Montgomery County Lacrosse Gold
Monday, August 3rd, 2009Montgomery County Jr. boys claim gold medal at Keystone Games
by Phillylacrosse.com
The Montgomery County region defeated Chester County, 7-3, Sunday to claim its first Keystone State Games Jr. boys’ lacrosse gold medal in action at Penn State.
Team Montco – coached by Joe Vitale – won all five of its round-robin games and blanked Lehigh Valley, 13-0, in the semifinals. The Jr. teams were comprised of boys entering grades nine or lower. Nine regions participated.
Midfielder Matt Rambo (rising freshman at Abington) led the Montco team with his offense and work at the face-off X. Also, Steve Palo (rising freshman at Hatboro-Horsham) was strong at the face-off X and Ray Vandegrift (rising freshman at Penn Charter) helped pace the attack.
Montco’s defense enjoyed a standout tournament (17 goals allowed) and was anchored by goalie Kyle Mullen (rising freshman at Hatboro-Horsham) and defenseman Austin Pifani (rising freshman at Abington).
“Everybody contributed from No. 1 to No. 22,” said Vitali. “It was a great group of kids; we fell behind in only one game. The team was very balanced.”
Montgomery County Boys Lacrosse Team
