Portsmouth Daily Times doesn't cover soccer!

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>>I get the Scioto Voice and at least they are covering most of the local games. <<

Which ones am I missing? I think I have gotten all of them so far this year. Eastern happens to be a little hard to keep up with as they drop and add games but the other schedules are relatively stable. (Northwest dropped the game with Greenup) If people let me know schedule changes, I will make sure I get something in about those games too.

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We are very lucky to have the Scioto Voice and Ruth covering our local soccer in this area. She has always done a fantastic job for our local kids.

Greenup cancelled the game with Northwest. Northwest picked up Eastern Pike on a Saturday, just don't know which one yet.

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Many of the coaches do not call in their information for both volleyball and soccer. However, the PDT's effort is pathetic.

Then when they do cover a contest you cannot tell heads or tails from the reporting. It is usually in different font or type size. One day it was all bold. The stats are a mess with no organization.

Many times they claim it is due to the fact they have to put the paper to "bed" so early, but they still could give us a better effort.

One way everyone could support the area teams: coaches/ADs/supporters send the information to the Scioto Voice (info@thesciotovoice.com) or maybe even the Community Common news@communitycommon.com) even though the Common is now ran by the PDT. I would also bombard the PDT with the information. They would have no excuse then not to publish it.

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I went back and looked and last week's issue and it looks like they cut the article short. (Probably due to football taking more than its share--they left out a bunch of pictures too.) Here is what was missing from what I had written and submitted:

West Union 3 Clay 2

West Union led 1-0 at half time but the young Clay Panthers came back to take a 2-1 lead. Early in the second half, Jon Valentine and Garion Dodrill scored within four minutes of each other. Valentine and Dodrill each picked up an assist on the other one’s goal.
West Union came back to tie the game with ten minutes left. Then with less than four minutes remaining, a handball in the penalty box gave the Dragons the opportunity to win the game, 3-2.
“Garion Dodrill and Jon Valentine both had good games,” praised Coach Joe Conkel.

Scoring:
First Half:
WU
Second Half:
PC Jon Valentine (Garion Dodrill)
PC Garion Dodrill (Jon Valentine)
WU (10 minutes)
WU (3 minutes)

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My wife has spent a small fortune buying the PDT hoping some form of soccer coverage will be in. If Tuesday results aren't in Wednesday's she will buy Thursday's hoping they were just late. She's beginning to realize that soccer belongs in the third world countries.

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Have her try the Scioto Voice, it is in the stores tomorrow and some already have them tonight (week 2) :

Soccer Roundup-Week 1

Monday, August 18th

Logan Elm 4 Minford Girls 1

Amber Lowery scored with 32:47 remaining in the first half to give the Falcons a 1-0 lead but Logan Elm came back to score four times for the win.
“They are a well coached team,” explained Dave Munion. “They had good passing and were aggressive to the ball.”

Jackson JV 8 Eastern 0

Tuesday, August 19th

Ironton St. Joseph 12 Portsmouth West 2

Ironton St. Joseph had little trouble with the visiting Portsmouth West Senators jumping out to an 8-2 half time lead an adding four more in the second half. Ian Simpson had four goals. Payton Blair put two goals and assisted on six more. Levi Hopkins had two goals and one assist. Sunni Clyse had one goal and one assists. Michael Pina added a goal as did Chad Harvey. Caleb Blackburn scored on a penalty kick. George McCown added an assist.
For West, Marvin Dunn scored off an assist from Caleb Wolfe. Kevin Litchenfeld scored on a shot off a St. Joseph defender.

