The Riverview Rams (5-7, 1-1) hosted the St. Stephen’s Falcons (9-1) at the Ram Bowl on Tuesday night for a non-district matchup. St. Stephen’s jumped out to a quick 6-1 lead on scores from 5 different Falcons in the 1st quarter, and soared to a 15-4 victory over the Rams. The Falcons senior Matt Vara scored 4 goals, with his last goal enabling him to reach 200 career goals for St. Stephen’s. Freshmen Joseph Dodge also added 4 goals for the Falcons. Billy Snyder. Toby West, Charlie Flint and Nikolai Soendker each had a goal for Riverview. Senior Riverview goaltender Will Leffler had 11 saves. Juniors Ty Nutter and Brian O’Sullivan had 7 groundballs and 5 groundballs, respectively.

The Riverview Rams (5-6, 1-1) Varsity Boys faced the Venice Indians (2-6, 0-1) in a District matchup at the Ram Bowl on Friday night. Prior to the game, we honored our eight Seniors:
Will Leffler, Lucien Minford, Billy Snyder, Solano Benitez, Tyler Weston, John Cox, Brett Koch and Logan Chappell.

Venice jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first quarter, on goals by John Piroli and Colby Francolini. In the second quarter, Riverview tied it up, on goals by senior Billy Snyder and sophomore Jack Yochim. With 4:06 left in the 3rd quarter, junior Zach Westover scored the go-ahead goal for the Rams, and Riverview was able to extend the lead, and secure the 7-4 victory. Yochim and Snyder each had 2 goals for the Rams. Senior Will Lefler finished the game stopping 15 of the 22 shots he faced (68%) in goal.

Defensively, junior Ty Nutter had a career night, with 8 groundballs and 5 takeaways. His first game back since suffering an injury back on February 21, senior Solano Benitez played well, by going 4-for-7 on faceoffs, snagging 5 groundballs, 1 takeaway, and scoring a goal for Riverview.

The Riverview Rams (4-6, 0-1) hosted the Out-of-Door Academy Thunder (6-2) at the Ram Bowl on Tuesday evening. The game remained close throughout the first 4 quarters, and was forced into overtime on a goal by ODA’s sophomore Josey Rubinstein with only 7 seconds remaining in regulation. With only 89 seconds remaining in overtime, ODA junior Trey Naese scored the game-winner after intercepting a Riverview clear, his fourth goal of the game. Despite giving up the game winning goal, Riverview’s senior goalie, Will Leffler had a solid night in net, recording 22 saves and snagging 4 groundballs. Defensively for the Rams, junior Ty Nutter had a career game, picking up 10 groundballs, 2 takeaways and an assist to tie up the game with only 4:55 remaining in regulation. Riverview’s scoring was led by senior Lucien Minford with 8 points (5G/3A) and sophomore Jack Yochim with 5 points (3G/2A).

ODA’s scoring was led by Rubinstein with 7 points (6G/1A) and Naese with 4 goals.

The Riverview Rams (4-4, 0-1) hosted the Bishop Verot Vikings (7-1) at the Ram Bowl on Thursday night. The Vikings made quick work of the Rams by jumping out to a commanding, 14-0 lead at halftime. With a running clock in play for the entire second half, Bishop Verot closed out the game with a 17-1 victory. Riverview’s sole goal was scored about 3 1/2 minutes into the 3rd quarter when sophomore Jack Yochim found senior Lucien Minford in the front of the crease for the Ram score.

Ten different Vikings contributed to the scoring for Bishop Verot, with junior Trey Toscano scoring 5 goals, and sophomore Jake Rodriguez and senior Brayden Tooley each scoring 3 goals. Bishop Verot’s FOGOs went 14-for-21 on faceoffs (66%).