MV, EL, MA close out regular season with wins

At Elk Lake, Bailey Newhart scored two second-half goals, one off an assist from Ben Woolcock, to lead the Warriors in their regular-season finale, 2-0, over Holy Cross.

Zach Groover had six saves.

At Blue Ridge, Giovanni Amato netted a pair of first-half goals and Riley Birchard added an insurance marker 17 minutes into the second half to pace Montrose, 3-0, over the Raiders.

Gavin Bradley turned away 15 shots for Blue Ridge.

At Riverside, Keegan Mack opened the scoring, followed by a goal from Sam Flannery; and Justin Rowe finished it with a pair of goals in the last four minutes, off two of three assists from Alex Showalter, as the Eagles posted a shutout of the Vikings, 4-0.

At Old Forge, the Blue Devils picked up their second win of the season with a 1-0 victory over Forest City.

Dakota Knehr-Cook turned away seven shots for Forest City.

Division Leaders
Lakeland wrapped up the season in first place with an 11-0 record followed by Mountain View who were 9-1-1 on the season and the 9-2 Montrose team.

After early season losses, Elk Lake has posted a streak of wins to finish 8-3 on the regular season; Blue Ridge finished with a 6-4-1 record. Forest City was 5-6 on the season.

Lakeland’s Ethan Cortes led the division with 22 goals in the regular season, with Giovanni Amato second with 20.

Mountain View’s Justin Rowe collected 13 goals; and Blue Ridge’s Axel Mejia and Elk Lake’s Blake Chew and Bailey Newhart each had 12.

Lakeland’s Collin Cooper led in assists with 16; Eagles Justin Rowe had 10 and Alex Showalter had 9. Blue Ridge’s Corbin French and Elk Lake’s Ben Woolcock both had 6.

Riverside goalie Nelson Pagoada had 173 saved; and Blue Ridge’s Gavin Bradley posted 82 in the regular season.