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Although Owego's lacrosse program is only a few years old, this year looks promising. With an 8-10 record last year, the team has been improving year after year. Although Kirk Blackman, Dan Deemie, Mike Devan and Marc Gilli have graduated and moved on, new players are stepping up to follow in their footsteps. Dan Deemie was a key player last year with 20 assits and 31 goals and will be impossible to replace. Nick Spatola led the team with 42 goals last year as a sophmore, followed closely by Schmonsees, with 30. Goalie Anthony Cerretani has always been a part of the power behind the team, blocking almost 70% on average. Owego looks to be as strong defensively as well. Both Matt Luhrs and Mike Davis were Section 4 division II all league defensemen last year, helping to earn Luhrs a scholarship for lacrosse at Binghamton University, along with teammate Ryan Schmonsees. With arugably the strongest team yet, the team has the potential to do anything....Good luck guys!
Team:
*Justin Bower
*Anthony Cerretani
*Mike Davis
*Matt Devan
*Justin Deemie
*Jesse Demays
*Bill Herwerth
*Dan Gavin
*Adam Gildea
*Paul Gildea
*Matt Luhrs
*Ryan Murphy
*Jack Moyers
*Matt Rhodes
*Ryan Schmonsees
*Colin Shinners
*Mike Sinnowiz
*Davis Smith
*Mike Soltice
*Nick Spatola
*Kyle Tassey
*Bob Testa
*Bill Varner
*Gary Zwick
Corning West runs off with win over Owego
BY STAFF REPORTS
Press and Sun Bulliten
Earlier season practices helped Corning West get off on the right foot Tuesday with a 12-6 non-league season-opener at Owego. The game was a rematch of the Section 4 Class B championship, which West also won.
The Vikings, who have practiced on turf, capitalized on an uptemp offense in the first half, resulting in many easy goals. "They fastbreaked us to death and seemed able to convert on every mistake we made," Owego coach Chris Mahon said. "We need to learn from those mistakes, and that will come with more time on the field."
By the time Owego was able to slow the game down by spreading their offense, a win was out of reach with three Vikings tallying three goals in the game.
West's Jarrett Moffitt and Owego's Ryan Schmonsees each had three goals and two assists to lead their respective teams.
Corning West 4 6 0 2 -- 12 Owego 0 1 2 3 -- 6
CW goals-assists: Sienltiewicz 3-1, Moffitt 3-2, Dotts 1-2, Quinn 3-1, Tuttle 1-0, Franklin 1-0. Owego g-a: Shinners 1-0, Schmonsees 3-2, Soltis 1-0, Spatola 1-1. Man up:CW 1-4, Owego 0-4 . Ground balls: CW 38, Owego 40. Faceoffs: CW 12-22,Owego 10-22. Shots: CW 42, Owego 28. Goalie saves: CW: McClure 12, Miller 2;Owego: Cerretani 21.
WESTHILL 13, OWEGO 3
Offensive problems in the first half led to a 13-3 defeat for Owego (0-2) in a non-league game vs. Westhill at Cicero-North Syracuse. Westhill led 5-0 at halftime, the second time the Indians were held scoreless in the first half.
"We couldn't get anything going on offense," Owego coach Chris Mahon said. "They had the ball for almost the whole game. In the third quarter, we got desperate with trying to get the ball that we actually gave them more opportunities when we made turnovers."
(At Cicero-North Syracuse)
Westhill
3 2 6 2 -- 13
Owego
0 0 1 2 -- 3
Westhill goals-assists: McLaughlin 5-1; Pelligrini 2-2; Fisher 2-0; Greeley 1-0; Ungaron 1-0; Quinn 1-0; Kunza 1-0; Casey 0-1.
Owego g-a: Ryan Schmonsess 1-1; Jesse Demase 1-0; Bill Herwerth 1-0; Matt Luhrs 0-1.
Man up: Westhill 0-for-2; Owego 0-for-3. Ground balls: Owego 45-40. Faceoffs: Westhill 15-5; Shots: Westill 41-18.
Vestal 13
Owego 0
Thats all the stats ne one needs to know about this game...Cerretani had 20 saves though... ;)
Lacrosse: Forks' defense holds Owego
BY STAFF REPORTS
Goalie Juan Mendoza's 20 saves and a last-minute, man-down defensive stand allowed Chenango Forks to hold off visiting Owego 10-9 Friday in a Section 4 Conference boys lacrosse opener.
With 50 seconds remaining, the Indians gained a man-up opportunity because of a Tim Obranski one-minute slashing penalty, giving them a player advantage through regulation.
