Wildcats Maul Maroons

The West Genesee Wildcats continued to plow through the remainder of the 2003 regular season schedule with an 18-2 pasting of the Auburn Maroons at home on Thursday 5/15. Genny took a 5-1 first quarter lead and never looked back. Junior middie Alex Bilyd the scoring followed by a goal from junior attackman Andrew Hanover with an assist from senior attackmate Jed Bebee and the Cats were rolling 2-0. The Marooms first serious scoring attempt didn’t occur until the 4:00 mark but senior goalie Casey Rotella had the answer as he made a point blank save on the crease. Genny increased their lead to 3-0 at 3:24 with a goal from senior middie Bill Gleason who took a pass from linemate Keil Moore and buried a left handed bullet in the twine.

Auburn finally made it on the board with 1:12 left in the first quarter with what would be their only goal in the first three quarters to cut the lead to 3-1. Cat hustle paid off on the next goal with just 58 seconds left when Hanover busted through a pack of Genny and Maroon players scooped up a loose ball and fed Bebee who found Moore alone in front for a 4-1 advantage. Moore then applied the dagger less than 30 seconds later, the recipient of another spectacular passing display which started with senior co-captain Drew Dabrwoski to Hanover who once again found Moore alone in front to end the quarter at 5-1.

The second quarter saw the Cats pickup where they left off in the first with a goal at 11:17 from senior co-captain Matt Cassalia who bulled his way past two defenders before depositing his shot in the top right corner of the goal for a 6-1 lead.
Dabrowski notched the Cats next goal at 9:31 taking a feed from Hanover in tight quarters, spinning in front of the cage and bouncing a left hander just under the crossbar to increase the lead to 7-1. Cassalia made it 8-1 with his second of the game a left handed jump shot just off the crease at 5:32 with an assist to Bily.
Senior Pat McCormick added one to the scoring column with a blistering shot from out side to make the score 9-1 with 1:58 left in the half. But the Cats weren’t done as Cassalia performed his face-off magic, hitting Dabrowski who spotted Bebee and eight seconds later it was 10-1.

Third quarter action began with Bily capitalizing on a Genny man-up with an assist from Bebee to make it 11-1. Senior defender co-captain Brian Calabrese started the next Cat scoring rush at 8:14 picking up a loose ground ball and transporting it up field and finding a wide Dabrowski who made quick work of the Auburn defense putting the Cats ahead 12-1. The Cats made the score 13-1 at 7:18 when Cassalia took the ball into the crease, drew defenders and dished to Bily who one timed a cross cage feed to Bebee who one timed the shot home. Cassalia netted his third at 4:05 with an assist from Bebee to make the score 15-1. McCormack added his second as he tip-toed the crease and put home a Bebbe feed with 1:18 left for a 16-1 advantage.

Senior middie Andrew Sugar took advantage of a Genny man-up converting at 6:49 of the fourth quarter with an assist from junior attackman Tom Donahue for a 17-1 lead. The Maroons finally netted their second of the game with just 3:05 left, but their effort was off set with the Wildcats 18 and final goal of the game compliments of senior middie Michael Paul Solamon who fire a rocket from outside with an assist to Sugar capping the Genny victory.
  1 2 3 4 final
West Genesse 5 5 6 2 18
Auburn 1 0 0 1 2
Bebee 2-6, Bily 2-3, Cassalia 3-0, Dabrowski 3-0, Donahue 0-1, Gleason 1-0, Hanover 1-4, McCormack 2-0, Moore 2-1, Solamon 1-1, Sugar 1-1
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Bily to Bebee Cassalia manhandles the Maroons Bily launches a rocket
Calabrese, Bebee, Dabrowski fast break Cassalia bulls his way to a big finish Solamon finishes off the Maroons
 

 

 

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