CENTRAL NEW YORK – Older fans of the Cazenovia boys soccer team can vividly remember the Lakers going up against Westhill with Section III Class B championships at stake.
These two sides met again last Tuesday night, with the Lakers taking an 8-1 defeat to the Warriors.
Westhill had a 7-0 lead by halftime, led by Luke Gilmartin, who amaassed four goals and one assist. To its credit, Cazenovia made sure a shutout didn’t happen thanks to J.D. Dolly’s late tally.
Those struggles continued on Saturday afternoon, Cazenovia running into unbeaten Jamesville-DeWitt and having a 5-0 defeat to the Red Rams.
The Lakers had just two shots all afternoon, with J-D seeing five different players – Kyan Barbuto, Alessio Vega, Emile Antoine, T.J. Tanner and Kat Brutsaert – getting its five goals.
Chittenango had started the season 4-0-1, but took its first defeat of the season last Thursday against state Class A no. 6-ranked Christian Brothers Academy, who prevailed 4-0.
Scoring twice in each half, the Brothers saw Connor Morgia and Jack Griffith light it up. Morgia had three of CBA’s goals, each one assisted by Griffith, who netted the other tally.
Bears goalie Logan Bronner did all he could, picking up 14 saves, but none of Chittenango’s nine shots got past Brothers keepers Finn Wheeler and Billy Assaf.
Rebounding on Saturday afternoon, Chittenango defeated Fulton 3-1, led by Gavin Kirowski, who finished the game with one goal and one assist.
Cole Thomas and Edward MacAlpine also converted, with Trevor Hendrickson putting in Fulton’s lone goal as Logan Bronner stopped seven of the eight Red Raiders shots he faced.
