I found a nice article on the Navy Lacrosse camp 9 of our young Saints attended this past week.   Seen in the photo from left to right.  Matt Washington, Cade Kelleher, Mark Ziolkowski, Connor Robinson (friend from Norfolk VA), Christian Wilson, Kenny King, Scott Elsey, Brian Walter, Bobby DiPersiis, Coach Washington.  In the foreground, David Hart.

Navy camp teaches more than just LAX skills

By Keith Mills

By 10 a.m. the temperature at the U.S. Naval Academy was 90 degrees and rising. Rick Young gathered his troops in a semi-circle and gave them their orders for the next 15 minutes.

"We're going to talk about team offense," said Young, former assistant to Bill Tierney at Princeton and now the lacrosse coach at nearby Anne Arundel Community College. "If you watch the college game, there's a lot of picking going on. Everybody has big strong athletes and they try to get an edge by picking. So we're going over how to pick and how to defend it."

Young is one of the nearly 100 guest coaches Navy's Richie Meade brings in to work with an ever-growing number of young players who not only love to play the game, but want to learn a little bit about life at the academy. "It's so much fun to see kids come here and take their hats off when they walk into the chow hall," said Meade. "Or wait until everyone's sitting down before they start eating. Or say 'yes sir' and 'no sir.' That's a form of discipline and preparation and that's what we do here at Navy. That's also what
lacrosse players do. They're disciplined, they're prepared and they're on time."

From early June to the middle of August more than 4,000 youngsters, ages 6-18,  pass through the gates of the U.S. Naval Academy to play lacrosse. Some, naturally, are from the Baltimore area. Most of the 600 in this week's camp are not.  "We have kids from Hawaii, Alaska, Tennessee, California. We even had a camper fly in all the way from Australia," said long-time Andover and North County coach Jon Appelt. "We hope here the kids take back what they learn to those areas that are not traditionally big lacrosse areas and share it with their teammates."

"How lacrosse is presented to the kids at a young age is going to stay with them for a long time," said Meade, whose teams have made the NCAA playoffs six of the last seven years, including the classic 2004 national championship game against Syracuse. "As coaches, we have a tremendous amount of influence on kids today. And we place a lot of emphasis on leadership. I equate it to D-Day. The success of the operation were the guys on the beach -- me standing next to you. They had to overcome all kinds of stuff to get the job done. They did it through leadership and they did it through caring about the guy next to them."
 Talk to Meade for five minutes and you want to enlist. About to begin his 17th year as Navy's coach, he is also a full-tenured physical education professor at the academy and an unbelievable advocate for everyone who has ever served in the military, especially his former players.

Honor. Courage. Commitment. It is more than just the Naval Academy mantra, but a way of life for Meade, who not only preaches that to his players, but to every camper who wears the blue and white practice jersey. "If we teach these kids a little about the game and how to be better young men, then we've done our job," said Meade. "We believe in fundamentals
and discipline and having the right attitude and taking care of your teammates.  All of the things that have to do with success besides throwing and catching. "We tell the kids when you walk into a room, take your hat off. We don't allow them to wear their hats backwards. We want them to be on time and we want them to treat everyone with respect. I don't know if it's the right way, but that's how we do it. We basically run this camp the way my father ran our family. He was a New York City cop and when he told us what to do, we did it." 
Growing up in the Williston Park section of Long Island, Peter Meade and his life in law enforcement made quite an impression on young Richie and his brothers, Charlie and Peter. It helped fuel Richie Meade through Mineola High in Garden City and later Nassau Community College and North Carolina. His coaching journey began in Chapel Hill as an assistant in 1979 to Willie Scroggs. He then coached at the University of Baltimore for four years, before landing in Annapolis, first as an assistant to Bryan Matthews, and then
eventually as head coach. Though he never wore the Navy uniform as a midshipman or an officer, he has always looked at coaching at the academy as an honor and a privilege.  "He is one of us," said 1969 Navy graduate Tom Hagan. "He reached out to the alumni in a variety of ways and has done a wonderful job here." Hagan is one of many former Navy players who still come back during the summer to work the camps. A former player for two years for the legendary Willis Bilderback, Hagan was on a committee to help create the Bilderback-Moore Navy Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Bilderback coached the midshipmen from 1959 to '72 and led them to nine national championships after William "Dinty" Moore, who preceded him and coached at the academy for 23 years, winning 159 games and a share of
six championships. Hagan; Jack Jackson, class of 1990 and a graduate of Archbishop Curley; Joe Schweitzer, class of '89 and a retired Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Marine
Corps; 74-year-old Don Jahn, class of '57; and Ray Finnegan, class of '75, a former
assistant coach under Meade and one of the greatest goaltenders in Navy history, were all back in Navy blue and gold. Add to that list current assistant coach Mark Goers, the team's former director of lacrosse operations, who helped Towson State reach the NCAA
Final Four in 1992, and the camp is loaded with former academy players and coaches.

