NorthWood-Elkhart Central 0-5 (0-3)

A medium sized crowd witnessed about 12-15 minutes of decent NW soccer and then the wheels fell off. A Blue Blazers cross into the box was finished off with a Ramirez header. It should not have had an impact on how we played but the goal led to the obvious kickoff that was immediately lost and within 21 seconds, the same Ramirez scores the 0-2. NorthWood then starts playing on its heels and never really recovers in the first half and actually gives up another goal in the 32nd minute of play. And were it not for some Cody Cripe heroics, the score could have been higher then that. Half time is a discussion about playing harder, high pressure and taking shots on an uncontested keeper. Despite that the second half shows some promise and play overall is somewhat more acceptable then the first, the Panthers still give up two late goals (70" & 78")for a 0-5 loss. NorthWood drops to 1-1-0, Central improves to 2-0-0. JV The JV (0-1-0) lost 0-7 to the Central JV (2-0-0). NOTES Today's practice will be short, focus now shifts to the Tuesday home game (note the 5 pm early start for Varsity, NO JV GAME)against Lakeland Christian.