Downingtown East Cougars

AIRPORT - Quaker Valley defeated Serra Catholic 6-2 back on November 25th and ws ranked 2nd ahead of the Eagles in the rankings. John Mooney's Eagles were looking forward to the new year and a rematch with the Quakers. Quaker coach Kevin Quinn knew that Steve Leppo and C.J. King did not play in the first meeting which could have an affect on the outcome of the rematch. QV didn't take long to pick up where they left off as Ben Herring scored at 14:37 of the opening period for a 1-0 lead. Serra fought back in the first as Ray Gillis scored to tie the game at 7:16 of the opening frame. Jesse Lubasch gave the Eagles their first lead at 3:47 of the first period 2-1. The backbreaker came with just :10 left in th first as C.J. King scored to extend the Serra lead to 3-1. On to the second and the Eagles blew the game wide open as King, Steve Leppo [2 goals] and Josh Jones scored to extend the lead to 7-1 after two periods. Leppo's second goal was a beauty as hebeat Jed Michael on a wrist shot thorugh the 5-hole at 2:08. Jones took a perfect pass from Jessie Lubasch with 55 seconds left in the middle period for Serra's 7th goal. Serra's Jessie Lubasch and QV's Ben Herringtraded goals in the third period as Serra got their payback over Quaker Valley 8-2. Serra outshot Quaker Valley 38-28. The big win leaves only Mars undefeated as Serra looks to move up one peg in the rankings this week.

HARMARVILLE - Franklin Regional coach Jim Damp knew his team had a little confidence after its Director's Cup final appearance in the Scholastic Showcase earlier this week and why not ? ....two overtime come from behind overtime victories and all without a full lineup. Well, coach Damp would have to go after it again without forwards Jimmy Daugherty and Luke Baughman, who watched from the stands. Keith Kearney's knows all about less than full line-ups, you see two of his top forwards Lorenz and Baker where at a conveniently scheduled 9:00 PM on a school night Junior B non-sense practice, which has been a common distraction for high school teams in this area. So the Foxes were a little shorthanded as well. Franklin Regional's Luke DeLorenzo opened up the scoring with two goals in the games first five minutes to give the Panthers a 2-0 lead at 10:03. Dakota Drew scored at 8:54 and the Panthers were off and running with a 3-0 lead. Seemed safe enough until FC's Pat King threw a puck to the net off the far boards, which fooled Brandon Stallard and ended up behind him and the Foxes where on the board 3-1. At 10:45 of the second, Fox Chapel went on the 5 on 3 power play and Franklin was able to kill it and maintain its lead. At 6:34, FC freshman sensation Matt Quigley beat three Franklin defenders after going coast to coast on an outlet pass by goaltender Todd Hendry and beat Stallard on the stickside to cut the lead to 3-2. DeLorenzo completed the hat trick at 5:59 as he slipped the puck through the FC center on the faceoff and roofed one upstairs to make it 4-2 Panthers. Quigley came right back at 2:51 on the power play with a wicked wrist shot and the Foxes were within one heading to the third period 4-3. Fox Chapel's fortunes looked good early in the third as Hendry stopped Michael Roth on the breakaway at 13:24, but Franklin Regional kept on coming in waves as DeLorenzo added his fourth [11:21] and fifth [7:29] goals of the evening and Louis Levine and Michael Roth added two more to pace the Panthers to an impressive 8-3 victory.

AIRPORT - Quaker Valley defeated Serra Catholic 6-2 back on November 25th and ws ranked 2nd ahead of the Eagles in the rankings. John Mooney's Eagles were looking forward to the new year and a rematch with the Quakers. Quaker coach Kevin Quinn knew that Steve Leppo and C.J. King did not play in the first meeting which could have an affect on the outcome of the rematch. QV didn't take long to pick up where they left off as Ben Herring scored at 14:37 of the opening period for a 1-0 lead. Serra fought back in the first as Ray Gillis scored to tie the game at 7:16 of the opening frame. Jesse Lubasch gave the Eagles their first lead at 3:47 of the first period 2-1. The backbreaker came with just :10 left in th first as C.J. King scored to extend the Serra lead to 3-1. On to the second and the Eagles blew the game wide open as King, Steve Leppo [2 goals] and Josh Jones scored to extend the lead to 7-1 after two periods. Leppo's second goal was a beauty as hebeat Jed Michael on a wrist shot thorugh the 5-hole at 2:08. Jones took a perfect pass from Jessie Lubasch with 55 seconds left in the middle period for Serra's 7th goal. Serra's Jessie Lubasch and QV's Ben Herringtraded goals in the third period as Serra got their payback over Quaker Valley 8-2. Serra outshot Quaker Valley 38-28. The big win leaves only Mars undefeated as Serra looks to move up one peg in the rankings this week.

HARMARVILLE - Franklin Regional coach Jim Damp knew his team had a little confidence after its Director's Cup final appearance in the Scholastic Showcase earlier this week and why not ? ....two overtime come from behind overtime victories and all without a full lineup. Well, coach Damp would have to go after it again without forwards Jimmy Daugherty and Luke Baughman, who watched from the stands. Keith Kearney's knows all about less than full line-ups, you see two of his top forwards Lorenz and Baker where at a conveniently scheduled 9:00 PM on a school night Junior B non-sense practice, which has been a common distraction for high school teams in this area. So the Foxes were a little shorthanded as well. Franklin Regional's Luke DeLorenzo opened up the scoring with two goals in the games first five minutes to give the Panthers a 2-0 lead at 10:03. Dakota Drew scored at 8:54 and the Panthers were off and running with a 3-0 lead. Seemed safe enough until FC's Pat King threw a puck to the net off the far boards, which fooled Brandon Stallard and ended up behind him and the Foxes where on the board 3-1. At 10:45 of the second, Fox Chapel went on the 5 on 3 power play and Franklin was able to kill it and maintain its lead. At 6:34, FC freshman sensation Matt Quigley beat three Franklin defenders after going coast to coast on an outlet pass by goaltender Todd Hendry and beat Stallard on the stickside to cut the lead to 3-2. DeLorenzo completed the hat trick at 5:59 as he slipped the puck through the FC center on the faceoff and roofed one upstairs to make it 4-2 Panthers. Quigley came right back at 2:51 on the power play with a wicked wrist shot and the Foxes were within one heading to the third period 4-3. Fox Chapel's fortunes looked good early in the third as Hendry stopped Michael Roth on the breakaway at 13:24, but Franklin Regional kept on coming in waves as DeLorenzo added his fourth [11:21] and fifth [7:29] goals of the evening and Louis Levine and Michael Roth added two more to pace the Panthers to an impressive 8-3 victory.

2003 Penguins Cup Finals ***GAME SUMMARIES*** Class A - Westmont Hilltop 4 Serra Catholic 3 Class AA - Peters Twp 6 Kittanning 3 Class AAA - Meadville 8 Franklin Regional 3