Riverview Rams @ St. Stephen’s Falcons

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Riverview Rams @ St. Stephen’s Falcons (Pre-season Classic)

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Riverview Rams @ St. Stephen’s Falcons

The Riverview Rams (5-4, 3-1) Varsity Girls finished their Spring Break with another road game, facing the St. Stephen’s Falcons (9-1, 4-0) in Bradenton on Friday night. It was a tough night for Riverview, who struggled at the Draw Circle (13-for-27, 48%) and Shooting (5-for-19, 26%). The Falcons capitalized, and jumped out to an 11-2 lead at halftime and closed out the game quickly in the 4th quarter with a running clock, soaring to an 18-5 victory.

Riverview’s scoring was lead by Junior midfielder Caroline Steinwachs with 4 goals, who picked up her 150th career point as a Ram. St. Stephen’s scoring was lead by Junior Haley Rosa with 7 goals and Senior Sienna Cassella with 6 goals.

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Riverview Rams @ St. Stephen’s Falcons

Due to a scheduling conflict at RHS, this game was reschedule and moved to be played at St. Stephen’s.

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Riverview Rams @ St. Stephen’s Falcons

The Riverview Rams Varsity Boys traveled to Bradenton on Tuesday evening to face-off against the St. Stephen’s Falcons in a non-district matchup.  Going into the game, the Rams program had never lost to St. Stephen’s, going 6-0 since their first matchup in 2016. This matchup would provide further evidence of how high school lacrosse on the west coast of Florida is becoming more well-balanced across multiple teams.  The Rams jumped out to an early 5-2 lead in the first quarter, and a 7-5 lead by halftime.  In the third quarter, five goals by the Falcons, including 3 straight goals by Junior Justin Millican, the Falcons were able to take a 10-8 lead into the final quarter. In the 4th quarter, the Rams would retake the lead, with 5 goals.  Going into the final 2 minutes of the game, down by 2 goals, the Falcons got 2 quick goals by Joey Droge and Millican to tie the game, and force an overtime. In overtime, it was the Falcons’ Millican who found the back of the net with the game winner, his fifth goal of the game.

Riverview’s scoring was lead by Senior Kevin Southerland with 7 points (6G/1A). Solano Benitez played a solid game, going 15-for-22 at face-off, scoring 2 goals and snagging 11 groundballs. Benitez’s 11 groundballs tied Riverview’s single-game record, set by 2021 graduate, Tyler Horiuchi on March 6, 2020.  Will Leffler had 12 saves in goal for the Rams.

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Riverview Rams @ St. Stephen’s Falcons

The Riverview Rams Varsity Girls (7-4) traveled to Bradenton on Tuesday evening to face the St. Stephen’s Falcons (8-1) in a non-district matchup.  The Falcons jumped out to an early 3-0 lead within the first 3 minutes of the game, and furthered their lead to 9-4 by the end of the first half.  The defenses for both teams slowed the game down in the second half, and the Falcons cruised to a 13-8 victory. St. Stephen’s had well-balanced scoring, with four different players scoring three, or more goals (Bella Rosa 4G, Sienna Cassella 3G, Haley Rosa 3G, and Ashling Marshall 3G).

Riverview’s scoring was lead by Caroline Steinwachs with 4 goals and Susan Lowther with 3 goals and 1 assist. Mia Rey had 16 saves in goal for the Rams.

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Riverview Rams @ St. Stephen’s Falcons

The Riverview Rams Varsity Girls had an offensive showcase at St. Stephen’s tonight. The Rams came out strong with a 15-5, halftime lead and continued their barrage in the 2nd half with 8 more goals and a 23-9 victory. Rams scoring was led by Camille Johnson 5G/4A, 5GBs and 11 draw controls, Gabrielle Connelly 5G/1A and 6 draw controls, Brooke Whitmore 4G/1A, Hannah Boggs 4G, Riley Spingler 3G/5A.

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2019 District 17 Championship (GIRLS)- RIVERVIEW VS. ODA

For the first time in program history, the Riverview Rams Varsity Girls played in the District 17 Lacrosse Championship. The Out-of-Door Academy girls lacrosse team continued its offensive onslaught Thursday night with a 17-2 victory over the Rams at the Moore Athletic Complex on the campus of Saint Stephen’s.  Riverview got goals from Hannah Boggs on an assist from Eden Byholm and a free position shot from Alexis Whitmore.

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Creekside Knights vs Riverview Rams Girls Varsity (@ St. Stephen’s)

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Riverview Rams vs. St. Stephen’s Falcons

The Varsity Boys traveled to Bradenton Friday night to play the St. Stephen’s Falcons.  This will be the only time these two teams meet during the regular season, and the Rams pulled away very quickly; building up a 10-2 lead at the half, and a running clock in the 3rd quarter.  The entire Ram roster found significant playing time, with Peter Giannone leading all scorers with five points (1 goal, 4 assists). Spencer Brooks, Clark Flessner, Finn Johnson, Preston Piver, and Jake Lehrman contributed 2 goals, apiece.

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