Crawley scores four goals to lead Port Washington over Farmingale

You could say that Port Washington was prepared for its Conference I matchup. It's no wonder, then, that all those crossed Ts and dotted Is turned into a big, old W.

"All week in practice, we prepared for every situation they could put us in," Crawley said after the Vikings' 10-5 victory. "And when we're prepared as a team and everything is working, and everyone is having fun playing, you can't stop us."

Port Washington (4-1) dominated in almost every facet of the game, and held Farmingdale to only one goal for the first three quarters. And even when faced with things they couldn't prepare for -- say, the Dalers rotating cadre of faceoff men -- the Vikings were up to the challenge.

Joey Frocarro won 14 of 18 faceoffs and, "even though they tried a lot of different guys and tried to slow him up in a lot of different ways, he's just very good on the X," Rooney said.

Farmingdale (3-2) drew to within 3-1 on Tom Kennedy's goal with 6:52 left in the half, but the next three attempts, including a fastbreak off a Vikings turnover with nine minutes left in the third, were thwarted by Ferrero, a standout freshman that Frocarro called "one of the best goalies in the county."

Port Washington outscored Farmingdale 3-0 in the third, behind two goals from Crawley, who finished with four. His prettiest by far came with 7:30 left in the quarter when, with his back to a defender, he spun around and scored with a slick underhand shot that snuck past the head-side of the goalie. Meanwhile, Jesse Kaplan paced the stingy defense.

SEE PHOTOSPort Washington 10, Farmingdale 5

"Farmingdale likes to invert the middies behind and we just tried to take it away early," Rooney said. "We had a game-plan and we executed it well."