Scoring:
St. Joseph:
Levi Hopkins (Payton Blair)
Chad Harvey (-)
Sunni Clyse (Payton Blair)
Payton Blair (George McCown)
Ian Simpson (-)
Ian Simpson (Payton Blair)
Ian Simpson (Payton Blair)
Michael Pina (Payton Blair)
Ian Simpson (Payton Blair)
Levi Hopkins (Sunni Clyse)
Caleb Blackburn (PK)
Payton Blair (Levi Hopkins)
West:
Marvin Dunn (Caleb Wolfe)
Kevin Litchenfeld (-)

Wheelersburg 2 Minford 0

The Wheelersburg Pirates picked up a key SOC II win over the visiting Minford Falcons. Kyle Brooks scored late in the first half off a pass from Aaron White. Dillan Lewis hit a rebound early in the second half and the Pirates led 2-0.
“It was a very intense game.” Comment Theresa Havens, Minford coach. “It was very well played by both teams. We passed the ball well but did not execute well close to the goal. Still I am proud of the boys and the way that they played.”
“It was a good start to the season to win against a quality team like Minford,” added Coach Paul Boll of Wheelersburg. “Alex Provaznik did a good job defensively on Minford’s excellent forward, Evan Price. He never let him get a good look at the goal. The other senior starters also played well, Aaron White, Devon Boggs and Ethan Fight. Robert Robinson had several nice saves at keeper.”

Scoring:
First Half:
8:26 Kyle Brooks (Aaron White)
Second Half:
31:36 Dillan Lewis (-)

South Webster 6 New Boston 3

In a key SOC I game, South Webster jumped out to a 3-0 lead before New Boston came back to cut the margin to 3-2 at half time. The Jeeps were able to pull away for a 6-2 before New Boston scored one final time. Matt Malone led South Webster with a hat trick and an assist.
Brice Patterson put the Jeeps ahead with a shot off an assist from Matt Malone just six minutes into the game. Connor Scott added a goal four minutes later for a 2-0 lead. With 14 minutes remaining in the opening period, Matt Malone scored unassisted and South Webster led 3-0.
New Boston made a push to get back in the game. With eight minutes remaining in the first half, Michael Salisbury scored off a pass from Josh Moore. Four minutes later, Robert Waugh scored and the lead was just 3-2.
Just over three minutes into the second half, Matt Malone scored unassisted to extend the lead back to two. With 30 minutes remaining in the game, he scored once more with Adam Rice picking up the assist. Connor Scott added his second goal of the game with 12 minutes remaining for a 6-2 lead.
With 2 minutes left in the game, Brandon Gunnell scored for New Boston to set the final margin.
"This is the way we like to start off the year - with a conference win over the conference runner up from last year, commented South Webster’s coach, Corey Claxon. “I was pleased with how we played especially in the second half defensively. We made some mistakes but made up for it on offense. Josh Wright has done a nice job switching to defense, and Connor Scott will be a big help in the middle of the field. Our forwards are working together better than they did last year and it showed tonight."

Shots on goal: SW 12, NB 9
Shot Attempts: SW 24, NB 15
Saves: Michael Salisbury (NB) 9, Wes Loop (SW) 6

Scoring:
First Half:
SW, 34:00 Brice Patterson (Matt Malone)
SW, 30:00 Connor Scott (-)
SW, 13:46 Matt Malone (-)
NB, 8:00 Michael Salisbury (Josh Moore)
NB, 3:59 Robert Waugh (-)
Second Half:
SW, 36:51 Matt Malone (-)
SW, 30:00 Matt Malone (Adam Rice)
SW, 12:00 Connor Scott (-)
NB, 2:00 Brandon Gunnell (-)

