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The Rockbridge County High School boys lacrosse team concluded its season with an 8-7 home loss to Cave Spring in the Region 4D quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon in Lexington.
The fourth-seeded Wildcats (6-8), who had suffered a 12-11 overtime loss at fifth-seeded Cave Spring (7-7) on Monday, had a 7-2 lead at the start of the fourth quarter, but the Knights scored six unanswered goals to earn the comeback victory.
Cave Spring led 2-1 in the first quarter, but the Wildcats tied the game 2-2 when Quincy Speers scored with three-tenths of a second left.
The second quarter was scoreless, but the Wildcats picked up their offense in the third quarter, scoring all five goals of the period, starting with a goal from Andrew Kelly he won a faceoff. For the game, Kelly won 12-of-18 faceoffs.
In the fourth quarter, starting with 9:34 left, the Knights scored three goals in about three-and-a-half minutes to cut RC’s lead to 7-6. Cave Spring then tied the game 7-7 on a goal by Spencer Trivett with 4:35 left. Shortly after that, Chris Scott scored the winning goal for Cave Spring.
Kelly and Jonathan Brooke led the Wildcats with two goals each. Scott paced the Knights with three goals, while Liam Wampler had scored two goals.
RC goalie Jack Jensen made 13 saves, while Cave Spring goalie Hayes Reger had five saves.
The Knights will advance to the Region 4D semifinals, which will take place on Tuesday at Salem.
RC turned its season around after an 0-4 start in their first year under head coach Jay Whitelock. Last year, the Wildcats went 9-7, falling to Cave Spring 11-5 in the Region 4D semifinals.
The Wildcats will miss their four seniors: Shanan Andrews, Daniel Grimm, Sawyer Hattersley and Jackson Speers.
For the full stories on this week’s action, with photos from Saturday’s game, please see our May 22 newspaper.
