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Week 2

Fenwick Tournament Report

By Aaron Brown

Thursday Recaps

Fenwick 13 St Patrick 6

Matt Farmer scored 7 goals and Connor Brown added 4 scores as the hosts won the tournament opener 13-6 over St Patrick. Peter Blume recorded 4 goals and Andrew Morun notched 2 scores in the loss for the Shamrocks.

Lyons 11 Brother Rice 10

LT won another close encounter with Rice in the day's second game, as David Sekula totaled 5 goals and both Michael Brown and Danny McGuiness scored 2 times in an 11-10 win. Mike Mulcrone led the Crusaders with 7 goals and Dave Jackson notched 2 scores.

H-F 9 Curie 7

Luke Dobben scored 3 times and Caleb Peterson and Shay Banton each added 2 goals as H-F beat Curie 9-7. Eduardo Chavez registered 5 scores in the loss for the Condors.

Oak Park 18 Stevenson 7

Luke O'Connell scored 6 goals, Armando Lee put in 5 scores, and Troy Williams added 4 scores as Oak Park upended Stevenson 18-7 on Thursday. Kyle Plotsky scored 4 times to lead the Patriots in the losing effort.

St Ignatius 9 LWE 5

Kevin Barth totaled 4 goals and Brayden Amendola scored 3 times in the Wolfpack's 9-5 victory over LWE. Ryan Stuart tallied 3 goals in the loss for the Griffins.

H-F 13 St Patrick 6

Shay Banton scored 5 goals and both Henry Weeks and Luke Dobben added 2 scores apiece in the Vikings' 13-6 victory over St Patrick. Peter Blume tallied 4 times, while Andrew Morun added 2 scores in the loss for the Shamrocks.

Friday Recaps

Fenwick 11 Curie 2

Connor Brown scored 5 times and Matt Farmer added 3 scores as Fenwick topped Curie 11-2. Ted Herbstritt added 2 goals and DJ Gallo scored once in the win for the Friars.

Naperville Central 8 Oak Park 2

The Redhawks built a 5-0 halftime lead and never looked back in an 8-2 victory over Oak Park in the second game of the night. Kyle Rickert scored 4 goals and Pat May added 2 scores in the win for the Redhawks. Armando Lee and Luke O'Connell each scored once for the Huskies in the loss.

Lyons 13 Neuqua Valley 7

David Sekula scored 4 goals and both Joe Shannon and Zach Schoneman tallied 3 scores as Lyons held off Neuqua Valley 13-7 on Friday. The Wildcats got to within one goal early in the third period, but the Lions went on a 6-1 to close out the game over the final ten minutes. AJ Quebbeman and Kevin Patterson each scored 3 times in the loss for Neuqua.

St Ignatius 10 Naperville North 7

Kevin Barth scored 4 goals, Mark Alvarado added 3 scores, and Tom Maloney scored 2 goals as Ignatius knocked off Naperville North 10-7. The Huskies' Eric Curia cut the Wolfpack lead down to 9-6 midway through the fourth quarter, but Barth came up with a key steal in front of the North goal and scored a quick goal to ensure the victory for Ignatius. Curia scored 4 times for the Huskies, while Bradley Helder added 2 scores in the loss.

Naperville Central 13 Stevenson 5

Dennis Herron, Kyle Rickert, and Matt Reasons each scored 3 times apiece as Naperville Central ran out to a 9-1 halftime lead en route to a 13-5 victory over Stevenson. Kristian Altuve also scored 2 goals in the Redhawks' win. Five players scored one goal each in the loss for the Patriots.

Brother Rice 11 Neuqua Valley 11

Neuqua Valley used a 4-1 run in the fourth quarter to come-from-behind and earn an 11-11 draw with Brother Rice. Kevin Patterson scored 4 goals and both David Lesniak and Matt Vechiola chipped in with 3 goals apiece for Neuqua; Mike Mulcrone poured in 6 goals for the Crusaders.

Naperville North 14 Lincoln-Way East 7

Jacob Thompson scored 4 goals, Jack Henderson added 3 scores, and Aaron Katz and Eric Curia each recorded 2 goals in Naperville North's 14-7 win over Lincoln-Way East. Ryan Stuart and Steve Walczak each scored 2 goals to lead the Griffins in the losing effort.

Saturday Recaps

Fenwick 16 H-F 5

Matt Farmer scored 6 goals and Connor Brown added 4 scores in Fenwick's 16-5 win over H-F on Saturday morning. DJ Gallo added 3 scores and both Ted Herbstritt and Viken Huening put in 2 scores for the victorious Friars. Shay Banton tallied 2 goals for the Vikings.

