4th Grade May 11, 2003

Huntington Youth Lacrosse

Huntington 4th Graders Beat Farmingdale 5-4

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	Jack Wallace out runs his man on his way to a score.		John McGrath sets up the offense while Peter Kingston breaks to the goal.
	Willie Coffey is too much for this defender to handle on his own.		Peter Kingston cannot be stopped.
	Teddy Blaskal proves too fast for the Farmingdale defenders.		Balls down and everyone fights for it, even if Jamie Cronin has to crawl to it.
	Jack O'Neil skies high to launch a pass.		Nicky Smith sails into the air to bring in a pass.
	Bryan Griffith overpowers his man.		Adam Pomper scores the winning goal.
	Bobby O'Brien celebrates after another outstanding game.		The happy boys after their victory.

In their best and closest game of the season, the Huntington 4th Graders beat a fierce Farmingdale A team 5-4 in a game that came down to the final seconds. A heavy fog hung over the field on Mother's Day morning as the two teams took the field. Huntington received a quick wake up call as Farmingdale scored twice on two long shots to take a 2 - 0 lead. The coaches kept the boys focused. The defense toughed up behind Louie Puca and Jamie Cronin while the offense began pressing the attack. Jack Wallace scored first for the home team on a bounce shot that eluded the Farmingdale goalie's stick, then Teddy Blyskal evened the score. Jack O'Neil, Peter Kingston, Duncan Murchison and Nick Saputo all contributed to the first half offensive resurgence.

As the second half began, Huntington grabbed the lead for the first time behind Jack Wallace's second goal of the game. Willie Coffey added to the pressure with several long runs and dazzling spin moves. However, Farmingdale came back with two goals to take a one game lead leaving less than five minutes in the game.

Huntington would not be thwarted. Goalie Bobby O'Brien, pound for pound the toughest youth goalie on Long Island, shut down every Farmingdale scoring opportunity, while defenders John O'Connor, Bryan Griffith, Puca and Cronin out-hustled and out-muscled the Daler's attack men. Midfielders Coffey and O'Neil proved unrelenting. Duncan Murchison, Kingston and McGrath pressed all the more. The hard work paid off with a daring score by Nick Smith and with less than three minutes to go, Adam Pomper rocketed the game winner into the net.

Time ran out as Farmingdale had a two one one fast break, but John O'Connor and Bobby O'Brien stalled the attackers just long enough for time to expire.