Dowd delivers for Grand Island lacrosse

-from The Buffalo News

The Grand Island boys lacrosse team did more than beat St. Joe's, 4-3, in a nonleague game on Friday. "It was a big one for us because we had a tough loss on Wednesday (8-7 in overtime) to Gowanda," said GI coach Steve Steck. "We had had a good couple weeks, so we really wanted this one to get back on track heading into the Class B playoffs next week." Senior Justin Dowd scored the game-winner for the Vikings with less than six minutes left when he took a pass from junior Ryan Samland from about five yards out. The goal was Dowd's second of the game. St. Joe's (8-6) had tied the game with less than nine minutes left on a goal from Brendan Denz. Chris Miller won six of 10 faceoffs, which Steck said was a key.