OHSLA 2015 Cascade Cup Recap

Oregon High School Lacrosse Association

Check out how we got here on the 2015 Playoff Bracket page. Game commentary is sprinkled between action pictures below (courtesy of Bob Miller and Richard Calderwood).
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LaSalle Prep(#8) vs Hood River(#3)
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The Officials	Austin Oleson scores first of the game.

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Torson Brown unleashes a shot...	...but he nails Jeff Karembelas who picks up the ground ball.
First Quarter LaSalle started off strong scoring the first, then the teams traded possesions for several minutes before LaSalle scored its second with a little over 5min left in the quarter. But Hood River finshed the half with a goal just past the 3min mark and then tied it up less than a minute later. At the end of a quarter the score was tied at 2 goals a piece.
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Nash Lisac scores first goal of the 2nd quarter.	Torson Brown completes his Hat Trick less than 2min into the quarter.

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Lisac shoots from in close...	...but makes the stop.
Second Quarter LaSalle scored the first goal of the quarter, but Hood River turned the tide and scored the next five goals to open up a 7-3 lead by halftime.
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Ground Ball crowd.	Elliot Cramer separates Tyler Persons from his stick

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Burce Ostler takes on Jeff Karembelas.	Alex Munoz rejects Lisac's shot.

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Austin Oleson scores LaSalles fourth goal.	Lisac moves the ball up field.
Third Quarter Hood River started the second half with a quick goal to open their lead to 8-3, but LaSalle scored the next three goals of the quarter to close the gap to 8-6 by the end of the quarter.
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Jackson Lebsack scores Hood River's 9th goal.	Jack McCaffrey brings the ball upfield.

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Lisac lines up Alex Ellifritz for a check....	...but doesn't connect.

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Brown scores his 5th to make it 10-6...	Spencer Rebagliati makes the save close in.

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Tyler Persons scores to make it 10-7.	...and Persons scores again to make it 10-8.

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LaSalle scores to make it a one goal game, but there is only 1sec remaining...	...so Hood River captures the 2015 Cascade Cup.
Fourth Quarter Hood River scored the first two goals of the quarter, seemingly putting the game away, with a 10-6 lead and 8min left, but LaSalle refused to quit. LaSalle chipped away, cutting the lead to 10-9 with 39sec left in the game to set up a frenetic final minute of the game. Hood River won the next face-off and quickly scored their 11th goal to make the score 11-9 with 20sec left. LaSalle won the next face-off, but was unable to score until only 1sec remained on the clock and the game ended 11-10.