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The proof is in the pudding or better yet, on the scoreboard. Game 2 of the IHSAA Sectional 7 at Plymouth is played in front of a very nice size crowd and under perfect conditions for this time of the year. Temps in the 60's and nothing but blue skies. The expectation is that it will be a low scoring game considering that the earlier regular season game between the two ended in a 1-0 loss for the Panthers (away game in Syracuse). But that was then and this is now and things have changed. The Panthers were forced to make changes due to David's injury and the adjustments weren't just on the defensive end but on the offensive side as well. Our system was adjusted where we have more offensive weapons consistently. So this game should be a good measuring stick for us to see how far we have come in the last four weeks. FIRST HALF- With the pre game talk out of the way (which stressed work rate), the game doesn't take long to get exciting. It is apparent early on that both teams play direct (the same can be said for the game after ours which promises more direct soccer for Saturday night) and do not shy away from skipping the midfield. The first opportunity comes in the fourth minute. A Warrior attack on the right side has a Wawasee midfielder penetrate the box. He takes a hard shot by Cody but the ball explodes off the post right into Cody's basket. Where you think that a start like that might rattle the Panthers, the opposite seems to be the case. 60 seconds later, Brayton passes to AC inside the Wawasee box. AC fakes a shot, cuts back and with composure places the ball past the Warrior's keeper and into the net for a very early lead, 0-1. The game continues with high pace and soon after Wawasee's kick off after the goal, the Panthers retake possession and now go on the opposite flank where Derek launches a strike from far out and high. The ball goes over the Wawasee keeper and connects with the underside of the crossbar. On the way down, the ball crosses the line before it comes back out. The AR on the dug out side signals that the ball has crossed the line and the Panthers now lead 0-2 after Derek's goal of a lifetime! In the 10th minute Wawasee is awarded its first corner. A lot of commotion and distraction takes place before the corner kick. Camargo (one of 3 on the field)#8 is trying to interfere with Cody and Brayton is trying to protect the NW keep. After both Brayton and #8 get a talking to, the corner comes in low and near the goal and one hard lucky strike from a Wawasee player makes the ball fly towards and in the net with no chance for Cody to get anything on it. 1-2 after only 10 minutes ! Both teams settle down somewhat after the third goal in the game. Just when it looks like the momentum swings Wawasee's way -again-, we again throw a monkey wrench into the Wawasee works. In the 25th Dennyz slices a nice pass thru the middle to AC (Aaron Chenoweth). AC shoots and scores!!! 1-3!! In the 29th, the NW special corner is taken by Connor Miller. He executes the kick perfectly. It reaches Brayton who after a touch, takes a shot which barely misses the left post. In the 36th, Wawasee comes at the NW defense as they have the entire first half; straight up the gut with give and go's. The combinations ends with a shot on the post; half time score 1-3 NorthWood. HALF TIME- Eli predicts a red card for Wawasee's #23. Coach Duerksen emphasizes the fact that a two goal lead in soccer is the most dangerous one. We need to get another goal to put them away. SECOND HALF- In the 47th, Dennyz steps in front of a Wawasee midfielder, conquers the ball and passes it to Isaac. Isaac's shot sails over. In the 49th, Eli's prediction becomes reality. After the WWC #23 shoves down a NW player, he turns in to the newest recipient of a red card. Wawasee is now down a man. It is a good thing that NW does not play an offsides trap. The AR on the stands side, Rubby Tubby, is never in position to make a call. Once his motor starts going, the play is either too far away from him or already over with. In the 66th, Brayton (himself a recipient of the other color card during half #1) gets fouled in the box but it doesn't get called. Shortly before that, a Tanner pass to Eli, results in a nice quick dribble and great dipping shot by Eli that does not find the net. Pipp gets clobbered while colliding with a player three times his size and needs to leave the field, only temporarily though. Josh fills in while Pipp recovers. In the 71st, Derek slips AC the ball who goes by a WWC defender and then finishes to complete his hat trick, 1-4! Tony Lopez comes inside the lines -despite his ankle injury- and puts his stamp on the game. With about three left on the clock, Tony gets the ball at the top right of the box. One move and a shot