Shore Conference (NJ) Boys Lacrosse NJSIAA State Finals Scoreboard for Wednesday, June 9
NJSIAA TOURNAMENT
Group 4 Final
Hunterdon Central 7, Southern 2
Junior goalie Tyler Sininsky was outstanding with 14 saves to backstop another strong defensive performance, but Hunterdon Central's defense and goalie Dillon Baehr matched them and the Red Devils used a four-goal run in the third quarter to put away the Rams and claim the Group 4 championship.
Chris Bill gave Hunterdon Central a 1-0 lead with an EMO goal with 1:45 left in the first quarter and Sean Creter scored with 6:48 left in the second quarter to give Hunterdon Central a 2-0 halftime lead.
Southern finally got on the board when senior attackman Luke Bruther set up sophomore midfielder Joey DeYoung for a goal at 6:22 of the third quarter. Hunterdon Central answered just over a minute later, however, on a goal by Brendan Lehrer and then used an EMO goal by Nick Thorne and a goal by Dylan Johnson to open a 4-1 lead. Southern got one back when DeYoung scored off an assist from Bruther again with 31.5 seconds left in the half, but Creter won the ensuing face-off and scored to make it 6-2 heading to the fourth quarter.
Johnson scored the only goal of the fourth quarter at 10:51 off an assist from Eric Molto.
Hunterdon Central's defense stifled Southern all game and limited the Rams to just 19 shots. Baehr finished with nine saves.
State Finals
At Hopewell Valley High School
Mountain Lakes 7, Manasquan 5
Manasquan jumped out to an early lead and held a one-goal advantage at halftime but Mountain Lakes controlled the second half to deny Manasquan in the Group 1 final for the third straight season.
Goals by Owen McCusker, Casey Mulligan and Blake Gorski staked Manasquan (17-4) to a 3-1 lead midway through the first quarter before Mountain Lakes used a goal by Reid Tietjen late in the first quarter to make it 3-2 and a goal by Cade Shuckman at 8:15 of the second quarter to tie the score 3-3.
In the final minute of the first half, Manasquan junior goalie Carter Groezinger made a key stop on a man-down situation and the Warriors turned it the other way where Mulligan scored with 11 seconds on the clock, giving Manasquan a 4-3 halftime lead.
Mountain Lakes found the equalizer early in the third quarter when the Lakers forced a turnover with a strong ride and Tietjen set up Matt McCrink for the goal. Shuckman then scored at 9:19 to give Lakes a 5-4 lead, its first of the game, and then completed his hat trick with 35 seconds left in the third quarter off a pass from Riley Albergts for the eventual game-winning goal.
Manasquan pulled to within 6-5 with 5:10 left with senior Mike Farinacci threaded a perfect pass to the crease that junior Robert Pendergist deposited into the net, but the Lakers (17-1) regained their two-goal advantage when Tietjen scored off an assist from Albergts with 2:53 on the clock.
Mountain Lakes senior goalie Shane Nachshen was outstanding in making nine saves,, many of which robbed Manasquan on high-quality chances.
Manasquan junior face-off specialist Max Pauwels was excellent in winning 12 of 16 face-offs including winning 11 in a row between the 8:01 mark of the first quarter and the opening draw of the fourth quarter. Junior goalie Carter Groezinger made 10 saves and produced three man-down stops.
At A.L. Johnson High School
Summit 9, Rumson-Fair Haven 6
The Bulldogs (20-1) mounted a second-half rally after falling behind by five goals at halftime but the Hilltoppers (17-0) never relinquished their lead and used one final surge to win a battle of unbeatens and claim the Group 2 state title.
Down 5-1 through a 30-plus minute weather delay in the second quarter and 6-1 at halftime, Rumson scored four straight goals to start the third quarter to pull within 6-5. Junior attackman Christian Bockelmann scored off an assist from senior attackman Luke Devlin to make it 6-2 before senior midfielder Patrick Jamin scored to make it 6-3 with 7:50 left in the third. Jamin then scored again to cut the deficit to 6-4 before Devlin netted his second of the game to close the gap to 6-5 with 3:10 to play in the third quarter.
That was as close as Rumson would get, however. Summit regained its multi-goal lead on a tally by Dylan Sebastian with 2:01 left in the third quarter to start a three-goal run that would put the game out of reach for RFH. Summit's lead grew to 9-5 before Devlin scored his third and final goal with just under five minutes to go.
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