Penncrest 5 Haverford 4 OT

Nash Grant’s goal 26 seconds into overtime gave Penncrest a 5-4 come-from behind win over Haverford Monday night at the Skatium in a battle of two Central League heavyweights.

Grant’s third goal of the night lifted the Lions to 8-3 overall and kept then a perfect 6-0 in the Central League National Division standings.

Gavin McCarty the Lions the early lead 5:26 into the opening period. Nash extended the lead at the 7:01 mark before Connor Lill answered for Haverford with 1:42 remaining in the period.

Shawn Yoder tied the game for Haverford 28 seconds into the second frame. Penncrest’s Cole McCarty and Haverford’s Alexander Scuderi, scored goals just over a minute-and-a-half apart to tie the game at 3-3 with 1:38 left in the second session.

Dylan McKelvey gave the Fords (8-3, 7-1 in Central National) their only lead of the night at 4-3 with 12:27 remaining in regulation but Grant tied the game with his second goal of the night just 33 seconds later.

Grant’s game-winner gave him a hat trick in two consecutive games; he scored three goals and collected four assists in the Lions’ previous start against Harriton last Friday night.

It was just a really fun game,” said Penncrest coach Steve Mescanti. There was no nonsense and the kids played hard. The kids did a lot of the things we’ve been harping on.”

Both teams are listed in the latest edition of the Flyers Cup rankings, which was released on Monday. Penncrest is listed fourth in Class A while Haverford I ranked second in Class AA.

Penncrest 2 1 1 1—5

Haverford 1 2 1 0—4

First-period goals: Gavin McCarty (P) from Matt McKay, 5:26; Nash Grant (P) from Scott Scranton and McKay, 7:01; Connor Lill (H) from Brendan McCormick and Alexander Scuderi, 15:18
Second-period goals: Shawn Yoder (H) from Jorge Tecedor and Jack Brawley, :28; Cole McCarty (P) from McKay and McCarty, 13:33; Scuderi (H) from Lil, 15:12

Third-period goals: Dylan McKelvey (H) unassisted, 4:33; Grant (P) from Scott Scranton, 5:06

Overtime goal: Grant (P) from Matt Labuono and Scranton, :26

Shots: Penncrest 60 Haverford 30; Saves: Fiona Walker (P) 26, Dylan Vieira 55

Flyers Cup Rankings #2

Class AAA

Holy Ghost Prep
La Salle
St. Joseph’s Prep
Malvern Prep
Salesianum

Class AA

Council Rock South
Haverford High
North Penn
Downingtown West
Pennridge

Class A
1. West Chester Henderson

2. Garnet Valley

3. Kennett

4. Penncrest

5. Hershey

Girls

Avon Grove
Downingtown West
Conestoga
Kingsway
West Chester Henderson

This is the second of four sets of rankings that will be released prior to the Flyers Cup Selection Show on Sunday, February 23.

Holy Ghost Prep 5, Salesianum 1

The APAC and the Intercounty League crossed paths Thursday afternoon. In a prelude to a possible Flyers Cup Tournament matchup, Holy Ghost Prep, from the Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference, scored a 5-1 decision over Salesianum which was sailing under the Inter County Scholastic Hockey League banner. Ur was the Firebirds’ seventh straight win.

The result of the non-league encounter, which was played at Grundy Arena in Bristol, will be factored into the calculations the Flyers Cup Committee will use to determine the makeup and seedings for its Class AAA field.

It was the second win for the Firebirds (11-3 in less than 24 hours; they defeated St. Joseph’s Prep Wednesday night. On Thursday, they picked up where they left off although two of their big guns Brady and Chase Logue, were away on club duty.

Senior Logan Barnes started things off with a shot from the left point that got the better of Sallies goaltender Ryne Dominick and have the hosts the lead with 4:18 remaining in the opening period. Joe Spadaccino it a 2-0 game just 74 seconds later.

The second period was largely a battle of special teams; there were seven penalties called in the period, but the Firebirds got the better of it despite being two men short for 37 seconds at one point.

Brian Kinniry extended the Firebirds’ lead with 6:47 left in the second frame while the teams were skating four on four. The senior spoke of how the Firebirds bounced back after their win Wednesday night.

“I think we all came together as a team he said. “It was a tough game last night with a different atmosphere but we all pushed through.”

