Sting
Power Past Storm
With Second
Half Rally
LAS VEGAS SPORTSPARK - An early second
half push made the difference, powering the Bantam Sting
past the Bantam Storm in the first game of the Summer Nevada
Indoor Lacrosse League.
The Sting got the game started early,
converting on two goals from Brandon Edgell
and a third goal from Dustin Dresel to
give them the early lead. After giving up three quick goals,
Storm goaltender Joseph Peden settled
down and took control of the net.
The Storm tried to come back, but an early
power play with 11:32 on the clock turned up empty. Shortly
after the power play ended, R.J. Hamel broke free down
the field, passing the ball to Cody Root who
flung the ball into the net for the first Storm goal.
The Storm kept the pressure on the Sting
with additional shots on goal, including a near miss off
the crossbar from Michael Visconti, before
giving the Sting a late first half power play with 5:37
on the clock.
R.J. Hamel took scoring
for the Storm into his own hands late in the first half
with a shot that found the net, and Erik “Shoes” Brimhall
added a goal before the end of the first half. While the
Sting ran out to an early lead, the Storm proved it was
up for the fight and came back to tie the game 3-3 at halftime.
The Sting started a strong second half
behind the third goal of a hat trick from Brandon
Edgell and two more shots right on mark from Taylor
Covington and Chasen Shreve. With
the Sting again out ahead 6-3, it was time for the Storm
to rally around a leader.
Erik “Shoes” Brimhall,
aptly named because of his bright yellow shoes that transport
him down the field, stepped to the net to cut the Storm’s
deficit to 6-4.
“Nobody was really covering me,” Brimhall said. “I
wanted to take advantage of that and get us back in the
game.”
The Storm had another opportunity two
players up on a power play with 15:30 on the clock, but
they we’re unable to take convert in the advantage
situation.
The Sting’s Chasen Shreve put
another shot in the net with 12:00 on the clock, and then
teammate Kyle Allen got into the scoring
action placing a rebound shot into the goal with 10:40
left in the half. The Sting had another mid-half power
play opportunity, but again came up empty.
Down 8-4, the Storm’s Erik “Shoes” Brimhall charged
down the field on two breakaways to cap off his four-goal
game.
“I really had a pretty good first
game,” the 14-year-old Leavitt Middle School student
joked.
But that was as close as the Storm would
get. Michael Quinn capped off the Sting’s
10-6 victory with two late second half goals that gave
his team the win.
However that didn’t detract from “Shoes’” outlook
for the season.
“I think we can still take it all
the way,” Brimhall said.
In other first week lacrosse
action…
The Sting shut out the Storm 2-0 in a
battle of 6-11 year old teams.
Jake Friedlander and Wayne
Horlocker scored the goals for the Sting. Justin
Anderson, Ryan Bybee, Joel Perrigo and Parker
McDonough had shots on goal for the Storm.
In women’s action, Blair
Empey had a hat trick to lead the Teal team
to an 8-5 win over the Green team.
Missy Hanson scored two
goals for Teal, while Jess Visconti, Bri Turns, and Mel
Zobrist added a goal each.
Tori Catlanch scored
a hat trick for Green and Jazz Mohammadi and Katlin
McNight added a goal each.
Catlanch and Empey led
all shooters with seven shots on goal. <more
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