Boys Lacrosse Round-up April 9-17 - Streaks Reversed as Broad Run Edges Dominion

Photos courtesy of Jenny Butcher

(Apr. 19, 2010) - The Dominion High School boys lacrosse team was riding a 4-game winning streak coming into Thursday night's game against Dulles District power Broad Run while the Spartans had suffered three defeats in three games. But both teams knew those records meant nothing, and as predicted, this one was close all the way, with the the Titans never quite catch able to catch the visiting Spartans which escaped with an 11-8 win.

Broad Run came out playing a slow deliberate game, keeping the ball out of the hands of the normally potent Titan offense, and it worked, as the score at the end of the first period was 1-0 Spartans.

The Titans found their balance in the second, scoring three times, including two by senior Thomas Dewar, but the Spartans kept pace and maintained a 5-3 lead at the half.

In the third, the Titans benefited from Spartan penalities with senior Nick Brendes scoring two man-up goals. But again the Spartans had answers and led 8-5 at the end of three.

Both Dewar and Brendes came through for the Titans in the fourth period, with Brendes adding two more goals. But shifty Spartan junior attackman Ryan Madigan found the back of the net three times in the fourth period to keep it out of reach for the Titans.

Titan Goalie Andrew Fawkes helped keep the Spartan scoring in check with 12 saves on the night.

Scoring:
Titans -
Stephen Tarrant 4 Assists
Sean Cooper 1 Goal
Nick Brendes 4 Goals
Thomas Dewar 3 Goals 1 Assist

Spartans -
Anthony Olimpio 1 goal
Ryan Madigan 4 goals 2 assists
Jack Sistare 1 assist
Nick Khouri 3 goals 2 assists
Garrett Howard 1 goal
Andy Londos 1 goal 1 assist
Justin Nelson 1 goal

Attention Lax fans! You will notice in our round-up below that "The Skinny" is really ... well, Skinny. So far this season, VivaLoudoun is only receiving boys lax reports from three schools: Dominion, Freedom (occasional) and Stone Bridge. If you would like your school covered, please nudge your coach to forward scores/highlights to us at dan.sousa@vivaloudoun.com or better yet, become our "eye in the stands" and send in your own reports!


VivaLoudoun Boys Lacrosse Round-up April 9-17
Saturday, April 17
Bullis 18, Briar Woods 4
The Skinny: No report from Briar Woods

Loudoun County 25, Freedom (Woodbridge) 2
The Skinny: No report from Loudoun County

Thursday, April 15
Loudoun Valley 14, Osbourn 1
The Skinny: Vikes did not report on this win

Briar Woods 16, Potomac Falls 6
The Skinny: The Falcons did not report on their win.

Loudoun County 12, Freedom 9
The Skinny: The Raiders did not report on their win.

Broad Run 11, Dominion 8
The Skinny: See above

Stone Bridge 17, Heritage 9
The Skinny: Freshman Dylan Maltz, junior J.P. Giroux and senior Derek Maltz each scored five goals for the Bulldogs. Dylan Maltz had five assists as well and Giroux added three. Sophomore Jesse Southward registered nine saves in goal for Stone Bridge and Juniors James Esser and Brennan Graves had 75 percent face off win percentage. Also for the Bulldogs, senior James Wells notched two assists. SB trailed 5-3 in the first quarter in this game before coming back. Additional scoring for SB included Colin Moran (assist), Anthony Gianchinta (goal), Ricky Reyes (assist) and Michael Marchio (goal).

George Mason 20, Park View 2
The Skinny: Mustangs go to 2-0 in Dulles District.

Wednesday, April 14
Kettle Run 10, Freedom 9 (2OT)
The Skinny: The Eagles did not report on this loss.

Tuesday, April 13
Loudoun County 22, Trinity Christian 5
The Skinny: Raiders win non-district contest.

Stone Bridge 16, Marshall 1
The Skinny: Senior Derek Maltz led the way for the Bulldogs with four goals and five assists. Also for SB: JP Giroux, Jr Attack - 3g, 3a; Dylan Maltz, Fr Attack - 3g 1a and Mark Schulein, Sr Midfield - 2g, 1a. Additional SB scoring by: James Wells (goal, assist), Zack Guerra (goal, assist), A.J. Arth (assist), Matt Vincent (goal), Frank Guyer (goal) and Brennan Graves (assist).

Robinson 9, Broad Run 5
The Skinny: Spartans drop non-district game to AAA Rams.

Monday, April 12
Gar-Field 9, Park View 3
The Skinny: Pats lose non-district game.

Loudoun Valley 10, Heritage 3
The Skinny: We need a LV lax supporter to report scores and highlights.

Dominion 13, South Lakes 7
The Skinny: The Titans beat the visiting South Lakes Seahawks and improved their record to 4-2. The Seahawks meanwhile drop to 3-3 on the year. The Titans came out strong scoring 2 goals in the first two minutes and never looked back. The defense was sharp all night, with Soph Defensive Middie Dereck Bullock grabbing a team-high 4 ground balls and helping on several full field clears. The Titans overcame a non-releasable stick penalty to start the 2nd period, holding South Lakes scoreless for the three minute man-down penalty. At half time the Titans held a 10 to 2 advantage and Coach Lenotti let some of his starters take a breather. The Titan offensive output was well spread with 8 players scoring goals and assists. Senior Nick Brendes scored four goals, Thomas Dewar came away with 3 goals, and Freshman Middie Robert Germain scored his first Varsity goal on a power drive down the right side. Once again Goalie Andrew Fawkes had a great game, coming away with 21 saves. Adam Bush, replacing Fawkes in Goal midway thru the 4th quarter, played well coming in cold, and had 3 key saves and some slick acrobatic clearing moves. The Seahawks were led by Brendan Galbraith who scored 4 goals and had an assist.

Scoring:
Titans -
Kyle Hall 1 Goal 1 Assist
Stephen Tarrant 1 goal
Sean Cooper 1 goal 1 assist
Brett Bushman 1 goal 2 assists
Nick Brendes 4 goals
Robert Germain 1 goal
Thomas Dewar 3 goals 1 assist
Nick Kirschke 1 goal

Seahawks
Alex Clough 2 goal
Harrison Hughs 1 goal
Brendan Galbraith 4 goals 1 assist

Friday, April 9
Stone Bridge 16, McLean 2
The Skinny: The Maltz boys were at it again with senior Derek scoring seven times with an assist and freshman brother Dylan with three goals and two assists. J.P. Giroux accounted for three goals and two assists and other scoring came from Cullen Flemming (goal, assist), Shane Neiderer (assist), Mark Schulein (goal), A.J. Arth (assist), James Wells (assist), and Nick Fockler (goal)

Battlefield 12, Loudoun County 8
The Skinny: Discovery Channel story ... Raiders fall to Bobcats