Why? "Why not," said Hagan. "You see these kids. They just love to play the game. It's all about giving back to the program and the school. What else would I be doing?" Not patrolling the many fields around the academy in 100-degree heat for one thing, and staying in dorms at Dahlgren Hall for another. Three of the 10 Navy camps are overnight camps, and the players and coaches sleep in the same bunks as the midshipmen during the school ear.   That is part of the lure. A big reason why 14-year-old Ryan Morris came all
the way from New Orleans to take part in this week's camp. "I wanted to see what it was like," he said. "I couldn't wait for this," said 13-year-old Matt Hunter of Tampa, Fla.
"I'm  really just learning the game and I've always wanted to see the Naval Academy.
What a better time to do that than at their lacrosse camp." The Navy camp is divided into four age divisions: Submarines (elementary school), Destroyers and Battleships (middle school and young high school) and Aircraft Carriers (high school). Team names include the USS New Jersey,  Lincoln and Intrepid. It's all part of Meade's plan to run the camp like
an aircraft carrier. "I've been on an aircraft carrier," said Meade. "Everybody has a job,
everybody has a role. They have to launch the planes, so somebody has to move the planes. They need fuel so somebody has to pump the fuel into the planes. Fuel at this camp are balls and water. They have weapons on an aircraft carrier. Here, our weapons are security. Parents need to know their kids are safe and everything we do is in support of the players and coaches." There are two sessions of instruction during the day and games at night.
 "This is actually as  much a camp for young coaches as it is the players," said Meade. "Every single moment is a teaching opportunity. That's No. 1. No. 2 is every kid is here to learn. And you don't have to be a great player. In fact, there aren't necessarily a lot of great players. We don't put stock in where you are. We put a lot of stock in where you're going." "The single most important thing we do is fundamentals," Appelt added. "Coach
Meade is one of the few coaches in the country who runs a camp and still stresses the little things." Appelt and Paul Shea have been working with the Navy lacrosse coach
since Matthews took over for coach Dick Szlaza in 1983. When Meade replaced
Matthews in 1995, the two long-time Anne Arundel County high school coaches were
asked back. And they're still here.  Shea played for Appelt at old Andover High School in 1971. When Appelt left in 1976 to join Szlaza's staff at Navy, Shea took the job. Three years later Appelt returned to Andover to assist Shea and the two coached together
through 1992 when both retired from coaching at North County. Appelt, whose son Garth
helped Loyola-Blakefield win back-to-back MSA A Conference championships in 1986 and '87 before playing at Virginia, still teaches at the school and will start his 42nd year in late August. "It has been very rewarding," said Appelt, who was named the national lacrosse  high school Man of the Year in 1998. "Lacrosse has enabled me to become a
better coach, be a better teacher and I've been able to develop friendships that have stayed with me my entire life."  Friendships with guys like Young, who played and coached at CortlandState in New York, the same school that produced such outstanding college coaches as Tony Seaman, Bill Tierney and Dave Urick, as well as Bob and Larry Quinn, who
are also members of a growing Navy camp coaching staff.  Bob Quinn played at Herkimer Community College and then Penn State while Larry Quinn, who lives now in the Parkton section of Baltimore County, helped Johns Hopkins win two straight national championships under coach Don Zimmerman in 1984 and '85. He is also a two-time winner of the Lt. Raymond Enners Award as the nation's top player, and the Ensign C. Markland Kelly Award as the nation's best goaltender. In 2000, he was inducted into the National Lacrosse
Hall of Fame.  "This is a real good camp," said Quinn, whose son Nolan will be a freshman
this year at Loyola-Blakefield. "There's a lot of good instruction and a lot
of good teaching."  "For those of us not actively coaching on a day-to-day basis anymore,"
said Shea, "this is fantastic. And it's all about the people. The sport is not about winning and losing. It's about the relationships you make, the people you meet. There's nowhere else I'd rather be." 

