Confident La Salle rolls over Downingtown East in first round

Confident La Salle rolls over Downingtown East in first round

WYNDMOOR – In the PIAA Boys’ Lacrosse Tournament, confidence almost always prevails over hesitancy. That’s the way things played out Tuesday in round one of the 16-team 3A Championship. Host La Salle scored 11 unanswered goals, limited Downingtown East to a mere six shots on goal, and cruised to a 12-1 victory to advance to the state quarterfinals on Saturday. “We are confident and looking to build off of this,” said Explorers’ junior attacker W…

R.I. takeaways: How Hendricken crashed the D-1 final four party

The first round of the Rhode Island Interscholastic League playoffs kicked off in earnest on Friday with the start of the Division 1 tournament. While No. 1 seed and perennial champion La Salle Academy, and No. 2 seed Moses Brown earned byes into the semifinals, the two first-round games were exciting ones, both decided by a single goal. When the dust settled, sixth-seeded Bishop Hendricken was the only road team to win, taking down No. 3 seed B…