Canandaigua Lacrosse
2008 Quest For The Section 5 Championship
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Despite the loss of three
First Team All Finger Lakes League performers, don't expect the Canandaigua
Academy boys lacrosse team to be in rebuilding mode this
season.
The
Braves open the year not only as one of the top teams in the league but among
the best in Section 5. Canandaigua returns their top scorer from last year
(Connor Henderson), along with their top defender (Evan Roth) and goalie (Scott
Bement).
"Our strengths should be depth and experience," said Ed Mulheron,
who is in his third season as CA head coach. "The kids have worked very hard in
the off season and are looking forward to the season."
Henderson is not the
only player opposing teams will have problem defending. Justin Tomzak (15 goals)
and Brian Scheetz (19 goals) are coming off were all-league performers last
year.
Canandaigua Opens Their Season With Win Over McQuaid
Defense Gets An Assist In Win Over Schroeder
The Canandaigua defense shined brightly on Wednesday afternoon at McAvoy Park as the Braves held off Webster Schroeder 5-3 in a non-league boys lacrosse game.
“We’re really, really pleased defensively,” said Canandaigua coach Ed Mulheron. “To give up three goals, one in the last 20 seconds, is really good. We know we have to have a backbone of a defense so that if we have a tough night offensively, we have a chance to win.”
Even though they didn’t score a lot, the Braves dominated on their offensive end, firing 32 shots while allowing the Warriors just 15.
With an early 3-0 start to
the boys lacrosse season, Canandaigua coach Ed Mulheron could have been
commenting on his team’s clean start. But in reality, he was talking about his team’s 12-7
Finger Lakes East win over visiting Geneva Tuesday when he said:
“We got
off to a great start, leading 8-0 at the end of the first quarter. I thought we
played some really good team lacrosse. We have been improving each week with the
kids working hard and continuing to grind it out. There are no big secrets to
winning, just hard work.”
Canandaigua Beats Top Contender Fairport To Remain Undefeated
The Braves Defeat Geneva To Open Their Season At Home
Canandaigua 18,
Bloomfield-Honeoye 0
At Canandaigua, 11
different players scored in the Braves’ 18-0 win that improved their record to
4-0 in the league. CA led 13-0 at halftime.
Leading the scoring
was Deven Alves with four goals and one assist.
Connor Henderson
and Tanner Scharr each had a goal and three assists; Nick Munn had three goals,
while Justin Tomzak added two goals and one assist.
In goal, Anthony DeLeo made
three saves to earn the shutout for CA.
Canandaigua Defeats Bloomfield 18-0
It started out as a close
game, played mostly in front of Red Raider goalie Kristoffer Sterzin, but four
goals in the third quarter gave Canandaigua all they needed to secure a 6-4 win
at Fairport.
The defensive game started off slowly with Fairport
scoring the lone goal of the quarter. Senior middie, John McDonnell drove
straight from a clear, sweepings gently to the right and scoring (unassisted) at
8:36.
The majority of ball time in the first quarter was at Sterzin's end
where he made numerous stops. Clearing and defensive turnovers, however, kept
the Red Raiders from getting many shots on the Canandaigua side of the
field.
The second quarter was nearly the same as the first, but this time
Canandaigua was the team with the lone goal. Senior attackman Connor Henderson
found junior attackman Tanner Scharr on the crease.
Scharr finished with
a touch-wrist shot into the upper corner of the net. The teams were tied at one
at the half.
Canandaigua's Offense Proves To Much For Victor
The Canandaigua boys
lacrosse team broke out with 19 goals and cruised to a 19-4 win over Victor on
Saturday night.
Thirteen different players
registered points for the Braves, who improved to 4-0 on the season. Brian Sheetz led the way with three goals and two assists. Andrew
Knoblauch and Connor Henderson each had two goals and four assists while Austin
Rogers, Marshall Johnson, and Deven Alves all scored a pair in the
win.
Canandaigua Defeats Victor......Again!
Nice Move Tommy!
Canandaigua Has A Big Win Over Rival Penn Yan
Canandaigua and Penn Yan
battled for the first time this season before a large crowd at Penn Yan and
Canandaigua came out on top 5-4.
Connor Henderson scored the game winning
goal with 2:27 remaining in the fourth.
Canandaigua Defeats Canisus On The Road To Remain Undefeated
Canandaigua went right to
work and using 11 different players finished with a 14-6 win over host Canisius
(Section 6).
The Braves led at half time 10-1.
Canandaigua Defeats Rival Victor.....Again!
Playing at rival Victor on Thursday, the Braves jumped out to a 10-goal first-quarter lead and never looked back in an 18-5 win over the Blue Devils.
The Braves Defeat Much Improved Midlakes
Canandaigua defeated Midlakes on the road to remain undefeated. Deven Alves named player of the game with 4 goals and 1 assist.