NorthWood showed up to play on an Apple Festival Saturday that must have lured a lot of potential spectators away from today's matchup.
FIRST HALF
It looked like a game the Panthers could dominate if they would apply an early press on the opponents defense. The first Riley mistake - a short and misdirected goal kick from the GK to Ryan Lincoln about 30 yards out- resulted in the first NW score. Ryan controlled the ball and without hesitation shot the ball over the keeper to punish the mistake, 1-0.
Only three minutes after that, Josh passed the ball on the left up the line to Lincoln. Lincoln -you will see his name again in this blog- took it to the end line and executed a perfect cross onto Eddie's head. The header hit the ropes for the 2-0.
In the 19th minute of play, Lincoln passed the ball from the right thru the box to Conner. Conner took his time, and with composure placed the ball to the keepers right for the 3-0.
The rest of the half was not too impressive. The Panther's level of play went down considerably until the second half.
SECOND HALF
NorthWood took the field with renewed energy. It was however a game with a lot of referee initiated interruptions that saw a highlight in the 51st minute when the "minister in the middle" gave a three minute sermon to all captains on the field. The yellow came out in the 61st and was given to Eddie. The ref probably should have given himself a card in the same color as his shirt. Just as the bench was getting tired of listening to the Riley assistent coach with the fashionably rolled up adidas pants scream "Lemembel to make the sholt passees", it was Cesar who decided to go on a slalom thru the Riley midfield. Arriving just outside the 18, it was time for a shot - one of his better ones- as he hit the back of the net for the 4-0 (64") and re-igniting the team at the same time. A few minutes later coach Duerksen reacted to a call in protest when the center ref decided to come to the side for a nice and lenghty discussion. An open mouth/closed eyes conversation on the part of the ref ensued without further cards being shared. Thanks to the talkative and interruptive actions of the ref, this 80 minute game would last closer to 90 plus minutes.
In the 70th minute, Trent passed a ball to Conner who, after a struggle with the goalkeeper on the ground, placed the ball over the line, 5-0.
All players on the bench got decent playing time which ill help the team the rest of the season.
After years of trying during practice, Trent was finally able to show the crowd what he is good at. With a monster shot, he was able to make solid contact with the crossbar, nice job Jacobs!
With a minute left to play, Kronk slipped the ball to Lincoln who finished the job for the final score; 6-0. Maliq and Balogh combined for the shutout.
NEXT UP-Varsity
Next week is a busy week. Memorial & Glenn (Tuesday & Thursday respectively) followed by Concord (Saturday). The first two away, the last one at home.
JV TOURNEY
The JV did very well today at the Goshen JV Tourney. In the A flight, the team faced Plymouth in the first contest. The Panthers gave up two goals in the first half but that was it for the tournament. Thompson played in the goal the first half and Kyle the rest of the tournament. We lost that game 2-0 but came back to beat Memorial 1-0 on a Taylor Wegmiller goal. Kyle Dijkstra had two excellent saves and gets another shutout and a half. The JV finished in 3rd place.
NEXT UP-JV
Monday at 5 pm @ home vs. Penn, Tuesday away at Memorial and Saturday at home against Concord.
RECORDS
4-4-1 for both teams.
MISC.
Steve Taylor was paying attention until the end when he commented on Lincoln last goal by stating "way to stay out of the net" referring to the Mishawaka incident.
Robbie Balogh ran the clock.
There was a report that coach Hoover was on the property, possibly to take over in case coach Duerksen would receive a red.
No comments:
Post a Comment