Curie 9 St Patrick 5

Erik Hernandez, Eduardo Chavez, and Ramiro Almarez each scored 3 goals to lift Curie past St Patrick 9-5 in the final game of the preliminary round. John Gutierrez and Peter Blume each scored 2 goals in the losing effort for the Shamrocks.

Neuqua 14 Stevenson 3

AJ Quebbman and Kevin Patterson both recorded 3 scores and Alex Bollinger, David Lesniak, and Robert Vechiola each added 2 goals as Neuqua proved tough to stop for Stevenson in a 14-3 win. Daniel Budoloak, Remy Dalloul, and Zach Blumenfeld each tallied one goal apiece in the Patriots' loss.

St Patrick 11 LWE 6

Andrew Morun and John Gutierrez both scored 3 goals to help the Shamrocks claim their first win of the Fenwick Tournament, an 11-6 decision over LWE. Peter Blume also put in 2 goals for St Patrick. Ryan Stuart and Tim Zoellick each scored 2 times in the loss for the Griffins.

Brother Rice 15 Naperville North 10

Kyle Pikula recorded 7 goals and Mike Mulcrone added 5 scores to lead Brother Rice past Naperville North 15-10. Jack Henderson scored 3 times and Eric Curia and Jacob Thompson both scored 2 goals in the Huskies' loss.

Lyons 15 Oak Park 9

David Sekula totaled 6 goals and Michael Brown added 3 scores to help lift Lyons past Oak Park 15-9. LT outscored Oak Park 9-2 in the second half after trailing by a goal at halftime to earn their second win of the season over the Huskies on Saturday. Danny McGuinness and Ryan Schafer each tallied 2 scores in the win for the Lions, while Armando Lee led OPRF with 6 scores.

Naperville Central 10 St Ignatius 6

Complete play-by-play breakdown

Jay Howenstine, Kristian Altuve, and Kyle Rickert each scored 3 times as Naperville Central defeated St Ignatius 10-6 to earn a matchup with Fenwick in their final game. Mark Alvarado and Paul Bouschlicher each scored 2 goals for the Wolfpack.

Lincoln-Way East 12 Neuqua 10

Tim Zoellick scored 6 goals and Ryan Stuart added 3 scores as Lincoln-Way East held off Neuqua 12-10 on Saturday afternoon. Kevin Patterson recorded 4 goals in the loss for the Wildcats.

Curie 14 Stevenson 3

Eduardo Chavez and Sam Lopez each tallied 6 goals to lead Curie to a 14-3 victory over Stevenson. Alex Shkiler notched 2 scores in the loss for the Patriots.

H-F 11 Brother Rice 11

The Vikings and Crusaders finished in an 11-11 tie in their final game of the Fenwick Tournament. Kyle Pikula scored the game-tying goal in the final minute, while both defenses came up with a stop after an H-F timeout to end the proceedings on level terms. Pikula led the Crusaders with 6 goals and Mike Mulcrone added 2 scores. Kevin Kuchta and Shay Banton both scored 4 goals in the tie for the Vikings.

Naperville North 8 Oak Park 8

The Huskies (both of them) finished the Fenwick Tournament in an 8-8 draw in an evenly-played from the opening whistle. Bradley Helder, Jacob Thompson, and Ryan Schickerling each scored 3 times for Naperville North, while Luke O'Connell scored 4 times and Troy Williams added 3 goals for OPRF.

Fenwick 11 Naperville Central 6

Complete play-by-play breakdown

The Friars put together a 5-1 run between the second and third periods to pull away from Naperville Central and earn an 11-6 win in the title game of their own tournament. Dennis Herron gave the Redhawks a brief 4-3 lead late in the opening period, but three straight Fenwick goals from Matt Farmer, Ted Herbstritt, and DJ Gallo gave the Friars a 6-4 halftime lead that they would never relinquish. Farmer and Connor Brown both scored 3 times in the win, while Herbstritt added 2 scores and Gallo, Matt Bresnahan, and Viken Huening each scored once for the Friars. Pat May tallied 3 goals, Herron notched 2 scores, and Kristian Altuve added a goal in the loss for the Redhawks.

In the final game of the night, St Ignatius used a balanced offensive attack to edge Lyons 8-4. In a low scoring first half, the Wolfpack broke a 1-1 tie with two goals in the second quarter and led the rest of the way behind 2 goals apiece from Mark Alvarado and Tom Maloney. Michael Brown recorded 2 scores for the Lions in their first loss of the season.