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2011
New York State & Section X
Class C Playoffs |
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SALMON RIVER LOSES HEART-BREAKER IN O.T.
IN STATES |
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Cazenovia's John Greacen (2) celebrates after
scoring the game-winning goal in sudden-victory
overtime lifting the Lakers to a 14-13 win over
previously-unbeaten and #3-ranked Salmon River
in the New York Class C Boys Lacrosse
quarterfinals. The Lakers' victory spoiled
Salmon River's comeback from an 8-2 deficit in
the second quarter. The Shamrocks owned a
13-11 lead in the final three minutes before
falling. (Eric Foote photo)
Game Gallery
NCSN Game Broadcast

Salmon River's Austin Kavendre (3) protects the
ball from a stick check of a Cazenovia player.
(Foote photo)
Salmon River bounced back from an 8-2 first-half
deficit, closing to within a pair of goals at
the half, 8-6. After an exchange of goals
to start the third quarter, the Shamrocks netted
five straight markers to gain a 12-10 lead.
Seth Oakes led the rally with three of the
goals, while Oakley Thomas tied the game at
10-10 and Quinn Powless chipped in a marker. But
Cazenovia also had a rally in its end-of-game
arsenal. John Greacen buried a goal.
Dalston Day countered for Salmon River, then the
Lakers' Connor Cannizzaro netted the final two
goals in regulation to force overtime at 13-13.
Cazenovia dominated the play in the extra period
with full control of the ball. Greacen
netted the game winner touching off a
celebration in the sudden victory win at 2:28 of
the extra period. Seth Oakes led Salmon
River with six goals. Day struck for two
goals.
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SALMON RIVER POLISHES OFF UNBEATEN SEASON
WITH TITLE |
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Potsdam's Nate Carey (9) dives to prevent Salmon
River's Quinn Powless (77) from recovering a
ground ball. Salmon River jetted to a 12-1
first-half lead, en route to a 21-2 rout of the
Sandstoners in the Section X Class C
Championship. Seth Oakes tallied four
goals and two assists, while, Ky Tarbell added
two goals and four assist, and Dalston Day and
Jay Square sunk three goals while dishing one
helper each in the Shamrock win. (Mike
Burns photo)
Game Gallery

Potsdam's Jeff Pignona (27) gets double-teamed
and sandwiched between Salmon RIver's Adam
Bomberry and Storm Adams. Adams dropped in
two goals wtih an assist. Quinn Powless had a
goal and four helpers. Single goals to Austin
Cavender, Kiio Jacobs, Kamm David, Oakley
Thomas, Peter Porter and Kyle Lewis. Nolan
Thomas had three saves and Kobi Johnson had four
saves for Salmon. Potsdam goals were scored by
Kyle Kingsley and Shawn Lilly. Jason Cardinal
made three stops and Aaron Deon had four saves
for Potsdam. Salmon River will now play
Cazenovia in the New York State lacrosse
quarterfinals Saturday, June 4th at Potsdam High
School. Game time 3:30 p.m.
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POTSDAM OUTLASTS CANTON 17-12 IN CLASS C
SEMIFINAL |
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Potsdam's Shawn Lillie (3) dodges Canton's Eb
Foote (20) down the ally and gets a score on the
run. The Potsdam Sandstoners emerged from
a 4-3 deficit with nine straight goals spanning
the second and third periods, then fended off a
furious Canton comeback attempt for a 17-12 win
in the Class C semifinals. (Taylor Caswell
photo)
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NCSN Broadcast of the Game

Canton goalie Jeff Hammond charges Potsdam's Sam
Miller as he catches the ball in front of the
net for a shot. However, Miller was able
to elude the rush and flipped the ball over
Hammond into the open net. Potsdam was
powered by a balanced attack with four goals and
one assist each from Sam Miller and Shawn
Lillie. A.J. Landi buried three goals and dished
an assist, while Garrett Ditullio contributed
two goals and three assists and Nate Carey was
good for two more goals and two assists. For the
Bears’ finale, Trent Durocher zapped five goals
and dealt two assists. Jesse Gilbert seared four
goals with two helpers and Zach Kenny netted two
goals.
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STONERS' FAST START DOOMS HEUVELTON IN
QUARTERFINAL |
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Potsdam's Konnor Bigwarfe (4) dodges
in, but is guided to the outside by the stick
and defense of Heuvelton's Matthew Ferris (7).
Potsdam dominated early the Section X Class C
quarter-final game, opening a 17-1 lead midway
through the third quarter. The Sandstoners
defeated Heuvelton 20-4 to advance to the Class
C semifinal against Canton on Thursday.
(Shane Laurie photo)
Game Gallery

