CENTRAL NEW YORK – Back from a third-place finish in the DeRuyter Boys Booster Club Blast Off Tournament, the Cazenovia boys soccer team now looked for some consistency against Onondaga High School League opponents.
The Lakers had suffered a 5-1 defeat to Cortland in the opening round at DeRuyter, but then roared back to rout Groton 9-0 in the consolation game on Sept. 9.
Alex Dolly, with his three-goal hat trick, led a Cazenovia attack where Jack Coburn scored twice. Nat Gale had a goal and two assists, with Eli Royer getting one goal and one assist.
Further illustrating the Lakers’ depth, Eliot Comeau and Chase Shepard each had two assists. Single goals went to Finn Worthington and Connor Zampetti, with Sean Larkin and Sebastian Gebers also earning assists.
At undefeated Solvay last Tuesday night, the Lakers found that the Bearcats were vastly improved from seasons past, taking a 2-0 defeat.
For most of the game, Cazenovia found it difficult to penetrate a tough Solvay defense, held to five shots, all stopped by Redd Long. The Bearcats won it with goals from Ole Matyiuk and Arkadii Ososkalo.
Then, facing Camden on Friday, Cazenovia pulled out a 2-1 decision over the Blue Devils, coming from behind after it trailed 1-0 at the break.
Dolly led the rally, netting one goal and assisting on the other, by Royer. Finley Hagan assisted on Dolly’s goal and the Lakers improved to 3-3 overall.
Chittenango returned to league play after a 2-1 defeat to South Jefferson on Sept. 9 where Cole Thomas scored in the first half, but Teis Hegelund converted and assisted on James King’s goals before halftime, and the Spartans held on through the final 40 minutes.
Mad at this, the Bears took it out on Mexico last Tuesday night, romping past the Tigers 9-1 and seeing Gavin Karwoski put together a career-best performance.
All Karwoski did was burn Mexico for four goals and two assists, helped by two-goal outings from Jake Wagner and Colin Smyth. Matt Byrne had the other goal, with Bernardo Bortovski, Ryan Thousand and Jackson Blaszkow earning one assist apiece.
Now Chittenango faced state Class AA no. 5-ranked Christian Brothers Academy on Friday night, and was unable to get on the board in a 4-0 loss to the Brothers.
CBA jumped out 3-0 by halfitme, constantly putting pressure on Logan Bronner, who had to make 15 saves. None of the Bears’ seven shots got past Ryan Petrie as Connor Morgia scored twice and assisted on both of Julius Kemp’s goals.
Also, it was announced that Chittenango will host Cazenovia on Sept. 29 at 4 p.m. as part of Homecoming festivities, the last game scheduled on the Bears’ old grass field that was home to decades of success.