and he adds insult to injury.......the ball goes in, 1-5. A shot soon after the aforementioned Lopez action, gets let go by the Warriors keeper and Tony almost doubles his output. But the WWC keeper dives on the ball to prevent the 1-6. Final score 1-5 NorthWood. Cody played a very solid game between the pipes. The defense (Connor, Juan, Pipp, the twins Dylan and Josh) do exactly what coach Duerksen asked of them. Dennyz worked hard, played a good holding midfielder and has put in three very good performances in a row! All midfielders (Brayton, Tanner, Derek, Ethan, Eli worked very hard and were creative) and forwards (AC -hat trick.....'nough said- Bowser, Tony) played well and worked for each other. I also want to mention David. Imagine how hard it is for him to be on the bench. As the Captain of the Defense, he always worked hard on the field and on the bench he still helps defend the defense and cheers on his team mates!!!!! NOTES-Ethan also got a yellow -delay of game-.Tanner's boys got a shout out on Twitter .....from Tanner; no retweets, I believe. Practice today, tomorrow and Saturday at the game field so we can have Bob jamming with us. Today's practice will probably run til about 5-5:15, tomorrow will be a regular Friday practice. Saturday, we will convene at 10 am for a walk through and light practice. After practice we will meet at Borkholder's Dutch Village for brunch. The bus will leave the school at 4:45 pm Saturday. The game starts at 6 pm. We will play Plymouth at Plymouth but that doesn't bother us. Game Day info will be posted tomorrow.
Thursday, October 9, 2014
Wawasee-NorthWood 1-5 (1-3)
So far this year, we have not been defeated at Plymouth and we would like to keep it that way! .JPG)
The proof is in the pudding or better yet, on the scoreboard. Game 2 of the IHSAA Sectional 7 at Plymouth is played in front of a very nice size crowd and under perfect conditions for this time of the year. Temps in the 60's and nothing but blue skies. The expectation is that it will be a low scoring game considering that the earlier regular season game between the two ended in a 1-0 loss for the Panthers (away game in Syracuse). But that was then and this is now and things have changed. The Panthers were forced to make changes due to David's injury and the adjustments weren't just on the defensive end but on the offensive side as well. Our system was adjusted where we have more offensive weapons consistently. So this game should be a good measuring stick for us to see how far we have come in the last four weeks. FIRST HALF- With the pre game talk out of the way (which stressed work rate), the game doesn't take long to get exciting. It is apparent early on that both teams play direct (the same can be said for the game after ours which promises more direct soccer for Saturday night) and do not shy away from skipping the midfield. The first opportunity comes in the fourth minute. A Warrior attack on the right side has a Wawasee midfielder penetrate the box. He takes a hard shot by Cody but the ball explodes off the post right into Cody's basket. Where you think that a start like that might rattle the Panthers, the opposite seems to be the case. 60 seconds later, Brayton passes to AC inside the Wawasee box. AC fakes a shot, cuts back and with composure places the ball past the Warrior's keeper and into the net for a very early lead, 0-1. The game continues with high pace and soon after Wawasee's kick off after the goal, the Panthers retake possession and now go on the opposite flank where Derek launches a strike from far out and high. The ball goes over the Wawasee keeper and connects with the underside of the crossbar. On the way down, the ball crosses the line before it comes back out. The AR on the dug out side signals that the ball has crossed the line and the Panthers now lead 0-2 after Derek's goal of a lifetime! In the 10th minute Wawasee is awarded its first corner. A lot of commotion and distraction takes place before the corner kick. Camargo (one of 3 on the field)#8 is trying to interfere with Cody and Brayton is trying to protect the NW keep. After both Brayton and #8 get a talking to, the corner comes in low and near the goal and one hard lucky strike from a Wawasee player makes the ball fly towards and in the net with no chance for Cody to get anything on it. 1-2 after only 10 minutes ! Both teams settle down somewhat after the third goal in the game. Just when it looks like the momentum swings Wawasee's way -again-, we again throw a monkey wrench into the Wawasee works. In the 25th Dennyz slices a nice pass thru the middle to AC (Aaron Chenoweth). AC shoots and scores!!! 