFTIME BEARS 8 CRUSADERS 6

Returning from the intermission, the visitors reduced their margin to -2 at 11:38.

Myles introduced himself to his CG defender when his bulldog freed his hand for his 2^nd goal @10:54. A sweep by Garrett Kurtz caused the NC D to rotate thus creating space for Graham H who added his 4^th goal @ 8:25.

Once again, the speedy Crusaders responded with a goal at 7:58.

Not deterred CG reduced their disadvantage to -3 with their 7^th goal at 7:58.

Not to be outdone, Joey G beat a good CG goalie @ 2:47.

END OF 3^RD Q BEARS 11 CRUSADERS 8

Once again, the cg O executed early in a period with their 8^th goal on a rebound.

Joey G notched his 5^th goal @10:50. The Crusaders answered with 2 consecutive scores—at 6:41 and 5:01.

The proximity of the score motivated the Bears to add three, consecutive and closing goals:

Joey G to Zak @ 3:56 off of a fastbreak

Zak returned the favor by feeding Joey G@ 2:32

Garrett was tasked to kill the clock and as he ran circles around the CG D whose sticks seemed to constantly slash #10, the future Jumbo saw a straight line to the opponents’ 6’ x 6’ target and he threw the ball into the back of the Crusaders goal @ 0:55.6

An athletic game ended with a Bear win.

FINAL SCORE BEARS 15 CRUSADERS 10

BEAT SSSA ON TUESDAY

KAHARI BATEN “THAT’S A BEAR” AWARD

in numerical order

Jake Cohen (5 GBs, 2 CTs)

Joey Graham (5G, 1A)

Will Bou (17/26 at X, 11 GBs)

Ryan Giles (7GBs, 2cTs)

Myles Tonkel (2G, 2GBs)

Matt Kopp (4Gbs, 2Cts)