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B2 THE TIMES SPORTSMonday, November 11, 2013Lions fall in wild shootout, lose Div. II title game to TitansContinued from page B1ulation/OT sessions without scoring.Despite the confidence boosterseven days before, the Lions couldrespond with only three tallies duringthe penalty-kick phase. When seniordefender Zach Bromage entered thepenalty box with the score knotted at3-3, he calmly knocked a hot groundertoward the right post.LHS junior keeper Jack Bacondove to his right and tried to corral it,but it slipped under him and into thenetting. Just milliseconds later, thethird-ranked Titans went berserk, celebratingan amazing, 1-0 mild upsetvictory over the No. 1-seeded Lions.The stunning part of it: Theleague’s top team virtually throughoutthe season finally failed in crunchtime. Simply put, this was a rarity forthem.“I knew (going in) they had goodshooters,” the elder D’Aloisio offeredas his squad accepted their individualmedals, not to mention the plaque forbeing a state finalist for the first timesince 2008. “It came down to penaltykicks, and sometimes they go in,sometimes they don’t.“I just feel bad for the kids,” hecontinued. “They’ve worked so hard.This is tough.”When asked by another scribe if histeam had improved since dropping a2-0 decision to these same Titans earlierin the campaign, D’Aloisio issuedthis, “No, this is our 23rd game, andyou can’t win all of them. Sometimesduring the season, you have good daysand bad days. That was a bad day forus.“The big thing was we couldn’tgenerate any offense, but we didn’t forthe majority of the season anyway,” headded. “We’d win most games 1-0, 2-1 … We played three forwards, so Iwon’t say we played more defensive.The skill set of our players is defense,and that’s the complete opposite ofToll Gate.“They’ve got four or five skilled,offensive-minded players, and we havea lot of talent on the defensive side.We’ve tried every combination ofplayers at forward to get us going, andthis group seemed to get us the furthest.“It’s been a fantastic season. All I’mgoing to tell the kids once we head outis they’ve played great all year, I love‘em and I’m going to miss ‘em (thelast note for the outgoing seniors).”***During the shootout segment, eachsquad is asked to produce 11 playersfor a “lineup” to take a series of 12-yard shots from inside the box. At first,the top five take turns shooting at theopposing keeper; the design is for onecontingent to win with the most successfulboots.If the foes equal each other’s totalat the end of 10 collective tries, thenthe phase continues in a sudden-deathformat, from Player No. 6 through 11(including both keepers).Each player stands stationary until areferee signifies via whistle the “goahead,” and everything seemed goldenafter senior Brian Hasegawa roped ahigh liner over Franco to give theLions a 1-0 advantage.Toll Gate senior Jose Beltrananswered with a hard grounder insidethe right post, but senior tri-captainAlex D’Aloisio seemingly gave histeam the lead when he approached theball, hesitated, then fired a low hardone past the keeper.The head official, however, indicatedD’Aloisio had “stopped” hisprogress to the ball and disallowed thetally. His dad and head coach ran offthe sideline and argued the call, and hisson took another chance.This time, he scored on the exactsame shot.Titans’ senior co-captain NathanDaCosta beat Bacon inside the rightpost to knot it again, and senior RyanLabrie tried to rip a try throughFranco, but the latter secured thesave.That gave junior Josh Sandin theopportunity to give TG the lead, but helifted his shot over the crossbar.Lincoln classmate David Jessey followed,drilling a low bullet inside theleft pole.Almost immediately, senior DavidMoreno-Garcia knocked a grounderpast Bacon, who dove to the left postlate, and that knotted it for the thirdtime at 3-3.The hard-nosed MateuzPuzanowski took his stance, thenwhacked a screamer at the right post,though Franco pushed that wide withhis right hand.Then came Bromage, who firedthat low, tight bouncer under alaunched Bacon. The party ensued asBacon lay by the right post on hisback, seemingly in disbelief.“I was worried the whole time,” theman with the clinching tally smiled.“Our keeper had made a great save (onPuzanowski), and I knew I was up forthe game-winner … I was trying totrick (Bacon) with my eyes. I waslooking left, and I went to Jack’s right.It seemed to fool him.“I don’t know him,” he addedabout calling Lincoln’s goalie by hisfirst name, “but he’s a really goodkeeper. I’m just glad I put it in. Thisfeels great; we beat the No. 1 seed, andI think this is our first (state) championshipin 23 years!“This is out of this world!”