Owego's best scoring opportunity came on a Ryan Schmonsees' shot after a Nick Spatola pass. The shot deflected off a Forks defender who was in front of the goal, then the ball was cleared upfield.
Junior midfielder Pat Hamlin scored the game-winning goal, making it 10-6 with 49 seconds remaining in the third quarter. Nick Mirabito got his seventh assist on the play.
Owego scored three times in the fourth quarter on goals by Mike Davis (8:52), Spatola (4:02) and Jesse Demase (3:03).
Steve Tronovitch and Ben Larsen scored three goals apiece to lead the Blue Devils' attack.
The win was Forks' first in league play. Forks is 2-3 overall. Owego falls to 0-4.
Owego1 3 2 3 --9 CF2 4 4 0-- 10
Owego goals-assists: Nick Spatola 2-0, Ryan Schmonsees 2-2, James Synowiez 2-1, Jesse Demase 1-2, Mike Soltis 1-0, Justin Deemie 0-1, Mike Davis 1-0.
Chenango Forks g-a: Darren Ellis 1-1, Nick Mirabito 2-7, Steve Tronovitch 3-1, Ben Larsen 3-2, Pat Hamlin 1-0.
Man up: O: 1-6; C: 2-3. Ground balls: O: 40-35. Faceoffs: O: 8-23; CF: 15-23. Shots: CF: 38-35. Goalie saves: Cerretani (O) 24; Juan Mendoza (C) 20.
OWEGO 16, M-E 7
A quintet of scorers, including freshman attacker Jesse Demase, gave host Owego an early 5-0 first-quarter lead en route to the Division II victory. Demase finished with a season-high 11 points (three goals and eight assists). He scored two goals and had six helpers in the first half. The Indians' defense held the Spartans to one goal for a 10-1 halftime lead.
"Our big focus has been to maintain possession and get ground balls and we did that (Tuesday)," said coach Chris Mahon, whose Indians held a 68-46 advantage on ground balls. Owego (2-5) also had a 43-34 shot advantage over M-E (3-6).
Owego senior Anthony Cerretani signed a National Letter of Intent to play for Manhattanville College next season. Cerretani has been a four-year starter in goal and is an All-Conference first team all-star.
Cerretani led Section 4 in saves as a freshman and was among the leaders in save percentage last season. Manhattanville, a Division III school in the Knickerbocker Conference, is 5-5 overall and 1-4 in conference play so far this season. It went 7-7 and 4-4 last season.
Maine-Endwell 1 0 2 4 -- 7
Owego 6 4 2 4 -- 16
Maine-Endwell goals-assists: Wasicki 1-0, MaGuire 1-0, Disbrow 3-1, Parker 1-0, Tokos 1-1, Nukhlis 0-2, Brown 0-1.
Owego g-a: Matt Luhrs 1-0, Jesse Demase 3-8, Paul Gildea 1-0, Ryan Schmonsees 2-2, Mike Soltis 1-0, Nick Spatola 5-1, James Synowicz 3-0, Justin Deemie 0-1, Davis Smith 0-1.
Man up: ME: 1-6; O: 2-4. Ground balls: O: 68-46. Faceoffs: ME: 11-25; O: 14-25. Shots: O: 43-34. Goalie saves: ME: 16; Anthony Cerretani (O) 16, Bill Herwerth (O) 6.
Owego rallies from 7 goals down to win
BY STAFF REPORTS
On senior night at Owego, the Indians rallied from a seven-goal second-quarter deficit to beat visiting Chenango Forks 11-9 in Section 4 Conference boys lacrosse on Tuesday.
Owego coach Chris Mahon credited his senior-laden defense, led by goalie Anthony Cerretani, with providing the spark that led to the comeback from a 7-0 deficit. Cerretani made 20 saves as Owego (5-7) held the Blue Devils scoreless in the fourth quarter. Owego held a 16-9 advantage in second-half shots.
Nick Spatola scored Owego's first two goals, and Ryan Schmonsees' man-up goal with five seconds remaining brought his team within four at halftime.
Spatola's three goals and one assist increased his team-leading point total to 31 (26 goals), and Schmonsees two goals gave him 28 points on the season (15 goals), as Owego improved to 4-2 in league play. Chenango Forks is 5-6.
OWEGO 11, CHENANGO FORKS 9
Chenango Forks 5 2 2 0 -- 9
Owego 0 3 4 4 -- 11
Chenango Forks goals-assists: Nick Mirabito 2-1; Steve Tranovitch 2-1; Rick Mirabito 2-2; Matt Juriga 0-1; Pat Hamlin 2-0; Tim O'Branski 0-1; Ben Larson 1-0; Darren Ellis 0-1.
