ONONDAGA COUNTY -In their own way, the area’s quartet of high school girls lacrosse teams had gone through plenty of early-season turbulence and looked to calm things down.
Christian Brothers Academy was in the best position going into the week, having beaten Jamesville-DeWitt on May 8 to keep the Red Rams winless.
Then the Brothers moved to 4-2 by handling Tully 16-8 last Tuesday night, with Gracie Britton having a part in more than half of CBA’s scoring plays thanks to six goals and three assists.
Bella Roberson netted four goals, with Maeve McKenzie getting two goals and two assists. Amelia Bonacci added a goal and two assists as Emily Jones, McKenna Dalton and Bella Cannizzo also scored. Hannah Goldberg and Bella DeRegis both earned a pair of assists.
Winning again on Thursday, CBA handled Jordan-Elbridge 18-8, overcoming seven goals by the Eagles’ Gabrielle Gunnip with three different hat tricks.
Britton scored three times and got five assists, with Roberson and Bonacci both earning four goals and two assists. Mackenzie and Jones each converted twice. Goldberg had a goal and two assists as Bella Cannizzo and Lilah Kirch contributed single tallies.
A big test loomed on Saturday, against West Genesee. The game was tied 7-7 early in the second half when the Wildcats went on a 7-1 run, only to have CBA roar back behind Britton’s six goals and four assists and Roberson’s quartet of goals.
Only when Grace Detor hit on a free-position goal with 34 seconds left did WG hang on to win, 15-13, as it had nine different goal-scorers to the Brothers’ five and overcame Allie Hanlon’s 13 saves.
J-D’s skid finally broke last Monday when it bashed Cortland 16-1, a breakout that featured nine different goal-scorers.
Everly Kessler, with four goals and two assists, and Kailey McKenna, with three goals and three assists, led the way, with Kate Wilcox getting three goals and one assist. Sydney Balotin, Lindsey Hildreth, Brooke Bort, Grace Evans, Cambell Endries and Theresa Grosso also found the net.
A 21-3 romp over Syracuse followed two nights later, with Kessler and McKenna both nabbing six goals as Kessler added four assists and McKenna two assists. Wilcox scored four times as Lily Loewenguth had two goals and an assist.
Making it three in a row on Friday, J-D stomped Oswego 18-2 with McKenna and Wilcox both scoring four times and Kessler getting three goals and two assists. Loewenguth got a goal and three assists, while Evans and Kate Barclay both earned one goal and one assist.
Fayetteville-Manlius was 1-4 going into last Tuesday’s game against Liverpool and nearly got upended here, too, but Ava Angello helped carry the Hornets to a 16-15 victory over the Warriors.
Ignoring the chilly, windy conditions, Angello was red-hot, piling up 10 goals, each of them proving important against a deeper Liverpool attack.
Lillian Coleman, with three goals, and Juilanna Cogliandro, with two goals, offered some support, with Grace Reyna and Melanie Steigerwald getting one assist apiece. Luna Oley finished with six saves.
Trying again to beat West Genesee last Thursday, F-M found itself tied 6-6 early in the second half, only to have the Wildcats pull away in the last 15 minutes to beat the Hornets 12-7.
On Saturday, F-M threw a scare into Cicero-North Syracuse before it lost, 11-10, to the Northstars. Angello scored four times, with Cogliandro getting two goals as Coleman, Reyna, Steigerwald and Hallie Daino had one goal apiece.
East Syracuse Minoa had veered between lopsided losses and lopsided victories, settling on the latter last Monday when it knocked off Syracuse City 17-7.
Emma Biel, with three goals, led a well-balanced Spartans attack where Julianna Barton, Rylyn Commisso and Rileigh White got two goals apiece. Natalie Sturick had one goal and one assist as Sara Stark, Sophia Conzone, Mackenzie Praxl and Meghan Filmer also earned goals.
Then, while handling Oswego 20-3, Biel and Sturck led with four goals apiece. Barton scored three times as White, Mary Godleski and Sara Stark managed two goals apiece. Filmer and Anna Paduano had the other goals.
