Saturday featured some tremendous games on the lacrosse slate. JSZ had cameras there to capture some incredible finishes!
Ridgewood 6 Westfield 5 (OT) | Boys
Freshman Jax Monte scorched the net 2:37 into overtime to give the Maroons (8-2) an eighth straight win. Ridgewood has two overtime wins and three overall one goal victories. Will LoSauro had two goals with brother AJ scoring a goal and adding two assists including setting up the game winner. The LoSauro brothers scored 10 seconds apart to tie the game 3-3 at the half. Koby Waldman gave Westfield (5-5) a 5-4 lead with back to back goals in the 4th quarter. Cooper Adkins tied the game for Ridgewood setting the stage for OT.
JSZ’s Rich Chrampanis has the highlights and post-game reaction from Westfield:
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Seton Hall Prep 10 Chatham 6 | Boys
No. 6 Seton Hall Prep will likely find themselves in back in the New Jersey top-five next week as the once 1-5 Pirates pulled their fourth victory in a row in a 10-6 effort over No. 5 Chatham.
The Cougars leapt in front with a 5-3 lead midway through the second quarter, but the Pirates unleashed seven unanswered goals to take a late 10-5 lead and secure the preseason No. 1 their second top-five win in their last three games. Quinlan Oakes scored a hat trick for SHP while Drew Merklinger added two goals. Goalie Brennan Lyons had a fantastic day in net, as well, saving 8/14 shots.
JSZ’s Ryan Sudol has the highlights from West Orange:
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Garden City (NY) 12 Shawnee 8 | Boys
The Renegades had the top-ranked public school in the country on the ropes for much of the contest, but the Trojans rattled off six unanswered goals in the fourth to avoid the upset bid. Lehigh commit Charlie Koester finished with a hat trick and Jeff Finnell netted a pair of goals in the closing stretch for Garden City. Rutgers commit Tyler Rotkowitz scored four goals, while Duke commit Tom McAneney went for two goals and two assists for Shawnee (6-3). It was a strong showing for Shawnee, which entered the week as the 22nd-ranked public school according to USA Lacrosse magazine.
JSZ’s James Mooney has the highlights from this battle of top-25 ranked public schools in America:
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Ocean City 7 Haddonfield 6 | Boys
A Haddonfield shot went off the post as time expired, as Ocean City won a thriller on a windy day by the beach. Otter Donohue and Anthony Pontari each scored a pair of goals for OC (6-4) in the win. Mac Clancey, Owen Chiarieri and James Farrell each scored two goals apiece for the Haddons (5-2) in the loss.
JSZ’s Mike Frankel has the highlights:
Lawrenceville 8 St. Anthony’s (NY) 7 (OT) | Boys
In a nationally ranked battle, it was #3 Lawrenceville who came away in overtime thanks to Penn State commit Ayden Matthews. After going up 7-4 heading into the fourth quarter, #5 St. Anthony’s poured in three straight to send the game to sudden death. After falling short in OT in their earlier national meeting with Brunswick, Big Red got the job done in overtime.
JSZ’s Tyler Mroz has the highlights from a top-five battle in Lawrenceville:
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