OHSLA 2017 Championship Recap

Oregon High School Lacrosse Association

2017 OHSLA Championship Final Recap

Check out how we got here on the 2017 Playoff Bracket page. Game commentary is sprinkled between action pictures below.

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This year we have video of the entire OHSLA Final courtesy of Oregon Sports Beat.
Below are some pictures from the final from Richard Kolbell as well as some recap commentary for those who don't have time to watch the entire game. Note: You can click on any picture on this page for a larger version.

2017 OHSLA Championship Final Recap Sunset(#3) vs OES(#4)
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The Officials	Opening Face-Off.

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Charles Norgaard disrupts Nick Wiley's cradle.	Colby Bullard gets taken down
First Quarter Sunset started off the scoring with a goal from Tillman Gallagher a little over 2min into the game. Sunset won the ensuing face-off but was unable to hold on to the ball and, after a nearly 4min OES possession, Jack Morissette scored on a rebound to tie the game. Sunset again won the ensuing face-off but Jack Schlendorf stopped a Leonard shot and after a few exchanges of possession, OES was able to hold on for the last shot in the quarter and Alex Slusher scored as time expired to give OES a 2-1 lead.
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Tillman Gallagher winds up.	Jack SchlenDorf stops a low one
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Alex Slusher gets some air.	One goes by Travis Hemstreet...but not in
Second Quarter Sunset ties it 2min into 2nd quarter with a goal by Callum Craig. Teams exchanged possessions for a few minutes and then Nick Lund scored off a clearing pass after a quick restart from a a Sunset failure to advance call, putting OES back in the lead. A few minutes later Lund socres again for OES to maker 4-2 OES. Sunset tied it up on a goal by Callum Craig with a little over a minute left in the quarter off a freak deflection. The quarter ended with OES up 4-3 at halftime.
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Callum Craig demonstrates the swim-dodge-at-distance	Vernon Cowell moves the ball up field
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Cowell shoots	Tim Malueg gets caught with his head down...but draws the penalty
Third Quarter OES started quickly with a goal from Slusher dodging from up top a little over a minute in. The teams played evenly for a few minutes until Slusher scored again on the same midfield rollback move to make it 6-3 OES. Tillman Gallagher countered with a Time & Room step down to make it 6-4 OES, but OES cam back with a man-up goal from Slusher to make it 7-4. Tim Malueg then scored directly off the ensuing face-off to make it 8-4 OES which was the score at the end of the quarter.
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Henry Morisstte moves upfield	Jacob Leonard drives on John Fitzhenry
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Bennett Greenbaum makes a move	Slusher avoids the double team
Fourth Quarter Sunset began a comeback with a goal from freshamanCalder Gallagher, followed by a goal by fellow freshman Callum Craig on an alley dodge rollback, to bring Sunset within two at 8-6 OES. But OES keeper Jack Schlendorf was able to make several key stops and Nick Lund scored for OES with 2min left and then OES was able to hold off Sunset for the 9-6 win.