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GIRLS SOCCER
CONTINENTAL CONFERENCE
Central Bucks East 2, Central Bucks West 1
The Patriots and Bucks entered Tuesday’s matchup tied for second place in the conference standings with identical records (5-2-1). East was the winner the last time the two teams met, and the Patriots were thrilled to record their second win of the season over their crosstown rivals.
“It was very nice to beat West twice,” coach Paul Eisold said. “I don’t know when the last time that has happened for us. It was a good solid win. West is a very good team.”
Taylor Mysza scored to give the Patriots a 1-0 lead, but the Bucks soon answered when Quin McNamara capitalized on a penalty kick opportunity to send the teams into halftime deadlocked 1-1. The winning goal came 20 minutes into the second half when Nicole Pannella controlled a ball in the midfield and placed it in the middle where Shaun Kane headed it into the goal. Eisold recognized the solid performances of midfielders Holly Moyer and Aimee Chimera in the victory as well as newcomer Emma Loving, a freshman who is starting to make an impact on the varsity field.
The Patriots are still trying to catch up to the first place Rams, but Tuesday’s win put them all alone in second and leaves West in third place.
“This gives us one more step to being closer to where we want to be,” Eisold said.
Pennridge 3, Quakertown 0
The Rams celebrated their Senior Night with a victory over Quakertown under the lights. The Rams scored two minutes before halftime when Brooke Souder buried a cross from Megan Shenk, sending her team to the half with a 2-0 lead. Shannon Chynoweth scored four minutes into the second half off an assist from Marissa Sheva, and Natalia Pinkney scored the insurance goal eight minutes later.
Coach Audrey Anderson commended the play of Carly Henry, Jeannie Jasinski, Caitlyn Sheva, Madison Iverson, Shannon Basquill and Danielle Felicione.
Quakertown was led by the efforts of Mikaila Skaroff, Shelly Cowan, Emily Galluppi, and keeper Erinne Finlayson, who stopped five shots. Pennridge stays atop the league at 7-0-2 while Quakertown is now 1-7-1.
Hatboro-Horsham 7, Souderton 0
The Hatters seniors stood out in Tuesday’s Senior Night shutout of the Indians, accounting for six of the Hatters’ seven goals. Tory Adlam led the Hatters with the hat trick while Ally Gutekunst, Lauren Brophy, Marykate Bateman (one assist) and Ramsey McMenamin each added a goal. Assists were recorded by Sydney McNutt (2) and Taylor Hays.
Hatters coach Kate Lamplugh applauded the performances of Gutekunstin in the midfield along with defenders Hays and Gab DiGiovacchino who shut down the offensive advances by Souderton. The Hatters outshot the Indians 16-5 to pick up another key league victory and improve their record to 5-2-2 SOL (6-3-2 overall).
Indians keeper Jaclyn Perry had a solid showing in goal stopping nine shots. The Indians fall to 1-7-1 (2-8-1 overall) and face CB West on Tuesday while the Hatters are eager for their rematch against Pennridge on Thursday night at home.
Central Bucks South 4, North Penn 1
The Titans cruised past the Maidens 4-1 in Tuesday’s contest. Titan goal scorers were Gabby Gibson, Taylor Matsinger (Emily Birsa assist), Lauren Wills (Margo Fox assist), and Kristen Upton. The Titans improved to 3-3-3 in the league will the Maidens fell to 1-5-3. South hosts Quakertown on Thursday while North Penn travels to second-place CB East.
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Council Rock North 4, Abington 1
The Indians cruised passed the Ghosts on Tuesday to improve their league record to 7-2. They jumped out to a 3-0 lead at the half after a pair goals by Nicole Moonan and one by Leighann Bertolett – Bertolett’s with a Noonan assist. However, the Indians star was under the weather and Coach Larry Sullivan removed Noonan from the game.
“It was hanging at 3-0, but they started to come back, so I put her back in,” the Indians’ coach said.
It didn’t take long for Noonan to find the net again to complete her hat trick and increase the Indians’ lead to 4-0. The Ghosts (3-6 SOL) kept fighting and managed to score a single goal to ruin the Indians’ shutout bid. The Indians maintain their second place spot in the conference after the victory.
Neshaminy 7, Bensalem 0
The Redskins proved they deserve to be at the top of the National League after destroying the Owls (1-8 SOL) on Tuesday. The ‘Skins starting scoring three minutes into the game, and they would make it 3-0 before the 13-minute mark. Katie Suchodolski scored the first two, and Gabby Farrell scored the third goal for the ‘Skins. Going into the second half with a 3-0 lead didn’t mean the Redskins would relax as they continued attacking the net. Gabby Farrell, Megan Schafer (one assist), Jamie Mason and Amy Mandia each added a goal in the second half. Fran Donato and Jess Kelly each contributed an assist in the victory. Neshaminy (9-0 SOL) faces Abington on Thursday and hopes to continue to be undefeated in league play.
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Wissahickon 1, Springfield 0 (OT)
The Trojans and the Spartans battled to a 0-0 tie at the end of regulation on Tuesday during a soggy contest. Freshman Talia Abrahams scored the game-winner for the Trojans nine minutes into overtime. Springfield falls to 1-8 in the league but Wissahickon remains atop the conference standings with a record of 8-1. The Trojans will face second place Plymouth Whitemarsh on Thursday.
Plymouth Whitemarsh 5, Cheltenham 0
The Colonials exacted a degree of revenge in their rematch with the Lady Panthers, who were only one game behind them in the league standings. In their previous match-up, the Lady Panthers cruised to a 4-0 victory.
“We played well the first time, but they had five chances to score and scored four goals,” PW coach Steve Slack said.
