Mineola Chiefs PAL bests Floral Park, 11-10

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The Mineola CHiefs PAL (Maroon) defeated Floral Park, 11-10, in a thriller. 

With three minutes left to play in this battle Jack Duff dodged through through defensemen to score the go-ahead goal to make it a 10-9 game. Phil Arnold flew down the field like the wind right after and scored to make it 11-9. Floral Park came right back to make it 11-10. Mineola goalie Matt O’Connell made his first game winning save with 30 seconds on the clock. Goalie Matty O knocked down a second rocket shot with :02 seconds on the clock for the game winning save to bring Mineola to an 11-10 victory and its fourth straight win.

Midfielders were led by Jack Duff (3 goals), Phil Arnold (4 Assists) and Matt Grimm (1 Goal). Brian O’Neill, Alex Mayfield, Joe Gonzalez, Tristan Gilbert all played tough midfield.  The attack was led by lead scorer Ronan Cooney (3 goals, 1 Assist), Liam Gormley (2 goals, 1 assist), Nic Rusciano (1 goal), Sante Nicolia (1 assist) , along with Vincent Aidala, Michael Cardinal and Ryan Dailey.

Defense played to the very end and was led by Zach Koerber, Joe Carr, Alex Marchiselli, Evan Eberlein and Goalie Sean Hembach had 4 saves!

 MINEOLA 6,   MANHASSET 2. Jack Duff (2 goals, 1 assist), Matt Grimm (2 goals, 1 assist), Ronan Cooney (1 goal), Liam Gormley (1 goal), Alex Mayfield (1 assist): Saves- Matt O’Connell (7), Sean Hembach (3)

MINEOLA 9,   HICKSVILLE 5. Ronan Cooney (1 goal), Jack Duff (3 goals,2 assists), Phil Arnold (3 goals, 2 assists), Matt Grimm (1 goal,1 assist), Sante Nicolia (1 goal), Brian O’Neill (1 assist), Liam Gormely (1 assist) Saves-Matt O’Connell (6), Sean Hembach (4)

MINEOLA 4   LONG BEACH 0. Ronan Cooney (1 goal), Jack Duff (2 goals), Phil Arnold (1 goal, 1 assist).  Saves-Matt O’Connell (6) Sean Hembach (4).

MINEOLA 11   FLORAL PARK 10. Jack Duff (3 goals), Phil Arnold (1 goal, 1 assist), Ronan Cooney (3 goals,1 assist), Liam Gormley (2 goals, 1 assist), Matt Grimm (1 goal), Nic Rusciano (1 goal). Saves: Matt O’Connell (5), Sean Hembach (4).

 

Chiefs Rock Rockville Centre

The 6th Grade Chiefs Lacrosse Team went on the road this past Sunday and beat the Rockville Centre Cyclones 5-1. Still undefeated, this brings the Chiefs season record to 5-0.  All the boys played and participated in the victory.

The Chiefs offense was moving and grooving as they moved the ball up and down the field against the Cyclones. Unselfishly, the Chiefs offense passed the ball around the offensive zone. The scoring was provided by Chiefs Midfielders Michael O’Connell (3 Goals, 1 Assist), Matt Sluka (1 Goal, I Assist), Luke Baskind (1 Assist), Thomas Albig (1 Assist) and Attackmen Nick Vitanza (1 Goal), Marc Chiappone (1 Assist). Michael LaGinestra and Joey Ruscillo battled hard for ground balls for possession against Rockville Centre.

Chiefs Attackmen Ryan Dieguez, Jalen Rivers, Mark Marinkovic, Dylan Vincenti and Ryan Calderone kept the heat on in the offensive zone, as Defensemen Anthony Giunta, James Reardon, Nick Monteforte and Joe Tallini hammered the Cyclones Attackmen in front of the Chiefs Goalie Mike Sinisi, who was lights out in net making 8 saves on the day.


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