***Stunningly (or is it?), the game wasover 15 minutes old before the initialshot on net by either club, that notchedby the third seed. In fact, the Lionsdidn’t record their first true test untilsenior defender Paul Roque sent ahigh, 51-yard line drive at the cagewith 10:18 left before halftime, butFranco snagged it.They outshot TG, 4-2, through thefirst 40 minutes, but had nothing toshow for it.In the “final” half, the Titans managedfive tries on Bacon, but all weresaved. Franco faced only two truechances.The pair of 10-minute OT stanzassaw Lincoln outshoot its opponent, 4-1. Perhaps the finest opportunity camewith about 20 seconds remaining inthe second, when Roque drilled a 45-yarder from the right side at Franco.The latter, though, leaped and snaredit.Then came the penalty kicks.If there was any good news for theLions: Three players earned spots onthe All-Tournament Team, includingBacon, D’Aloisio and senior JohnAriza, who played splendidly ondefense, as did Puzanowski, Roque,Nick Palumbo and senior EricZannini.Rounding out that fine contingentwere Franco; senior co-captain CoreyFavino; and DaCosta.“I’m sure everyone’s devastated;we wanted this so badly,” mentionedthe senior D’Aloisio, who claimed theRhode Island 120-pound wrestlingcrown back in March. “This is totallydifferent (from grappling). It’s so muchmore of a family. This would’ve beennicer to win it with my friends, but wedidn’t.“It’s hard to go to PKs and not getthe result you wanted. This hurts.”REGIONALSCOREBOARDR.I. HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULEFRIDAYBOYSFootballivision II Quarterfinals: Coventry at Cumberland, 7 p.m.entral Falls at North Smithfield, Tolman at Hope, 7 p.m.SATURDAYBOYSFootballivision II Quarterfinals: St. Raphael at Woonsocket, 1:30 p.m.ast Greenwich at Burrillville, 10:30 a.m.; Lincoln at Tiverton, 7 p.m.AREA ROAD RACE SCHEDULESaturday, November 16PORTSMOUTH — The Portsmouth 375 Road Race, 10 a.m. Common FencePoint Community Center, 900 Anthony Road (3.75 Mile Race and Walk to celebrate375 years of Portsmouth, R.I.) Contact: John Farley (Portsmouth BusinessAssociation). 1-603-429-8879.Saturday, November 23EAST PROVIDENCE — Turkey Trot Charity Road Race 4.3 miles, 10 a.m., EastProvidence Rec Center, 100 Bullocks Pt. Ave (flat course with one small hill at thefinish) Contact: Diane Sullivan (East Providence Rec Center). 1-401-433-6360.Thursday, November 28PAWTUCKET — Family Turkey Trot & Youth Run, 10 a.m., Pawtucket City Hall, 137Roosevelt Ave (Thanksgiving Day Run/walk Downtown Pawtucket RI. Youth race at9:30 a.m.) Contact: Race organizer. 1-401-952-6333.CRANSTON — Just Off The Mayflower 5K, 10 a.m., Starts and finishes just offMayflower on Robert Circle, 11 Robert Circle (Flat, fast 5K through a quiet neighborhood,Kids Race, Strollers allowed) Contact: Patrick Cronan. 1-781-708-1900.Saturday, November 30BARRINGTON — 14th Annual Trot Off Your Turkey 5K & 1.5 Mile,10 a.m., St. LukeSchool, 108 Washington Road (Enjoy a fast, flat course with famous turkey soupand prizes at finish!)Contact: Denise Languirand (St. Lukes School). 1-401-743-1648.PROVIDENCE — The Providence Bruins won their thirdgame in as many days on Sunday afternoon by defeating theHartford Wolf Pack by a 6-0 score at the Dunkin’ DonutsCenter.Alexander Khokhlachev scored twice for the P-Bruins (7-4),while Jared Knight, Matt Fraser, Tommy Cross, and Justin Florekeach added a goal. Malcolm Subban and Niklas Svedberg combinedfor the 17-save shutout.The P-Bruins took a 1-0 lead at the 3:42 mark of the openingperiod, as David Warsofsky’s shot was redirected by the stick ofKnight into the net for his third goal of the season.The P-Bruins then added four goals in the middle periodand their final in a penalty-filled final period that saw Subbanand Wolf Pack goaltender Scott Stajcer skate to center ice andfight, resulting in both goaltenders getting ejected from theLocal sports to report? Call us at 767-8540 or 767-8545Division II quarterfinal-round duels pitNovans vs. Saints, Clippers vs. OakersContinued from page B1Woonsocket is the top seed on the Division II-A side after postinga 6-1 record in the regular season. SRA ended up with the No.4 seed in Division II-B after finishing 5-2. The Saints were one offive teams in the subdivision to post such a record, the other fourincluding defending Super Bowl champion Cumberland, WestWarwick, Rogers and North Kingstown.Due to tiebreakers, the Wizards were awarded the top seed inII-B followed in order by the Clippers, the Vikings and the Saints.The Skippers found themselves on the outside looking in, thisdespite beating both West Warwick and Cumberland.Speaking of the Clippers, they will open the second seasonFriday night at Tucker Field against II-A three seed Coventry,which went 4-3. The final two quarterfinal contests include MountHope, the fourth seed in II-A, traveling to West Warwick onAHLSaturday. No. 2 II-A seed Johnston will host Rogers in a game thatcould take place either Friday or Saturday.In a new twist, next weekend’s winners will play their semifinal-roundcontest the weekend of Nov. 22-23. The change meansthat Division II teams do not have to worry about playing a playoffgame the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, which remains the casein Divisions I, III and IV.