BOYS LACROSSE HIGHLIGHTS
TOP PERFORMANCES
Jay Anastasi, Staples-Westport: Won 20 of 29 faceoffs, going 12-2 in the second half, as Staples came back to beat Darien 13-11.
Will Harris, Weston: Scored three goals and two assists, including his 200th career point, in a 19-6 win over Pomperaug.
Nolan Braren, Haddam-Killingworth: Scored five goals in an 11-5 win over Old Lyme. Mikey Brescia, Greenwich: Scored four goals and an assist in a 12-8 win over Weston. Added nine points in a 19-7 win over Stamford.
Tommy Brunelli, Norwich Free Academy: Scored the game-winner in a 12-11 overtime victory over Fitch. Holden Busby, New Canaan: Made 16 saves in a 10-4 win over Ridgefield. Ryan Colsey, Ridgefield: A hat trick and an assist helped the Tigers beat Yorktown, N.Y., 7-6.
Chase Dauphinee, Bristol co-op: Scored in overtime to give Bristol a 9-8 win over Farmington.
Tanner Drobish, Sheehan-Wallingford: Five goals in a 10-7 crosstown win over Lyman Hall. Cam Elenteny, Stonington: Was in on all five goals, scoring three, in a 5-3 win over Bacon Academy-Colchester. Aiden Ezra, New Milford: Five goals in a 13-8 win over Barlow.
Colin Flynn, Bethel: His four goals included the game-winner, and he assisted on two others in a 10-9 overtime win over Foran.
Zach Gessner, Woodstock Academy: Four goals and two assists in 16-5 win over E.O. SmithStorrs.
Eli Gomes, Foran-Milford: Scored six goals and added an assist in a 13-2 win over Lyman Hall and scored three more goals in an 11-10 win over
Sheehan.
Ryan Grove, Cheshire: Went 20-4 on faceoffs in a 17-7 win over Mahwah, N.J.
Jagger Opalinski, Norwalk: Stopped 20 shots in a 15-2 loss to Trumbull.
Jack Orlando, Hand-Madison: Made 16 saves in a 14-12 win over Conard-West Hartford, Hand’s 500th victory as a program.
Tyler Ramirez, Barlow-Redding: Scored five goals and assisted on another, picked up six ground balls and had five takeaways in a 12-6 win over East Catholic-Manchester. Tim Shannehan, Fairfield Prep: Highlight-reel goal off a ground ball contributed to a 14-8 win over Farmingdale, N.Y.
Derek Thompson, Avon: Scored four goals in a 10-6 win over Somers. Jeff Wojtowicz, Shelton: Made 11 saves in a 4-3 win over Branford.
GAMES TO WATCH
New Canaan at Greenwich, Thursday, 4:30 p.m.: Starting off a big day in the FCIAC. New Canaan’s biggest stretch comes next week, when it has the three top teams in the GameTimeCT Top 10 Poll — Fairfield Prep, Darien and Staples — back-to-back-to-back. But this’ll be the Rams’ second top-10 conference game in a week; they contained Ridgefield in a 10-4 win and now get the Cardinals, who’ve been inconsistent at times but are still over .500.
Darien at Ridgefield, Thursday, 6:30 p.m.: It’s been eight years since you could drop “Darien, which has lost three out of four.” If Ridgefield makes it four out of five... you’re going back a ways. A long ways. The Tigers put together a solid bounceback win over Yorktown, N.Y., on Tuesday.
Staples-Westport at Wilton, Thursday, 7 p.m.: No. 1 Staples, the new No. 16 in USA Lacrosse Magazine’s national rankings (behind our No. 2/their No. 9 Fairfield Prep), backed up its win over Darien with a two-goal victory over Bergen Catholic of New Jersey. It comes back home to meet the Warriors, who are coming off a win over Greenwich. Notre Dame-West Haven at Guilford, Thursday, 7 p.m.: Two years removed from an outlier three-win season, Guilford is 4-1 after a win Tuesday over Amity. The loss is to Simsbury, and the Grizzlies have a few toughies to come, but it’s a 4-1 start going up against last year’s Class M runners-up, who are 5-2. Bethel at New Milford, Thursday, 7 p.m.: Bethel last year had its first winning season in almost a decade; it has started this season 5-1. New Milford, whose fine 2022 was its first winning season in five years, is 5-0. Both have a couple of weeks before meeting defending SWC and Class S champ Weston. Watertown at St. Paul-Bristol, Friday, 4 p.m.: Defending WCLC champion Watertown is off to a solid start heading into this first of two rematches of the 2022 conference championship
Weston at
Tuesday, 7 p.m.: Speaking of the defending SWC and Class S champions, the Trojans visit Newtown on Thursday and then visit the Falcons. Barlow is 3-2 with losses to Notre Dame-West Haven and New Milford. GameTimeCT Player of the Year (in football) Danny Shaban has 14 points for Barlow, behind Griffin Ellis and standout sophomore Tyler Ramirez.