SOUTHERN TIER SPORTS REPORT: HART, CROSSLEY HEADLINE ALL-STSR BOYS' LACROSSE TEAM (2022-06-14)
By Brian FeesSouthern Tier Sports ReportA sectional champion, a player ranked among the top 10 in the country’s history and a pair of All-Americans are just a few of the highlights from this past boys’ lacrosse season.
It led to some tough choices for the first All-Southern Tier Sports Report boys’ lacrosse all-star team.
Corning’s Ethan Hart scored 54 goals and added 15 assists. He was a first-team all-league pick and he was a U.S. Lacrosse All-American and he is this year’s All-STSR Player of the Year.
Hart also is the offensive player of the year after the 54 goal season for the Hawks this year.
Corning’s Chris Grimaldi scored 57 goals and added 27 assists this year and he is the newcomer of the year.
The Hawks captured a Section 4 title this year and coach Chris Hogue is the coach of the year for the season.
Grant Crossley led the section in save percentage at 72% and he had 243 saves this year. For his career he had 1,081 saves, ranking 10th in the country all time and seventh in New York State. He was a U.S. Lacrosse All-American, a three-time captain and a four-time first-team all-star.
Crossley is not only the goalie of the year, but he is also the All-STSR Defensive Player of the Year.
The first team includes Crossley in goal, Hart in the midfield and Grimaldi on the attack.
The other attackers on the first team were Patrick Carpenter of Horseheads and Mikey Gigliotti, while the other midfielders were Nate Tenbus of Horseheads, Ben Wilcox of Corning and Kaiden Green of Elmira.
The defenders on the first team were Corning’s Luke Plumley, Horseheads’ Marshall Winkky, Dillon Kennedy of Corning and Matthew Baker of Horseheads.
The first team had a second goalie on it with Sam Brenen-Buseck on the first team for Elmira.
The second team included Ryan Stukey of Elmira, Notre Dame’s Kellan Murphy, Corning’s Nick Volpe and Horseheads’ Alex Johanson, Aaron Aepelbacher and Landen Snyder at attack.
Shane Maloney of Notre Dame, Domanik West of Horseheads and Luca Neally of Corning are the second-team midfielders.
The second-team defensive player are Daniel Manning of Elmira, Samuel Pagano of Horseheads, Corning’s Aidan Crane and Griffin English of Notre Dame.
Eric Reazor of Corning is the second team goalie and Casey Klossner of Horseheads is a second-team face-off specialist.
BOYS’ LACROSSEPlayer of the year: Ethan Hart, Corning
Goalie of the year: Grant Crossley, ND
Offensive Player of the year: Ethan Hart, Corning
Defensive Player of the year: Grant Crossley, ND
Newcomer of the year: Chris Grimaldi, Corning
Coach of the year: Chris Hogue, Corning
FIRST TEAMAttack: Patrick Carpenter, Horseheads
Attack: Chris Grimaldi, Corning
Attack: Mikey Gigliotti, Corning
Midfield: Nate Tenbus, Horseheads
Midfield: Ethan Hart, Corning
Midfield: Ben Wilcox, Corning
Midfield: Kaiden Green, Elmira
Defense: Luke Plumley, Corning
Defense: Marshall Winkky, Horseheads
Defense: Dillon Kennedy, Corning
Defense: Matthew Baker, Horseheads
Goalie: Grant Crossley, ND
Goalie: Sam Brenen-Buseck, Elmira
SECOND TEAM
Attack: Ryan Stukey, Elmira
Attack: Kellan Murphy, ND
Attack: Alex Johanson, Horseheads
Attack: Aaron Aepelbacher Horseheads
Attack: Nick Volpe, Corning
Attack: Landen Snyder, Horseheads
Midfield: Shane Maloney, ND
Midfield: Luca Neally, Corning
Midfield: Domanik West, Horseheads
Defense: Daniel Manning, Elmira
Defense: Samuel Pagano, Horseheads
Defense: Aidan Crane, Corning
Defense: Griffin English, ND
Goalie: Eric Reazor, Corning
Face-off specialist: Casey Klossner, Horseheads
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IN TOP PHOTO: Corning’s Ethan Hart. . . PHOTO BY BRIAN FEES
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