“It was a straw poll during the week, and everyone chose thatfor Division II,” said Woonsocket Athletic Director George Nasutiabout holding the semis before Thanksgiving. “It was a resoundingyes.”Depending on when the two remaining Division II teams playtheir traditional Thanksgiving contest, they will have either sevenor eight days off prior to the Super Bowl, which is on the docketfor Sunday, Dec. 8.Follow Brendan McGair on Twitter @BWMcGair03P-Bruins rout Wolf Pack, conclude 3-0 weekendgame.Providence is back in action at the Dunk on Friday at 7:05p.m. with a game against the Norfolk Admirals.On The BannerPHOTO FEATURED IN PIC OF THE DAY LAST WEEKSeptember 28, 2013 - North Smithfield junior DevonDeragon (22) gets upended by Scarlet Knights senior leftback Ryan Ricard (53) as teammate Ian Geyer (4) rushesto his side during 2nd quarter action at Exeter-WestGreenwich High School Saturday.Ernest A. Brown photo/RIMG.CUMBERLAND YOUTH BASEBALL/SOFTBALL LEAGUEIS CONDUCTING ONLINE REGISTRATIONS FOR 2014 SEASONCUMBERLAND — The Cumberland Youth Baseball/Softball League is currently accepting onlineregistrations for its Instructional, Farm, and Minor and Major Baseball and Softball programs.To register or for more information, visit the website at www.cybsl.org.TRIPLE CROWN UMPIRES SEEKS NEW MEMBERS FOR 2014 SEASONWOONSOCKET — Triple Crown Umpires is looking for umpires for the 2014 season. Those interestedmust have two years experience working the bases or behind the plate at the Little League, or BigDiamond level.For more information, contact Tommy Brien at (401) 765-3419.CUMBERLAND HIGH ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME PLANSTO INDUCT EIGHT MEMBERS ON NOV. 29 AT WRIGHT’S FARMCUMBERLAND — The Cumberland High School Athletic Hall of Fame will induct Dan McKee,Charley Bourgery, Todd Carey, Tim Carey, Dave Wright, Kim Mooney, Roxanne LaBrosse, andChristine Boutiette into its latest class on Friday, Nov. 29 at Wright's Farm.There will be a social from 6-7 p.m. and dinner at 7, followed by awards.Contact Tom Kenwood at (401) 658-0831 or e-mail him at kenwood2@cox.net for tickets or information.Tickets are $30 and benefit the CHS Hall of Fame scholarships given out each year. Thisyear's recipients are Tom Sullivan and Caylin Legare.BOYS’ & GIRLS’ CLUB OF CUMBERLAND-LINCOLN PLANSSIGNUPS FOR YOUTH WINTER BASKETBALL PROGRAMSCUMBERLAND — The Boys & Girls Club of Cumberland-Lincoln has scheduled registration sessionsfor its winter basketball programs for youngsters ages 3-15.The fee to register is $50. For more information, contact Joe at 333-4850.
Monday, November 11, 2013Broncos defeatLions for firsttitle in 20 yearsSPORTSTHE TIMES B3Continued from page B1What Allen hadn't anticipated was how fired up Cardone'srew would be once it started the session.For the first few minutes, the Lions – as they had in the first –ominated. In fact, Lincoln had outshot its foe, 7-3, while gainngmore corner kicks, 7-2.That all turned 6:40 into the half. That's when Ross pushed atellar pass from the middle to Libby, who spun around a defendrand launched a 20-yarder above freshman keeper Jiannaaciofano and under the crossbar to knot it at 1-1.When asked what message she had delivered in the rain,ardone just smiled, “They came up around me, and I said, 'Areou having fun?' and they just looked at me. I told them, 'It does-'t look like it.' I only asked them to work hard, put the ball inhe net and the rest would follow.“It was the same speech I gave them Friday night, when weere behind Pilgrim, 1-0,” she added of an eventual 3-1 BHSemifinal win. “I told them to do the same things they did in thatame again, and they did.”Explained Libby: “She said that we weren't going to win if weidn't have fun, so we decided to have fun as a team, just likee've done all season. We knew if we didn't, we weren't going tocore and we weren't going to win.”Less than nine minutes later, at the 55:26 mark, Libby pokedfeed from the middle at Antoniello, who was stationed justnside the left corner of the penalty box. She crushed a left-footerurler inside the left post to give the Broncos their first lead ofhe game.What followed exactly three minutes and 50 seconds later isest described as miraculous, and Libby involved herself onceore. While dribbling through the middle, she saw Antoniello oner left and sent a perfect boot in her direction. Antoniello took ito the deep left corner, then fired a shot that eluded Iaciofano andubbled the upper right corner's netting.That gave Burrillville a 3-1 advantage, and the Bronco fans inhe stands went ballistic.