Seneca Valley Raiders

Pine Richland 2 Mt Lebanon 1 Mt Lebanon and head coach Paul Taibi has been on a marathon, which has seen the Blue Devils play 4 games in 4 days prior to their matchup with upstart Pine Richland. With a berth in the Semi-Finals at stake, the coach Jimmy Black’s Rams were playing with a lot of confidence coming off victories against a tough Archbishop Ryan team 5-4 and pounding a very good Upper St Clair team earlier in the day 6-0. Pine Richland caught Mt Lebanon sleeping in the first period and jumped on them for 11 shots but could not beat Matt Vaughn as the game remained scoreless. The Rams broke the scoreless drought at 13:24 of the second as Josh Foder redirected a Drew Lilly shot to give PR a 1-0 lead. Richland held the lead until 4:19 remaining in regulation as Mt Lebanon’s Eric Sloan wristed a shot while falling down which eluded Nick Gazzo and tied the game at one apiece. The Rams would have the final say as Brian Kreitt redirected a Josh Foder pass past Vaughn with 2:53 remaining to give Pine Richland a 2-1 victory and a berth in the Semi-Finals on Sunday.