Waverly 12 Northwest 0

After a 3-0 first half, Waverly exploded in the second to open the SOC II season with a 12-0 win over the Northwest Mohawks.
Kennedy Roseberry led off the scoring with an unassisted goal early in the match. His goal was followed by Isaac Blanford assisted by Evan Kittaka. The final goal of the first half was scored by Cody DeWitt assisted by Isaac Blanford.
The Tigers came out roaring in the second half with an early goal lone goal scored by Isaac Blanford. Kennedy Roseberry would score again later assisted by Drew Saunders. Two minutes later Isaac Blanford scored again this time assisted by Rheadon Remy.
Kennedy Roseberry would score is final goal of the evening unassisted minutes later. Kennedy Roseberry would later assist Isaac Blanford for another goal for the Tigers.
With 18 minutes left the match Kelton Rieske would score an unassisted goal. Evan Kittaka would score again for the Tigers assisted by Chris Wiget. With 26 seconds left on the clock Ari Leslie would score the Tigers final goal of the evening assisted by Tyler Halterman.
Tigers had 23 shots on goal to Northwest's one shot.
Coach Chris Murphy stated, "I was pleased with the TEAM effort that we displayed tonight. We had a number of different individuals scoring and assisting each other. This team is playing very well right now and our goal is to maintain a positive and team driven working environment, where we can continue to do the little things cleaner and better than everyone else."
Coach Murphy also stated that he was impressed with Northwest's positive demeanor and work ethic. "They are a very young team and I was impressed with how they handled themselves on the field. That says a lot about the character of a team when they keep playing hard despite the outcome of the match. I wish them the best of luck on the rest of their season."
“Waverly came out and played an excellent game. We have the right tools but just need to get them all in place,” explained Craig Havens of Northwest. “We got a wakeup call on how hard we need to work. It is a long season and we can turn this around.”
“Hank Leslie had an excellent game [in goal,]” added Havens.
(Story partially submitted.)

First Half:
28:00 Kennedy Roseberry (-)
25:29 Isaac Blanford (Evan Kittaka)
12:06 Cody DeWitt (Isaac Blanford)
Second Half:
35:39 Isaac Blanford (-)
33:17 Kennedy Roseberry (Drew Saunders)
32:05 Isaac Blanford (-)
30:56 Isaac Blanford (Rheadon Remy)
24:50 Kennedy Roseberry (-)
19:11 Isaac Blanford (Kennedy Roseberry)
18:26 Kelton Rieske (-)
17:12 Evan Kittaka (Chris Wiget)
0:42 Ari Leslie (Tyler Halterman)

Valley 1 Clay 0

Valley scored less than seven minutes into the game and held on for the 1-0 win. The Indians even survived a Clay penalty kick late in the game that would have tied the score.
Clay’s bright spot was the performance of their keeper. Holly Hempill had 21 saves out of 22 shots on goal.
“It was an exciting game,” explained Clay’s first-year head coach, Joe Conkel. “Both teams played hard.”

Thursday, August 21st

Minford 1 South Webster 0

Minford’s Evan Price scored early in the second half to give the Falcons a 1-0 victory in an interdivisional SOC contest.
“We played a little flat in the first half,” said Theresa Havens, Minford coach. “We came out revitalized in the second half. Evan worked his way through the defense to score.”
“[South Webster’s] Connor Scott came at us time and again.” Havens continued. “He seemed to be wherever the ball was at. For us, Cody Warren played well in spite of being hurt. He kept working the ball to others so they could shoot.”
"I expected this to be a tough game and it was.” Coach Corey Claxon of South Webster stated. “Our defensive line, Austin Loop, Ryan McAlister, Josh Wright and Zach Wright, did a great job all night. But Warren and Price kept pressure on us until Price put one in.”
“Wes Loop did a great job in the goal for us as well. Offensively we had some pretty good opportunities, but we couldn't finish.” Claxon continued. “It was a disappointing loss. But we played hard, and we have nothing to hang our heads about."

Shots on goal: Mn 16, SW 4
Shot Attempts: Mn 25, SW 12
Saves: Duncan Jordan (Mn) 4, Evan Price (Mn) 0, Wes Loop (SW) 14
Scoring:
35:00 Evan Price (-)

New Boston 7 Piketon 1

New Boston picked up their first win of the season in a non-conference match with Piketon. Stephen Russell had a hat trick and an assist. Michael Salisbury had two goals and one assist. Brandon Gunnell put in one goal and two assists. Robert Waugh put in one goal and one assist. Brianna Van Dyke scored for Piketon.

