La Costa Canyon Mavericks

By Union-Tribune

Monday, April 4, 2011 at 1:51 p.m.

WestSideLax.com Rankings

•Records through April 3 and do not reflect tournament games played with a running clock.

Rank / Team (Division) / Record

1 / Coronado (II) / 6-0

2 / La Costa Canyon (I) / 6-1

3 / Rancho Bernardo (I) / 7-1

4 / Torrey Pines (I) / 6-2

5 / Poway (I) / 6-0

6 / Cathedral Catholic (II) / 7-2

7 / Bishop’s (II) / 4-0

8 / Westview (I) / 6-3

9 / Carlsbad (I) / 6-1

10 / Grossmont (I) / 6-2
Click here

LA COSTA CANYON DOWNS WHEAT RIDGE
March 31st, 2011
No. 12 La Costa Canyon 16, No. 14 Wheat Ridge 7
By Nathan Max
WSL Executive Editor

CARLSBAD, Calif. — Junior attackman Brendan Gaughan registered a game-high six points on two goals and four assists to lead No. 12 La Costa Canyon to a decisive 16-7 victory over No. 14 Wheat Ridge in the second game of the Farmers’ Southern California road trip.

Senior middie Andrew Bertha added five points on four goals and one assist to help the Mavericks (5-1) bounce back from their loss over the weekend to No. 11 Foothill-Orange County. La Costa Canyon took the suspense out of the game early, jumping out to an 8-2 lead by the end of the first quarter.

The Mavericks led by as many as 10 early in the third.

“This week’s mentality has been four quarters of full lacrosse,” Gaughan said. “I thought today wasn’t perfect, but it was a better show of that.”

Senior middie Michael Gennuso finished with three points on two goals and one assist, senior attackman Sean Hayden scored twice and senior attackman Sammy Condurso had a goal and an assist for La Costa Canyon. Junior middie John Hester, senior middie Nick Compogiannis, junior attackman Zane O’Brien, freshman attackman Cameron Ziegler and senior defenseman Mike Riis all scored once.

On special teams, junior middie Tom Riis and senior middie Garrett Krstitch combined to go 21-6 on face-offs.

Defensively, senior goalie Eric Sanschagrin saved eight shots and conceded five goals in three quarters.

In defeat, senior middie Sander Aplet had three points on two goals and an assist, sophomore attackman Pete Aplet dished three assists and senior middie Ryan O’Connor scored twice for Wheat Ridge (4-2). Senior attackman Chris Roach sophomore middie Jacob Gladfelter and senior goalie Cody DeForge all scored once to round out the Farmers’ offense.

Wheat Ridge, which played without injured Notre Dame-bound senior middie Nick Ossello, is in the middle of a three-game road trip to San Diego County. The Farmers beat Otay Ranch, 8-1, Monday and will face San Marcos on Friday.

Last season, a far less-regarded Wheat Ridge team came to Carlsbad and almost knocked off a higher-regarded La Costa Canyon team. The Farmers are ranked in WSL’s Top 25 this week for the first time in program history after beating Fort Collins Unified last week.

But it was not the Farmers’ night.

The game was tied, 2-2, in the first quarter when La Costa Canyon began a 10-goal run that effectively ended it. Bertha started the run when he scored to put the Mavericks ahead, 3-2, with 7:39 remaining in the first quarter. Bertha later capped it when he put La Costa Canyon up 12-2 just 44 seconds into the third quarter.

“After two games of letting teams back in it after having big halftime leads, we preached playing four separate games,” La Costa Canyon head coach Jesse Foss said. “Basically, the goal was to win each quarter as a game, and we did that tonight.”

Wheat Ridge used a four-goal run to close within 12-6, but that was as close as the Farmers would get.

“I think that the first WSL ranking went to our heads,” Wheat Ridge head coach Chris Knott said. “They showed up and out-hustled us and outplayed us. That first quarter killed us. To give up eight goals in the first quarter is tough to recover from.”

No. 14 Wheat Ridge (4-2) 2 0 3 2 — 7
No. 12 La Costa Canyon (5-1) 8 2 2 4 — 16
Goals: WR: Ryan O’Connor 2, Sander Aplet 2, Chris Roach, Cody DeForge, Jacob Gladfelter. LCC: Andrew Bertha 4, Brendan Gaughan 2, Michael Gennuso 2, Sean Hayden 2, John Hester, Nick Compogiannis, Sammy Condurso, Zane O’Brien, Cameron Ziegler, Mike Riis.
Assists: WR: Pete Aplet 3, Sander Aplet. LCC: Brendan Gaughan 4, Andrew Bertha, Blaine Wetherheld, Michael Gennuso, Sammy Condurso.
Saves: WR: Cody DeForge 6. LCC: Eric Sanschagrin 8.
Shots: WR: 21. LCC: 28.
Face-Offs Won: WR: 6. LCC: 21.
Man-Up Opportunities: WR: 1-4. LCC: 0-0.

Lacrosse Season: 2011

No. 14 Foothill-OC 9, No. 3 La Costa Canyon 8
From Staff Reports

Middie Cooper Pickell came down the right alley and around the pipes to score with one minute, 54 seconds to play to lift No. 14 Foothill-Orange County to its first victory over No. 3 La Costa Canyon in three years on Saturday night. The 9-8 non-league victory was the second consecutive for Foothill-Orange Country (6-1), whose only loss this season was to No. 13 De La Salle last Saturday.

