The Brentwood High School Bruins took their 7-2 record across town to face the Ravenwood High School Tuesday night, and walked out with a 10-6 victory. Ravenwood made the move to Division I for the 2006 season after winning the Division II state championship in 2005, then went on to win the Division I championship two years later in 2007. They have established themselves as one of the top public schools in Division I.
The two teams have played five other times since Ravenwood opened its doors in 2004, and Brentwood has lost all five games.This night would be different.
Brentwood jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first quarter on a goal by Jason Springer, but Ravenwood soon tied it at 1. The Bruins opened up a small lead by halftime and went into the break ahead 4-2. The Raptors came back with three goals in the third quarter, but could not gain the lead as the third quarter ended 6-5 in favor of the Bruins.
When two talented teams with strong defenses play, it generally takes until the fourth quarter for the offenses to get their chances.The Bruins stretched out the lead to 8-5 before the Raptors responded with a goal to pull within two. Brentwood netted two more in the closing minutes to seal the victory.
The Bruins played a solid game with very few mistakes, and played their first penalty free game. The offense was led by Sam Wyatt who took face offs, played midfield and attack. He finished the night with three goals and two assists. Jason Springer contributed three goals and 1 assist, Patrick Gill had two goals, one assist and defenseman Colin Hart contributed two goals, as he had his first multi-goal game of the season. Preston Stapp, once again came up big when it counted and made 9 saves in the win.
For the Raptors, a goal was scored by Bennett off an assist by Baird in the first quarter followed by a Corbin Pafanis goal in the second quarter, again off a Baird assist. Harry Taylor and Nick Taras had one goal each in the third quarter with Taylor's goal off an assist by Baird. Taylor and Bennett again scored in the fourth quarter off assists by Taras and Pafanis.