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Braves Ranked 6th In NY State After Defeating Fairport

#7 Deven Alves Nets 3 Goals & 3 Assists Against Top Ranked Fairport

Although Fairport had the first face off and took almost two minutes off the clock in their offensive set, Canandaigua scored first, on their first trip to the offensive side of the field, when Deven Alves scored an unassisted goal on a drive from the side.

About a minute later, the Braves scored again when Brian Scheetz popped a short adjacent pass to Marshall Johnson on the short right wing.

Both goalies, Nick King (CA) and Kris Sterzin (Fpt) had numerous "big saves" in the game. Their "stand up, tall in the cage" approach to a number of one-on-ones had the fans for both teams cheering their accomplishments. King ended the game with 15 saves and so did Sterzin.

The Red Raiders saw their first goal at 6:09 with an outside, underhand shot from the front by Aaron Jones while in man up.

Canandaigua came back with three unanswered goals to end the quarter up 5-1. Johnson added another outside score on a feed from Alves at 4:39 and junior middie Tom LaCrosse scored at 3:51 on a drive from the left. Adam Knapton scored on a clearing fast break and a pass from Deven Alves. 

During a time out, Fairport Head Coach kept telling his team, "You need to make a decision right now." Whereas the CA defense was aggressive on anything inside the box, Fairport was, in the first half, less anxious to engage the quick CA midfielders and as a result, let them have a great deal of unmolested ball time out front which gave the Braves 14 shots in the first quarter (10 on, 5 goals).

CA scored first in the second quarter, right from the initial face off, when Gannon Osborn took a short pass from LaCrosse and made an outside shot low to the ground, giving the Braves a 6-1 advantage and a great deal of momentum.

This momentum, however, was short-lived as the Raiders came back with an unassisted goal by Brendan Saylor who ran the ball to the back of the cage and then ran a gentle outside drive giving him an outside shot low on the cage.

Thirty seconds later, Andrew Hays received the ball on the wing from Jones on the top of the box and popped one in, taking the score to 6-3.

Canandaigua took the wind out of the Fairport sails with the final two goals of the half, starting with an unassisted goal on a tight drive from behind the net by Alves who shot as he just crossed the GLE.

Johnson ended the first half scoring with a pass Deven Alves from the wing to top front, giving the senior midfielder an opportunity for a hard wind-up side arm shot which blasted by Sterzin's left calf. CA left the field at halftime up 8-3 and feeling like the game was over.

Fairport came out of the break with a man up goal at 9:10 by Andrew Hays and an assist from Connor Lowe. Hays scored an outside sidearm shot to King's off stick side. Action stopped briefly when the scoreboard lost power and had to be reset.

The quick break gave the Braves A chance to reset as well and they came back with an unassisted goal by Alves who drove the left crease and at the GLE shot a pin-point wrist shot into the corner.

Canandaigua Goalie Nick King Has 15 Saves Against Fairport

Canandaigua Attackmen Brian Sheetz And His Favorite Fans

Thirty second later Johnson ran from a CA clear right to cage for an unassisted goal at 5:44. Fairport finished the quarter scoring when Brendan Saylor drove left from behind the cage and placed a shot low to the ground past King. The Braves led after three quarters, 10-5.

The Raiders played most of the second half like a team that had to make things happen and in their rush, made a number of mistakes during clears with passes that were not as sharp as usual. Quick outlet pitches by Sterzin were lost at midfield giving CA more offensive ball time and frustrating the Fairport offense who wanted that ball time. Two turnovers in the second half came from failure to advance the ball on the Raider end of the field.

Fairport junior middie Martin Manilla took the score to 10-6 with is unassisted side arm blast at 10:30. The Raiders scored the final point of the game at 7:59 with an unassisted goal by Andrew Hays on his drive from a clear.

CA's King made two key saves in the last five minutes of the game which slowed the building Fairport momentum. Canandaigua took control of the ball for most of the last four minutes of the game, and were very content to play keep away, rather than give the Raiders a chance to score.

Senior face off man Mike Lehmann provided a highlight to Fairport's game, winning 12 of 20 draws.

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