The Sallies (12-2) got on the scoreboard with 10:49 left in the third period when Justin Celentino got the puck past Firebird goaltender Matt Salita from in front of the net. It was 3-1 at that point but William Harmar answered for Holy Ghost Prep less than two minutes later and Joseph Kauffman added an insurance goal with 6:47 left in regulation.

“We were going toe to toe with them in the first period,” said Salesianum coach Brian LeBlanc, “but then in the second period we kind of slowed down a little bit.

“You’d think that a power play and a five-on-three would give you some advantage but we couldn’t even get a shot on goal. It was not whet we had hoped for but I think we learned a lot today.”

The Firebirds have won five straight games since returning from the National Scholastic Invitational tournament in Jamestown, New York. Assistant coach George Mundy says the tournament was a turning point.

“Since we’ve gotten back from New York the team has played really, really well,” he said. “We’re getting contributions from a lot of different players, which is good. We’re getting good goaltending our defense has been solid. So, we’re playing really good hockey right now.”

Salesianum 0 0 1—1

Holy Ghost Prep 2 1 2—5

First-period goals: Logan Barnes (HGP) from Brady Flynn, 12:42; Joe Spadaccino (HGP) from Anthony Valeriote, 13:56

Second-period goal: Brian Kinniry (HGP) from Jack Gavaghan and Nate Romer, 10:13

Third-period goals: Justin Celentino (S) from Braeden Graham and Liam Bell, 6:11; William Harmar (HGP) from Kinniry, 8:00; Joseph Kaufmann (HGP) from John Graff, 10:29

Shots: Salesianum 27, Holy Ghost Prep 38; Saves: Ryne Dominick (S) 33, Matt Salita (HGP) 26

C.R. South 6 Pennridge 5 OT

HATFIELD TOWNSHIP—There was little to choose between Council Rock South and Pennridge Wednesday night. The contest was not decided until its final seconds.

Jeremy Rayher’s shortanded goal with three seconds left in overtime gave South a 6-5 win at Hatfield Ice Arena.

Rayher’s goal, his 16^th of the season, concluded the first meeting of the year between the Golden Hawks and the Rams. The two teams split four games a year ago with South prevailing in the SHSHL National Division championship game before falling to the Rams in the Class AA Flyers Cup finale.

Ironically, Rayher and Pennridge goaltender Jacob Winton are club hockey teammates.

“I was chirping at him during [club team] practice all week,” Rayher said. “I missed him [Tuesday].

“He made a couple saves but there was no pressure. I played it like he was a regular goalie and made a move and tucked it in.”

Both teams had moments of brilliance and moments that were something less. The Hawks (11-1 overall, 10-0 in the division) used goals from Daniel Filippov and Jake Weiner to build a 2-0 lead 83 seconds into the second period but squandered their advantage by surrendering a pair of shorthanded goals to Shane Dachowski that tied the game with 9:58 remaining in the second frame.

“The two shorties really killed us,” said South coach Joe Houk. “Nobody ever scores shorthanded goals against us and they got two of them. It was mental breakdowns there.”

The goals came fast and furious for the reminder of the period. Jordan Sarne have the Hawks a 3-2 lead for a time but Dachowski and James Rush scored goals one minute, 14 seconds apart to give Pennridge (9-3, 8-3) its first and only lead of the night at 4-3 with 4:54 left in the period.

Weiner’s second goal of the night tied the game with 2:20 left in the second session before Jonah Weston put South in front once more 5:01 into the third. Nick Young tied the game for the Rams off a turnover with 4:45 left in regulation.

Winton and Trey Prozzillo, his South counterpart, had some difficult moments during the course of the evening but both stepped up in overtime. The Rams got a power-play chance when the Hawks’ Jagger Smith was flagged for hooking with 1:52 left in the extra session, giving the Rams a four-skaters-to-three advantage. Rayher’s game-deciding goal came an offensive right-wing faceoff and an ensuing scramble in front of the net. Houk told his team to be aggressive even though it was shorthanded.

“I told them ‘Don’t sit back,’” he said. “Because if the puck goes out of the [South defensive zone] it’s a one-on-one or two-on-two. It’s not a four-on-three. We looked like the ones who were on the power play.”

Pennridge coach Jeff Montagna celebrated his team’s effort, and the way it has rebounded from a shutout loss to north Penn si days before Christimas.

“I’m proud of the way we played tonight, he said. “All I asked of these guys before the game was to compete.

“We were outclassed [against North Penn.] I didn’t think we showed up. And to come out against our biggest rival tonight, come back from 2-0 down and play as well as we did and have opportunities to win the game, that’s all I can ask for.