Lucas Hine scored the winning goal with 37 seconds left, and goalie Bryan Walter made a pair of saves in the final moments to lock up Seton Catholic Central's come-from-behind 14-13 Section 4 Conference lacrosse victory over Chenango Valley on Saturday afternoon. With the win, SCC moved into 1^st place of their Division by 2 games and remain undefeated on the season thus far.

The host Saints trailed by three in the final minute of the third quarter, but Leo Moran and Hine scored goals 35 seconds apart to cut the deficit to one.

An illegal stick violation gave CV (10-2) a man-up situation for three minutes at the beginning of the fourth quarter , but it couldn't convert. SCC’s man down unit played outstanding in not letting  in even one goal during the 3 minute penalty and went even about 2 minutes in when CV was flagged."The whole defense, we studied the film from the last time we played them," Saints coach Travis Eckler said. "Yesterday in practice, we ran their man-up all day. We kind of knew what was coming."

Joey Slavik had three goals and five assists for SCC (12-0), while Jesse Wood had three goals and two assists-- the last helper setting up the winner in "lay-up" fashion, Eckler said.

Slavik scored his 95^th point of the season and is averaging about 8 points per game. Teammate Wood joined the 300 point career  club earlier in the week.Cam Fedish had three goals and an assist for CV (10-2), which has not lost to a team other than SCC this season.

SCC g-a: Joey Slavik 3-5, Jesse Wood 3-2, Nate Williams 2-0, Mike O'Brian 1-2, Leo Moran 3-0, Lucas Hine 2-0. CV Bakker 2-2,  Pedroso 1-2,  Ferry 2-0, Fedish 3-1, Krukowski 1-0,  Lopez 1-0,  Maerkl 1-1,  Rhodes 2-0. Goalie saves: Bryan Walter (SCC) 15, Marcus D'Angelo (CV) 15. GBs: SCC, 42-24. Shots: CV, 43-30. EMOs: SCC 2-7, CV 1-3. Faceoffs: SCC 16-14

From the Press and Sun Bulletin:

Joe Slavik had five goals Saturday as visiting Seton Catholic Central edged Chenango Valley, 18-17, in a Section 4 Conference boys lacrosse game.

The game was tied at 14-14 entering the fourth quarter, and Chenango Valley (7-1) scored 8 seconds into the period on a Devin Ferry goal, assisted by Kyle Bakker.

Seton CC (8-0) responded with consecutive goals from Slavik, Mike O'Brien and Nate Williams to take a 17-15 lead with 6:24 remaining.

The Warriors cut their deficit to one 12 seconds later.

The Saints regained a two-goal cushion with 4:33 left only to see CV score again in the next minute.

Their best chance came with 37 seconds left when CV's Erik Krukowski took a shot that hit the post with 37 seconds left and Malik Pedroso's shot off the rebound was stopped by Saints goalie Brian Walters.

O'Brien and Jesse Wood each had four goals for the Saints. Lucas Hine add three more.

SCC 14, OWEGO 12

Seton CC 3 3 6 2 -- 14   Owego 4 3 2 2 – 12

Seton came from behind with a six-goal, third-quarter outburst at Owego.