Owego g-a: Nick Spatola 3-1; Ryan Schmonsees 2-0; Justin Bower 1-0; Justin Deemie 2-2; Paul Gildea 0-1; James Synowiez 3-1; Jesse Demase 0-1.
Man up: CF: 2-5; O: 3-4. Ground balls: O: 49-30. Faceoffs: CF: 14-10. Shots: CF: 26-24. Goalie saves: Juan Mendoza (CF) 14; Anthony Cerretani (O) 20.
BINGHAMTON 13, OWEGO 11
Matt Vaverchak's fifth goal of the game with three minutes remaining held off visiting Owego at Alumni Stadium. Vaverchak finished with a game-high seven points for Binghamton High (4-10). Prior to the Vaverchak's goal, Owego got three consecutive goals by Jesse Demase, Nick Spatola and James Synowiez in the fourth quarter to cut the deficit to 12-11.
Owego |
2 3 2 4 -- 11 |
Binghamton |
3 4 4 2 -- 13 |
Owego goals-assists: James Synowiez 2-1, Nick Spatola 4-0, Jesse Demase 1-1, Ryan Schmonsees 3-0, Justin Deemie 0-2, Mike Davis 1-0, Matt Luhrs 0-1.
Binghamton g-a: Nick Smith 3-2, Matt Vaverchak 5-2, Dan McManus 3-1, Eamon Frys 0-4; Eamon Brady 1-0, Mike Nadolski 1-0.
Man up: O: 1-6; B: 4-9. Ground balls: O: 41-40. Faceoffs: O: 14-28; B: 14-28. Shots: O: 35-28. Goalie saves: Cerratani (O) 6; Andy Bowen (B) 17.
McGuire's 6-goal burst leads M-E to victoryBY STAFF REPORTS
John McGuire scored three of his game-high six goals in the final 5:34 seconds, giving host Maine-Endwell a come-from behind 12-11 victory over Owego in Section 4 Lacrosse Conference play on Tuesday.
McGuire's fourth goal of the match tied it at 10 and he gave M-E the lead for good with another goal with 4:34 left.
The Spartans (6-9, 5-3) scored six unanswered goals in the final quarter before Owego scored with 2:05 remaining to bring the game within one goal.
John Wasicki won seven of the last nine faceoffs for Maine-Endwell, helping the Spartans to rally.
Owego |
1 6 3 1 -- 11 |
Maine-Endwell |
1 1 4 6 -- 12 |
Owego goals-assists: Nick Spatola 2-2; Justin Deemie 2-1; James Synowiez 3-1; Matt Luhrs 1-0; Ryan Schmonsees 1-0; Jesse Demase 1-1; Shiners 1-0.
M-E g-a: John McGuire 6-2; Eddie Parker 2-1; John Wasicki 1-0; Drew Disbrow 2-3; Nick Maione 0-1; Shawn Fitchpatrick 1-0; Zach Tokos 0-2; Uday Mukhlis 0-1.
Man up: ME: 4-7; O: 3-9. Ground balls: ME: 51-47. Faceoffs: ME: 15-11. Shots: ME: 42-38. Goalie saves: Cerretani (O) 15, Colin Valenta (M-E) 17.
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Schedule:
3/25 vs. Corning West 4:30 @ OFA
3/29 vs. Westhill 4:00 TBA
4/01 vs. Union-Endicott 7:00 @ UE
4/03 vs. Vestal 4:30 @ OFA
4/08 vs. Corning East 4:30 @ Corning
4/11 vs. Chenango Forks 4:30 @ CF
4/12 vs. Bath 3:00 @ OFA
4/15 vs. Whitney Point 4:30 @ OFA
4/22 vs. Maine-Endwell 4:30 @ OFA
4/25 vs. Johnson City 1:00 @ OFA
4/29 vs. Elmira Notre Dame 4:30 @ OFA
5/01 vs. Binghamton 7:00 @ Binghamton
5/06 vs. Chenango Forks 4:30 @ OFA
5/08 vs. Whitney Point 4:30 @ WP
5/10 vs. Bath 4:00 @ Haverling High
5/13 vs. ME 4:30 @ Maine-Endwell
5/16 vs. Johnson City 4:30 @ Green Field
5/21 vs. Elmira Notre Dame 7:00 @ Elmira
Interview w/Matt Luhrs 
Bob Testa on JV last year vs. Johnson City....Kyle Tassey in the background....
