Hoosac Valley Lacrosse Standouts Haley, Disbrow Recognized

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The Hurricanes are on to the semi-finals in both the girls and boys Central/Western Massachusetts tournaments, and this week’s iBerkshires.com/Bedard Bros. Auto Athletes of the Week helped get them there.

 

Freshman Nathan Haley and senior Abi Disbrow each had a big week as their respective teams won a pair in the tourney -- each going on the road to upend a higher seed in the quarter-finals.

 

Hoosac Valley’s girls needed every one of Disbrow’s five saves in an 8-7 win over Wahconah in their playoff opener. In the quarters, she had 12 saves in a 12-9 win over Nipmuc to send the sixth-seeded Hurricanes to the section’s Final Four.

 

On the season, Disbrow has backstopped Hoosac Valley to a 15-3 record, allowing 109 goals while making 102 stops for a solid .483 save percentage.

 

No one has been able to stop Hoosac Valley’s Haley in the post-season -- certainly not since half-time of the Hurricanes’ playoff opener.

 

In the last 72 minutes of game time, Haley has scored 12 goals -- an eight-goal-per-game pace.

 

His six-goal second half against Lee in the first round helped Hoosac Valley break open a tight contest.

 

Two nights later, he poured in six more to lead the Hurricanes to a 10-3 upset win over Mount Greylock. That gave Hoosac two wins in three tries this year against the traditional Berkshire County powerhouse and sent the ‘Canes to the sectional semi-finals for the first time in that program’s history.

 

Hoosac Valley’s boys made their first post-season appearance just two years ago. On Tuesday, they will travel to take on Central Mass power Nipmuc for a berth in the sectional final.

 

Hoosac’s girls, who made their first playoff appearance just last year, go to Mount Greylock on Tuesday to take on the Mounties in the semis.

 

The iBerkshires.com Athlete of the Week is sponsored by Bedard Bros. Auto of Cheshire.