Abel Tadesse made his varsity debut in goal a memorable one with enough saves to preserve the victory.

The Saints turned a 7-6 halftime deficit into a 12-9 lead to begin the final quarter, with Joey Slavik contributing two goals and an assist (2 & 2). "Time of possession," Indians coach Brian Kinney said of the turnaround. "They just controlled faceoffs and pulled away."  Of Slavik, who finished with five goals and two assists, Kinney said, "He was the difference in the game."

Jesse Wood and Mike O'Brien added three goals apiece for Seton CC. Taylor Harris poured in six goals for the Indians (5-1).

SCC goals-assists: Lucas Hine 2-0; Joey Slavik 5-2; Jesse Wood 3-2; Mike O'Brien 3-0; Leo Moran 1-0.  Owego g-a: Joe Terenzi 1-1; Taylor Harris 6-0; Parker Evans 3-3; Mike Spadine 1-2; Stanley Gregg 0-1; Tyler Ford 1-1.Shots: SCC, 25-24. Ground balls: OFA, 41-39. Faceoffs: OFA, 14-13. Man-up: SCC 2-for-5, OFA 3-for-4.  Goalie saves: Abel Tadesse (SCC) 8; Dan Baileys (O) 15.

Mary Armstrong's fifth goal of the contest was scored 18 seconds into sudden-death overtime Wednesday and gave Seton Catholic Central's girls a 12-11 Section 4 Lacrosse Conference lacrosse victory at Johnson City.

Taylor Farrell led all scorers with 7 points (3G/4A) and Amanda Fierle contributed a hat trick plus one (4G/0A) to account for an even dozen SCC goals. The Saints move to 3-0 on the season after opening with wins over Forks (11-6) and Owego in its first two games.

A goal by JC's Molly Brink with eight seconds remaining in regulation tied the game at 9 and prompted overtime-- two three-minute periods. Gina Edwards put JC ahead in the first extra session.

In the second, Armstrong scored twice in the first 30 seconds before Edwards tied it at 11-11, forcing sudden death . "The game should have been over before overtime, but our goalie was so zoned in," JC coach Joe Schieve said of Katey Keller, who was credited with 19 saves.

SETON CC 12, JC 11 Seton CC 7 2 0 2 1 -- 12 Johnson City 6 3 1 1 0 – 11 Seton CC goals-assists: T. Farrell 3-4; M. Armstrong 5-1; A. Fierle 4-0. Johnson City g-a: Renee Lamont 1-0; Sophia Ponizhaylo 1-0; Molly Brink 4-0; Edlyn Castro 2-0; Gina Edwards 3-0. Shots: SCC, 36-19. Ground balls: SCC, 19-11. Faceoffs: JC, 14-11. Goalie saves: E. Edwards (SCC) 8; Katey Keller (JC) 19.

SETON CC 11, CF 6: Mary Armstrong scored six goals and added an assist as Seton Catholic Central won at Chenango Forks in the opener for both teams. Courtney Casterlin and Amber Villecco scored two goals apiece for Forks.

April 5th: JV started the season with a dominating 12-0 win over JC.   Spring break travels left the younger Saints team very shorthanded, but the team looked very sharp in all aspects of the game.

April 8th: The Saints found themselves shorthanded once again against a huge squad from Owego.  With only 2 subs on the bench to start the game, the Saints proved solid skills and sound decision making can beat a much larger team.  The Saints prevailed 11-7.

Great week Saints !!!!

C.W.

We had a great turnout on March 13th for the St. Patrick's 4 Mile run.  Twenty-one Saints lacrosse players (and one alum) participated in the run.  Nate Williams was the fastest active Saint.  Nice job Nate.

Parents and Players,

Registration is now open for all three Saints Youth Lacrosse teams (8 and Under – 2^nd grade and below, 10 and Under – 3^rd and 4^th grade, 12 and Under – 5^th and 6^th grade).  Just click on the link below to register.

