Bonny Eagle 14

Fryeburg Academy 2

An offensive outburst, stingy defense and stellar goaltending all added up to a 14-2 win for the Bonny Eagle boys’ lacrosse team over visiting Fryeburg Academy Saturday in Standish. Matt Hanson scored five goals to lead the Scots and Marco Stefano made 11 saves.

The Scots took a 2-0 lead in the first quarter with both goals coming in the final minute. Hanson scored on an underhand shot with 49.3 seconds to go in the quarter. Brett Dostie made it 2-0 when he fired a shot from directly in front of the net with just .9 seconds left.

“Brett’s got so many weapons,” said Bonny Eagle head coach Nat Germond. “He’s very fast, he has a hard, accurate shot and he’s always working on his dodging. What sets him apart more than anything else is he has the speed when he wants it and he has the shot.”

The Scots exploded for five goals in the second quarter. Cody Spencer scored the third Bonny Eagle goal just over two minutes into the second with a bouncer past the Fryeburg goalie. Less than a minute later, Zach Litif scored to give the Scots a 4-0 lead.

The Raiders scored their first goal of the game just 17 seconds later to make it a 4-1 score. But Bonny Eagle got three straight goals to finish out the first half. Ethan Thorne found some room on the short side with 7:19 to go in the half. Dostie scored his second goal of the game with 6:22 to go with a hard sidearm shot up high. Kayle Hamilton scored with 3:24 left in the first half off an assist from Dostie to make it 7-1 at halftime.

“I think we were sloppy in the first half with ground balls, we didn’t do a good job on those,” Germond said. “In the second half, we picked it up and started to play some lacrosse. I feel good about the second half.”

In the second half, the Scots scored another seven goals. They got three in the third quarter and four in the fourth. Fryeburg scored their second and final goal of the game early in the third. Stefano made sure that was all the Raiders would get.

“We have a fantastic goaltender in Marco,” said Germond. “I think the most he’s given up was 10 goals with our number two defense. I think the last three games it’s been six, five and two goals against which is just outstanding.”

Hanson scored his second and third goals just over a minute apart in the third quarter. With 5:04 to go in the third, he slipped one under the goalkeeper and at 4:01 he scored another and the Scots’ lead was now 9-2. Hamilton scored his second of the game just 14 seconds later. The Scots were able to get so many goals in a short period of time thanks to faceoff specialist Tyler Shortsleeve.

“(Shortsleeve has) been fantastic,” said Germond. “In the last game he was 17 of 20 on faceoffs with two assists. He’s been phenomenal for us. He’s a first year player and a senior. I wish we had him for four years. His faceoff percentage is somewhere around 89 or 90 percent right now. Possession is the name of the game in lacrosse. If you win a lot of faceoffs and possess the ball, you’re going to end up with a lot of goals, and he’s been huge for our team this year.”

The Scots scored their four fourth quarter goals in the first four minutes of the quarter. Thorne scored his second goal with 11:11 remaining. Harmon then tallied his fourth of the game with a jumping shot with 10:38 left. CJ Blanchard then scored with 8:53 to go and Harmon added his fifth and final goal with 8:28 to go to give Bonny Eagle a 14-2 lead.

The Scots improved to 3-1 with the win. Bonny Eagle fell to Waynflete on Monday, 9-7. They are scheduled to take on St. Dom’s on Friday.