The weather is absoslutely perfect for this postponed match which sees the crowds rolling in as if they were Dodger fans. The early start is mostly to blame since it is an unusual 5:30 kick off. FIRST HALF It is clear early on that the majority of the possession will be for NorthWood. It is also very clear early on that Referee Mr. Potatoe Head has a bout of the "clueless flu" tonight. He will end up calling 90% of "fouls" against the Panthers and in reviewing the first foul of the game, I am not sure who this guy's eye doctor is but he needs to either get a refund for those lenses or get a new doctor. A pass to Dom is shielded by Dom in a way that every player would shield a ball but the normal soccer move gets called for the first ridiculous foul of the night. It will only get worse from here on out and it is a good thing that this game is not close so arbitrary calls will not make the difference in the outcome. I will get the scoring on the 1-10 scale for this center clown out of the way here: a solid 3.5! Back to the actual game we see a nice NW build upwith a Joel pass to Luis in the 7th who crosses from the right side of the box on the ground around the Wawasee left defender right in front of Carlos. Carlos hits the ball outside the 6 but goes over. Clearly attacks from either flank will be dangerous all night. In the 13th, Joey Eshelman loses the ball in the middle only to win it back himself starting a Panther attack. He slices thru several Wawasee midfielders and defenders and at the end his pass he find Dom who takes a wicked shot from inside the box. The keeper has no chance, NW leds 1-0.Eight minutes later, Joey starts another attack. His pass finds Carlos, Carlos passes to Sol who in turn find the feet of Mr. Guzman who connects for his first and NW's second goal of the night. Only a minute later Joey starts another NW attack and delivers the ball to Grant. Grant passes to Sol who in turn sends the ball to Michael. Michael crosses from the left to Schrock. Schrock finishes without a problem to make the HT score 3-0. HT talk focuses on quick(er) passing and some general things that need clened up but this is a game that should not give us any problems. SECOND HALF Just like half number one, this one also starts with a goal in the 13th minute (53 overall) when Carlos breaks away into the box but gets leveled. Our Dean of Athletics shared the ensuing PK by Michael Hahn on Twitter and it is one out the rocket category; 4-0. In the 55th, poor Grant gets booed when he tosses a ball that went over the sideline towards the spot it went out behind his back and inadvertently hits a baby carriage. He has no intent obviously of hurting a baby especially since we don't even know who the baby was supporting. A miracle at Wellfield Park takes place in the 57th when Michael Hahn scores with his right foot (!!!) when he slices thru a couple of defenders like a hot knife thru butter into the box; 5-0. The same Michael Hahn improves his shot to goal ratio when he executes a nice shot off a Dominic DeFreitas pass for NorthWood's sixth goal. It is Michael's first hat trick of the season. In the 73rd, the Panthers play some sloppy defense giving the Warriors their only goal of the night, 6-1. Trent tips a sure upper 90 goal from Wawasee's #10 out of the goal to prevent the second Warriors goal. Overall a well played game with lots of good passing. Greenlee and Kaleb kept the defense organized, Joey interrupted many Wawasee attempts at attacks, our forwards were lively, delivered good crosses and were dangerous. Our midfielders distributed well and our outside defenders went up the flank to help with some of the attacking. Trent made the saves when he had to. A good night, a good result. The Varsity moves to 3-3-0 (1-2 in NLC). Next up is tonight's match up at Elkhart Christian Academy at 7:30 pm; the bus leaves at 6:30 pm. The JV beat Wawasee 2-0 with Andrew Meyers' first half goal (nicely slotted in the near corner) and Weley Bell's second half perfetly delivered header into the far corner. The JV travels to Westview tonight where they will face the another set of Warriors for the JV Amish Cup. JV starts at 5 pm, bus leaves at 3:40.
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