Mike Davis's car (above) .... and Bob's car - until the completion of the truck ;) (below)
Boys Lacrosse: Three-goal spurt keys U-E's victory
BY STAFF REPORTS
Three different players scored for Union-Endicott in the decisive second period, as the host Tigers defeated Owego, 11-5, Tuesday in a non-league lacrosse game. John Kermidas, Sean Collins and Mark Sluzar all scored in the 3-0 second period to give U-E (1-3) the 6-3 halftime lead.
"The biggest thing was getting our offense in gear," U-E coach Bart Guccia said. "We finally got the ball in the cage."
Owego dropped to 0-3.
Owego 3 0 1 1 -- 5
Union-Endicott 3 3 2 3 --11
Owego goals-assists: Nick Spatola 2-0, Ryan Schmonses 1-0, Justin Demee 0-1, Jesse Demase 1-0, Mike Davis 1-0. Union-Endicott g-a: John Kermidas 4-1, Sean Collins 2-2, Mark Sluzar 2-1, Dan Reel 1-0, Jim Fox 1-0, Tanner Moss 1-0. Man up: Owego 0-f0r-5; U-E- 2-for-6. Ground balls: Owego 53-43. Faceoffs: U-E- 11-8. Shots:U-E 39- 25. Goalies: Cerretani (O) 23; Joe Morgan (U) 11.
Lacrosse: Owego goalie keys victory
BY STAFF REPORTS
Anthony Cerretani made 32 saves as Owego won for the first time in five matches with a 7-3 victory over Bath in a non-league boys lacrosse match Saturday.
Justin Deemie, Ryan Schmonsees and Nick Spatola all had two goals for Owego. The trio all scored in the first quarter as the Indians took a 3-1 lead.
OWEGO 7, BATH 3
Bath1 1 0 1 -- 3Owego3 0 2 2 -- 7Bath goals-assists: Storms 1-0, Durham 0-1, Trenchard 1-1, Smith 1-0.
Owego g-a: Justin Deemie 2-0, Ryan Schmonsees 2-0, Nick Spatola 2-0, Ryan Murphy 0-1, Paul Gildea 1-0, Colin Shinners 0-1.
Man up: Bath 0-for-6; Owego 0-for-3. Ground balls: Owego, 57-44. Faceoffs: Bath, 8-5. Shots: Bath, 42-32. Goalie saves: Axtell (B), 15; Anthony Cerretani (O), 32 saves.
Quick start to WP win
BY STAFF REPORTS
Justin Stearns scored five goals and Tony Ballard, Matt Hand and Wes Alexander added three goals each as visiting Whitney Point beat Owego, 17-5, in a Section 4 Lacrosse Conference match Monday. Whitney Point led 5-0 after the first quarter and 11-2 at halftime. Matt Luhrs scored twice for Owego.
WP 17, OWEGO 5
Whitney Point 5 6 5 1 -- 17
Owego 0 2 0 3 -- 5
Whitney Point goals-assists: Tony Ballard 3-3, Matt Hand 3-2, Justin Stearns 5-0, Wes Alexander 3-3, Brian Soeffing 0-1, Adam Moss 0-1, Chris Hand 0-2, Kris Lethbridge 1-0, Adam Compeau 1-0, Phil Irish 0-1, Goery Dunham 1-0. Owego g-a: Nick Spatola 1-0, Ryan Schmonsees 0-1, Matt Luhrs 2-0, James Synowiez 1-0, Jesse Demase 0-1, Justin Deemie 1-0.
Man-up: Whitney Point 2-for-5; Owego 2-for-3. Ground balls: WP, 52-40. Faceoffs: Owego, 14-12. Shots: WP, 43-15. Goalie saves: Nick Valachovic (WP), 6; Anthony Cerretani (O), 20; Matt Rhodes (O), 3.
OWEGO 16, JC 12
Three of Nick Spatola's six goals came in the second period, during which Owego sprang from a 3-0 deficit into a 5-5 halftime tie with visiting Johnson City. Justin Bower started the Indians (3-6) rolling to a six-goal third period. Spatola ran his season total to a team-best 19 goals.
Johnson City 3 2 3 4 -- 12
Owego 0 5 6 5 -- 16
Johnson City goals-assists: Hillis 1-0; Gabriel 0-3; Laszewski 3-1; Mead 0-3; DePersis 4-1; Zajac 2-0; Palmer 1-0; Carpenter 1-0.
Owego g-a: Demase 2-3; Schmonsees 2-4; Spatola 6-1; Bower 2-1; Synowiez 2-1; Deemie 1-0; M. Davis 1-0; Gildea 0-1.
