Friday Boys Lacrosse Scoreboard, April 20
CLASS A NORTH
Middletown South 8, Colts Neck 3
CLASS A SOUTH
Brick 10, Brick Memorial 8
Toms River South at Toms River North, 7 p.m.
CLASS B SOUTH
No. 5 Wall 17, Barnegat 3
NONDIVISIONAL
No. 10 Shore 14, Lacey 13 (OT)
Jake Turner's goal with 2:15 remaining in overtime gave the Blue Devils (7-2) a dramatic victory after a wild fourth quarter that saw Lacey rally with eight goals to tie the score.
Shore led 11-5 heading into the fourth quarter but Lacey staged a valiant comeback by scoring three times in the opening three minutes and then three more times in the final 1:25 - all by Dylan Vitale - to send the game to overtime. With time ticking toward triple zeroes JoeCarlo Chimenti picked up a ground ball behind the net and delt it to Vitale on the crease for the game-tying goal.
Junior midfielder Gil Goldsmith led Shore with five goals and one assist and Turner had four goals. Senior attackman Ryan Morris added two goals and three assists, Justin Murphy had two goals and one assist, Tom Bocco scored once and Jack McCrae had three assists. Sophomore goalie Scott Sirianni was great in goal with 19 saves.
Vitale led Lacey with five goals, four of which came in the fourth quarter. Ryan Giles had a hat trick, Dominic Waltonowski had two goals and one assist and Jared Lotruglio also scored twice for the Lions. Chimenti had one goal and one assist and Mike Gallichio had an assist to go along with a 17-for-25 performance on face-offs. Gallichio played a huge part in Lacey's rally by going 9-for-10 on draws in the fourth quarter. Justin Covey made five saves.
Toms River East 9, Jackson Liberty 6
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