JDHS senior Reed Maier twice took a tumble in the physical play and stood up grimacing in pain from a should injury, senior Ahmir Parker injured his ankle in the second half and battled on, senior Kai Ciambor was tripped and pushed and crushed under physical play through the evening and each of the Crimson Bears that took to the pitch went elbow-to-elbow with the Service side.
“Just power through it,” Maier said. “We can get four states in a career, for me two, and it is once in a lifetime so you have to work and just go through it…It was definitely painful, a lot of work, but I’m happy we came out on top, especially in the fashion that we did, getting that goal with two minutes left.”
Service had taken a 1-0 first-half lead on a score by the Cougars’ Stacy that was knocked about in the JDHS box before finding a way in.
That first half featured numerous defensive gems by both teams
Walker notched three saves in the first 40 minutes and another four in the second.
The second half began with JDHS’ Ciambor just missing a shot wide and Parker high and another shot hitting the football goalpost and being ruled dead.
JDHS sophomore Erick Thompson stopped a key shot in the box. The defense of seniors Ryan Thibodeau, Rumsey, Chester, Maier, junior Elliot Welch and freshman Troy Edgar, among many others, gave the country wise email marketing list Crimson Bears possession numerous times.
With two minutes left in stoppage time JDHS earned a throw in and the ball was kept up by Thompson and Maier, and the Crimson Bears pressure forced a mishandled ball by Service junior Cameron Hickman and a Cougars own goal tied the match at 1-1.
“We’ve been working on those situations,” JDHS coach Lehnhart said. “We just threw everybody at it.”
After 10 minutes of extra time the teams changed
sides and played 10 more minutes, then went to Paid advertising (ppc) a five-minute sudden-death period and then another before the penalty shootout ended the night.
JDHS’ Ciambor was named the Crimson Bears Player of the Game by ASAA and Service’s Tremarco earned the honor for the Cougars.
“Honestly, if I am being completely honest, this Player of the Game should not have gone to me,” Ciambor said. “Our freshman, Callen Walker, had the best goalkeeping game I think I have seen taiwan lists in my life. The amount of pressure as a freshman to come into games like this, especially coming into DI state which is just a whole other beast when compared to DII, and to do what he did is insane. Like I have never seen anything like it. I am so thankful for him. We were on our heels a lot of that game and the team, altogether rallied. I’m so happy for Callen, it’s a great moment for him…could not be happier.”
but was a standout defensively and noted the team embraced the challenge.