The upstate squad put a beating on the downstate team in the Delaware high school boys All-Star lacrosse game, winning 21-7 at the University of Delaware’s Rullo Stadium Saturday, June 13.
Tower Hill’s Evan DeDominicis, Alexis I. duPont’s Steve Towe and Wilmington Friends’ Will Rodowsky each scored four goals to lead the Blue. Sanford’s Scott Humphreys had three goals while Salesianum’s Brandon Groux and Charter of Wilmington’s Beau Jones each scored twice. Salesianum’s Daniel Tryon and Danny Caton each had two assists.
Salesianum’s Philip Ventresca scored late to round up the Blue’s stellar effort.
Blue goalies Connor Mishaw (Brandywine), Dan Baker (Concord), A.J. Sawyer (Newark) and T.J. Magnani (St. Mark’s) combined for 12 saves.
Middletown’s Will Egerton led the White with two goals, while Caesar Rodney’s Ryan MacLeish had one goal and one assist.
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Blue 21, White 7 First quarter – 1, Groux, Salesianum (Tryon, Salesianum), 10:30; 2, Blue, Rodowsky (Wilmington Friends), 8:19; 3, Jones, Charter School of Wilmington; 1:59; 4, Blue, Humphreys (Sanford), 1:22. Second quarter – 5, Blue, DeDominicis, Tower Hill (Rodowsky, Wilmington Friends), 11:54; 6, Blue, Rodowsky, Wilmington Friends, 7:49; 7, White, Egerton, Middletown, 5:03; 8, Towe, Alexis I. duPont (Humphreys, Sanford), 4:22; 9, Jones, Charter School of Wilmington, 2:06; 10, White, Carroll, Caesar Rodney, 1:46; 11, White, Mohr, Delmarva Christian, 1:07; 12, White, Egerton, Middletown, 0:42; 13, Blue, DeDominicis, Tower Hill, 0:29. Third quarter – 14, Blue, Towe (Caton), 14:43; 15, Towe, 14:07; 16, Towe (Tryon), 12:13; 17, Blue, Rodowsky (Brown), 11:18; 18, Blue, Humphreys, 8:37; 19, Blue, Humphreys, 5:44; 20, White, Berry, Caravel 1:45, 21, DeDominicis, Tower Hill, 1:18. Fourth quarter – 22, Blue, Rodowsky, Wilmington Friends (Caton, Salesianum); 12:38; 23, White, Brown, Middletown, 12:32; 24, Blue, Ventresca, Salesianum, 11:15; 24, 25, White, MacLeish, Caesar Rodney, 19:06; 26, Blue, Groux, Salesianum (Towe, A.I. duPont), 4:24, 27, White, Kaczowka, Red Lion Christian, (MacLeish, Caesar Rodney); 28, Blue, DeDominicis, Tower Hill (Jones, Charter School), 5:45. Saves – White 13 (Minear, Dover, 7; Krapf, Glasgow, 1; Ankeny, Middletown, 4; Brown, Middletown), Blue 12 (Mishaw, Brandywine, 3; Baker, Concord, 3; Magnani, St. Mark’s 2; Sawyer, Newark, 4. Shots – White 28, Blue 47. |
Also chipping in for the White were Delmarva Christian’s Jeffrey Mohr, Red Lion Christian’s Stephen Kaczowka, Caesar Rodney’s Adam Carroll and Caravel’s Jake Berry, who each scored once.
White goalies Andrew Minear (Dover), Kevin Krapf (Glasgow) and Jeremy Ankeny (Middletown) combined for 13 saves.
Groux, of Newark, said no one expected such a scoring fest by the Blue.
“We just had a good game, I guess,” said Groux, who will play for Salisbury. “We played the same way on Thursday [during practice]. We just came together.”
DeDominicis, of Greenville, said most of the players have played together before, including summer and club teams, and they’re all friends. So, practicing just once was not a big deal.
DeDominicis was presented with the Jay Spilecki Memorial Scholarship before the game. The $1,000 scholarships go to high school players who plan to pursue lacrosse in college and are in good academic standing in honor of Spilecki, who played lacrosse for Brandywine High School. He died in a car accident.
“I know Andy and Will Spilecki well (Jay’s brothers). The whole family loves lacrosse,” said DeDominicis, who will play for Williams College. “It’s just an honor to be picked for it.”
