LEXINGTON — Bolstered by a clutch efficiency late in a back-and-forth contest, Reading was capable of maintain off Lexington in a 14-13 highway win to take management of the Middlesex League Liberty Division on Friday evening at Lexington High School.
Tied at 12-12 within the remaining body, Reading senior Nicholas Palermo got here up big, scoring with 5:14 to go to drag forward, earlier than unloading a rocket from distance with 3:28 remaining for his fifth and sixth targets of the evening, to place Reading up 14-12.
“Nick is unbelievable,” Reading head coach Charlie Hardy stated. “He’s a senior leader, he’ll do anything for you and he plays hard. He’s an awesome kid, coachable, I can’t say enough about him.”
Lexington (9-4-0) would reply with 17 seconds to go, when sophomore Sean Crogan (4 targets, three assists) scored to make it 14-13.
The Minutemen would get one other crack at it within the remaining seconds, however Rockets netminder Finn Granara got here up large because the clock struck zeroes.
“It came down to a hell of a save by our goalie at the end,” stated Hardy. “That team is well coached. … Our team seems to rise to that level.”
Even at 10-10 within the remaining body, junior Eamon Centrella put Reading forward simply 1:19 in, however Lexington answered shortly on Sean Crogan’s second. Colby Goodchild put the Rockets again up 12-11 with 8:58 to go, earlier than Crogan tallied his third to even the rating simply 2:02 later.
After an eventful first half left Reading with a 7-6 lead, Lexington senior Patrick Crogan (seven targets, 4 assists) went to work, tying the sport together with his fourth objective simply 20 seconds into the third.
He then scored his fifth and sixth targets on the 4:34 and 5:33 marks to make it 9-7.
Reading (11-3-0) answered on junior Robert Granara’s third of the evening with 4:59 left within the third, earlier than Palermo notched his fourth to make it 9-9.
Cullen Granara made it 10-9 Rockets with 46 seconds remaining, however Patrick Crogan would rating once more on the buzzer to tie the sport at 10-10.
In a teeter-totter opening half, Palermo opened the scoring 1:50 in, earlier than Sean Crogan notched his first 33 seconds later. Jack Jaynes would internet his first 18 seconds after that to make it 2-1 Rockets.
Palermo and Patrick Crogan scored at 4:15 and 6:11 making it a 3-2 Reading lead.
Just 1:17 later, Robert Granara scored twice 1:19 aside, earlier than Lexington reduce it to 5-4 with targets from Thomas Egan and Patrick Crogan to shut out the primary.
Patrick Crogan notched his third 3:39 into the second to tie it, however Palermo answered simply 26 seconds later, placing Reading again forward. Jaynes notched his second 1:34 later, and Lexington sophomore Glenn Burcsu scored with 4:53 remaining, making it 7-6.
With a win over Winchester in its subsequent sport, Reading will take residence the Middlesex League Liberty Division title.
Source: www.bostonherald.com