SOL BOYS SOCCER
Central Bucks South 2, Souderton 1 (2 OT) (Saturday, Sept. 10)
Mike Serban scored on a penalty kick in the final seconds of the second overtime to give the Titans a thrilling road win. Serban also scored in the game's 22nd minute to put the Titans on top 1-0 only to watch Souderton's Ryan Molyneau knot the score in the 77th minute, setting the stage for OT.
Council Rock South 0, Central Bucks West 0 (Saturday, Sept. 10)
Archbishop Ryan 4, Harry S. Truman 3 (Saturday, Sept. 10)
Plymouth Whitemarsh 8, Glen Mills 0
Council Rock South 2, William Tennent 0
Council Rock South scored both goals in the first half of its shutout victory over National Conference opponent William Tennent on Friday.
Ryan Eppley and Jimmy Hasslett each provided a strong game for Tennent, which falls to 0-3 overall.
"We had our chances," said Tennent coach Luke Gibson. "And they had some opportunities in the first half and made them count."
Wissahickon 5, Norristown 0
Neal Guaglinone provided a scoreless first half in goal, then scored twice in the second half to lead Wissahickon to a 5-0 blanking of American Conference foe Norristown on Friday.
The Trojans, who led 3-0 at halftime, received first-half goals from Cole Kropnick, Stefan Dasbach and Joe Ferrell. Guaglinone and John Carozza combined for the shutout in the Wissahickon net.
"Our first goal came about 15 minutes in, and the last two were in the final 10 minutes of the half," said Wissahickon coach Stuart Malcolm. "And we didn't get our fourth and fifth until the last 10 minutes (of the second half). But I shouldn't grumble too much. Whenever you can hold an opponent scoreless, you've done a good job."
Wissahickon improves to 2-0 with the victory.
North Penn 2, Pennridge 1
Michael Gaito (Scott Moyer assist) scored the lone Pennridge goal in the second half as the Rams fell to North Penn in Friday's Continental Conference matchup. The Rams, coming off a Thursday night game against Central Bucks South, trailed 2-0 at halftime.
"We're taking baby steps," said Pennridge coach Pete Valimont, whose squad lost all but one starter from last season. "We've got 10 new starters out of 11. You need to have a short memory in this league, forget the last game and focus on the next one."
Abington 3, Council Rock North 2
The Ghosts found themselves staring at an early 2-0 deficit but cut that lead in half by the intermission and then outscored the Indians 2-0 in the second half to earn the big win
Central Bucks East 1, Hatboro-Horsham 0
Eric Vare scored in the 68th minute to give the Patriots to win.
Central Bucks South 3, Pennridge 1 (Thursday, Sept. 8)
The Rams jumped out to a 1-0 lead, but the Titans answered with a 3-0 burst that included goals by Pat Berneski (Adam Remick assist), Mike Serban (Matt Gilbert assist) and Stephen Pieri (Serban assist).
SOL GIRLS SOCCER
Pennridge 2, Council Rock South 1 (Saturday, Sept. 10)
The Rams used goals from Shannon Chynoweth and Natalia Pinkney to earn the big win over the defending district champs in a rematch of last year's district title game. As a result of the win, the Rams improved to 4-0 on the season.
Cheltenham 2, Abington 1 (Saturday, Sept. 10)
The Lady Panthers, who found themselves deadlocked 0-0 at the intermission, received second-half goals from Amarri Trueheart and Sarah Keeny to earn a win over their neighboring rivals.
North Penn 3, West Chester Rustin 1 (Saturday, Sept. 10)
The Maidens received goals from Lauren Williams (Ashley Vaitis assist), Danielle Prestifilippo (Megan Kelley assist) and Kelly in Saturday's non-league win. Maddie Moran (Janna Brown assist) scored Rustin's only goal.
Council Rock North 8, Abington 0
Eight different players scored for Council Rock North as it cruised to a win over Abington in both teams' National Conference opener.
"This was a good game to get the bench some experience," said the Indians' first-year coach Larry Sullivan. "We're scoring a lot. I can't complain. The games haven't been pretty so far, but it's not about pretty."
Sarah Scheidell, Nicole Moonan, Lexi Steele, Juliah Wexler, Alex Hoffman, Karina Kovalcik, Adrianna Rosario and Sarah Canon were among the goal-scorers for North, which led 4-0 at halftime.
Helena Gemmell and Alexa Hone split time in the net, combining for the shutout.
"I'm more than pleased with their effort," Sullivan said. "We're getting better. We've got some good athletes."
