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CHSHL roundup: Sea clinches ‘A’ playoff berth

Goaltender Rob Palumbo made 38 saves for the shutout, Matt Manfredi, Phil Garcia and Jesse Loprest each scored once as St. Joseph by the Sea blanked Fordham Prep, 3-0, to clinch a CHSHL Class AA playoff berth Saturday night in Coney Island. Sea is tied with Iona Prep and Chamanade for second place with 16 points, but will make the playoffs based on tiebreakers.

Garcia and Anthony Defede added assists for the Vikings (7-6-2), who have no regular-season contests remaining. Fordham Prep (4-9-1) hosts Chaminade Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the World Ice Arena in Flushing.

St. Anthony’s 6, St. Joseph by the Sea 1: Nick Nici and Chris Sabanos each scored twice, Brent Diorio followed with two assists, James Mazza and Tyler Hall also scored once apiece and goaltender Dan Peterson made 26 saves for undefeated St. Anthony’s (17-0-0, 15-0-0), which meets Farrell Friday night at 7 p.m. at Abe Stark Arena in Coney Island. Mike Bronzo scored Sea’s lone goal and goalie Daniel Yurkins made 35 saves in net.

St. Anthony’s 9, Fordham Prep 1: Tyler Hall had four goals and an assist, Nick Nici scored twice, Chris Wallace added five helpers, Mike Martino had three assists, Mike Marnell notched a goal and an assist and goaltender Ralph Dispigna made 17 saves for St. Anthony’s.

St. Joseph by the Sea 4, Monsignor Farrell 1: Mike Bronzo scored twice, goaltender Rob Palumbo came up with 32 saves and Matt Manfredi and Luigi Tirro also scored for Sea. Carmine Taffo had a goal for Farrell (6-6-3), which faces St. Anthony’s in its regular-season finale Friday night at 7 p.m. at Abe Stark Arena in Coney Island needing at least a tie to make the playoffs.

Monsignor Farrell 6, Iona Prep 4: Sean Gargin potted the hat trick and Carmine Taffo and Vincent DiMare notched a goal and an assist for Farrell. Iona Prep falls to 7-7-2.

CLASS B

St. Edmund Prep 4, Xaverian 0: Danny Brown scored twice, Kieran Rogers had a goal and an assist and goalie Donald Marchetti stopped 19 shots for the shutout for St. Edmund Prep (7-6-1), which takes on Mount St. Michael Friday night at 8:45 p.m. at Abe Stark Arena in Coney Island. Xaverian (7-7-0) takes on Xavier Feb. 15 at 5:15 p.m. in Bayonne, N.J.

Xaverian 7, St. Peter’s 5: Eddie Mandala had two goals and two assists, Nick Anderson and Michael Cona tallied a goal and an assist, Peter Abounauom, Alex Seabaugh and Owen Frizalone also scored and goalie John Franco Formica made 28 saves for Xaverian. St. Peter’s (10-3-1) takes on Holy Cross Feb. 19 at 7:15 p.m. in Coney Isand.

OTHER SCORES

St. Mary’s 2, Chaminade 2

St. Francis Prep 13, Archbishop Stepinac 3:

St. Francis Prep 12, Xavier 5

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