1-3!! In the 29th, the NW special corner is taken by Connor Miller. He executes the kick perfectly. It reaches Brayton who after a touch, takes a shot which barely misses the left post. In the 36th, Wawasee comes at the NW defense as they have the entire first half; straight up the gut with give and go's. The combinations ends with a shot on the post; half time score 1-3 NorthWood. HALF TIME- Eli predicts a red card for Wawasee's #23. Coach Duerksen emphasizes the fact that a two goal lead in soccer is the most dangerous one. We need to get another goal to put them away. SECOND HALF- In the 47th, Dennyz steps in front of a Wawasee midfielder, conquers the ball and passes it to Isaac. Isaac's shot sails over. In the 49th, Eli's prediction becomes reality. After the WWC #23 shoves down a NW player, he turns in to the newest recipient of a red card. Wawasee is now down a man. It is a good thing that NW does not play an offsides trap. The AR on the stands side, Rubby Tubby, is never in position to make a call. Once his motor starts going, the play is either too far away from him or already over with. In the 66th, Brayton (himself a recipient of the other color card during half #1) gets fouled in the box but it doesn't get called. Shortly before that, a Tanner pass to Eli, results in a nice quick dribble and great dipping shot by Eli that does not find the net. Pipp gets clobbered while colliding with a player three times his size and needs to leave the field, only temporarily though. Josh fills in while Pipp recovers. In the 71st, Derek slips AC the ball who goes by a WWC defender and then finishes to complete his hat trick, 1-4! Tony Lopez comes inside the lines -despite his ankle injury- and puts his stamp on the game. With about three left on the clock, Tony gets the ball at the top right of the box. One move and a shot and he adds insult to injury.......the ball goes in, 1-5. A shot soon after the aforementioned Lopez action, gets let go by the Warriors keeper and Tony almost doubles his output. But the WWC keeper dives on the ball to prevent the 1-6. Final score 1-5 NorthWood. Cody played a very solid game between the pipes. The defense (Connor, Juan, Pipp, the twins Dylan and Josh) do exactly what coach Duerksen asked of them. Dennyz worked hard, played a good holding midfielder and has put in three very good performances in a row! All midfielders (Brayton, Tanner, Derek, Ethan, Eli worked very hard and were creative) and forwards (AC -hat trick.....'nough said- Bowser, Tony) played well and worked for each other. I also want to mention David. Imagine how hard it is for him to be on the bench. As the Captain of the Defense, he always worked hard on the field and on the bench he still helps defend the defense and cheers on his team mates!!!!! NOTES-Ethan also got a yellow -delay of game-.Tanner's boys got a shout out on Twitter .....from Tanner; no retweets, I believe. Practice today, tomorrow and Saturday at the game field so we can have Bob jamming with us. Today's practice will probably run til about 5-5:15, tomorrow will be a regular Friday practice. Saturday, we will convene at 10 am for a walk through and light practice. After practice we will meet at Borkholder's Dutch Village for brunch. The bus will leave the school at 4:45 pm Saturday. The game starts at 6 pm. We will play Plymouth at Plymouth but that doesn't bother us. Game Day info will be posted tomorrow.
The proof is in the pudding or better yet, on the scoreboard. Game 2 of the IHSAA Sectional 7 at Plymouth is played in front of a very nice size crowd and under perfect conditions for this time of the year. Temps in the 60's and nothing but blue skies. The expectation is that it will be a low scoring game considering that the earlier regular season game between the two ended in a 1-0 loss for the Panthers (away game in Syracuse). But that was then and this is now and things have changed. The Panthers were forced to make changes due to David's injury and the adjustments weren't just on the defensive end but on the offensive side as well. Our system was adjusted where we have more offensive weapons consistently. So this game should be a good measuring stick for us to see how far we have come in the last four weeks. FIRST HALF- With the pre game talk out of the way (which stressed work rate), the game doesn't take long to get exciting. It is apparent early on that both teams play direct (the same can be said for the game after ours which promises more direct soccer for Saturday night) and do not shy away from skipping the midfield. The first opportunity comes in the fourth minute. A Warrior attack on the right side has a Wawasee midfielder penetrate the box. He takes a hard shot by Cody but the ball explodes off the post right into Cody's basket. Where you think that a start like that might rattle the Panthers, the opposite seems to be the case. 60 seconds later, Brayton passes to AC inside the Wawasee box. AC fakes a shot, cuts back and with composure places