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Monte’s overtime goal earns Fairport a second straight Class A boys lacrosse title

June 15, 2021 by irvish5 Leave a Comment

Fairport mobs Jackson Monte after his game-winning goal in the Section V Class A Championship Game. (Photo: Christopher Cecere)

See more photos by Chris Cecere here

By TIM IRVING

For two and a half quarters, Fairport’s boys lacrosse team scored only one goal on Pittsford’s defense and senior goalie Sean Regan.

That changed on a pair of goals by Kole Stuver in the third quarter and then sophomore attack Jackson Monte scored off the opening face off in overtime and the Red Raiders won their second straight Class A title, 6-5 over the Panthers.

“That’s a really good Pittsford team, they’re gonna be back for sure, they are loaded with young kids,” Fairport coach Mike Torrelli said. “I’m just really proud of our kids.”

Trey Terzo scored the only goal in the first quarter, the Fairport senior getting free in front of the net.

From there, Pittsford went on a 4-0 run. Early in the second quarter, Quinn Whipple moved the ball on the man-up to Rex Kesselring to get the Panthers on the board.

Rex Kesselring ties the game at 1-1 on the man-up. @PlaxBoys @PickinSplinters pic.twitter.com/u6vC2ftKDT

— Tim Irving (@Irvish5) June 15, 2021

Whipple got one of his own, picking the lower corner to give Pittsford the lead, still in the second quarter.

Quinn Whipple gives @PlaxBoys a 2-1 lead. @PickinSplinters pic.twitter.com/AbwlT6lPVM

— Tim Irving (@Irvish5) June 15, 2021

With just under three minutes left in the half, Shane Leonard made it 3-1 Pittsford at the break.

Shane Leonard makes it 3-1 with under 3 minutes left in the first half. @PlaxBoys @PickinSplinters pic.twitter.com/eAf8E5gkkz

— Tim Irving (@Irvish5) June 15, 2021

Harrison Cross scored with 6:20 left in the third quarter and Pittsford took a 4-1 lead before something clicked.

Stuver scored to cut the lead to 4-2 with 5:00 to play in the third. Pittsford won the face-off and despite a couple of good looks, couldn’t get the ball past McLean Ralston, Fairport’s goalie and the ball was cleared, setting up Stuver for another goal and the lead was 4-3.

Big sequence for @FPT_lacrosse McLean Ralston with a couple of saves and then Kole Stuver cuts the lead to 4-3. @PickinSplinters pic.twitter.com/JW3dmsAqNv

— Tim Irving (@Irvish5) June 15, 2021

With time starting to wind down in the third quarter, Whipple scored again and Pittsford took a 5-3 lead into the fourth quarter.

Whipple scores again, this time with 12.1 seconds left in the 3rd, 5-3 @PlaxBoys going to the fourth. pic.twitter.com/rdIPTtFqcb

— Tim Irving (@Irvish5) June 15, 2021

Billy Meagher scooped up a ground ball and found Rob Crowley to cut the lead back to one, 5-4 early in the fourth.

Rob Crowley gets the first goal of the fourth for @FPT_lacrosse , 5-4. @PickinSplinters pic.twitter.com/gzNH7j3L33

— Tim Irving (@Irvish5) June 15, 2021

Midway through the fourth, the Red Raiders on the man-up, Jake Koonmen’s shot was stopped by Regan but Terzo found the rebound and knotted the game at 5 with a lot of time left but neither team could find the net.

Trey Terzo ties it for @FPT_lacrosse 5-5 on the man-up. @PickinSplinters pic.twitter.com/LMQFZhtSkL

— Tim Irving (@Irvish5) June 15, 2021

In the huddle before overtime started, Torrelli had a plan for the face off.

“If he ran it forward, we were gonna let it go, if he ran it back, we were gonna call time out, I mean, those three poles (Pittsford’s long stick middies) are ridiculous on that wing, awesome.”

Junior face off specialist Joey Giggie won the draw and ran towards the Pittsford net, giving the ball to Terzo, who rolled right towards the front of the net and found Monte, the Red Raiders’ leading point-getter this season, behind him on the left, all alone in front of Regan for the goal.

Jackson Monte's first go comes 10 into OT and @FPT_lacrosse earns their second straight Class A title
@PickinSplinters pic.twitter.com/he5YpkchE8

— Tim Irving (@Irvish5) June 15, 2021

Fairport won the 2019 title and lost in the most recent New York Class A State lacrosse final to be held and there’s also another precedent.

Fairport boys lacrosse raises the Section V block on their home field. (Photo: Christopher Cecere)

“We talked about all week, with COVID, the opportunity to win a title on your home field, no Fairport team’s done that before and chances are, it’s never gonna happen again,” Torrelli said.

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