• South had a 47-38 advantage in shots … The Rams’ three losses have come against Central Bucks South, North Penn and Council Rock South. Two of the three have come in overtime.

C.R. South 1 3 1 1—6

Pennridge 0 4 1 0—5

First-period goal: Daniel Fillipov (CRS) from Peter Pereborow and Jake Weiner, 13:50 (pp)

Second-period goals: Weiner (CRS) from Pereborow, 1:23; Shane Dachowski (P) unassisted, 3:10; Dachowski (P) from Jared Garber and Nick Young, 7:02 (sh); Jordan Sarne (CRS) from Jeremy Rayher and Peterborow, 8:37 (pp); Dachowksi (P) from Josh Kelly and Landon Bishop, 10:52; James Rush (P) from Kelly, 12:06; Weiner (CRS) from Wesley Mallon, 14:40 (pp)

Third-period goals: Jonah Weston (CRS) from Sarne, 5:01; Young (P), unassisted, 12:15

Overtime goal Rayher (P) from Filippov, 4:57

Shots: C.R. South 47, Pennridge 38; Saves: Trey Prozzillo (CRS) 33, Jacob Winton (P) 41

Explorers, Firebirds Win at Spring Mountain

La Salle 3 Malvern Prep 0

Three different players scored goals as La Salle bested Malvern Prep 3-0 Wednesday night in the opening game of the Atlantic Prep Athletic conference doubleheader at Spring Mountain Adventures.

The game was scoreless for almost two periods. Cameron Ross put the Explorers (8-5, 4-2 in the APAC) in front with 11 seconds left in the second period. Nole Donohue extended La Salle’s lead with 6:28 remaining in regulation and Grant LaGreca completed the scoring with 1:20 remaining.

Jake Rossi earned the shutout in goal with 13 saves. Matt Crawford stopped 23 shots for the Friars, who slipped to 2-7 overall and 1-4 in conference.

Malvern Prep 0 0 0—0

La Salle 0 1 2—3

Second-period goals: Cameron Ross (L) from John Greenwalt 16:49

Third-period goals: Nole Donohue (L) from Alistair St. Hillaire, 10:32; Grant LaGreca (L) unassisted, 15:40

Shots: Malvern Prep 13, La Salle 26 Saves: Matt Crawford (MP) 23, Jake Rossi (L) 13

Holy Ghost Prep 5 St. Joseph’s Prep 1

Brady Logue scored three goals and assisted on another as Holy Ghost Prep downed St. Joseph’ Prep 5-1 Wednesday night in the second half of the Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference doubleheader at Spring Mountain Adventures.

The Firebirds improved to 10-3 on the season and 4-2 in the APAC while the Hawks dropped to 8-5 overall and 4-2 in conference play.

Logue scored his first goal with one second remaining in the first period to give Holy Ghost Prep the lead. Patryk Oszer made it a 2-0 game 3:37 into the second period before Logue extended his team’s lead with a power-play goal with 43 seconds remaining.

Logue completed his hat trick 32 seconds into the third period and Joe Spadaccino made it a 5-0 game with 12:33 left in regulation.

Cole Gargon scored for St. Joseph’s Prep with 10:13 remaining.

Jack Unger earned the shutout in goal for Holy Ghost Prep by stopping 23 shots.

“It’s always difficult to judge the quality of a game when there are external factors like rink size and weather affecting the outcome,” said Holy Ghosy Prep coach John Ritchie, “but our guys had fun and it was good to get a win for eding decision down the road.

“The conditions were most difficult for the goalies. I was happy with how Unger handled the condtions.”

Holy Ghost Prep 1 2 2—5

St. Joseph’s Prep 0 0 1—1

First-period goal: Brady Logue (HGP) unassisted, 16:59

Second-period goals: Patryk Oszer (HGP) from Nathan Romer, 3:37; Logue (HGP) from Anthony Valeriote and Joe Spadaccino, 16:17

Third-period goals: Logue (HGP) from Joseph Kauffman, :32 (pp); Spadaccino (HGP) from Logue and Lucas Gonzalez, 4:27; Cole Gargon (SJP) from Frankie Ely, 6:47

Shots: Holy Ghost Prep 24, St. Joseph’s Prep 23; Saves: Jack Unger (HGP) 23, Bruno Mainardi (SJP) 19

Baskin at Home in Goal for Spartans

Two year ago, Springfield-Montco was eager to launch its hockey program and become part of the Suburban High School Hockey League. But the Spartans were without a goaltender. So, Liam Baskin, who was a sophomore at the time stepped up, to play arguably the most . demanding position to be found in any team sport.