Scoring:
First half:
NB Michael Salisbury (Brandon Gunnell)
NB Stephen Russell (Michael Salisbury)
Pk Brianna Van Dyke (-)
NB Brandon Gunnell (-)
NB Stephen Gunnell (-)
Second Half:
NB Stephen Russell (Robert Waugh)
NB Michael Salisbury (Brandon Gunnell)
NB Robert Waugh (Stephen Russell)

Ashland, KY 5 Minford Girls 0

Minford was able to get off just five shots in the game against Ashland Paul Blazer High School.

Waverly 9 West 0

The Waverly Tigers defeated the Portsmouth West Siders on Thursday, August 21, 2008 by a score of 9-0. Scoring first for the Tigers was Isaac Blanford assisted by Rheadon Remy at the 37:47 minute mark of the first half. Isaac would score again minutes later with an unassisted goal at the 31:53 minute mark followed by Harrison Martin assisted by Isaac Blanford for the Tigers 3rd goal of the evening. At the 16:53 minute mark, Isaac Blanford scored again assisted by Tyler Halterman and Chris Wiget. Isaac Blanford would score two more times to round out the scoring in the first half. Both goals were unassisted making the score 6-0 at half.
In the second half, Evan Kittaka led off the scoring with goal at the 37:13 minute mark. He was assisted by Rheadon Remy, Cody DeWitt and Drew Saunders. Evan would score again unassisted at the 14:47. The final goal of the evening was scored by Kennedy Roseberry with 6:16 left on the clock.
The Tigers had 35 shots to West’s five. Nick Moore and Davis Remy were in the goal various points throughout the match. Both of these young men did an outstanding job tending the net. The Tiger's record is now 2-0-0.
"I was really impressed with how quick West came out after us," stated Coach Chris Murphy. "They worked hard for the entire 80 minutes of the game."
"I was even more impressed with how fast our team reacted to West's pace of game. We did not get frustrated. We kept our composure and did our job. We controlled and dictated the momentum and pace of the entire match. We are playing very good soccer right now and I look forward to us continually improving each and every match. "
(Submitted report)

Scoring:
First Half:
37:47 Isaac Blanford (Rheadon Remy)
31:53 Isaac Blanford (-)
Harrison Martin (Isaac Blanford)
16:53 Isaac Blanford (Tyler Halterman/Chris Wiget)
Isaac Blanford (-)
Isaac Blanford (-)
Second Half:
37:13 Evan Kittaka (Rheadon Remy/Cody DeWitt/Drew Saunders)
14:47 Evan Kittaka (-)
6:16 Kennedy Roseberry (-)

Saturday, August 23rd

Minford 5 Unioto 1

Cody Warren picked up a hat trick and an assist as the Minford Falcons won 5-1 at Unioto.
Cody Warren scored twice in the first half, both times off passes from Jake Hackworth. Evan Price added a penalty kick. Fernando scored for Unioto and Minford led 3-1 at the break.
In the second half, Cody Warren had an unassisted goal and then had the assist on a goal by Zach Barney.
“Cody overcame his ankle injury [from the preview game] and scored most of his goals off his left foot.” Coach Theresa Havens commented. “Jake Hackworth is another player who never quits.”
“This was our best game for passing and finishing the shot. We did a good job getting the ball on target.”

Junior Varsity: Minford 3 Unioto 3
Henry Allen had two goals for Minford in the JV contest.

