Below are some Wilmington Youth Lacrosse travel game summaries from last week.
Notes
Wilmington Youth Lacrosse is wrapping up the 2015 season with Boys and Girls Jamboree’s the next 2 weekends as well as Boys Select Team playoff’s. WYLA will also be hosting an End of Season party on Wednesday, June 17th at 5:30pm at the Woburn Street Fields followed by the Annual Board Meeting and Election of Officers at 7:15pm – meeting is being held at the Wilmington Methodist Church.
Wilmington Youth Lacrosse canceled some of the home games this weekend due to flooding on the field. Those teams that were able to get their games in on Sunday really battled the elements and fought hard!
Boys U9 White
The Boys U9 White team braved the elements on Sunday, battling the biting winds, torrential rain, and a tough opponent in Charlestown. With an away game and uncertain weather conditions, the Wildcats came out of the gate in slow motion. With the unseasonable cold weather, the team got a late start firing on all cylinders, trailing 2-0 early. With a last minute goal keeper adjustment, Jack Martins admirably filled in, played well, and kept the Charlestown attack at a limited two goal deficit.
In the second half, the clouds opened up, and the Wildcats turned a corner. With a bench getting shorter due to weather conditions and illness – Shane O’Neill, Matt Breen, and Jack Martins pulled double shifts to move upfield, tying the game at 2-2. Cameron Splaine and Jake Banda were all over the field intercepting passes and shooting on the net. Chase Heffernan manned the goal throughout the second half, making heart stopping saves, exciting the fans, and keeping the score tied late in the game. The relentless Charlestown barrage was too much for Heffernan, unable to make the final save, losing the game 3-2. Nathan Caples, Matt Newhouse, Owen Fitzpatrick and Jon Mehr provided stellar defense, limiting interior shots and proving outlet passes to middies Zack Timmons, Camden Gray, Ryan Lavorato, Stephen Constantine and Braeddon Dyment throughout the second half.
The final regular season game is at Woburn Street on Sunday June 7th vs Billerica
Boys U15 Select
Last Saturday, the U15 Select team took on a very good Lynnfield squad and came away with a hard-fought 7-6 victory. Wilmington evened the score 3-3 just before halftime on an unassisted goal from Pat Modoono. Andrew Sullivan had opened the scoring on an assist from Jake Timmons and Zack Kincaid was the other first half scorer (assisted by Sullivan). In the third quarter, Lynnfield took a 6-4 lead. Ben Wright deposited a goal on a great feed from Shane Ahlin in that stanza.
In the fourth quarter, Wilmington really took over the game. They substituted quickly and ran Lynnfield off of the field. Joey Theriault scored a goal to bring the score to 6-5. Several minutes later, Kincaid got the equalizer, with Sullivan getting another assist. Lynnfield was then called for a penalty with 1:10 left in the game. After a timeout, Wilmington’s dominant man-up unit of Sullivan, Kincaid, Theriault, Ahlin, Connor Benoit and Ryan Martin were put on the field and they responded after Sullivan ripped the twine off of a rebound to give the Wildcats the victory with 0:34 left in the contest.
Defensively, the Wildcats were lead by the quartet of Josh Smith, Tyler Wood, Camden Kenyon and Kyle Kenyon. The Kenyon brothers were particularly stout during crunch time in the 4th quarter as they didn’t allow any quality Lynnfield shots on goalie Jimmy Theriault, who was up to the task on Saturday.
Girls U9 White
The U9 Girls team played a phenomenal game on Sunday vs. Littleton. It was a cold and rainy afternoon, with the game almost getting called, but the girls all worked together and fought through the weather and played hard.
Kaleigh Brennan showed her great leadership and dedication playing the whole game in goal, she made some excellent saves and helped out the team tremendously. Callie McCauley played midfield and had two goals in the first half. She ran up and down the field all game and showed her great speed and dedication, her third goal got called back right before half time due to a crease violation. Jillian Collins also played midfield and had a goal in the first half and another in the second half. Jillian never gave up and always got back to help out on defense. Kiley Bloom started the game at center and she showed her great endurance every time she got the ball down the field. She made a ton of great passes, leaving her with two assists in the first half. She also had a great goal in the second half.
Shae Gould played attack for the first half of the game and did a great job cutting for ball and creating space. Shae had an assist in the first half of the game. Bella Iascone played both attack and defense during the game and did a fantastic job staying on her girl and never letting her opponent get by her. Brynne Ebert did a great job on defense, always staying between her opponent and the goal. She also helped out at midfield in the second half, racing for ground balls and boxing out her opponent. Addy Holland helped on defense and also at midfield and did a fantastic job getting into scoring position around the goal. Keira Warford did great on attack, always getting open for a pass. Keira showed significant communication skills in the attack zone as the midfielders ran the ball down the field. Meredith Ebert also played a fantastic game on attack. She always made her opponent work hard to stay on her as she cut for passes and showed excellent footwork. Sydney Crane played defense and also stepped up to help out at midfield. Sydney stayed on her opponent all game showing her great speed and defensive skills, she made an exceptional block in the game while playing defense. Littleton never gave up and fought hard the whole game.
After the first half of the game the score was 3-2 with Wilmington in the lead. Littleton came back and scored 5 goals in the second half and Wilmington had two more. Wilmington lost their first game with a final score of 7-5. Despite the rain and the cold, both teams played unbelievable and it was a game that none of them will ever forget.
Girls U13 White
On Sunday, the Wilmington U13 girls lacrosse team played in the pouring rain against a tough Arlington team. Scoring for Wilmington was Andrea Turner, who had a hat trick and Amanda Howell, who added a goal. Playing fierce defense throughout the game was Kiley Flynn, Carissa Rubin, Kaili Sagal, and Caroline Rooney. Great determination in getting to ground balls and running the field by Grace Steed, Sydney Vega and Amanda Broussard. Janelle Penney, Alexa Kelley, Olivia Rogers and Neveah Murray played at attack with great intensity and enthusiasm. Alex Vale had some tremendous saves while in the net. Missing from the game was Amanda Sullivan, Kari Wells and Nina Koester. Although they came up a little short this week, the girls continue to improve. They play their final game of the season next Sunday.
(NOTE: Summaries provided by the Wilmington Youth Lacrosse Association.)
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