This is one of a regular-day series of boys’/men’s and girls’/women’s stories looking back on this date in lacrosse history)
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 4/21/20
4/21/08 – Boys’ notebook: Abington gearing for key matchup with La Salle
By Chris Goldberg
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 4/21/08
Abington coach Randy McNeill says his team had not played the type of lacrosse he was expecting all year until Saturday.
With a huge game today looming against neighborhood rival La Salle, the area’s top-ranked team, the push could not have come sooner.
McNeill’s Ghosts played what he claimed was their best game of the year Saturday in the 16-8 rout of Strath Haven. After Monday’s 11-5 Suburban One National Conference triumph at Pennsbury, the Ghosts stand at 8-2 heading into today’s home grudge match with the Explorers.
La Salle, ranked first by Phillylacrosse.com and the Eastern Pennsylvania Scholastic Lacrosse Association (EPSLA), is 17-1 and has won 16 straight games. The Explorers defeated Abington, 12-5, in the second round of the EPSLA playoffs last year.
“We are not as far along as we wanted to be,” McNeill said. “I was hoping we’d be playing better defense. I definitely think the talent and potential are there when we play together.”
4/21/10 – Wednesday’s scholastic boys’ roundup: Pennsbury moves to 10-0, gears for showdown with Abington
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 4/21/10
Josh Caven scored four goals, Kenneth Warren had two goals and two assists and Shawn Caven had one goal and five assists as host Pennsbury defeated Council Rock North, 10-3, today, in Suburban One National Conference boys’ lacrosse.
The win moves the Falcons to 10-0 overall and 4-0 in the Suburban One and sets up a first-place showdown Friday with visiting Abington (6-1, 3-0).
Tim Considine added a goal and two assists for the Falcons, who got six saves from goalie Drew Sweetland.
Council Rock North was led by Andrew DiSpirito (two goals, one assist) and Chris Gifford (one goal). Marc McDonald made 15 saves.
Spring-Ford 8, Methacton 6
Drew Thomas had four goals and one assist as the Rams (10-1, 7-1) rebounded from their loss Monday to Owen J. Roberts with a key PAC-10 win.
4/21/10 – Eddie DiDonato continues rehab: ‘I have learned patience … and about humility’
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a multi-part series on Blue Bell’s Eddie DiDonato, 23, the former La Salle College High and Villanova University lacrosse standout who is recovering from a shooting incident in Philadelphia
By Chris Goldberg
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 4/21/10
Eddie DiDonato had to accept the reality of being taken care of when he was first transferred to Magee Rehabilitation Hospital in March after spending six weeks in Jefferson University Hospital.
“I have learned patience and I have also learned humility,” DiDonato said of his recovery.
“Things that you take for granted and are used to doing by yourself were a problem for me. I was always used to doing everything on my own; but I had to have help for just about everything.
4/21/10 – Collegiate men: Lehigh shocks No. 9 Villanova, 15-14, in double OT
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 4/21/10
From Press Releases
In a wildly entertaining back-and-forth men’s lacrosse game, host Lehigh shocked No. 9 Villanova on Tuesday, 15-14, on a goal late in double overtime by freshman Dante Fantoni.
The win improves Lehigh to 7-7 on the season and Villanova is the highest ranked opponent the Mountain Hawks have beaten since downing No. 7 Georgetown in 1997. With the loss the Wildcats fall to 8-4.
“I thought our guys played hard and they scrapped until the end,” Lehigh head coach Kevin Cassese said afterwards. “It would have been easy for us to fold and to pack it in, but give our guys credit, they are a resilient bunch.”
Lehigh freshman goalie Dan Carr (Penn Charter) was brilliant, finishing with a career-high 19 saves, including several huge stops on point blank shots in the overtime periods.
“He was unbelievable,” Cassese said in reference to Carr. “He had sort of a slow start, but he hung in there and made some huge plays down the stretch. Dan has had a tough second half to this season but I could tell in the locker room before the game tonight that this one meant a lot to him. I really feel great for him, he deserves this.”
4/21/11 – Boys’ lacrosse: Ridley tops Downingtown West in battle of unbeatens
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 4/21/11
Ryan O’Kane scored five goals and host Ridley bolted to a 10-5 third-period lead as it defeated non-league foe Downingtown West, 10-8, today in a battle of two undefeated boys’ lacrosse teams.
