| | Published April 15th, 2009
| Acalanes defeats Campolindo 16-4 in Boys' Lacrosse
| | By Lucy Amaral |  | | Acalanes races to defend as Campo advances the ball Photo Andy Scheck
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Amid rain, frigid temperatures and even a delay-of-game lightning strike, the Acalanes High School varsity men's lacrosse team defeated Campolindo 16-4, April 7 at Campolindo High School.
Acalanes started off the scoring with attackman Paul Wells firing one in the net a little less than two minutes into the first quarter. Campolindo answered back with goals by midfielder John Carrick, and attackers James Luckenbach and Chris Perrella, putting the Cougars in the lead, 3-1, going into the second quarter.
The Dons closed the gap then tied the score with shots by midfielders Logan Quinn and Trevor Felt within the first three minutes of the second quarter, while Acalanes defense, led by Jeff Totten and Robert Mull, kept Campolindo at bay. From there, the Dons' offense took charge, adding five more goals to end the half 8-3.
From that point on, it was Acalanes' game. Wells tallied seven goals and one assist for the match, Quinn brought in six goals and Jack Bergman had one goal and three assists. Dons' attackman Pete Wignall scored one goal and had one assist, and Felt logged one goal. For the Cougars, along with the three goals in the first quarter, midfielder Harlan Raine scored one goal, while Perrella and attackman Connor Perkins added one assist each. Cougar goalie Brian Rath recorded 14 saves, while the Dons' goalie, Harrison Bagdan, added three saves to his list.
The first five minutes of the third quarter was a game of defense. Acalanes kept their line tight, while Campolindo defenders John Triebsch, Davis Lehman and Eliot Reynolds worked hard to keep the Dons' in check. But Acalanes offense kept pushing forward, scoring four more goals in the middle of the quarter before lightning strikes off in the distance made for a 30 delay-of-game at just over the two-minute mark. When play resumed, defenders on both sides allowed no more goals, ending the third quarter with a 12-3 score, advantage Acalanes.
Acalanes kept the pressure on Campolindo scoring three more goals, before Raine rifled one in for the Cougars. But the damage was done, and with 40 seconds left on the clock, Quinn scored one final goal to end the match 16-4.
"Campo came out really well in the first quarter," said Acalanes Coach Brent Ringwood. "They came ready for the game."
Ringwood added that Spring Break might have slowed his team down a bit in the beginning. "Defensively, we had a little bit of a problem the first half because we weren't talking," he said. "But as soon as everybody hunkered down and started communicating with each other it was a good team effort."
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Lamorinda Weekly, Moraga CA