OHSLA 2014 Championship Semi #1 Coverage

Oregon High School Lacrosse Association

2014 OHSLA Championship Semi-Finals

Check out how we got here on the 2014 Playoff Bracket page. Game commentary is sprinkled between action pictures below (courtesy of Bob Miller).
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2014 OHSLA Championship Semi Final #1 Recap West Linn(#2) vs Jesuit(#3)
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The Officials	Opening Face-Off.

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Jesuit's Conner Perkins does the crease tip-toe after scoring Jesuit's first goal.	Jesuit goalie Arie Abrams takes his chances upfield

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West Linn's Ryan Klose attracts a crowd..	West Linn keeper Will Strickland makes the sweet off-stick-side save.
First Quarter The first quarter was basically even, but Jesuit was able to gain a 2-1 lead with 36sec left the quarter and then scored another goal before the quarter ended 3-1.
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Jesuit's Jack Sweitzer shoots...	...and scores!

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Jesuit's Noah Monahan demonstrates how a lift check works (note the ball at the feet).	West Linn's Ian Anderson with the face dodge.

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#8 v #8: Luke Verbiest gets Jason Hickman to fan on the check.	Ian Anderson scores West Linn's second goal.

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Jesuit's Riley Hoffman thinks he's got the trail check on Ryan Klose...	...but Klose pulls the string and wheels for a shot.
Second Quarter Jesuit scored first two goals of the secnod quarter to push its lead to 5-1, then Ian Anderson scored West Linn's 2nd goal to make it 5-2 with 2min left in the first half. The first half ends with Jesuit leading 5-2.
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Jacob Taylor scores West Linn's 4th goal to bring them within one, 5-4.	...but Sweitzer gets the lead back to 6-4.

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Hoffman still thinks he can trail ckeck Klose...	...and this time he does!
Third Quarter West Linn scored the first two goals of the second half to come within 1 at 5-4, but Jesuit closed out the third quarter with a goal. At the end of the third Jesuit leads 6-4.
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Anatomy of a face dodge: Louie Germain starts from the wing...	...steps past Jesuit defender Casey Hickman...

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...and scores West Linn's 5th goal.	The slide comes..but the trail check does the damage.

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West Linn ties the game. Dylan Tuor wins the ensuing face-off for West Linn and charges downfield...	...two passes later and Ryan Klose cranks up the shot...

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Klose's shot clears the sliding Jesuit defender Noah Monahan...	...and scores for the game winner!
Fourth Quarter Louie Germain started fourth quarter scoring off to close West linn within one, 6-5. Jesuit countered with a goal of its own 7-5, then the teams exchanged goals to make it 8-6 with a little over 4min left. West Linn then scored with 3min left to make it 8-7. A few muinutes later West Linn ties it with 1:06 left on the clock. Dylan Tuor controlled the face-off and on the ensuing break, Ryan Klose puts the winner in a fraction under 14secs later. A crazy last few minutes that only a Syracuse Alum like Coach Flood could predict.