Ridley, ranked No. 8 in the PIAA in the PA Media Rankings and 10th by Phillylacrosse.com, improved to 9-0. Downingtown West, No. 5 in the PIAA and No. 8 in the Phillylacrosse.com rankings, fell to 9-1.
Matt Ward led the Ridley defense with nine groundballs and Andrew Rodden was a force at the face-off X. Kevin Garling and Kyle Bush each scored twice.
4/21/12 – Men’s lacrosse: Notre Dame rallies from early deficit to down Villanova, 10-7, before crowd of 5,807
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 4/21/12
From Press Release
No. 5 Notre Dame (10-1, 5-0) rallied from a 4-0 deficit to top No. 11 Villanova (8-5, 4-1) 10-7 in front of 5,807 fans on Saturday afternoon at Villanova Stadium. The Fighting Irish posted eight unanswered goals and held the Wildcats scoreless for just under 40 minutes to remain undefeated in the BIG EAST.
Notre Dame’s Liam O’Connor (Haverford School) wins a face-off in Saturday’s game
Senior Kevin Cunningham led the Villanova offense with three points via one goal and two assists while C.J. Small and Max Hart each contributed two points each. Notre Dame was led by the four point performance of Sean Rogers.
The Wildcats got out to a quick lead to begin the game, scoring four goals in the opening 10 minutes from Jack Rice, Nick Doherty Hart and Cunningham. At the 4:18 mark, the Fighting Irish began their comeback when Conor Doyle netted the final score of the first quarter to close the VU lead to three at 4-1.
4/21/12 – Saturday’s boys’ wrap: Conestoga falls to Hill Academy; Pennsbury routs Avon Grove, PC tops St. Augustine Prep
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 4/21/12
Zach Herreweyers scored with goal 5:16 left broke a 6-6 tie and sent The Hill Academy to a 7-6 victory over host Conestoga today in non-league boys’ lacrosse.
The Hill (8-2) is from Ontario, Canada, and is coached by the Wings’ Brodie Merrill.
The Pioneers (7-2) got shut out in the final period when Hill made a big comeback. Herreweyers and Kyle Jackson each had three goals for Hill.
4/21/12 – Boys’ lacrosse: McBride OT goal gives Haverford School dramatic 9-8 win over Episcopal Academy
By Chris Goldberg
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 4/21/12
On a pleasant spring evening before nearly 2,000 people, Haverford School and host Episcopal Academy met in a first-place showdown that did not disappoint.
Haverford School’s Gavin McBride, who had the winning goal in overtime, heads toward the cage vs. Episcopal Academy’s Shane Malenfant
Junior Gavin McBride deposited a perfect feed from Zach Rego 59 seconds into overtime to lift Haverford to a thrilling 9-8 victory over the Churchmen.
4/21/18 – Win was important, but cause is even bigger for @SHBoysLacrosse at Play for the A’s
By Chris Goldberg
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 4/21/18
As much as Strath Haven needed to win today, the cause was a lot more important.
Liam Carney scored four goals and Jeff Conner had three goals and five assists while Ibo Pio added three goals and an assist as the host Panthers defeated Mt. Lebanon, 14-3, in the 6th Annual Play for the A’s.
The event, which this year featured two additional high school games and a youth game, has raised over $45,000 and this year it is hoped $25,000 will be raised for the Taylor Community Foundation to assist local families who are caring for a loved one affected by Alzheimers Disease.
4/21/18 – Southern Lehigh topples Emmaus, 13-6, in Cancer Awareness Day
Phillylacrosse.com, Posted 4/21/18
Staff Report
It was a win-win event today at Emmaus Memorial Field when Emmaus hosted Southern Lehigh in boys’ and girls’ lacrosse games to benefit the HEADstrong Foundation and Pancreatic Foundation at Cancer Awareness Day.
The Southern Lehigh boys won their seventh straight game, 13-6, as Michael Sisselberger won 22 of 23 faceoffs and added two goals and an assist while Andrew Smith tallied three goals and Ken Wolfe had two goals and two assists.
Players sold t-shirts and other HEADstrong items were sold, and a raffle was held to raise money. A big crowd attended to see these two rivals play in a game to help the Lehigh Valley raise money for two cancer charities.