The Colonials were on a mission to make sure there was a different outcome this time around. Amanda Cranney was the first to score, and she set the tone for her team when she scored a second goal later in the half as well. Teammate Nicole Abbott also connected for two goals in the opening half. The score at halftime was 4-0. Chrissy Terraces would score the fifth goal for the Colonials in the second half.
Slack was impressed with his team’s effort on Tuesday.
“We executed today,” he said. “It was a good team performance.”
Slack credited his defense and goalkeeper Jenna Kalfan (six saves) with superior performances.
The Colonials will travel to top-seeded Wissahickon on Thursday, and Slack says that they will need to focus on a repeat performance of Tuesday’s game to compete with the Trojans. PW improves to 7-2 while Cheltenham falls to 5-4 in the league.
Upper Dublin 2, Norristown 1
The Flying Cardinals improved their record to 6-3 in the league after beating the Eagles (0-9 SOL). In the first half, Tia Wisdo scored first for the Lady Cards, and the only goal for the Eagles was scored by freshman Tori Altieri. After being deadlocked 1-1 at the half, Kendall Couch scored the game-winner by firing a line drive that the goalie couldn’t control. Upper Dublin faces Cheltenham on Thursday, and Norristown hosts Upper Moreland.
BOYS SOCCER
CONTINENTAL CONFERENCE
Central Bucks East 3, Central Bucks West 1
The Patriots remained ahead of the Bucks in the conference with their victory on Tuesday. The Patriots scored three unanswered goals in the first half. Ben Marks spotted the Patriots a 1-0 lead when he converted a penalty kick, and then it was Evan Vare connecting (Ryan Gleason assist). Marks closed out the first-half scoring with his second goal, this one with a Mark Philipson assist, to send the Patriots into halftime with a 3-0 lead. The Bucks finally got on the scoreboard in the 64th minute with a Kyle Schechter goal. The Patriots improve to 6-3 in the league and settle into fourth place while the Bucks fell to fifth place with a 4-5 record.
Souderton 3, Hatboro 0
The Indians continue to be one of the top teams in the Continental Conference, improving their league record to 6-2-1 after beating the Hatters on Tuesday. Evan Kerr was the first to connect after a pass from Trey Ziegler to send his team to the half with a 1-0 lead. Tylor Strozeski and Danny Sullivan (Strozeski assist) both scored in the second half to help their team pull away from the Hatters. The Hatters are now 1-8 in the SOL. The Hatters face Pennridge on Thursday while the Indians visit Central Bucks West.
North Penn at Central Bucks South (Rescheduled Oct. 3, 7pm)
Pennridge at Quakertown (Rescheduled Oct. 3, 7 p.m.)
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Cheltenham 2, Plymouth Whitemarsh 1
The Panthers (5-4 SOL) won their fifth consecutive game when they upset third place PW (5-3-1 SOL) on a rain-soaked, sloppy Tuesday. The teams were tied 0-0 until senior Max Martin broke the deadlock in the 58th minute with a shot in the box off a corner kick. A mere two minutes later, Joe Galtman converted a penalty kick drawn by teammate Kyree Willis-Lear to increase the Panther’s lead to 2-0. The Colonials never gave up and managed to score a goal in the final seconds to end keeper Jonah Katz’s 239-minute streak without allowing a goal and preventing what would have been his third consecutive shutout. Coach Chuck Gesing is no stranger to one-goal games, but he is happy he has been on the winning side of them recently.
“Where we were losing by a goal, now we’re winning by a goal,” the Panthers’ coach said. “We are focusing on converting opportunities and not squandering them and we are doing a much better job.”
Five of the Panthers nine league contests have been one-goal games.
Gesing applauded the efforts of Willis-Lear in this battle as well as the performance of junior midfielder Jordan Chaplin, who, the Panthers’ coach said, “did a fantastic job managing the game.”
The Panthers travel to Upper Dublin Thursday night to take on the second place Flying Cardinals.
“We are going to go back to what we do - defend really hard and we just hope we come away with a victory,” Gesing said. “We’ve got to play our best and get a good result.”
Wissahickon 3, Springfield 1
The Spartans were the first to score in Tuesday’s game against top-ranked Wissahickon, when Riley Woron found the net in the first half. However, the Trojans exploded in the second half after trailing 1-0 at halftime. Ryan Becker started the barrage of goals, scoring three minutes into the second half. That was followed by a goal from Devon Memis five minutes later and then a Neal Guaglianone goal six minutes after that. Memis, Cole Kropnick, and Alec Schwartz all recorded an assist for the Trojans. Wissahickon outshot Springfield 14-5, and Spartan keeper Colin Axel turned away six shots.
Wissahickon remains atop the conference with a league record of 8-0-1 (10-1-1 overall), while Springfield is now 3-5-1 in the league.
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Pennsbury 1, William Tennent 0
The Falcons’ lone goal in their victory over the Panthers (1-8 SOL) was scored 15 minutes into the second half by Sam Uprichard. Falcons coach Tom Stoddart was satisfied with his team’s performance.
“Between the 18’s we did really well,” he said. “They (Tennent) are very dangerous.”
Stoddart also commended the efforts of keeper Spencer McColhough who had some crucial saves. Stoddart says that his defense played a large part in the victory.
The Falcons are now 6-3 in the league (8-5 overall) and look ahead to Thursday when they will take on top-ranked Council Rock South and attempt to get back in contention for a top spot in the league.
Council Rock South 3, Truman 1
The Golden Hawks continue to lead the conference, upping their record to 8-1 after beating the Tigers (1-8 SOL). Julian Antal, Dalton Ford and Jake Shefskyeach scored for the Hawks while Chris Spadaro and Mark Jurewicz added assists. Council Rock South visits Pennsbury on Thursday and Truman visits Council Rock North.
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