'Cats Sink Liverpool

West Genesee captured their third straight game 1-0(3-0) to remain undefeated with a 10-1 win over Class A foe Liverpool Warriors on a bitterly cold evening at Liverpool High school.

The Catsd up their 8-0 run with a lone first quarter goal at 3:20 when junior attackman Andrew Hanover scooped up a loose ball behind the cage and stuck it past Liverpool goalie Adam Fullerton. It wasn’t until the late second quarter that Genny scored their second goal of the game, 2-0 when senior attackman Jake Bebee slipped his defender and took a pass from senior co-captain Drew Dabrowski and deposited his shot past a lunging Fullerton.

Hanover tallied his second of the contest when he teamed up with Dabrowski to double team a Liverpool defender trying to clear the ball. Dabrowski stole the ball and hit Hanover who tucked the ball in the lower left hand corner of the cage.
Livepool threatened to cut into the Cats lead at the end of the half but were stopped by senior goalie Casey Rotella who slid across the crease to stuff a wide Liverpool attacker.

Dabrowskid the scoring in the third quarter with a right handed rocket from 20 yards out with an assist from junior middie Jake Moulton to make the score 4-0.
Senior defenseman Cheney Raymond continued his stellar early season play when he stole the ball at midfield, steam rolled down the right side and fired a bounce shot into the cage at 6:56 for a 5-0 lead.

The most entertaining goal of the evening came after Hanover dumped a Liverpool defender over a three-foot snow bank lining the field,. Hanover then took a pass from senior defenseman Chris Bulawa, raced down the right sideline and tucked a laser over Fullerton’s right shoulder into the corner of the cage to make it 6-0.
Junior middie Alex Bily added the final marker of third quarter taking a pass from Dabrowski in the slot increasing the margin to 7-0.

Genny finished off the Warriors with three fourth quarter goals off the sticks of Hanover, his fourth, senior co-captain and face-off middie Matt Cassalia from Dabrowski and Junior middie Jake Moulton. Rottella played a stellar game between the pipes registering 12 saves many of the one on one variety.