High school lacrosse: Sparked by second-half rally, Lowville comes back to defeat Watertown once again in lacrosse
WATERTOWN — Propelled by a rally in the second half, the Lowville lacrosse team continued its breakthrough season on Thursday night. Riding balanced scoring as well as ramped-up defensive play, the Red Raiders recorded another eventful victory in the program’s recent resurgence. Will Vokey generated four goals and an assist and Carson Kempney supplied three goals and an assist, with Kempney scoring the deciding goal, as Lowville came back to defeat Watertown, 9-8, to win a Frontier League game at Case Middle School.
Goalie Caleb Nortz made 13 saves to back Lowville’s defense, which held reigning-league champion Watertown to a pair of goals in the second half. “We were down at halftime, but we found a way to put it together,” Vokey said. “We switched it up, we were locking off No.
3 (Jack Converse), coach made a great call, switching it up a little bit, just playing our normal defense we’ve been playing in practice. I think we have the best, most athletic, aggressive defense in the section, really. So great job by them and great call by the coaches for making that call, it was a great game-changer for sure.
” With the win, the Red Raiders improved to 9-3 on the season, including a perfect 4-0 in league play. “It’s a big win for us,” Lowville coach Kyle Scordo said. “We knew they were going to get better since last time and we’ve been getting better as well.
We got off to a good start, up 3-0 and then they went on a run. ... And at halftime, we were a little down in the dumps, we started coming back right off that first faceoff.
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