“That's just talent,” Ross laughed afterward, then stated, “honstly,that was an incredible goal, but I've seen her do thatefore.”Only 3:43 after, with 17:01 left in regulation, Ross gathered aeflection in the middle of the offensive zone and wheeledround a Lion before drilling a high, 34-yard liner overntoniello.The contest, however, was hardly over. With 15:35 remaining,ophomore Maya LaFleur raced in on a breakaway and booted aow screamer at her left post, but a leaning junior netminderatherine Keable knocked it away.Lincoln assembled another opportunity to tighten the gap, butouldn't get it past Keable, who registered 11 saves. Iaciofano,ho had replaced standout junior Lauren Hervieux in the cagen Friday night (Hervieux had sustained an astonishing kneenjury in the final two minutes of a Thursday afternoon practice)inished with nine.While the offense exploded, the Broncos received plenty ofuperb defensive efforts, and they came from junior Sydneylais, sophomore Mikaela Messier, freshman Caitlin LibbyTori's kid sister) and junior Isis VanPutten, who played backnce Burrillville went up a pair.As for the Lions' “D,” stalwarts included sophomore Laurenhristo, who played 80 minutes with gusto; senior tri-captainrin Gannon; and juniors Young and Faithe Fernandez.“We absolutely had a successful year,” stated Allen, whoseeam hadn't lost all season before Sunday and recorded a pheomenal14-1-2 slate. “This team has played like a team all seaon,and that's why we were unbeaten before today. I give ourirls a lot of credit.”Noted Ross: “I can promise you that no team wanted thisore than this one did. We were a little monotone at the start ofhe (second) half, but it didn't take long for us to get it going. Weere down, 1-0, to Pilgrim, and we got the same speech fromoach (Cardone). She said to have fun, but also asked us whoanted it more.“Of course, we said we did, and we proved it. This is amazing!”Top, Burrillville seniorforward Taylor Ross(9) looks to take ashot on net as she isclosely guarded byLincoln’s Erin Gannon(15) during the secondhalf of Sundayafternoon Division IItitle game at RhodeIsland College.Bottom, Burrillville'sSydney Blais (left) andChelsea Almeida(right) chase down theball with Lincoln'sBrooke Morris (7).ERNEST A. BROWNBlackstone ValleySports photosNASCARJohnson widens points leadAVONDALE, Ariz. (AP)Matt Kenseth had one ofhose rare seasons in whichverything seemed to go rightvery time he got behind theheel of his car.Until the one day he could-'t afford for anything to gorong.Kenseth had one of hisoorest performances of theeason Sunday, finishing 23rdt Phoenix Internationalaceway to allow Jimmieohnson to seize control of thehampionship race. Johnson,ho started the day up sevenoints in the standings, finishedhird behind Kevin Harvick andasey Kahne to pad his lead to8 points.The five-time championoes to next Sunday's seasoninale at Homestead needing toinish 23rd or better to win theitle.Kenseth, who won his onlyhampionship 10 years ago,ave what sounded like a conessionspeech following hisisappointing day."Of course I'm disappointedwe go there basically withuta shot to win," Kensethaid. "On the other hand, Iouldn't be happier and moreroud of my team and, man,his has been the best year ofy racing career. We hoped too down to Homestead andace for it on performance. Onhe other hand, I'm extremelyappy and really, really proudf my team."There's not a car out here'd rather be driving. We've hadjust an amazing, incredible seasonand we've still got oneweek left. So I'm really thankfulfor them putting me in a carand everybody who has givenme this opportunity."Johnson, who had amechanical failure in last year'sseason finale and finished 36th,wasn't ready to claim the titlefollowing his workmanlike performanceat Phoenix."We're heading intoHomestead in the position wewant to be in," Johnson said."I'll have to go down there andrun 400 miles. It's far fromover. You've got to finish thatrace. Although we have a nicecushion, we still have to godown there and take care ofbusiness."Free Pic of the DayPhoto Give-A-WayIf your child’s name appears in the Pic of the Day you are welcome to receiveFREE photo reproductions of the Pic of the Day. 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