CENTRAL NEW YORK – With plenty of patience on hand, the Cazenovia boys soccer team is witnessing some growth, putting its early lopsided defeats long behind them.
And a month’s worth of frustrations was taken out by the Lakers last Thursday night as, led by Sully Clarke, it roared past the Solvay Bearcats by a 7-0 margin.
More than half of Cazenovia’s 13 shots found the net and Clarke was most responsible, his four goals setting a new career mark as Clarke also got an assist.
J.D. Dolly had a goal and two assists, with Jack Coburn and Dan Raymond also finding the net. Alex Dolly got two assists and Alex Coburn added an assist.
A day later, against Camden, it was another impressive effort by the Lakers, who bolted to a 3-1 lead on the Blue Devils by halftime and doubled that margin until it had prevailed 5-1.
Staying red-hot, Clarke had his second consecutive hat trick, converting three times as J.D. Dolly got a goal and two assists. Raymond had the other goal, while Connor Frisbie and Cole Frazee gained assists.
When Cazenovia challenged reigning state Class B champion Sknaeateles last Tuesday night, it did get on the board and stayed within sight most of the way during a 4-1 loss.
Utilizing its depth quite well in the first encounter between these teams since Skaneateles’ 2-0 win in last fall’s Section III title game, Sknaeateles had four different players – John Phillips, David Petercsak, Quinn Cheney and Heschel Eidel – pick up the team’s four goals.
After beating Solvay, Cazenovia took aim at Camden 24 hours later, its third game in four days.
Chittenango found itself challenged last Tuesday by 3-3 Phoenix, who stayed in it all the way to the end before the Bears were able to edge the Firebirds 1-0, its first-half goal proving enough.
Now at 6-1-1 at the midway point of its regular season, the Bears took its own shot at Skaneateles two nights later, and got a bit closer than Cazenovia did, but still was shut out 2-0.
A scoreless first half added to the suspense, but Sknaeateles remained patient and, after intermission, took over as Andrew Falkenburg and Wyatt Langford earned goals and Teague Foley got an assist.