Please feel free to forward this e-mail to any and all boys and girls enrolled in the Broome County Catholic Schools that might interested in playing lacrosse this spring.  Practices should start around the first week of April (depending on weather), games start at the end of April and the season wraps-up around the first week of June.

For folks new to lacrosse, this is a recreational league with a primary focus on exposing the kids to the game of lacrosse, teaching them about teamwork and good sportsmanship!  We will supply each player with a helmet, shoulder pads, arm pads, gloves and a jersey.  Each player will have to provide their own lacrosse stick, mouthpiece, athletic cup and cleats.  The time commitment is usually 2 or 3 times a week (1 ½ hours per practice/game).

No experience is required!!!  Kids pick up the game very fast!

Please feel free to call me on my cell (760-2977) or shoot me an e-mail [jburtis@vapc.us] if you have any questions.  Thanks!

The 2010 Season is quickly approaching.  Here are some key dates:

1.  Feb 8th - we will start to add indoor conditioning to the after school workout routine.  Players need to bring running shoes.  We will be running hallway, stairs, etc...  in addition to the normal pushup/situp workout.

2. March 1st - Tryouts / CAPT workouts begin at the Edge Indoor sports complex on Old Vestal Rod.

3. March 8th - Official Start of the season.  Varsity and JV Boys will be practicing from 3:30 - 5:30 at the Edge Indoor facility on Old Vestal Road.  Transportation will be provided for all players to the facility, but not home.  Players will need to arrange transportation home from the Edge.

4. March 22nd: Modified lacrosse starts (traditions field / across from Blind Tiger pub)

5.  March 23rd:  Saints Varsity first game - away Oneonta. 

6. March 26th: Saints first home game (CV) 

David and Mary Lou Cherinko of Binghamton were the winners of the 50/50 raffle announced Saturday evening.  The raffle successfully raised $2,000 for the Seton Boys Lacrosse program.

A big "Thank You" to all that made the raffle a great success.  

John Burtis

The Seton JV Lax Boy’s team beat Owego 11 – 2 on the ‘Field of Dreams’ field Thursday April 9 to improve their record to 4 – 0.  A sluggish Seton team allowed Owego to jump out to a 2 – 0 lead at the end of the 1^st quarter.  The Saints woke up in the 2^nd quarter with two goals and the defense held firm to tie the game at the end of the 1^st half 2 – 2.  Goalie Mike Navarro came up with 5 big saves in the 2^nd quarter to keep Owego at bay. 

Seton jumped all over Owego in the first 4 minutes of the 3^rd quarter with 3 quick goals and finished the quarter with a 8 – 2 lead.  The Saints stingy defense (Matt Washington, Dan McKiernan, David Hart, and Pat Clancy) continued their outstanding season play lowering Saint’s opponent’s average goals per game to a miniscule 3 per game.  Goalies Mike Navarro (7 saves, 2 goals) and Brian Walter (4 saves, 0 goals) continued their strong tandem play in goal. 

Offensively Seton’s midfielder’s speed and athleticism continue to give opponents trouble matching up.  The Saint’s ‘spread the wealth’ offense approach is reflected in the game box score.  Faceoff man Jack Kane won 7 of 9 face-offs (including 6 for 6 in the 2^nd half) allowing the Saints to take control the game. 

Game Box Score:

Connor Shanahan – 1g

Cade Kelleher – 3g

Jack Burtis – 2g

Jake Daly – 1g

Bob DePersiis – 1g, 4a

Jack Kane – 1g

Vinny Gaynor – 1g

Scott Elsey – 1g, 1a

The JV Schedule has changed. Two additional games have been added, and 2 others have been changed (date or location). I've added the (2/25) revision date to the file. If it changes again, I'll change the revision date. The proposed 2009 Varsity and JV schedules can be found in the Handout section.  Please review for potential conflicts.  The Saints will be playing games during the April school vacation week.  Please notify the coaches if this is going to be a conflict. 

