By Alex Frazier
National Conference
Boys
Council Rock North 2, Neshaminy 1
The Indians clinched a tie for the National Conference title with Council Rock South.
Goals by Raleigh Damico and Billy McConnell put Rock up 2-0 at the half.
The Redskins nearly came back, scoring with nine minutes left but missing a penalty kick as time expired.
Council Rock North has put together a remarkable second half of the season, going 6-0-1 with five straight shutouts. The Indians only gave up two goals, one to William Tennent and the other to Neshaminy.
“Hopefully we can string together a few more wins and play for a couple of more weeks,” said North coach Wendell Beres. “We’re definitely a much better team than we were two weeks ago.”
Council Rock South 5, Bensalem 1
Abington 3, Harry S. Truman 0
Girls
Neshaminy 4, Council Rock North 2
The Redskins avenged an earlier loss to North to lock up third place. They fell short of North by one point.
“It was a nice way to end the season on a positive note and with some momentum going into districts,” said coach Rachel Clemens.
Alyssa Kirk spotted Neshaminy a 1-0 lead five minutes into the game on a free kick, but the Indians retaliated with a pair of second half goals by Caitlin Hannagan and Kaitlin McNamara to go up 2-1.
Redskin right back Megan Kelly boomed a long ball that evaded the Rock keeper to tie the score.
Kirk then scored the game winner on a second free kick before freshman Megan Schafer added an insurance goal.
North coach Roman Escobar complimented his defense for keeping Schafer under control. Clemens noted that the Indians defender Andrea Mateer was instrumental in that.
Neshaminy finished its season at 12-3-2 overall and 10-2-2 in the league.
Council Rock South 5, Bensalem 0
Paige McDowell led the Golden Hawks with a pair of goals. Chrissy Vollrath, Amanda Nicholas and Colleen Diviny chipped in single tallies. Cara Deola and Paula Jurewicz were credited with assists.
South plays Bensalem for a second time tomorrow to finish the league season.
Pennsbury 4, William Tennent 2
Abington 3, Harry S. Truman 0
Continental Conference
Boys
Central Bucks East 1, Souderton 0
The Patriots locked up their third Continental title in four years.
With just under nine minutes left to play, Mike Gleason knocked a through ball that ricocheted off a player to Nick McGarry, who pushed it into the goal from about eight yards out.
“It took a lot of commitment and perseverance,” said coach Mike Gorni of his team’s most recent title. “This one was difficult. The parity in the league was crazy this year.”
Unfortunately, the Patriots suffered another injury, this time to Kenny Haug who was taken to the hospital for stitches after getting elbowed in the head.
East finished the league at 9-2-3 and is 10-4-3 overall with one non-league game against Holy Ghost.
Central Bucks South 3, Central Bucks West 1
The Titans won their second game in a row Tuesday. Todd Rainey, Stephen Pieri and Keith Crews scored for South with assists from Adam Remick, Mike Serban and Colin Buckley. Johnny Kirschner scored the Bucks’ lone goal.
Pennridge 2, Quakertown 0
Girls
North Penn 2, Hatboro-Horsham 1
The Maidens jumped ahead of Hatboro-Horsham into a third place tie with C.B. South (22 points). The Titans were idle Wednesday.
North Penn went up 1-0 at the half on Lizzy Kohler’s goal in the 17th minute (Emily Edwards assist). Hatboro’s Karly Shaffert tied it up six minutes into the second half, but North Penn’s Gina Scotto (Katie Miller assist) tallied the game winner in the 68th minute.
North Penn keeper Megan Gerhart made six saves.
“We played real well,” said Hatter coach Ben Winderman. “It was just one of those soccer games.”
Central Bucks East 2, Souderton 0
American Conference
Boys
Wissahickon 5, Cheltenham 1
The Trojans dashed Cheltenham’s hopes of finishing second in the league.
Hayao Joji scored the first goal for Wissahickon, and Javier Puga scored the next four (five if you count an own goal).
Dan Matthews chipped in three assists.
The Trojans finished their second undefeated league season at 12-0, 16-0-1 overall.
They will get a pre-tournament test Friday against Neshaminy.
“We’ll see how we match up with the National Conference,” said coach Stuart Malcolm.
Upper Moreland 3, Upper Merion 0
The Golden Bears took care of business, locking up second place in the conference with the win.
Tyler Forest scored the game winner just 55 seconds into the contest on a pass from Tommy Hays.
With 10 minutes to the half, Hays added an insurance goal on a pass from Menvekeh Daramay.
Forest scored a second goal (Tim DeCarolis assist) in the second half to complete the scoring.
“I’m very, very happy,” said coach Jack Knauss. “It was a great way for the seniors to finish out their careers.”
The Golden Bears finished 8-4 in the conference and are 11-4 overall with one game remaining Friday against Springfield Delco before waiting to see if they make the Class AA District Tournament.
Plymouth Whitemarsh 8, Norristown 1
Girls
Wissahickon 1, Cheltenham 1
The Trojans’ lone goal came in the second half with Cailin Grey scoring off a pass from Alex Schaefer.
Defenders Ava Esposito, Jackie Carradorni and Rebecca Matour played well for Wissahickon.
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