WHEELING – The Buckhannon-Upshur Buccaneer lacrosse team opened their season with four road games, dropping all four.
The Bucs opened their season at Fairmont Senior losing a 14-3 contest.
They followed that up with a Saturday doubleheader coming up just short in games with Wheeling Park and John Marshall.
They opened the day with a low-scoring 4-1 setback to Wheeling Park then were edged by John Marshall by an 11-10 count.
They then had a competitive battle with Wheeling Central that they lost by a 12-5 score.
Against Fairmont Senior, Aidan Wilson had two of the three B-U goals while Luke Bohnsack had the other.
Bohnsack had a team-high 13 ground balls.
Buckhannon-Upshur keeper John Hayes made four saves in net for the Bucs.
In their clash with Wheeling Park, Clay Ware had the lone goal for the Bucs.
Bohnsack again led Buckhannon-Upshur in ground balls with nine.
Hayes made 10 stops in net for B-U.
In their one-goal setback against John Marshall, Ware tallied four goals, Nathan Smith had three, Justin Streets two and Kaleb Roby one.
Bohnsack had a team-high 10 ground balls.
Hayes collected 13 saves.
In their setback to Wheeling Central, Ware had two goals while Smith, Bohnsack and Tucker Hatfield each had one.
Bohnsack had a team-high 19 ground balls.
Hayes made 13 saves while Remmy Bonnett had one in net for the Bucs.
The Bucs were slated to have visited Preston this past Tuesday.
They will finally have their home opener Saturday with Musselman at 3 p.m.
The boxscores:
Buckhannon-Upshur 0 1 1 1 – 3
Fairmont Senior 6 6 0 2 – 14
Buckhannon-Upshur goals – Aidan Wilson 2; Luke Bohnsack 1. Totals 3.
Buckhannon-Upshur assists – Clay Ware 1; Justin Streets 1. Totals 2.
Buckhannon-Upshur ground balls – Luke Bohnsack 13; Justin Streets 6; Liam Roby 6; Lakoda Lantz 5; Clay Ware 5; Nathaniel Tyson 4; Kevin Bohnsack 4; Tucker Hatfield 3; Aidan Wilson 3; Branson Carpenter 3; Kaleb Roby 2; Dalton Atwell 2; Nathan Smith 1; Ethan Dowling 1; Logan Lynch 1. Totals 59.
Buckhannon-Upshur saves – John Hayes 4.
Buckhannon-Upshur 0 0 0 1 – 1
Wheeling Park 0 2 0 2 – 4
Buckhannon-Upshur goals – Clay Ware 1. Totals 1.
Buckhannon-Upshur assists – None.
Buckhannon-Upshur ground balls – Luke Bohnsack 9; Ethan Dowling 8; Clay Ware 7; Kaleb Roby 6; Nathan Smith 4; Lakoda Lantz 4; Aidan Wilson 3; Kevin Bohnsack 2; Robert Grose 2; Branson Carpenter 2; Liam Roby 1; Justin Streets 1; Nick Ray 1. Totals 50.
Buckhannon-Upshur saves – John Hayes 10.
Buckhannon-Upshur 10
John Marshall 11
(Score by quarters not reported)
Buckhannon-Upshur goals – Clay Ware 4; Nathan Smith 3; Justin Streets 2; Kaleb Roby 1. Totals 10.
Buckhannon-Upshur assists – Luke Bohnsack 2; Justin Streets 1; Kaleb Roby 1; Nathaniel Tyson 1. Totals 5.
Buckhannon-Upshur ground balls – Luke Bohnsack 10; Kaleb Roby 9; Aidan Wilson 5; Branson Carpenter 4; Dalton Atwell 3; Justin Streets 3; Nick Ray 3; Nathan Smith 2; Lakoda Lantz 2; Clay Ware 2; Nathaniel Tyson 2. Totals 45.
Buckhannon-Upshur saves – John Hayes 13.
Buckhannon-Upshur 5
Wheeling Central 12
(Score by quarters not reported)
Buckhannon-Upshur goals – Clay Ware 2; Nathan Smith 1; Tucker Hatfield 1; Luke Bohnsack 1. Totals 5.
Buckhannon-Upshur assists – Nathan Smith 1. Totals 1.
Buckhannon-Upshur ground balls – Luke Bohnsack 19; Clay Ware 12; Nathan Smith 7; Tucker Hatfield 6; Kaleb Roby 6; Just Streets 6; Branson Carpenter 6; Lakoda Lantz 4; Kevin Bohnsack 1; Aidan Wilson 1; Logan Lynch 1. Totals 69.
Buckhannon-Upshur saves – John Hayes 13; Remmy Bonnet 1. Totals 14.