CAPT's workouts (conditioning) will begin the last week in February (2/23) at Seton immediately after school.   Be prepared.  You'll need running shows, your stick, and PE gear.  You may want to bring a small towel to wipe up your sweat :-)

Congratulations to the Saints Lacrosse U17 Team.   This past weekend, the team ventured down to Franklin & Marshall's Frostbite tournament.  They played teams from around the Mid Atlantic area and represented themselves very well.

First game, after basically no warmup at all, we quickly fell behind 0-3, but fought back only to ultimately fall in a braveheart to Abbington.
Second game, we won against Hershey
Third game, we won against Red Lion in a braveheart
Fourth game, we won against Hempfield (Outdoors, really windy and cold)

After the first four games we were seeded 2nd going into the "semi-finals".  Other very talented teams (including Malvern Prep - nationally ranked in 2008) were ousted from the flayoffs due to earlier losses.

Fifth game (semifinals), we won against Abbington and overcame our earlier loss. (That was a great win....)
Six game (finals), we won against Hershey (Outdoors)

All these games were close and most of them we started off down a point or two, and only won by a point or two.  

A special note of thanks to the parents for letting their kids play in this tournament.   We really have a great group of young men!   Also a note of thanks to Mike O'Brien for all the pictures that he took!  Thank you Mike!   The pictures can be found on the website listed below.   

http://www.pbase.com/sccsportspixx/frostbite_lax_tour_01232009&page=all

-         Several players are anxious to start one-up.  We will start a group after Thanksgiving.  It runs 8 weeks, and the players will finish up the second week in February – right before the winter break.  Some have started already. 

-         Weight lifting:  Starts Monday, 10 November. Runs M/W/F 3:30 – 5:30.  Coach Nick Donatelli and Coach JR will be running this.  (See below)

-         “Captain Work-outs” will begin the last week in February – the week following Winter Break (Winter Break is 16-20 FEB).  probably at OLS Middle School.  This will be a CAPT led “voluntary” version of one-up, in the gym with more emphasis on running and conditioning. 

-         We will begin the Sunday night pick-up games/practices in January at the Sportsplex.

-         Spring practices will begin at the Sportsplex and Dome indoor facilities beginning in March.

-         The J. Mack indoor tournament is Feb 7/8 2009. Mark it on your calendars

-         Cortland is running another Indoor Tournament on Feb 16th in Ithaca.  That is the first Monday of the Winter break.  I know the Latin Club is traveling. We need to know who else is interested or has a conflict.

We had a decent turnout at Traditions on Saturday morning.  19 Saints showed up in the rain to work on skills and participate in a fun pick-up game.  We plan to meet each weekend between now and the fall tournaments ot get our teams ready.  Rough schedule below:

Sunday: October 5th, 3:00-5:00 - Practice

Saturday:  October 11th,  10:00-12:00 - Practice

Saturday: October 18th, 10:00-12:00 - Practice

Sunday: October 26th - Binghamton Shootout in Conklin, NY (Saints U-15)

Saturday: November 1st,  10:00-12:00 - Practice

Saturday: November 8th - Turkey Shoot in Rochester NY (Saints U-17)

SETON CC 15 - ONEONTA 2

Seton Catholic Central g-a: Jesse Wood 3-3, Joe Slavik 2-3, Leo Moran 3-0, Mike O'Brien 1-0, Mike Axtell 0-2, Mike Ziolkowski 1-0, Ivan Jones 2-0, Nate Williams 1-0, David Hettinger 1-0, Mike Washington 1-0.

Shots: Seton CC, 30-13. Ground balls: Seton CC, 33-23. Faceoffs: Seton CC, 9-4. Man-up: Oneonta 1-for-3; Seton CC 1-for-2. Goalie saves: Mike Washington 7; Matt Dittemore  4.

Saints finish the regular season with an 11-7 record and a share of the NYHS Section IV - Division III title.  We're looking forward to seeing a lacrosse banner in the gym at Seton in the very near future.

