May 16, 2010
HS notebook: LaSalle rolling along
by Roger Brown/
Two of the top boys lacrosse teams in Rhode Island met Monday when Division I LaSalle Academy (Providence) faced Division II Mt. Hope (Bristol), and the result showed just how wide the gap is between best team from each division.
Sophomore Michael Kemmy scored five goals as undefeated LaSalle handed Mt. Hope its first loss, 18-2, at LaSalle’s Cimini Stadium.
The Rams led 5-0 after one quarter, 13-0 at halftime and 15-0 before Mt. Hope got on the scoreboard with 1:18 remaining in the third quarter.
The Rams, who are 10-0 against Division I competition, raised their overall record to 11-0.
“I don’t know if we didn’t get off the bus, they’re that good, we were too timid or we were looking ahead,” Mt. Hope coach Scot Clark told the Providence Journal. “I’m not sure. That (was) a shell of us out there. We were shy on offense and overly aggressive on defense.”
Mt. Hope dropped to 8-1 overall. The Huskies, who beat Division I North Kingstown earlier this season, are 7-0 in Division II.
Mt. Hope, which has 15 seniors on its roster, beat Mt. St. Charles for the Division II championship last season.
LaSalle lost to Bishop Hendricken in the 2009 Division I semifinals.
Smalkais wins 300th
Fairfield (Conn.) Prep boys lacrosse coach Chris Smalkais won his 300th career game on Tuesday in a 19-4 win over Amity.
In his 23-year career, Smalkais is 300-128.
“The 300 wins simply means longevity,” Smalkais told the New Haven Register. “The wins are not about me, it’s about our program. It’s a tribute to all the players who played in our program.”
Condon reaches milestone
Conard High School (West Hartford, Conn.) boys coach Bill Condon picked up his 250th coaching victory when Conard beat Northwest Catholic on April 28.
Condon, 50, has a 253-184 record in 25 seasons as a varsity head coach. He has won 212 games in 18 seasons with Conard. Condon helped start the lacrosse program at Holy Cross in Waterbury before leaving after six years to take the job at Conard.
Conard had an 8-1 record and was averaging 10.2 goals per game through nine contests. The Chieftains were tied with New Fairfield for the best record in Class M
Storm Brewing
The Scarborough(Maine) girls are off to a 4-0 start thanks in part to an offense that’s averaging 16 goals per game.
The Red Storm own Class A victories over Sanford (18-6), Portland (17-3), Deering (16-3) and Yarmouth (13-9).
Senior Lindsay Hagerman has scored a team-high 21 goals in those four contests, and Ellie Morin has collected 17 goals this season.
Noteworthy
►Derek Goodwin’s goal early in the fourth quarter handed Champlain Valley (Hinesburg, Vt.) a 4-3 victory over South Burlington on Friday. Taylor Gringas, Robbie Dobrowski and Nick Hart also scored for Champlain Valley, which raised its record to 9-0.
►Bishop Guertin (Nashua, N.H.) has outscored its last four opponents 84-10. BG (8-0) is the only unbeaten team in Division I, and one of four unbeaten boys teams in New Hampshire. Bedford (7-0 in Division II), Kingswood (8-0 in Division III) and Derryfield (7-0 in Division III) are the others.
►Kaitlyn Kirkaldy and Shelby Laframboise each scored twice to help the Middlebury (Vt.) girls improve their record to 6-0 with a 9-5 victory over Essex on Saturday.
►Deerfield (Mass.) Academy will visit Avon Old Farms (Avon, Conn.) on Saturday in a game that will feature the No. 1 (Deerfield Academy) and No. 3 teams in the MaxPreps prep school lacrosse national rankings. Deerfield Academyis 13-0. Avon Old Farms is 13-2. The game is scheduled to start at 3 p.m.
►Dover-Sherborn (Dover, Mass.) attack Casey Flight collected nine points (six goals) in a 19-9 victory over Medway last Tuesday. Flight has 58 goals in 13 games this season.
►Needham (Mass.) sophomore Mark Riley scored nine goals in a 14-7 triumph over Weymouth on Sunday.