Man up: JC 5-for-12; Owego 3-for-7. Ground balls: Owego, 65-43. Faceoffs: Owego 17-14. Shots: Owego, 48-45. Goalie saves: Koch (JC) 22; Cerretani (O) 21.
OWEGO 12, END 6
Elmira ND |
2 0 3 1 -- 6 |
Owego |
5 4 1 2 -- 12 |
Elmira Notre Dame goals-assists: Michael Cummings 2-0, Pat Waite 0-2, Zak Manuel 1-0, Tyler Peworchik 2-0, Lucas Carmalc 0-1, Colin Sinko 1-0.
Owego g-a: James Synowiez 2-2, Jesse Demase 3-1, Nick Spatola 4-1, Paul Gildea 0-1, Ryan Murphy 1-0, Ryan Schmonsees 0-1, Matt Luhrs 1-1, Justin Bower 0-1, Mike Soltis 0-1, Justin Deemie 0-1, Phil Varner 1-0.
Man up: END: 0-4; O: 0-1. Ground balls: O: 55-49. Faceoffs: END: 8-22; O: 14-22. Shots: O: 30-26. Goalie saves: Matt Campanelli (E) 17; Anthony Cerretani (O) 12, Phil Herwerth (O) 8.
WP 14, OWEGO 4
Tony Ballard scored five goals and Justin Stearns added four goals as Whitney Point (10-1) beat visiting Owego. Ballard scored four of the first five goals of the game as WP took a 7-1 lead after one quarter.
Owego 1 0 2 1 -- 4
Whitney Point 7 2 2 3 -- 14
Owego goals-assists: Synowiez 0-2, Spatola 2-0, Demase 1-1, Deemie 1-0. Whitney Point g-a: Matt Hand 1-0, Wes Alexander 0-1, Justin Stearns 4-1, Tony Ballard 5-1, Chris Hand 1-4, Adam Compeau 1-0, Adam Moss 0-1, Kris Lethbridge 0-1, Jeory Dunham 2-0.
Man up: Owego, 1-for-10; Whitney Point, 1-for-2. Ground balls: WP, 47-44. Faceoffs: Tied, 10-10. Shots: WP, 48-22. Goalie saves: Anthony Cerretani (O), 23, Herwerth (O), 1; Nick Valachovic (WP), 10.
OWEGO 11, BATH 7
Five different Owego players scored in the third quarter as the Indians pulled away from host Bath in a non-leage game. Jesse Demase had one goal and two assists in the quarter for Owego (6-9).
Owego |
2 2 5 2 -- 11 |
Bath |
1 2 1 3 -- 7 |
Owego goals-assists: James Synowiez 1-1; Jesse Demase 1-5; Ryan Schmonsees 3-0; Justin Deemie 2-1; Ryan Murphy 1-0; Mike Soltis 1-0; Nick Spatola 1-0; Paul Gildea 1-0.
Bath g-a: Mike Fusco 0-1; Mike Prenchard 1-2; Liam Glover 2-0; Adam Coots 0-1; Keegan Ordway 1-0; Ritchie Zajas 1-0; Corey Storm 1-0; Jeremy Sutfin 1-0.
Man up: O: 2-2; B: 1-6. Ground balls: B: 41-38. Faceoffs: B: 12-10. Shots: 38-38. Goalie saves: Anthony Cerretani (O) 16, Bill Herwerth (O) 3; Kris Axtell (B) 18.
Scott DePersis had five goals and one assist and scored his team's first two goals, as Johnson City beat Wyoming Seminary of the Pennsylvania Independent League.
DePersis, the Wildcats' leading scorer, has 14 goals in the last two games. JC is 3-10.
Boys Lacrosse: Schmonsees, Spatola team to lead Owego
BY STAFF REPORTS
Ryan Schmonsees had six goals and four assists and Nick Spatola added five goals and three assists to lead Owego to a 13-2 victory at Johnson City in a Section 4 Boys Lacrosse Conference match Friday.
OWEGO 13, JC 2
Owego 3 4 2 4 -- 13
Johnson City 0 1 0 1 -- 2
Owego goals-assists: Ryan Schmonsees 6-4, Nick Spatola 5-3, Jesse Demase 1-2, Justin Deemie 1-2, James Synowiez 0-1.
Johnson City g-a: Scott DePersis 1-0, Brad Laszewski 0-1, Adam Gabriel 1-0, Dan Nead 0-1.
Man up: Owego, 0-for-2; JC 1-for-5. Ground balls: Owego, 59-32. Faceoffs: JC, 10-8. Shots: Owego, 32-27. Goalie saves: Anthony Cerretani (O), 16; Erik Koch (JC), 12; John Pollak (JC), 2.
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