“They asked if anyone was willing,” Baskin said. “I’d always wanted to play it so I said ‘You know what? I’ll give it a shot’ and that’s how I got here.”

Baskin is a senior now but still isn’t quite sure what appealed to him about being in goal.

“[His teammates] say I’m crazy,” he said. “When I started playing hockey I kind of got the interest in one day being a goaltender but the expense getting the equipment and what not wasn’t practical so I started as a skater and then this opportunity came and I was like ‘I’ll take a shot at it.’”

In years past some SHSHL teams have had to look outside their student bodies for goaltender and thus became ineligible for league and Flyers Cup play. But Baskin’s presence in goal allowed the Spartans to remain pure; i.e. they could be full-fledged members of the SHSHL and play a complete league schedule. He takes pride in stepping up for his team in its time of need.

“It feels good,” he said. “It also put a lot of pressure on me the first year because I was the only goaltender. Last year another one of our skaters was that he was willing to take on the role too, so we now have two goaltenders. “The first year there was a lot of pressure on me and I think knowing now I can do better now that I know the position better. I can serve them better in net.”

Baskin picks up the finer points of his position by watching goaltenders at other levels of the sport.

“Like positioning around the crease,” he said. “I see they like to play at the top a lot. I also watch them when they move a little bit, they stay square to the puck. That’s what I’ve mainly picked up.”

Unlike many high-school players, Baskin does not play club hockey although at one time he skated with the Hatfield Ice Dogs.

“I like to focus on high school and improving myself here instead of going to games every weekend,” he said. “I try to make sure I’m ready for practice each week and ready for each game.”

Baskin enjoys the camaraderie he experiences playing high-school hockey, with his teammates and with other Springfield students as well.

“It’s just being able to play hockey with this group of guys,” he said, “and them also seeing them and talking about it in school and especially now; other people in our school are willing to come out to the games and what not That’s a really cool experience.”

SHSHL Recap. 1-6-25

National Division W L T PTS OTW OTL

C.R. South (10-1) 8 0 0 34 2 0

Pennridge (9-2) 8 2 0 33 0 1

North Penn (9-2) 8 2 0 33 0 1

C.B. South (8-3) 8 2 0 29 3 0

Pennsbury (4-7) 4 6 0 18 0 2

C.B. East (4-6) 4 5 0 16 0 0

Souderton (3-7) 3 6 0 12 0 0

C.R. North (3-9) 3 9 0 12 0 0

Neshaminy (3-7) 2 7 0 9 0 1

C.B. West (0-10) 0 10 0 0 0 0

American Division W L T PTS OTW OTL

Plymouth Whitemarsh (7-0) 8 0 0 32 0 0

Hatboro-Horsham (5-4) 5 4 0 20 1 1

Wissahickon (5-3) 5 4 0 19 1 0

Springfield (2-5) 2 5 0 9 0 1

Abington (0-9) 0 8 0 0 0 0

National Division Scoring G A Pts

Shane Dachwski Pr 22 20 42

Jackson Accardi CRN 21 14 35

James Rush Pr 17 18 35

Jeremy Rayher 15 16 31

Cole Pluck NP 11 20 31

Jake Weiner CRS 21 9 30

Samuel Norton NP 10 19 29

Nolan Shingle NP 15 11 26

Ivan Bondra CRN 16 9 25

Jordan Sarne CRS 8 16 24

Landon Bishop Pr 9 14 23

Sean Cutter CBS 9 11 20

James Boyle NP 8 12 20

Shane Hicks Pb 8 12 20

Nick Smith Soud 15 4 19

Jacob Sarver Pb 10 9 19

Fewest Goals Allowed GP GA GPG

Pennridge 11 19 1.72

North Penn 11 22 2.00

C.R. South 11 28 2.55

C.B. South 11 39 3.55

American Division Scoring G A Pts

Vincent Graziani HH 9 15 24

Nathan Nemchinov HH 12 10 22

Dan Guller PW 9 13 22

Darius Graziani HH 8 10 18

Ben Raebiger Wiss 14 3 17

Victor Wilkins HH 13 4 17

Cooper Kanze PW 8 6 14

Owen Quinn Sp 8 6 14

Logan Honeycutt 10 3 13

Blake Ambler PW 7 6 13

Fewest Goals Allowed GP GA GPG

Plymouth Whitemarsh 8 20 2.50

Springfield 7 26 3.71

Wissahickon 9 39 4.33

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Springfield 7 Abington 0

WARWICK TOWNSHIP—Nether Springfield or Abington are in contention for the SHSHL American Division title but that did not diminish either side’s enthusiasm for the game of hockey.

