Bremen at NorthWood 2-2

With the remnants of "Gustav" looming overhead, the Panthers took the field against the Bremen Lions. An unusual 5 pm start (Bremen does not have a JV) confused one official who showed up for a 6:45 game at 6:30. The two remaining officials did a nice job of calling the game. That performance might have been one of the few highlights of the evening.

FIRST HALF
After a Bremen kick off, it was NorthWood who came out trying to control the ball. In the 4th minute a NW attack resulted in a Seth Douwsma assist to Ryan Lincoln on the left side, who, with a nice fast paced ball put the ball in the back of the ropes.The 1-0 lead gave NW the upperhand for a while. In the 12th, a deflected ball landed in front of Cam Seitz. Cam took a nice rip at the goal. The ball sailed just over the crossbar. In the 15th minute, Nick got the ball to Seth, who missed just to the right of the far post. Then the tide turned; Bremen took the ball to the NorthWood side of the field. In the 29th minute, Bremen hit the NW far post. The ball came back out and the Panthers escaped.

SECOND HALF
The Panthers' kickoff almost resulted in a 2-0 lead. The far pass to Lincoln in the PK area resulted in a challenge between the Lions GK and Ryan. A foul could have been called but wasn't. In the 44th minute, Bremen's #7 scored the tying goal when the ball disappeared in the goal on the near side of the play. Four minutes later a Cesar Salinas free kick on the NorthWood defensive end of the pitch, ended up near the left side of the Bremen box. Seth ran onto the ball and got a solid touch on the ball to goal before the Bremen GK could get to it, 2-1. In the 57th minute, Andre Hilson scored the tying goal for Bremen.The 2-2 score would stand and give NorthWood its third draw in a row.

NOTES

The Bell choir will not take the field until next Thursday at Wawasee.

Next up for NW is a NLC matchup at Wawasee. For a change, the varsity will play first (4:30) and the JV will follow at 6:15 pm.

Today's practice is at the High School.

Red & black #16 sweatbands were giving to each Varsity player in remembrance of Travis Hunsberger.

Our next opponent Wawasee beat LaVille (potential sectional opponent)4-0.

Seth leads NW in scoring with 5 goals, Ryan has 2, Trevor and Cam each have one goal scored.

Temperatures are expected to be in the 70's all of next week, which is good news considering we will play 4 games (and 3 of those in one day).