New Prairie - NorthWood 0-1 (0-1)

The day starts off on a positive note with the JV winning their game 0-2 with nice goals from Cam and Abe (header and free kick respectively). It moves the JV to 5-6-2 on the season with a chance to go 500 for the year! After the fastest National Anthem ever, the Panthers get introduced and almost all get introduced correctly with the exception being Jager Booteh!

Before kick off, it becomes clear that our officiating crew today is probably not going to impress. Just by looking at their cars, it feels like decision making is not their strong point. The game kicks off under sunny skies and comfortable temperatures. It would only take 9 minutes to figure out that the center ref will probably make the top 10 worst referees of the season. On a NW corner, Ben Bodach takes his position in front of the keeper. The NP keeper seems to have an issue with that and elbows Ben. The center ref sees this and comes over and gets into the keeper's face -competely unneccesary- before issuing a yellow caution. About five minutes later, Jager slides a ball nicely to Brian inside the box. His finish is perfect as he slots the ball past the New Prairie keeper, 0-1. Many calls from the center official are dubious at best but none more so then the call near the end of the game when Lucas gets leveled in the box (as we have seen numerous times since the game on Hudl video) and the whistle gets blown right away. For a PK, everyone assumes but nothing is less true when he points to the spot of the foul for a ....... foul on Lucas. In the video you can see the relief by the defenders and coach! Just before that NW escaped a NP attack where a shot gets deflected in our box but still stopped by Evander. 0-1 is the Final result which means that the Panthers are on a three game unbeaten streak going into Senior Night with two wins and a tie. The Varsity is 7-6-2 on the season with a chance to go to 8-6-2 going into Sectionals if we beat Plymouth.