Heuvelton's Jonathan Kingsley (22) makes a nice cut from behind the net
and beats Potsdam defender Josh Adams (33) for
Heuvelton's second goal of the game. The
second-seeded Sandstoners were led
by Kyle Grant with five goals, along
with three goals each from Sam
Miller and Sebastian Grimberg.
Potsdam advances to host #3-seeded
Canton in the Class C semifinals on
Thursday. The seventh-seeded
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| 2011 Section X Boys Lacrosse Scoreboard |
SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2011
N.Y.S. Class C
Quarterfinal - at
Potsdam Central
Cazenovia (III) 14,
Salmon River 13 (OT)
THURSDAY, JUNE
2, 2011
Section X Class C
Championship - at SUNY
Canton
(#1) Salmon River
21, (#2) Potsdam 2
TUESDAY,
MAY 31, 2011
Section X Class C
Semifinals - Home of
Higher Seed
(#1) Salmon River
24, (#4) Massena 6
(#2) Potsdam 17,
(#3) Canton 12
TUESDAY, MAY 24, 2011
Section X Class C
Quarterfinals- Home of
Higher Seed
(#2)
Potsdam 20, (#7) Heuvelton 4
(#3) Canton 17, (#6) Colton-Pierrepont 5
(#4) Massena 17, (#5)
Ogdensburg 3
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SHAMROCKS ROMP EARLY IN SEMIFINAL WIN VS.
MASSENA |
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A Salmon River player took a behind-the-back shot that just went off the
stick of the Massena goalie. The
Shamrocks capitalized at almost every turn in
the first half, leading 21-1 at intermission, en
route to a 24-6 romp over the Red Raiders in the
Class C semifinals. (Eric Foote photo)
Game Gallery

Salmon River's Quinn Powless (77) pops the ball
up to himself after winning
the faceoff. Salmon was guided by four
goals and five assists from Ky Tarbell and five
scores and two assists from Austin Cavender.
Adding three goals each were Dalston Day, Kevin
Davey and Kamm David. Quinn Powless ripped two
goals and three assists. Massena scoring came in
pairs from Rhodes Tarbell, Randal Seymour and
Zach Hopps.
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MASSENA DOMINATES O.F.A.
IN CLASS C QUARTERFINAL |
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Ogdensburg's Nick Perrigo (3) quick sticks a goal
into the top-left corner of the net behind
Massena's goalie Michael Lazore (29). However, the
Massena Red Raiders cruised past Ogdensburg 17-5
in the Section X Class C quarterfinals.
Massena advances to play top-seeded Salmon River
in the semifinals. (Taylor Caswell photo)
Game Gallery

Ogdensburg's Isaiah Johnson runs through a Massena player as he
makes his way towards the goal. Three-goal
performances were turned in by Massena’s Rhoades Tarbell,
James Pierce and Grayson Phillips. The fourth-seeded Raiders
will have the task for trying to upset top-seeded and state
ranked Salmon River in the Class C semifinals. The
fifth-seeded Blue Devils were led by Andrew Hilborne who
netted two of the three goals. O.F.A. wrapped up at 5-12
overall.
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CANTON ELIMINATES COLTS IN CLASS C
QUARTERFINAL 17-5 |
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Canton's Jesse Gilbert gets a step
on the Colton-Pierrepont defender Tory Boyce
(10) in racing for the net.
Colton-Pierrepont stayed close in the early
stages of the game, trailing 6-3 midway through
the second quarter. However, Canton surged
for five goals late in the half to lead 11-3 at
intermission, en route to a 17-5 win in the
Section X Class C quarterfinals.
(Eric Foote photo)
Game Gallery

Colton-Pierrepont's Nick Rycroft protects the ball against a swarm of
Golden Bears defenders. Jesse
Gilbert notched five goals to pace
the third-seeded Bears over
#6-seeded Colts. Zach Kenny wristed
three goals and dealt two assists.
Cody Green lasered two goals for
Colton-Pierrepont that closed its
season at 2-14 overall.

