Young Redmen Show Progress in Patriot League Tournament

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Tewksbury Boys U11-2 Patriot Youth Lacrosse League Tournament (Recap)

The Tewksbury BU11-2 team played in the mid season Patriot Youth Lacrosse League Tournament, here in Tewksbury on Saturday. The kids played 4 games with much improvement each and every game. In the first game against Littleton-4, the boys came out strong but fell to a very big and talented Littleton team. The boys next played Arlinton-2. The boys played a good game before falling to the very quick and aggressive Arlington team.

In the third game of the day against a much bigger Littleton-3 team the boys showed much improvement. In a very good and close game through the first half the boys only trailed by 2 goals. The much bigger Littleton team prevailed in the end by a score of 9 – 5. Having to immediately play the fourth and final game of the day against Malden, the boys continued to show improvement and beat Malden 11 – 6. The kids saved the best for last with a big win to finish the tournament on a winning note.

The kids scored 25 goals over the four games with 6 kids putting the ball in the back of the net. Each and every player on the team showed very good sportsmanship throughout the day. Congratulations to the team on a GREAT Tournament. The coaching staff of Darren Schumaker, Bill Brincklow and Johnny Aylward would like to thank everyone involved in putting on this tournament and would also like to thank the parents of our team for all the support throughout the long day of lacrosse.

Tewksbury Boys U11-2 (12) vs. Arlington U11-1 (7) 5/1/11

The Tewksbury BU11-2 team played again in a regular season game on Sunday, 01 May 11 at the Livingston Park fields. Coming off a big final game of the tournament on Saturday, the team was ready to face the Arlington-1 team. The kids got out to a quick start with goals by Shane Aylward and Derek Schumaker. The score at the end of the first half was Tewksbury 5, Arlington 3.

The boys showed great first half skill on defense causing many turnovers that lead to fast Tewksbury goals. Connor Brinklow had a very good first half in goal allowing only three Arlington goals. As in the first half, the Tewksbury team came out flying up and down the field in the second half. More great defense and mid field loose ball pickups led to Tewksbury’s second victory in as many games by a score of 12 – 7 over the Arlington team.

Derek Schumaker played goal the second half and allowed only 4 goals. The scoring in today’s game was spread around to 6 different goal scorers. Also putting the ball past the Arlington goal keeper were Robert Chisholm, Connor Brincklow, Richie Markwarth and Nicholas Brooks. The defensemen for the game were Stephen Duquette, Brendan Flynn, Matthew Rosemond and Sean Sears. Playing the ever tiring position of mid fielder were Shane Aylward, Connor Brincklow, Robert Chisholm, Owen Gilligan, Richy Markwath and Derek Schumaker. Playing attack were Riley Auth, Nicholas Brooks, Hunter DeLonais and Patrick Rosemand. This was truly a team effort that each and every team member contributed to.

Tewksbury Boys U-13 -1 (6) vs. Arlington U-13-1 (2)

The Tewksbury Boys Lacrosse U13-1 continued their winning ways by overpowering a very good Arlington team and came out on top 6 -2. Goalie Jimmy Strickler held Arlington scoreless in the second half, and one of the first half scores only was a result of a two player advantage fromcouple of penalties. Once again exceptional defense was the key to this win, with Matty McLaughlin, JP Mooney, Ben Connors, and Patrick Hunt preventing minimal offensive penetration by Arlington. Each made stops and clears down field to set up their team’s offense.

On the receiving end were middies Drew Fletcher, Kyle Strong and James Cash who found teammates Nick Diminico, Connor Power, Ethan Hepler, Chris Lucas and Robbie Gilligan in the attacking zone. Fletcher and attacker Brandon Winn moved the ball around and found Kevin Carta who put Tewksbury on the scoreboard. Speedster at middie Brendan Sjostedt wove thru the Arlington defense and fired a rocket into the back of the net for the team’s second goal. Winn assisted again along with Diminico setting up Nick Muise for the third score and Tewksbury never looked back. Maintaining a dominating presence at middie Tyler Harvey powered by the defense and scored to keep Tewksbury well out in front. Adding two goals and rounding out the tally for Tewksbury was middie Ryan Flynn who took one to the net right off the faceoff unassisted, and scored his second one assisted by terrific passing from Hepler, Power and Harvey. A well executed performance for the team’s third win to remain undefeated.

 Tewksbury Boy’s U15-1 (9) vs. Groton Dunstable U15-2 (11)

Tewksbury Boy’s U15 - Team 1 played away at Groton Dunstable. They lost 9 to 11 after battling a 4 point deficit in the first quarter. In the last three quarters, Tewksbury out played Groton 7 to 5 but couldn’t manage to catch up. The boys demonstrated what Tewksbury pride and toughness is all about, by playing strong until the final whistle

Captains for the game were Garrett Christopher and Matt DiFelice. Matt is injured but is supporting his team at every practice and each game. Tewksbury’s offense was consistent with 2 to 3 goals per quarter. David Dempsey was the leading scorer, with a hat trick plus one (4). This is David’s second hat trick of the season. Other contributors on offense included Garrett Christopher (1), Jake Mackey (2), Pat O’Brien (1), and PJ Wild (1). Garret did an outstanding job contributing on both sides of the field. Jake Mackey, Blake Schumaker, Jack MacMullin, and Daniel McColgan each contributed to the success of Tewksbury’s 9 goals with great passes, good scoops on the ground balls, and strong offensive control.

Brandon Fernandes, Grant Callanan, Mark Gorman, Michael Lirakis, and PJ Wild all worked together at midfield to ensure Tewksbury won a majority of the face-offs. Defenders TJ Contalonis, Ryan Cunningham, Rob Paltrineri, and Joyce Connor pulled themselves together and played a tough three quarters to end the game strong. The team will be participating in the PYLL midseason tournament on Saturday May 7 and playing away at Arlington HS on May 8 at 5:30 PM.