MSJ icers fall just short
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Proctor's Calvin Knowles (25) soars high to grab a rebound following a missed 3-point attempt during Tuesday's game against Leland & Gray. ALBERT J. MARRO / RUTLAND HERALD |
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Staff Reports - Published: December 23, 2009
The Mount St. Joseph boys hockey team is short on players but big on heart. Playing with just eight skaters Tuesday at Spartan Arena, the Mounties gave Lyndon all it wanted before bowing 7-5 in a game that featured 85 shots on goal.
The Vikings jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first 1:16 after Seth Conway's apparent goal in the first 20 seconds for MSJ was disallowed. Matt Messier netted the first of his three goals at 4:42 of the first period to cut the lead in half, but Dan Ott's second goal made it 3-1 at the first intermission.
The Mounties roared back with three unanswered in the second period, with Messier, Casey Gravelle and Seth Conway finding the net. But Taylor Swartz, who finished with four goals, scored two in a 1:22 span to send the Vikings to the second break up 5-4.
Brannon LaCourse made it 6-4 at 5:47 and Swartz finished the Lyndon scoring at 8:01 but Messier completed his hat trick at 9:52 to put the Mounties within striking distance, but they could get no closer.
Freshman Seth LaChance stopped 37 shots for the 0-4 Mounties while Kieran Steward made 36 saves for 2-4 Lyndon.
"I was very pleased with the effort. We left it all out on the ice," MSJ coach Dale Patterson said. "Seth played great and so did Casey Gravelle. And Matt Messier showed me a ton of heart. He went all-out the entire game."
Messier and Makana Burke had two assists for MSJ, while Gravelle, Greg Ricketts and Dan Pearson had one each.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Rochester 82, Chelsea 35
In Rochester, the Rockets whisked to a 25-3 lead by the end of the first quarter and breezed home from there.
Leading Rochester were Christian Thompson (17 points), Ethan White (15 points, seven rebounds) and Jace Curtis (13 points, 10 rebounds).
Leading Chelsea was Jon Tremblay with 11 points.
The 3-3 Rockets will try to get over the .500 mark on Tuesday against West Rutland.
Woodstock 46, Randolph 37
The Wasps trailed Randolph 19-15 at halftime, but then outscored the Galloping Ghosts 19-6 in the third quarter, with Sam Stockwell scoring 10 of the 19 points.
Woodstock coach Tom Doyle credited J.T. Tolar and Brendan Mayhew with hitting the boards hard for his club.
Stockwell finished with 19 points.
"We played a great second half," Doyle said.
His team raised its record to 4-1 and it gets ready to play Oxbow on Tuesday.
Jay Bianco and Stephen Follansbee led the Ghosts with eight points each.
Stevens 70, Windsor 55
In Windsor, Kevin O'Connor scored 27 points as the Cardinals proved too much for the Yellow Jackets.
Gavin Callahan led 1-5 Windsor with 13 points and Chris Zepf added eight.
Stevens led at the half, 33-25.
"They were a little big for us," Windsor coach Harry Ladue said. "We got into foul trouble early and that took us out of the game."
Fair Haven 45, OV 40
In Brandon, Otter Valley took a 33-29 lead into the fourth quarter, but unbeaten Fair Haven hit some big shots in the final stanza to earn the victory.
Robert Coloutti led the 3-0 Slaters with 13 points and his output included two clutch 3-pointers in that last quarter.
Jesse Chapin and Joey Massores had 12 points each for the 2-5 Otters and Brad Christiansen hauled down 11 rebounds.
"They made some big shots in that fourth quarter when they scored 16 points. That was their biggest quarter. Good teams do that," OV coach Nathan Bellomo said.
MAU 72, MSJ 33
In Bennington, the Mount Anthony crowd at Kates Gym enjoyed themselves as their Patriots cruised to the victory against Mount St. Joseph Academy and improved to 5-0.
Kyle Callanan led the Patriots with 20 points. Hunter Stratton added 13 and Clayton Palmer had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Chris Reedy led the 1-5 Mounties with 13 points.
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