Canton honored the memory of
graduate and lacrosse standout Josh Ayrassian by
bringing his jersey number officially out of
retirement, following their Section
X Class C quarterfinal win over Colton-Pierrepont.
A player will be chosen by the team each year to
wear the uniform in honor of Ayrassian. Eb
Foote (#3) with his family (left)
and members of the Ayrassian family (right) is the first Canton
player to wear the number 3 since Ayrassian
wore it
in the spring of 2003.
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2011
Section X
Class B Playoffs |
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ST. LAWRENCE FALLS TO J-D RAMS IN N.Y.S.
QUARTERS 18-4 |
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Jamesville-Dewitt's Deke Burns (31) looks for
room around the cage while defended by St.
Lawrence Central's Martin Frego (20). The
Red Rams' Jordan Evans pumped in two goals and
dealt five assists to lead Jamesville-Dewitt to
an 18-4 win over St. Lawrence Central in
the New York Class C quarterfinals. (Eric
Foote photo)
Game Gallery
NCSN Game Broadcast
St. Lawrence Central's Nate Cole protects the
ball from Jamesville-Dewitt's Dave Distefano.
J-D opened up a quick 4-0 lead within the first
two minutes of the contest and opened a
7-0 lead before Brady Helmer netted the Larries'
first goal. Brian LaBier added a second
period goal, Dalton Lottie buried a third-period
score and Brady Helmer closed the scoring for
the Larries in the final period. Deke
Burns delivered four goals and one assist and
Jordan Evans dealt two goals and an assist.
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| 2011 Section X Boys Lacrosse Scoreboard |
SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2011
N.Y.S. Class B
Quarterfinal - at
Potsdam Central
Jamesville-Dewitt (III)
18, St. Lawrence Central
(X) 14
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2011
Section X Class B
Championship - at SUNY
Canton
(#1) St. Lawrence Central
13, (#2) Saranac Lake 9
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ST. LAWRENCE REPEATS AS CLASS B CHAMPS VS.
STORM |
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Saranac Lake's Mike Sappone (19) escapes alone
in front of St. Lawrence Central goaltender
Andrew Fiske (21) for a point-blank shot and
scores. The Red Storm rallied for
five straight goals to climb back within 10-8,
before falling to the St Lawrence Central
Larries 13-9 in the Section X Class B
Championship game. Larries’ top scorer
Nate Cole continued his prowess with five goals,
helping the Larries fend off a five-goal streak
for the Red Storm in a 13-9 win. The Larries led
8-3 at the half and opened the third quarter
with two quick markers. (Mike Burns photo)
Game Gallery

St. Lawrence Central's Daniel Frohm (7) and
Brady Helmer (17) team up to carry the ball
between Red Storm defenders Chandler Gach (left)
and Peter Madden (7). The Red Storm surged
back with five goals in a row, led by Seth
Pickereign’s three markers, reducing the lead to
10-8 with 4:01 remaining. However, the Larries’
Marshall Berninghausen also added four goals
along with Cole’s late net finders. The Larries
improved to 11-4 overall and return to state
playoffs, while the Red Storm dropped to 6-8 to
close their season.
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SECTION X
BOYS LACROSSE
2011 Standings & Non League |
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W-L GB Non-Lg |
x-Salmon River
Potsdam
St. Lawrence Central
Canton
Massena
Saranac Lake
Ogdensburg
Colton-Pierrepont
Heuvelton |
13-0 -
3-0
11-3 2½ 0-2
9-4 4 1-0
7-7 6½ 0-0
7-7 6½ 1-0
6-7 7 1-0
5-9 8½ 0-2
2-10 10½ 0-1
0-13 13 0-1 |
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