STATE CHAMPS! Wolfpack Defeat Ramapo 8-7!

-Game Goes Down to the Final Tick

-Williams' Hat Trick Leads Offense

-Bononno, Thurber  Score Two

-Guarini has 3 Assists

-Dowiak Strong in Net with 9 Saves

1st Quarter
Brett Bononno (unassisted), Brett Bononno (Evan Guarini assist)

3rd Quarter
John Williams (unassisted), Scott Thurber (unassisted), John Williams (unassisted), John Williams (unassisted), Scott Thurber (Evan Guarini assist)
4th Quarter

Tyler Berntsen (Evan Guarini assist))

The Game Story

Wow.  What a game!  (AGAIN!)

The West Morris Wolfpack achieved an historic feat today, winning the school’s first ever Lacrosse State Championship with a heart stopping win over Defending Champion Ramapo, 8-7.

Once again, the ‘pack proved that teamwork wins games.  John Williams led the offensive effort with 3 goals, while teammates Brett Bononno and Scott Thurber scored two, and Tyler Berntsen added one.  Evan Guarini had all of the team’s assists with three.

Tore Carfaro played through the pain and helped get possession.  The defensive team of Mark Toppel, Scott Delaney, Nikko Malley, Matt Bowers, Matt Goodyear and Kevin Jordan turned up the heat in the second half, effectively shutting down the Ramapo offense.  Jeremy Dowiak was solid in goal, making some difficult stops to preserve the win.

The first quarter was back and forth, with West Morris leading holding on to a 2-1 lead as the period ended.  In the second, Ramapo came to life and outscored the Wolfpack 4-0 to take a 5-2 lead into the half. 

But the third period was all PACK, outscoring Ramapo 5-1 to take a 7-6 lead into the final period.  Then the nail biting began…although the Wolfpack scored a cushion goal to extend their lead to two goals, Ramapo wouldn’t go away easy.  They scored to get within one, and had possession with 20 seconds left.  The defense shut down the final threat as time ran out, and West Morris were CHAMPIONS.