Mike Ziolkowski scored on "senior day" for a storybook ending to this season.  Our 4 seniors represented (Nick Wan, Mike Axtell, Mike Ziolkowski, and Aiden graven) us well in this final game.

The Seton JV Boy’s Lacrosse Team bounced back from a very competitive and hard fought physical game loss to Chenango Valley (9 to 0) with a resounding home win against the Dryden Lions 13 to 5 this past Saturday at the “Field of Dreams” giving them 4 wins in their last 7 games with 3 games remaining.

Seton (4 – 10) jumped out early and often with 8 goals in the first period to take an 8 to 1 lead. Jack Burtis (3g – 0a) opened the scoring 1:15 into the game on a nice feed from Connor Shanahan (7 points, 2g – 5a). Dan Farrell (3g – 1a) followed up 46 seconds later with the first of his back-to-back goals off a pretty finesse pass from Tom Torto (1g – 4a). Farrell’s 2nd goal came unassisted off a drive to the Dryden crease forcing Dryden to take an early timeout. Following the timeout, Burtis scored his second goal on a “hidden ball” play with Jack Kane that completely surprised the Dryden team as well as several of Seton’s own teammates. Shortly thereafter Jack Kane scored the first of his 4 goals (first career 4 goal game) on a breakaway howitzer from the right side.

The defense led by John Ziolkowski, Gabe Slavik, Andrew Salamida, Dan McKiernan, Abel Tadesse and Jake Daly allowed only 10 Dryden shots and help produce a Seton ground ball advantage of 13 to 8 and forced Dryden into numerous turnovers in their clearing game.

Mike Navarro stopped 6 shots one on a point blank crease shot low by Dryden. Mike made several clearing passes to Seton’s Middies that provided several goals and shots in transition. Seton JV Boy’s are next up home against Elmira ND this Tuesday at 4:30pm at the “Field of Dreams”. In their first meeting at Elmira, Elmira ND won 6 to 5 on a goal with 1:21 left to play in the game.

Statistics: Jack Burtis (3g - 1a), Dan Farrell (3g – 1a), Jack Kane (4g – 0a), Connor Shanahan (2g – 5a), Tom Torto (1g – 4a)

GBs: Seton 13, Dryden 8

Shots: Seton 16, Dryden 10

Penalties: Seton 14, Dryden 7

Face-offs: Seton 9, Dryden 4

SETON CC 11, ELMIRA ND 10

Mike Axtell scored with 21 seconds remaining with his patented left handed low slapshot to give the Saints a huge victory over visiting Elmira Notre Dame.  The victory propelled SCC to a tie for first place in the Division.  Strong defense and Goalie play, intensity on ground balls, and exceptional ball movement led to a dominating performance.

Goals-Assists: Mike O'Brien 1-0, Jesse Wood 2-2, Leo Moran 1-0, Mike Axtell 2-1, Joe Slavik 4-2, Ivan Jones 1-0, David Hettinger 0-1.

Seton JV Boy’s (3 – 9 overall, 3 – 2 the last 5 games) beat Johnson City this past Friday by the score of 7 to 3.  Again a stingy Seton defense led the way giving up just one JC goal over the final 3 periods.  Mike Navarro made 5 of 6 saves for the game and the defense held JC to just 14 shots for the game (6 in the 1^st period).

Seton’s D-Poles lead the way by creating numerous opportunities for ground balls as Seton picked up 47 ground balls to JC’s 29.  Seton’s defensive package thwarted JC into going 0 for 5 on man up advantages.  Another outstanding and improving phase of Seton’s defensive game was clears.  Seton was successful on all 12 of their attempts.

Seton’s Dan Farrell open the scoring 2:02 into the game and Jack Burtis (4 goals)  followed up 2:24 later on a great feed from Connor Shanahan to make it 2 – 0.  After a scoreless 2^nd period, Bob DePersiis scored Seton’s 3^rd goal on a nice left handed shot to make it 3 – 2.  Mike Navarro made a great point-blank save shortly thereafter however JC did score its only goal of the 2^nd half just before the end of the period. 

