…. LANDON LACROSSE 7 GILMAN 6 O/T ….

The Greyhounds from Roland Ave. have an exceptional roster and came to Triplett Field At Bordley Stadium with a 1-1 record, coming off a loss to GP. Between the flu and lingering winter injuries, the home team fielded almost  its full squad for the 1^st time in 2025.

The blue jerseys stepped on the turf ready to play, scoring at 6:17 and then 5:43. SENIOR #23 RILEY LUGAR, a SSDM by trade, grabbed the ball from SENIOR #7 GORDON GOOZH’s win at F/O and  #23 deposited the ball in the back of the opposing goal net @ 5:29.Literally with seconds remaining, #20 NICO PEDROZA transferred the ball to SOPHOMORE #2 JONAS HAWKINS who beat the Gilman goalie @0:15.9.

SENIOR #1 STEPHEN RISO stopped 2 of the visitors’ SOGs; while his brother Bears put 4 SOGs. At X, one of the Greyhound FOGOs is a UNC commit, but  GOOZH and SENIOR #47 TALAN SMITH went 2/4.

END OF 1^ST 12 MINUTES—BEARS 2 GREYHOUNDS 2.

One observer might comment that the 2^nd quarter exhibited great D; someone. Not so kind, might have found that both teams had an inordinate numbers of turnovers. To underline the ZEROs on the scoreboard, there was one faceoff won by #7. The goalies benefitted from their respective team’s dearth of offense, STEPHEN stopped all 3 shots while his opposing number (actually a 0) did not all 4 of the white jerseys’ shots to beat him.

HALFTIME — BEARS 2 GREYHOUNDS 2

Returning from the intermission, the Greyhounds improved their shooting with 2 goals on 4 shots- at 9:16 and 2:49. Greyhounds had 4 SOGs; while the Bears put 5 on the cage. HAYDEN was successful 2 out of three FO’s

END PF 3^RD Q  GREYHOUNDS 4 BEARS 2

At this point the potential themes of the Bear’s Blog were being drafted in disappointing terms, not a favorite genre. The deficit narrowed @8:55 when SENIOR #25 DEVIN STEWART fed fellow #25er #22 AEDEN CASSIDY for the Bears’ 3^rd goal.

Gilman replied with a tally, discouraging(?), at 5:08. The momentum returned @5:02 when #47 dominated X passed to #25 (??? bad eyes) to narrow the margin. Landon earned its 5^th tally on a connection between #9 SENIOR SEAN MURRAY to JUNIOR #4 MACK COHEN @2:47. Desperation might have set in when Gilman restored their lead with only 2:00 remaining. SENIOR CADEN SOUTHWORTH made a clutch pass to MACK @1:05.

This was STEPHEN’s best Q in the goal, stopping 60% the visitors’ shots!!! Not surprisingly, the Bear O recorded 6 SOGS. #47  won 4 of his 5 challenges at X.

END OF REGULAR TIME BEARS 6 GREYHOUNDS 6

Natural hattricks are rare and even more scarce is a 3^rd consecutive, GWG in SUDDEN DEATH OVERTIME. YES—THE BIG MACK ATTACK 41 SECONDS INTO THIS EXTRA PERIOD, earned that rare mark.

O/T BEARS 7 GREYHOUNDS 6

SATURDAY AT #1 HAVERFORD—good luck!!!