Pennridge 2, North Penn 1
Maggie Butcher was nothing if not opportunistic. The Pennridge senior had two opportunities to score, and she converted them both.
The Ram senior headed a corner kick from teammate Marissa Sheva into the net in the fifth minute of the game, and that lead stood until the intermission after a first half that saw the Rams control play.
The Maidens knotted the store when they capitalized on a perfectly-placed free kick from Ashley Vaitis that teammate Lizzy Kohler headed into the net just over six minutes into the second half.
That tie stood until the 64th minute when Butcher found herself wide open to receive a pass served in from teammate Julia Rufe. The Ram senior found the net with a goal that turned out to be the game winner.
“I see that even when I’m playing center mid – that over-the top floater,” Butcher said of Rufe's pass. “I saw that it was going to bounce over the defender’s head, so I just turned and ran.
“Everything I learned about shooting and keeping it low went through my head at that one moment, and I just finished it.”
“That was so great,” teammate Sarah Wiley said. “Both the opportunities she go – she made perfect balls.
“We all work together well – on the field and off the field, and we all trust each other, and we know that when we let a goal in we’ll get it right back.”
The Maidens battled until the final horn but never seriously threatened. The loss came on the heels of an overtime loss to Central Bucks East three days earlier.
“Once we got that goal, I definitely thought the field kind of shifted in our favor, but then we had a mental lapse defensively,” Maiden coach Jim Dehner said. “That’s what killed us in our overtime loss to CB East as well.
“It’s frustrating, but it’s fixable. It’s not like we’re getting outplayed. It’s our mistakes, our lapses on the field."
While the Maidens fell to 0-2 in the league (1-2 overall), the Rams upped their record to 2-0 in the league (3-0 overall).
“I thought we kind of had a so-so game,” Ram coach Jorge Rodriguez said. “I was pleased with the fact that we had the character after giving up a soft goal to come back and win the game.”
Central Bucks South 7, Souderton 1
Shannon Senour set up Madison Vitelli twice in the first half, then Vitelli returned the favor as the Lady Titans jumped out to a 3-0 halftime en route to downing Continental Conference opponent Souderton on Friday.
South netted three goals in a six-minute span in the second half, with Nikki Weiss, Kelli Joerger (Caitlin Mitchell assist) and Mitchell (Weiss assist) scoring. Senour added her second goal of the game in the 68th minute to cap off the Lady Titan scoring.
Souderton scored its only goal in the 78th minute, with Jackie Krevolin putting the Big Red on the scoreboard.
Meghan Kaminski, Megan Radwanski and Morgan Campbell split time in goal for South, which improves to 1-2 on the season.
"We scored a lot of different ways," said coach Joe Bocklet. "The kinds of goals we had were pretty nice -- they made some nice plays to get them."
Council Rock South 7, William Tennant 0
Colleen Diviny scored twice and added one assist, Christine Vollrath scored two and Gabrielle Rosenfeld and Nicole Caffey each had a goal and an assist as the Golden Hawks downed William Tennent in a National Conference matchup.
Paige McDowell and Alexis Nicholl each chipped in one goal and Erica Crosier and Elissa Dotzman recorded assists in the win.
Plymouth Whitemarsh 7, Upper Moreland 0
Kelsey Plona and Nicole Abbott each scored twice as PW rolled to a 4-0 halftime lead en route to its 7-0 win over Upper Moreland in the teams' American Conference tilt.
Carly Abbott, Alison Schoppe and Chrissy Terraces each added one goal for the Colonials, who improved to 2-0 on the season.
Jenna Kalman needed to make just three saves to secure the shutout in goal.
Upper Dublin 6, Upper Merion
Upper Dublin received goals from six different players en route to its American Conference win over Upper Merion on Friday.
Scoring for the Flying Cardinals were Aimee Dubin, Dominique Greene-Coleman, Courtney Boudwin, Ryann Noe, Molly Harpel and Tia Wisdo.
"We played very, very well," said Upper Dublin coach John Topper. "We were moving the ball the way we like to."
Lexi Rama and Layla Budin split time in net for the Cardinals.
Central Bucks West 2, Quakertown 0 (Thursday, Sept. 8)
A goal by freshman Shea McCarty (Lindsay Horst assist) spotted the Bucks a 1-0 halftime lead, and sophomore Erica Moyer (Kailin Ojert assist) added a second-half insurance goal for the Bucks, who improved to 2-0 in league play.
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