Scoring:
First Half:
Mn Cody Warren (Jake Hackworth)
Mn Cody Warren (Jake Hackworth)
Mn Evan Price (PK)
Un Fernando
Second Half:
Mn Cody Warren (-)
Mn Zach Barney (Cody Warren)

Unioto 5 Minford Girls 2

Freshman, Erin Bane scored a hat trick for Unioto as the Shermans defeated the Lady Falcons 5-2. Two of the three goals were scored on untouched corner kicks. Morgan Gumm (freshman) and Alex Horsley (senior) scored for Unioto also. The Sherman goalie, Jill Grimm recorded eight saves.
For Minford, Emily Shoemaker scored on a Penalty kick with 32:43 remaining in the game. Sara Dolan scored with 7:25 remaining off a pass from Candace Allen.


Ironton St. Joseph 8 Eastern 0

Ironton St. Joseph picked up their third win in three games as they defeated the Eastern Eagles 8-0. It is the first time that Eastern has had a team since the 1987 season. Eastern had previous had a soccer team from 1985 until the ‘87 season.
The Flyers wasted little time taking the lead. Payton Blair had a breakaway less than 30 seconds into the game as he headed down the left side and past the charging keeper before he dropped the ball in the open net. Ian Simpson was awarded an assist on the goal.
Ten minutes later, right wing, Levi Hopkins sent a cross to Ian Simpson near the right post and he knocked it in the goal. A minute after that, Payton Blair curled an untouched corner kick into the net.
About 23 minutes into the match, Michael Pina scored off a cross from Sunni Clyse. Eight minutes later, Ike Palmer scored during a melee close to the net. St. Joseph led 5-0 at half time.
In the second half, there was another close melee with the ball bouncing between defenders and forwards. Ian Simpson was able to get a foot on the ball and score on the close shot. The next two goals were in similar circumstances with Ike Palmer scoring 20 minutes into the second half. Joey Basedow scored the last goal with less than five minutes remaining when he too got a foot on the ball during a scrum in front of the net. Aaron Haas was awarded the assist.

First Half:
39:30 Payton Blair (Ian Simpson)
29:00 Ian Simpson (Levi Hopkins)
28:00 Payton Blair (CK)
17:10 Michael Pina (Sunni Clyse)
8:10 Ike Palmer (-)
Second Half:
35:00 Ian Simpson (-)
20:15 Ike Palmer (-)
5:00 Joey Basedow (Aaron Haas)

Jackson 3 South Webster 2

South Webster jumped out to a 2-0 lead early in the first half but Jackson was able to come back and win the game with an early goal in the second half.
Braden Ruth started the scoring off an assist from Brice Patterson, just 8:47 off the clock in the first half. Seven minutes later, Tanner Lawhun scored off a pass from Adam Rice and the Jeeps led 2-0.
Jackson scored two goals midway through the first half to tie the game. The winning goal came with just 2:10 off the clock in the second half.

Shots on Goal: SW 7, J 14
Shot attempts: SW 9, J 28
Saves: Wes Loop (SW) 11, #1 (J) 5

Scoring:
First Half:
SW, 31:13, Braden Ruth (Brice Patterson)
SW, 24:50, Tanner Lawhun (Adam Rice)
J, 20:53, #7
J, 14:57, #7
Second Half:
J, 37:50, Team

West Union 3 Clay 2

West Union led 1-0 at half time but the young Clay Panthers came back to take a 2-1 lead. Early in the second half, Jon Valentine and Garion Dodrill scored within four minutes of each other. Valentine and Dodrill each picked up an assist on the other one’s goal.
West Union came back to tie the game with ten minutes left. Then with less than four minutes remaining, a handball in the penalty box gave the Dragons the opportunity to win the game, 3-2.
“Garion Dodrill and Jon Valentine both had good games,” praised Coach Joe Conkel.

