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Chenango Forks Boy's Lacrosse heading to State Championship; tops 3-Time Reigning Class D Champs
MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – The Chenango Forks Blue Devils made their first trip to the state semifinal since 2022, and prepared to face off with Cold Spring Harbor in Middletown.
It was a back-and-forth game throughout. The Seahawks scored first, but Brody Polacek answered. The swings would go both ways, and the Blue Devils would then lead, and CSH answered.
In the late stages of the game, it would be tied, 4-4, with all 4 goals for Chenango Forks coming off the stick of Polacek. That was until, with 4.1 seconds left, Donavin Perhach found an incoming Gabriel Pavlick who would fire it home for the 5-4 advantage, which would be all it took.
'I just kinda ran up the field, and I was open, I guess,' said Pavlick.
In the net for the Blue Devils, All-American and Syracuse commit Lucas Bartlow made 18 saves in the game.
'I mean, it's amazing,' said Bartlow. 'We've worked hard all year, and, you know, honestly, we had confidence in this game to begin with, so we came out and took it.'
Chenango Forks will now face off against Penn Yan from Section V in the final, off the back of an incredible semifinal.
'I couldn't be prouder of these boys. I mean, that was, that was a 48-minute-long absolute battle,' said Head Coach Dave Pavlick. 'We knew we were going to come down here. We knew it was going to be a battle. We stuck to the game plan.'
The Class D State Championship will be at Hobart & William Smith Colleges on Saturday, June 14th at 12:30 PM.
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