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Radnor vs. Springfield Lead Standout

Finn Petrone‘s sophomore season didn’t exactly end the way he’d have liked.

The Radnor (Pa.) lefty attackman racked up a whopping 67 goals and 22 assists last year and looked poised to potentially help the Raptors collect a fifth straight PIAA championship. In the District One title game, though, his season came to a halt when he broke his collarbone against rival Springfield. The Cougars went on to win the district and the state championship a few weeks later.

Petrone missed his recruiting summer, though ended up committing to Lehigh. This year, though, he’s back and better than ever. He’s been filling up the stat sheet all year long, a trend that continued in Tuesday’s 7-4 win over Springfield in the PIAA title game rematch. Petrone netted a hat trick and tossed out three assists as the Raptors claimed the first of what will undoubtedly be two or three matchups this year.

“I feel like last year, I didn’t have a lot of assists or a lot of dodging,” Petrone said. “In the offseason, I focused a lot on my dodging skills and vision and seeing into the middle of the crease and up top. I feel a lot more dangerous as a dodger and I worked on it. For my passing, my vision’s gotten a lot better.”

That was on display all night, though perhaps none of his feeds were better than a picturesque dish from X to set up a Max Peterson stepdown crank from up top. Petrone’s clearly a lot more confident as a do-it-all attackman, and he’s significantly more dangerous as a result. His calling card, though, is still his lightning-quick release and shooting ability. He works impeccably well with Tommy Goldstein (Cornell) as the finisher to Goldstein’s setups. Goldstein found him on each of Radnor’s first two goals, including a snappy rip from Petrone on the second.

“Tommy is a very good feeder and a very good dodger, and we’ve played together almost our whole lives,” Petrone said. “We kind of know where each other’s going to be on the field at any time.”