Scoring:
First Half:
WU
Second Half:
PC Jon Valentine (Garion Dodrill)
PC Garion Dodrill (Jon Valentine)
WU (10 minutes)
WU (3 minutes)

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Soccer Roundup – Week 2 (This week)

Monday, August 25th

Minford Girls 4 North Adams 0

Haley Figlestahler had one goal and two assists in the game against North Adams.
Haley Figlestahler scored just over seven minutes into the game. Ashley Noel scored ten minutes later off a pass from Haley Figlestahler. The Lady Falcons led 2-0 at half time.
In the second half, Sara Dolan scored off a pass from Janelle Muck with 34:15 remaining. Mary Ebrahim added the final goal three minutes later with Figlestahler picking up her second assist on the night.
“My defense played well and made some nice passes out of the back field.” Coach Dave Munion stated. “Kendra Lewis, Jessica Munion and Lora Fuhrmann all played well. Audrey Hickman, our goalie, was more aggressive to the ball.”
“Everyone got some playing time as we mixed things up. Our passing, talking and spacing was real good tonight.”

Scoring:
First Half:
32:50 Haley Figlestahler (-)
22:33 Ashley Noel (Haley Figlestahler)
Second Half:
34:15 Sara Dolan (Janelle Muck)
31:39 Mary Ebrahim (Haley Figlestahler)

Minford 7 North Adams 2

North Adams jumped out to a 2-0 lead as Tyler Jamison and Matt James scored early on a pair of corner kicks.
Cody Warner got the Minford scoring started with an unassisted goal with 27:39 remaining in the first half. With 16:12 remaining in the half, Zach Barney tied the score 2-2. In the last three minutes of the first half, Cody Warren scored twice to put the Falcons on top for good. Jake Hackworth picked up an assist on the last goal of the first half.
In the second half, Cody Warren added his fourth goal of the game off a pass from Kyle Newsome. With 19:31 remaining, Zach Barney scored his second goal. Two minutes later, Chris Dolan completed the scoring with an unassisted goal.

Scoring:
First half:
NA, 39:00 Tyler Jamison (CK)
NA, 31:01 Matt James (CK)
Mn, 27:39 Cody Warren (-)
Mn, 16:12 Zach Barney (-)
Mn, 3:20 Cody Warren (-)
Mn, 2:02 Cody Warren (Jake Hackworth)
Second Half:
Mn, 25:19 Cody Warren (Kyle Newsome)
Mn, 19:31 Zach Barney (-)
Mn, 17:12 Chris Dolan (-)

Tuesday, August 26th

South Webster 7 Clay 1

South Webster cruised to their second win of the season with a 7-1 defeat of the Portsmouth Clay Panthers.
The Jeeps’ Adam Rice had a goal and three assists. Matt Malone added a goal and two assists. Connor Scott and Luke Jordan each scored twice. Braden Ruth also had a goal. Tanner Lawhun and Billy Thurmer were credited with one assist each.
For Clay, Garion Dodrill scored with about 15 minutes remaining in the match.
In spite of the loss, Coach Joe Conkel of Clay saw some signs of improvement. “We have eight starting freshmen and this team is doing well for their level of experience. They came out and all played well in the second half. Striker, Garion Dodrill had a good game and freshmen, Eli Kelley and Taylor Carter had a good game on the wings.”
“Tuesday, our game was a wet one.” Corey Claxon of South Webster stated. “We didn't really seem to play any different than we would have if it was dry. I think we set the tempo of the game early and that worked for us.”

Shots on goal: SW 12 PC 5
Shot Attempts: SW 24 PC 9
Saves: SW: Zane Smith 4, PC: Holly Hempill 5

Scoring:
First Half:
SW, 37:33 Matt Malone (Adam Rice)
SW, 31:48 Connor Scott (Adam Rice)
SW, 29:15 Connor Scott (Matt Malone)
SW, 19:12 Adam Rice (Matt Malone)
SW, 3:50 Luke Jordan (Tanner Lawhum)
Second Half:
SW, 28:00 Braden Ruth (Adam Rice)
SW, 25:00 Luke Jordan (Billy Thurmer)
PC, 15:00 Garion Dodrill (-)