the ball past the Warrior's keeper and into the net for a very early lead, 0-1. The game continues with high pace and soon after Wawasee's kick off after the goal, the Panthers retake possession and now go on the opposite flank where Derek launches a strike from far out and high. The ball goes over the Wawasee keeper and connects with the underside of the crossbar. On the way down, the ball crosses the line before it comes back out. The AR on the dug out side signals that the ball has crossed the line and the Panthers now lead 0-2 after Derek's goal of a lifetime! In the 10th minute Wawasee is awarded its first corner. A lot of commotion and distraction takes place before the corner kick. Camargo (one of 3 on the field)#8 is trying to interfere with Cody and Brayton is trying to protect the NW keep. After both Brayton and #8 get a talking to, the corner comes in low and near the goal and one hard lucky strike from a Wawasee player makes the ball fly towards and in the net with no chance for Cody to get anything on it. 1-2 after only 10 minutes ! Both teams settle down somewhat after the third goal in the game. Just when it looks like the momentum swings Wawasee's way -again-, we again throw a monkey wrench into the Wawasee works. In the 25th Dennyz slices a nice pass thru the middle to AC (Aaron Chenoweth). AC shoots and scores!!! 1-3!! In the 29th, the NW special corner is taken by Connor Miller. He executes the kick perfectly. It reaches Brayton who after a touch, takes a shot which barely misses the left post. In the 36th, Wawasee comes at the NW defense as they have the entire first half; straight up the gut with give and go's. The combinations ends with a shot on the post; half time score 1-3 NorthWood. HALF TIME- Eli predicts a red card for Wawasee's #23. Coach Duerksen emphasizes the fact that a two goal lead in soccer is the most dangerous one. We need to get another goal to put them away. SECOND HALF- In the 47th, Dennyz steps in front of a Wawasee midfielder, conquers the ball and passes it to Isaac. Isaac's shot sails over. In the 49th, Eli's prediction becomes reality. After the WWC #23 shoves down a NW player, he turns in to the newest recipient of a red card. Wawasee is now down a man. It is a good thing that NW does not play an offsides trap. The AR on the stands side, Rubby Tubby, is never in position to make a call. Once his motor starts going, the play is either too far away from him or already over with. In the 66th, Brayton (himself a recipient of the other color card during half #1) gets fouled in the box but it doesn't get called. Shortly before that, a Tanner pass to Eli, results in a nice quick dribble and great dipping shot by Eli that does not find the net. Pipp gets clobbered while colliding with a player three times his size and needs to leave the field, only temporarily though. Josh fills in while Pipp recovers. In the 71st, Derek slips AC the ball who goes by a WWC defender and then finishes to complete his hat trick, 1-4! Tony Lopez comes inside the lines -despite his ankle injury- and puts his stamp on the game. With about three left on the clock, Tony gets the ball at the top right of the box. One move and a shot and he adds insult to injury.......the ball goes in, 1-5. A shot soon after the aforementioned Lopez action, gets let go by the Warriors keeper and Tony almost doubles his output. But the WWC keeper dives on the ball to prevent the 1-6. Final score 1-5 NorthWood. Cody played a very solid game between the pipes. The defense (Connor, Juan, Pipp, the twins Dylan and Josh) do exactly what coach Duerksen asked of them. Dennyz worked hard, played a good holding midfielder and has put in three very good performances in a row! All midfielders (Brayton, Tanner, Derek, Ethan, Eli worked very hard and were creative) and forwards (AC -hat trick.....'nough said- Bowser, Tony) played well and worked for each other. I also want to mention David. Imagine how hard it is for him to be on the bench. As the Captain of the Defense, he always worked hard on the field and on the bench he still helps defend the defense and cheers on his team mates!!!!! NOTES-Ethan also got a yellow -delay of game-.Tanner's boys got a shout out on Twitter .....from Tanner; no retweets, I believe. Practice today, tomorrow and Saturday at the game field so we can have Bob jamming with us. Today's practice will probably run til about 5-5:15, tomorrow will be a regular Friday practice. Saturday, we will convene at 10 am for a walk through and light practice. After practice we will meet at Borkholder's Dutch Village for brunch. The bus will leave the school at 4:45 pm Saturday. The game starts at 6 pm. We will play Plymouth at Plymouth but that doesn't bother us. Game Day info will be posted tomorrow.
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