Quaker Valley Claims First Ever WPIAL Boys Lacrosse D-II Title
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Saturday, May 24, 2014 | 12:34 AM
There was going to be a first time champ in WPIAL Division 2 boys lacrosse Friday and the Quaker Valley Quakers were the one. Quaker Valley defeated the Indiana Indiana 13-10 to earn the crown.
At the outset of the game it seemed to be the a tighter game than the score would indicate. Indiana jumped out to the 1st lead in the game 1-0 when junior attack David Zimmerman tickled the twine with a hard shot. Quaker Valley was able to answer later in the 1st with a goal from Jared Vescio. Vescio better known through the game for his face off ability winning a majority of face offs also had a pair of goals.
The next goal was scored by Mike Clark of Quaker and we went to the end if the 1st Quaker Valley a 2-1 lead.
The Quakers extended the lead to 2 goals after a Jimmy Perkins ground ball shot in the 2nd. Indiana though not to be out done early scored 4 of the next 5 goals to take the lead into the half 5-4.
Quaker came out in the 3rd and regained their lead scoring 4 of the 6 goals getting one from Perkins and 2 from Clark to take a 8-7 lead to the 4th.
That’s when the undefeated Quakers took over taking the lead out of the cross of Vescio when he have them an 9-8 lead and they never looked back.
Although he took the loss Indians’ goal keeper Max Kittelman kept his team in it by stopping 19 shots he faced.
Scoring Summary:
Quaker Valley: 1 4 2 3 = 10
Indiana: 2 2 4 5 = 13
1st Quarter Scoring:
Ind: David Zimmerman – Ryan Watters (4:13)
QV: Jared Vescio (8:49)
QV: Mike Clark (10:19)
2nd Quarter Scoring:
QV: Jimmy Perkins (1:26)
Ind: Keldon Spicher (2:47)
Ind: Watters – Dylan Stapleton (5:21)
Ind: John Louis Gatti (6:10)
QV: Jake Trovato – Vescio (7:31)
Ind: Michael Supinka (9:22) (Man Up)
3rd Quarter Scoring:
QV: Perkins (2) (2:25) (Man Up)
QV: Clark (2) (2:31)
Ind: Zimmerman (2) (2:58)
QV: Clark (3) – Trovato (7:57)
Ind: Supinka (2) – Gatti (9:18) (Man Up)
QV: Perkins (3) – Trovato (9:30)
4th Quarter Scoring:
Ind: Zimmerman (3) – Supinka (:34)
QV: Vescio (2) – Trovato (4:25)
QV: Vescio (3) (4:55)
QV: Tyler Smith – Trovato (5:05)
QV: Trovato (2) – Perkins (5:45) (Man Up)
Ind: Watters (2) (6:00)
QV: Trovato (3) (7:28)
Ind: Stapleton – Kyle Grube (10:21) (Man Up)
Man Up Situations
Indiana: 3-for-4
Quaker Valley: 2-for-6
Goalkeepers
Indiana: Max Kittelmann – 19 Saves
Quaker Valley: Elliott Sadja – 5 Saves
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