When the Spartan and the Galloping Ghosts took the ice Friday night at the Bucks County Ice Sports Center, that enthusiasm was on display for all who cared to look.

It was the Spartans who prevailed by a count of 7-0 to record their second win of the year in seven starts, all in divisional play. Gavin McManus scored twice for Springfield while Owen Quinn, Christopher Cahill, Gavin McManus, and Grayson Quinn contributed one goal each.

“I think was our best team game so far,” said Springfield coach Don Quinn. “They really wanted to come out after the New Year and have a strong team effort. We’ve had some individual efforts. But we wanted to really kind of piece it together. We preach about five guys playing offense and five guys playing defense.”

Owen Quinn and Christopher Cahill scored goals in a span of just over three-and-a-half minutes to give the Spartans a two-goal lead with 7:18 left in the first period.

McManus added a goal early in the second period and another early in the third. The junior noted the Spartans’ cohesiveness on the ice.

“We just played as a team tonight,” he said. “We’ve been practicing that a lot. Like passing the puck around a lot, trying to find an open guy.

“And then really improved it tonight by keeping the pressure in the offensive zone most of the game.

Grayson Quinn, Mathilde Boccella, and Kellen Warmen added third-period goals for Springfield. Liam Baskin and James Sarsfield split the shutout in goal.

The Spartans limited their foes to just five shots on goal. The Galloping Ghosts (0-9, 0-8 in divisional play) field perhaps the youngest lineup in the SHSHL. They’ve been shut out six times and 13 if their 16 skaters on Thursday night were underclassmen. But Abington coach Ken Brzozowski is seeing signs of progress.

“We’re getting there,” he said. “We’re going to keep working hard., both in practice and in games. We’ll get there.”

A strong case could be made that Abington goaltender Matt Evangelist, himself a sophomore, was one of the premier performers on the ice. He finished with 36 saves.

“He goes out every night and he plays hard,” Brzozowski said. “He’s seeing 40-50 shots a night.

“I really applaud him for keeping his head in the game and keeping his cool. We’re not giving him a whole lot of support on the scoreboard. We’re giving him encouragement in other ways.”

Springfield 2 1 4—7

Abington 0 0 0—0

First-period goals: Owen Quinn (S) from John Barr and Grayson Quinn, 6:03; Christopher Cahill (S) from Owen Quinn and Hunter Stock, 9:42

Second-period goal: Gavin McManus (S from John Barr, 2:57

Third-period goal: McManus (S) from Owen Quinn, 2:39; Grayson Quinn (S) from Keegan McClary, 9:10 Mathilde Boccella (S), 10:11; Kellen Warman (S) unassisted, 12:29

Shots: Springfield 43, Abington 5; Saves: Liam Baskin (S) 1 and James Sarsfield (S) 4; Matthew Evangelist (S) 36

P-W 6 Wissahickon 2

HATFIELD TOWNSHIP—Coaches in all sports talk a lot about remaining disciplined. Plymouth Whitemarsh was in a winner in that department Thursday night and eventually prevailed on the scoreboard.

Blake Ambler scored two goals and assisted on another as the Colonials prevailed over Wissahickon 6-2 in a SHSHL American Division matchup at Hatfield Ice Arena.

The win kept Plymouth Whitemarsh unbeaten at 8-0 overall and most importantly, head and shoulders above the rest of the division with a 7-0 mark.

The key moment of the game came with 4:49 left in the second period just moments after Logan Discus scored a goal to left the Trojans (5-4, 5-3 in the division) into a 1-1 tie.

Discus and one of the Colonials exchanged pleasantries and what began as pushes and shoves evolved into a skirmish in front of the Plymouth Whitemarsh bench. When the dust had settled, the Trojans found themselves without Aiden Brooks and Joseph Gambino, two of their top four scorers. The Colonials were minus Charles Spause but also were granted a five-minute power play.

Ambler’s first goal of the night came with 49 seconds left in the second frame when he carefully put the puck to the right of Wissahickon netminder Fletcher Lynch to give his team a lead it would hold for the balance of the evening.