Jack Burtis put Seton ahead for good on a power move beginning from behind the goal and bulling his way to the front of the crease and scoring on a tricky bounce shot.  Bob DePersiis followed up with an insurance goal 1:19 later.

Scoring:  Dan Farrell 1 – 0, Jack Burtis 4 – 0, Connor Shanahan 0 – 1, Bob DePersiis 2 – 1, Tom Torto 0 – 1

Saves:  Mike Navarro 5

GBs:   Seton 47, JC 29

Shots:  Seton 32, JC 14

Faceoffs:  Seton 9 for 13 (Devon Kane 6, Dan Farrell 3)

SETON CC 17, DRYDEN 5

Leo Moran had a huge day scoring 5 as the Saints rolled easily over Dryden. 

Seton Catholic Central (Goals / Assists): Jesse Wood 6-2, Leo Moran 5-0, Joe Slavik 3-5, Mike Axtell 0-3, Ivan Jones 2-2, Mike O'Brien 1-1, Nate Williams 0-1.

Shots: Seton 35- Dryden 19; Groundballs: Seton 28- Dryden 17; Man-up: Dryden 0-for-5; Seton 3-for-7;

Goalie saves: Pare (D), 6; Mike Washington (SCC), 12; Matt Dittemore (SCC), 1.

For year to date team stats, please click on the Max Prep's link below.  ( http://www.maxpreps.com/FanPages/Team.mxp/AreaID-d2a6c8ae-2837-409f-8610-ba504bc68415/SchoolID-00cd26c8-9a27-42aa-bf4b-3ea6bc37f1cd/Boys_Varsity_Lacrosse_Spring_07-08/NewYork )

The JV squad captured its first victory of the season by defeating Dryden 12-7 at Dryden.  The JV team led for most of the game with goals coming from both the attack and midfielders.  A majority of the goals were the result of good looks and then executing the pass to a high percentage shot.   

SETON CC 13, M-E 10

M-E goals-assists: Cochardo 3-2; Fitchpatrick 3-0; Pedro 1-1; Lawton 1-0; Norkatis 2-2.

SCC g-a: Mike Axtell 2-3; Ivan Jones 5-0; Joey Slavik 2-1; Jesse Wood 1-1; Nate Williams 2-1; Leo Moran 1-0; Mike Washington 0-1.

Shots: SCC 31, M-E 38. Ground balls: SCC 9, M-E 20. Faceoffs: SCC 11-27, M-E 16-27. Man-up: SCC 2-2. Goalie saves: SCC (Mike Washington) 13; M-E (Paul Gordon) 8.

Saints Boys used the entire roster to blank Whitney Point Saturday.  Jesse Wood led all Saints with 7 goals and 3 assists (and that was in the first half of the game).    The Whitney Point "Football Team" was never a threat, as stingy defense and exceptional ball movement helped keep the game from turning into a slugfest.

Goals/Assists:

Jesse Wood 7 / 3, Ivan Jones 1 / 3, Nate Williams 2 / 0,  Mike O'Brien 1 / 1, Nick Wan 1 / 0, Leo Moran 0 / 1, Joe Slavic 0 / 2.

Saves:  Mike Washington (12);  Matt Dittemore (1)

SECTION 4 CONFERENCE GAME:   SETON CC 9, M-E 4

Registration is now open for the Spring 2008 Saint's Youth Lacrosse program.  Please register through the attached link. We've also built a page for future updates - you can find the link on the left side of this page. Any questions, please contact John Burtis.

http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?EVENT_ID=1515607&CHECKSSO=1&RESET=0&ticket=ST-542534-YfzRTbbxzeiYojGIR9RfgrrE2VOJfNxPmaS-sso2

Mr O’Brien once again has come through with some great pictures from the tournament.!!   Mike, thank you for your time and talent. Players and parents, the link to the site is below.    There are some great individual and team shots!!

 http://www.pbase.com/sccsportspixx/root