Westford Youth Lacrosse Game Recaps from Sunday April 1st

Westford Youth Lacrosse

Boys U11

Westford U-11 Grey open the season against Tyngsboro

Westford Jumped to a 4-0 lead behind two goals from from Matt Accabo assisted by quick mid-field passing from Jake Gross who had four assists on the day because of his impressive control of the mid-field.   Peter Beck, Austin Smith, Brady Bomel, and Jack Wilson were impressive on defense and helped keep Tyngsboro out of the shooting zone.   The Westford Grey played perfect offense as they set up their 1-2-2 offensive formation. Steve Donovan, who had three goals on the day, was next to strike, and was assisted by Jake Gross and Alex Oakleaf.    Tyngsboro came back with two quick goals, but they were answered by Alex Oakleaf's first of his two goals, and then by a quick snipe from Nathan Arsenault.    The quarter ended with Matt Sepe getting a quick feed from Nathan Arsenault, to put the ball into the bottom corner of the net. Tyngsboro came back strong in the second half and put up a fight but couldn't score enough to over come the lead.  The best play in the second quarter came from Matt Wasylyshyn's quick thinking and passing to Jake Gross, who feed a running Matt Accabo, who punched in his third goal of the game. Jake Gross was rewarded with a goal because of the quick stick assist from Kyle Doherty.  Alec Morgan jumped on his second half move from defense to mid-field and pumped in two goals.  The game ended on an aggressive loose  ball scoop by Cole Barisano, who made a quick dodge, and sniped the ball into the bottom corner of the net. The game was defined by the great team work on both offense and defense.

Westford U-11 White Season Opener  

Westford White-Team played Lowell yesterday. The Lowell team had 30 players and asked if we could take some of their players onto our side, so that all the boys at Cawley field could have equal playing time.
In the spirit of fair play, we absorbed some of their players and had a very competitive game. Our two Goalies, Dominic Marshall and Robert Rabion played terrific in net.
The attack crew of Ryan Walsh, Willem Lorrette, Jonathan Burke did a great job applying pressure in the opponents end of the field. Our defense, lead by Brian Bonczek, Declan Morse, Aidan Timlin and Trevor Furness consistently kept the opposition away from our net area. Our extremely aggressive Midfielders  Griffin Schwab, Danny McInerny, Tommy Welham, Michael Paulauskas, Daniel Marshall and Kevin Egan did a terrific job playing as a team and working the ball toward the opposing end for several goals and multiple scoring opportunities.
Special thanks to the Westford boys and the coaching staff for accepting the challenge of additional Lowell players and keeping the true meaning of the game in perspective.

Boys U13

Westford U-13 Team 1 vs Tyngsboro

Westford U-13.1 opened their season with an away win against Tyngsboro Sunday.  The team was anchored in goal by Garret Filiatrault who made several point blank saves, followed by great clears.  The game was marked by strong defensive play by Michael Gorham, and Connor Pandiscio during the first half.  The midfield play was marked by multiple fast break attaches lead by John Swanson and Cameroon Barisano both of whom had a goal.  The additional goals where provided by Nick Antes, Matt Curran and Michael Gorham.  The next Game is Sunday against Acton Boxborough 1:30 pm at Stonybrook.

Westford Grey U13.2 vs. Reading

Jason “hat trick” Bunyon led the Westford U13 Grey Lacrosse team in goal scoring on Sunday, April 1^st, when the team faced Reading U13. This was the first game of the season for the U13 Grey team.   Veterans Tim Loosigian, Jack Quaranto and Nate Spears also contributed goals with assists from Michael Tracanna and Kevin Bruskiewitz.   Patrick Lessard and Riley “Ice Pack” Rohlfs were stellar in net. In spite of the loss, Coach Rolfs was proud of how well his team played.   “We have a fair number of players new to the game this year.  The team showed an impressive opening effort. The guys fought hard and showed some strong offense and defense.” The boys next face Burlington U13 Blue, on Sunday April 15, at 11:30 at Burlington.

Boys U15

Team #1 vs Tyngsboro

The U-15 Black team started off their season with a very nice come-from-behind victory over Tyngsboro to run their record to 1-0.  Trailing the entire game by 2-5 goals, Westford slowly closed the gap in the 2^nd half through good ball possession and solid defense.  Anchoring the defense was Derek Beatty who had an excellent game clearing the ball, shutting down Tyngsboro’s top Attackman and picking up virtually every ground ball as a Long-Pole Middie on face-offs.  Jake Cantalupo and Nick Goodman rounded off the solid defensive core with good man-on-man coverage.  On the offensive end of the field, Attackmen Richard Paglia (8 goals, 2 assists) and Justin Linden (3 goals, 4 assists) worked their magic by either scoring or assisting on all but 2 of Westford’s goals.  Midfielder Jason Hughes also came up big with 3 goals at critical points in the 2^nd half to help spark the come-back.  Other Midfielders who had solid games include Nick Regan, Daniel Koerner, Andrew Merrell and Jon Kruger.  Playing in goal for the first time was newcomer Brennan Atkins who made some key saves in the first half to keep the game within reach.