posted 05/14/2012
This past weekend, the Granite Bay U11 Grizzlies lacrosse team traveled to Scotts Valley for the Surf City Tournament. This event attracts the best Bay Area teams. Winning all seven of their games, the Grizzlies left as champions. In the semi final game against a team from Los Gatos/Saratoga, Granite Bay had to rally from a 3-1 deficit with only 5 minutes left. Cooper Gravlin's goal with 4 minutes to go, on a beautiful pass from Jace Foddrill, made it 3-2. Then Foddrill scored another goal with less than 3 minutes to play to tie it up. With less than a minute left in the game, Gravlin shot a bullet past the goalie for the winning goal. In the championship game, the Grizzlies came out strong and took an early lead on goals by Josh Flanery, Grant Zerlaut, Anderson Marks, Gravlin (2), and Foddrill. They held on to win the game 6-3.
Over the course of the 7 tournament games, the Grizzlies were led in scoring by Luke Bone, Brad Davito, and Cooper Gravlin. Bone & Jace Foddrill led the team in assists. Ground ball recoveries, a key to maintaining possession, were led by Bone, Davito, Gravlin & Foddrill.
But the main factor in the Grizzlies success was their defense. Goalie Noah Costa allowed only 9 goals in the seven games, and had 24 saves. The starting defensive line of Noah Riggs, Ben Mazure and Anderson Marks was rock solid in front of Costa.
Granite Bay finished the regular season ranked #1 in Northern California, accumulating a 25-2 record in route to a division championship. Other key members of the team are Ben Beeman, Griffin LaBudde, Zach Mefford, Michael Roberts, Kyle Rudman, & Jaden Uhler.
