CENTRAL NEW YORK – Twice last week, the Cazenovia boys lacrosse team was supposed to learn about itself playing on the turf at Cazenovia College’s Christakos Field – but it never took the field.
The massive snowstorm that hit last Tuesday morning postponed both the game that night against Marcellus and a showdown with reigning sectional Class D champion Westhill two nights later.
They’ll get made up this week – Westhill first on Tuesday, then Marcellus on Saturday with a tough game in between against Christian Brothers Academy Wednesday at Alibrandi Stadium.
In the meantime, Chittenango took a 2-1 record into its game against Tully/Fabius-Pompey last Wednesday night, and was unable to keep up in a 15-12 loss to the Black Knights.
Thomas Berry (seven goals, three assists) and Lane Edinger (six goals, four assists) carried Tully/F-P and negated some fine Chittenango performances as Conner Meeks-Vaughn had five goals and three assists, with Brendon Barnard getting three goals and three assists. Vincent Lazzaro had two goals and one assist.
Less than 24 hour later, the Bears faced Jordan-Elbridge and again found itself in a close one – but this time was able to do enough to hold off the Eagles 14-13.
Chittenango jumped out 7-2 in the first quarter and then would match everything J-E threw at them over the next two periods, with Meeks-Vaughn and Barnard each netting four goals.
Fighting back, the Eagles, trailing 13-9, nearly caught up in the final minutes, Wade Brunelle and Nixon Karcz each getting three-goal hat tricks as Brunelle added three assists.
To hang on, the Bears needed Ethan Robles and Tom Navin to both score twice helping Barnard and Karcz. Alex Moesch and Ryan Moesch added single goals as Jacob Owens won 20 of the 24 face-offs he took.
