If you will build it, they will come is what the Eagles must have thought. What a majestic and original garden shed/press box combo. The likes of which most or all of us have never seen before. With dual (!!!) speakers and single pane glass, it mesmerizes one to no end. I for one, could not keep my eyes off of it. In all honesty, Elkhart Christian might not have invested much in the press box or the bleachers, the lights are truly magnificent. FIRST HALF- Only three moments in the first half deserve mention. In the 13th, AC passes the ball to the left flank, Juan dribbles and shoots. His low and bouncing shot goes into the right lower of the goal for a 0-1 lead. We need Cody to come up big in the 17th to stop a shot from ECA's #5 Hartman (their 2nd leading scorer). In the 24th, Brayton slices thru the middle of the field and ends up eye to eye (1v1) with the ECA keeper but his effort goes at the Eagles keep. HALF TIME- Emphasis at the Tea is the same as it was before the game; high pressure, good physical presence and good organization. All of this was lacking in the first half. SECOND HALF- We play much better this half. We combine a bit easier and actually string some passes together. We still look a bit rusty. Coach Duerksen mentioned to the two (?) center refs that ECA #15 commits fouls after the ball has been played. In the first half an AC foul after #15 did nothing but camp on his backside and tackle cleats up, but it is AC who is the recipient of a yellow caution. It does not take the Panthers long to capitalize on the poor ECA defensive skills in the second half. David earns an assist by passing a nice ball to Isaac who, inside the box, cuts to his left and places the ball with his left boot in the upper left 90, 0-2 (51"). When Juan passes to Brayton in the 54th, Brayton remembers what Duerksen said at the half ("#15 is always on the ground, go over him"). Brayton waits for #15 to go down and passes him and with the outside of his foot, puts the ball on the inside of the right post, 0-3. This effectively deflates the Eagles for the night. Six minutes later, Brayton goes over #15 again and delivers the ball to Tony who puts the ball over the line, 0-4. Another scrum ensues in the 62nd when Tony twists and turns in the box and a rebound lands in front of Eli. He calmly places the ball in the ropes, 0-5. The entire bench sees action tonight, including Micah who gets time as a midfielder near the end of the game. With two minutes left to play, Josh gets his first Varsity assist. His pass finds David's feet. David makes no mistake and finds the net for the final 0-6 score. A poor performance in the first is followed by a good performance in the second half. The Varsity's record improves to 6-3-2. NOTES- Tonight we travel to Elkhart once again. We go a little further up 19 and visit Memorial (5 JV/6:45 Varsity start). We think that it is Memorial's senior night. The JV struggled last night and lost to Penn 1-3. Kaden had a beautiful goal (nice cut and turn and a great strike to place it in the side net). The JV's record falls to 4-8. REFEREES GRADE- I have to cut the m a little slack since they had to do it with just two of them. The first half was not very consistent on their part. In all they issued two cards; one yellow for each team. I think their performance warrants a B.Seen better , seen worse. Speaking of yellow cards......... Coach Douwsma has the dubious honor of being a co-leader in yellow cards with Dennyz. They both have three in their collection. Where Dennyz is just a hard nosed player who is expected to pick up a card or two (or three), Coach Douwsma gets his cards in the strangest fashion. Last night it was for not staying in the technical area. The others were for equipment issues (jewelry & two same numbers on jerseys on the field). It makes you wonder what he will do next to try and add another yellow to his already very extensive 2015 collection. For the record, here is the Yellow Card leaderboard in the coaches division: Douwsma - 3, Duerksen - 1, Dijkstra- 0 (!!).
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Elkhart Christian - NorthWood 0-6 (0-1)
If you will build it, they will come is what the Eagles must have thought. What a majestic and original garden shed/press box combo. The likes of which most or all of us have never seen before. With dual (!!!) speakers and single pane glass, it mesmerizes one to no end. I for one, could not keep my eyes off of it. In all honesty, Elkhart Christian might not have invested much in the press box or the bleachers, the lights are truly magnificent. FIRST HALF- Only three moments in the first half deserve mention. In the 13th, AC passes the ball to the left flank, Juan dribbles and shoots. His low and bouncing shot goes into the right lower of the goal for a 0-1 lead. We need Cody to come up big in the 17th to stop a shot from ECA's #5 Hartman (their 2nd leading scorer). In the 24th, Brayton slices thru the middle of the field and ends up eye to eye (1v1) with the ECA keeper but his effort goes at the Eagles keep. HALF TIME- Emphasis at the Tea is the same as it was before the game; high pressure, good physical presence and good organization. All of this was lacking in the first half. SECOND HALF- We play much better this half. We combine a bit easier and actually string some passes together. We still look a bit rusty. Coach Duerksen mentioned to the two (?) center refs that ECA #15 commits fouls after the ball has been played. In the first half an AC foul after #15 did nothing but camp on his backside and tackle cleats up, but it is AC who is the recipient of a yellow caution. It does not take the Panthers long to capitalize on the poor ECA defensive skills in the second half. David earns an assist by passing a nice ball to Isaac who, inside the box, cuts to his left and places the ball with his left boot in the upper left 90, 0-2 (51"). When Juan passes to Brayton in the 54th, Brayton remembers what Duerksen said at the half ("#15 is always on the ground, go over him"). Brayton waits for #15 to go down and passes him and with the outside of his foot, puts the ball on the inside of the right post, 0-3. This effectively deflates the Eagles for the night. Six minutes later, Brayton goes over #15 again and delivers the ball to Tony who puts the ball over the line, 0-4. Another scrum ensues in the 62nd when Tony twists and turns in the box and a rebound lands in front of Eli. He calmly places the ball in the ropes, 0-5. The entire bench sees action tonight, including Micah who gets time as a midfielder near the end of the game. With two minutes left to play, Josh gets his first Varsity assist. His pass finds David's feet. David makes no mistake and finds the net for the final 0-6 score. A poor performance in the first is followed by a good performance in the second half. The Varsity's record improves to 6-3-2. NOTES- Tonight we travel to Elkhart once again. We go a little further up 19 and visit Memorial (5 JV/6:45 Varsity start). We think that it is Memorial's senior night. The JV struggled last night and lost to Penn 1-3. Kaden had a beautiful goal (nice cut and turn and a great strike to place it in the side net). The JV's record falls to 4-8. REFEREES GRADE- I have to cut the m a little slack since they had to do it with just two of them. The first half was not very consistent on their part. In all they issued two cards; one yellow for each team. I think their performance warrants a B.Seen better , seen worse. Speaking of yellow cards......... Coach Douwsma has the dubious honor of being a co-leader in yellow cards with Dennyz. They both have three in their collection. Where Dennyz is just a hard nosed player who is expected to pick up a card or two (or three), Coach Douwsma gets his cards in the strangest fashion. Last night it was for not staying in the technical area. The others were for equipment issues (jewelry & two same numbers on jerseys on the field). It makes you wonder what he will do next to try and add another yellow to his already very extensive 2015 collection. For the record, here is the Yellow Card leaderboard in the coaches division: Douwsma - 3, Duerksen - 1, Dijkstra- 0 (!!).
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