Ryan Jagher made it a 3-1 game 2:39 into the final period. Logan Honeycutt scored for the Trojans two minutes and change later to make it a one-goal game once more but the Colonials answered emphatically with three goals in a span of 4 minutes, 41 seconds and left their opponents in their wake.

“With the holiday break you could tell there was a little bit of rust, aid Plymouth Whitemarsh coach Vince Forti. “But, I think halfway through the second, we started picking it up and getting back to our game. And, I think it showed by the end result.

Forti credited his team for the way it moved the puck.

“I would say that’s been one of our strengths all season,” he said. “Our puck movement has been great. We try to work on it a lot at practice but {the players} deserve a lot of credit too because they’ve been really good about that.”

Wissahickon coach James Rumsey said the altercation impacted his team’s cohesion.

“We have too small a team to lose two people,” he said. “Especially key people. That hurt us a lot. But we felt good for the time we were playing. We had a close game the whole time up until then.”

Ambler noted the importance of the Colonials maintaining their composure following the altercation.

“If we started brawling and fighting everyone, then it would just turn into penalty after penalty, after penalty” he said. “You wouldn’t be able to do anything, you wouldn’t be playing hockey. You’ve just got to play hockey if you want to go out and win.”:

Plymouth Whitemarsh 1 1 4—6

Wissahickon 0 1 1—2

First-period goals Daniel Molony (PW) from Daniel Guller, 13:51

Second-period goals: Logan Discus unassisted, 12:11; Blake Ambler (PW) from Luke Smith and Chris Londen, 16:11 (pp)

Third-period goals: Ryan Jagher (PW) from Londen, 2:39; Logan Honeycutt unassisted, 4:54; Guller (PW) from Smith and Ambler, 9:16; Cooper Kanzee (PW) unassisted, 9:30; Ambler (PW) from Londen and Kanzee, 13:57

Shots: Plymouth-Whitemarsh 49, Wissahickon 26; Saves: Julian Lucks (PW) 24, Fletcher Lynch 40

ICSHL All-Stars Meet

Good hockey for a good cause was the dish that was served at Ice Line on New Year’s Day. Teams representing the Central and Ches-Mont League squared off as part of the ICSHL’s traditional New Year’s card of All-Star games.

The Ches-Mont-Central League matchup was billed as the Hunger Game, with receipts from ticket sales earmarked for donation to an area food bank. Ice Line provided the ice slot free of charge and the two referees who worked the game donated their services.

Toby Myers of Lower Merion scored what proved to be the winning goal 58 seconds into the third period to give the Central League a 4-3 win.

Myers also blocked a shot in the closing seconds to conclude an entertaining 51 minutes of hockey that saw the Central League overcome a 2-0 first-period deficit. It was the senior defenseman’s second consecutive All-Star Game appearance.

“It was pretty cool,” he said. “[The All-Star Game] is always nice. Couldn’t get the ‘W’ last year. So, it was good to win this one.”

While the affair lacked some of the physicality of a typical regular-season contest the contingent of 44 All-Stars worked hard at both ends of the ice.

Haverford’s John Povey was behind the Central League bench along with Steve Mescanti from Penncrest and Chris Francis from Harriton.

“It’s always a good game,” Povey said. “We’ve had overtime games, we’ve had games come down like this one, one goal. As far as I can remember it’s always a tight, one goal, or two-goal game.”

Goals from Hunter Haas (West Chester Henderson) and Lucas Mott (Kennett) gave the Ches-Mont side a 2-0 lead with 2:24 left in the first period.

The Central League responded in the second frame with goals from Stephen Sucher from Radnor, Nash Grant from Penncrest, and Jake Heston from Springfield-Delco to take the lead in the final period.

Myers’ goal extended his team’s lead and as it turned out, the goal was needed. With 1:57 left in the third period, Blake Platz from Henderson was hooked from behind on a breakaway. Jake Rotwitt of Conestoga stopped the ensuing penalty shot to keep it a 4-2 game.

The Ches-Mont wasn’t finished. Brody Matthews scored with 58 seconds to go to make it a one-goal game but his teammates couldn’t come up with the tying goal.

Downingtown East coach Mark Bobko coached the Ches-Mont All-Stars.

“Both teams came out and played hard,” he said. “It’ a friendly game but the effort was there.”

Other games on the program included a girls’ all-star game, a matchup between the Pioneer Athletic Conference and the PCL/Prep Division, and twi junior varsity games.

Central League 0 3 1—4

Ches-Mont League 2 0 1—3