La Costa Canyon (4-1) was riding a four-game win streak into the game, though it had won its last two games – both against ranked teams – by a goal each. The Mavericks beat No. 4 Arapahoe (Colo.), 11-10, on Wednesday and No. 23 Rancho Bernardo, 7-6, in overtime on March 18.

On Saturday night, Foothill-Orange County was scoreless in the first quarter and trailed, 5-1, at the half. The Knights cut the deficit to 7-4 at the end of the third quarter, and used a 5-1 fourth-quarter rally to grab the win.

“We made a couple of adjustments with personnel and it’s a little different playing style down here,” said Foothill-Orange County head coach John Fox, who said play is more physical in San Diego County. “This was a huge win for us. This is a huge rivalry for us.”

With the score tied at 7-7 with 5:31 to play, Foothill-Orange County attackman Eric Adamson put the Knights ahead when he scored off an assist from attackman Brad Bochesa.

It was about four minutes later that Pickell scored what looked like the insurance goal, but La Costa Canyon junior middie Andrew Perkins scored with 1:24 to play in a man-up situation.

From there, Foothill-Orange County senior goalie Josh Giglio held the Mavericks at bay. Fox said Giglio was critical to the victory and the late surge, as he made “four big saves” in the second half. In addition, face-off specialist Zack Handy gave the Knights possession and the opportunity to score.

“We lost the last two years,” said Fox. “They’ve been looking forward to this. They really wanted it.”

Lacrosse Season: 2011

The La Costa Canyon High boys lacrosse team saw what appeared to be a laugher turn into a nail-biter before holding on for a narrow victory.

The Mavericks built a six-goal lead over Littleton (Colo.) Arapahoe before hanging on for an 11-10 victory in a matchup of two of the best high school lacrosse programs in the West on Wednesday night.

The win was the Mavericks’ 27th straight.

“I’m glad we got a win,” La Costa coach Jesse Foss said. “I don’t feel good about having to hang on. That shouldn’t have happened. We’ll correct those wrongs.”

The Mavericks (4-0), who entered the week ranked No. 3 in the Western United States and No. 1 in California by WestSideLax.com, took a 7-2 lead into the second half, and junior Brendan Gaughan made it 8-2 10 seconds into the third quarter.

But Arapahoe (1-1), ranked fourth in the West and second in Colorado at the start of the week, scored four straight goals to cut the deficit to two.

“It’s a game of streaks,” Arapahoe coach Guy Cerasoli said. “We came out slow, and they came out firing on all cylinders. We got into the locker room at halftime and let the guys know, ‘Hey, listen, we’re still in this. Five goals is not a really big deficit. We can overcome that. Just keep our nose to the grindstone.’

“We were getting a lot of looks, but their goalie was just coming up big. He was standing on his head in the first half. They started falling for us in the second.”

The teams traded goals the rest of the third period, and the Warriors scored three minutes into the fourth quarter to get within 11-10, but neither team scored again.

LA COSTA — The La Costa Canyon High boys lacrosse team saw what appeared to be a laugher turn into a nail-biter before holding on for a narrow victory. The Mavericks built a six-goal lead over Littleton (Colo.) Arapahoe before hanging on for an 11-10 victory in a matchup of two of the best high school lacrosse programs in the West on Wednesday night. The win was the Mavericks’ 27th straight.
“I’m glad we got a win,” La Costa coach Jesse Foss said. “I don’t feel good about having to hang on. That shouldn’t have happened. We’ll correct those wrongs.” The Mavericks (4-0), who entered the week ranked No. 3 in the Western United States and No. 1 in California by WestSideLax.com, took a 7-2 lead into the second half, and junior Brendan Gaughan made it 8-2 10 seconds into the third quarter.
But Arapahoe (1-1), ranked fourth in the West and second in Colorado at the start of the week, scored four straight goals to cut the deficit to two. “It’s a game of streaks,” Arapahoe coach Guy Cerasoli said. "We came out slow, and they came out firing on all cylinders. We got into the locker room at halftime and let the guys know, ‘Hey, listen, we’re still in this. Five goals is not a really big deficit. We can overcome that. Just keep our nose to the grindstone.’ “We were getting a lot of looks, but their goalie was just coming up big. He was standing on his head in the first half. They started falling for us in the second.” The teams traded goals the rest of the third period, and the Warriors scored three minutes into the fourth quarter to get within 11-10, but neither team scored again. “We weren’t sliding to body,” Foss said. "We were sliding to stick and we were taking poor angles and getting beat. “That’s not the way we wanted to finish. We preach four quarters of lacrosse, playing a consistent game the whole time. We definitely didn’t do that in the second half. We got lucky.” La Costa Canyon seemed to take control of the game early in the second quarter. The Mavericks held a 3-1 lead after one quarter then scored four goals in less than two minutes. Senior Michael Gennuso led the Mavericks with three goals. Seniors Sammy Condurso, Sean Hayden and Nick Compogiannis each added two, and junior Brendan Gaughan tallied three assists. Junior Bryce Parietta had three goals for Arapahoe, which outshot the Mavericks 18-8 in the second half. La Costa Canyon goalie Eric Sanschagrin made seven saves, and the Warriors Ryan Smith stopped four shots.