Waverly 3 Wheelersburg 2

Waverly picked up a key SOC win as they exploded for three goals over an eight minute period late in the first half.
With 15:34 remaining in the first half, a corner kick was deflected by the Pirate keeper and ended up near Chris Wiget whose low shot found the net to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead.
Then with 8:43 remaining, a long ball from Tyler Halterman was picked up by Isaac Blanford and dribble down near the goal on a breakaway. He put it past the keeper to increase the lead by one. Just a 1:30 later, another long ball by Chris Wiget resulted in another breakaway and goal by Kennedy Roseberry. Waverly led 3-0 at half time.
Wheelersburg picked up their first goal of the night when Aaron White was driving with a ball toward the net when a Waverly fullback shoved him to the ground. The ensuing penalty kick by White was good and the lead was cut to 3-1.
Late in the game, Alex Provaznik sent a ball behind the Waverly defensive line. Aaron White picked up the ball and drove toward the net. The Waverly keeper missed the ball on the grab leaving a free ball and an open net as Aaron White finished the play to cut the lead to 3-2 with 2:47 remaining.
Both teams missed several opportunities to score as the Tigers’ statistics had them outshooting the Pirates 15-14.
“I thought tonight the team played well and that our victory was a result of a team effort," stated Coach Murphy. "We had a few questionable calls that did not go our way. I felt that our players showed a lot of character and handled those calls well. However, we also made a few mental mistakes that Wheelersburg was able to capitalize on. Overall, I feel that the score does not truly reflect the momentum of the match. We came out with a game plan and executed it well."
Coach Murphy also mentioned that he was impressed with Wheelersburg tenacity. "No matter what, you have to give Paul Boll and Wheelersburg credit, they always come out hard, expecting to win, and they never give up until the final whistle blows."
“The game seemed to be pretty even except for an eight minute period in which Waverly found a weakness in the defense and scored three quick goals.” Coach Paul Boll of Wheelersburg said. “I am proud of the defense being able to close the holes and keep Waverly out of the goal in the second half. The offense picked up their intensity and pressure in the last ten minutes but was unable to get in the tying goal.”
Boll continued. “The Wheelersburg and Waverly games are always intense and either team is usually has a chance at winning at the end of the game. After the first half, I was wondering if this game was going to be like that. But I credit the seniors with raising the intensity so we could bring it back to within one.”
The JV contest was 3-0 in favor of Waverly.

Scoring:
First half:
Wv, 15:34 Chris Wiget (-)
Wv, 8:43 Isaac Blanford (Tyler Halterman)
Wv, 7:13 Kennedy Roseberry (Chris Wiget)
Second Half:
Wb, 34:14 Aaron White (PK)
Wb, 2:47 Aaron White (Alex Provaznik)

Valley 2 New Boston 1

Valley scored twice in the first half to take a 2-0 lead. The slim margin proved enough as the Tigers were able to only score once in the second half.
With 30 minutes remaining in the first half, Josh Winters scored an unassisted goal. Ten minutes later, Josiah Wills added a goal for the 2-0 lead.
A mere two minutes into the second half, Michael Salisbury scored the final goal of the game to cut the lead to one.

Scoring:
First Half:
LV, 30:00 Josh Winters (-)
LV, 20:00 Josiah Wills (-)
Second Half:
NB, 38:00 Michael Salisbury (-)

Northwest 5 West 3

Tied 3-3 at half time, Northwest outscored West 2-0 in the second half to pick up their first win of the young season.
Chaise Hall and Tyler Estep each had a pair of goal for the Mohawks. Mark Moore scored the other goal. Estep picked up an assist on a corner kick to set up one of Chaise Hall’s goals.
For West, Kevin Litchenfeld had three goals, all in the first half, before injury forced him out of the game in the second half. Jacoco Nardi picked up an assist.
“It was a pretty good game though it rained the entire time,” commented Craig Havens, coach of Northwest. “We had a couple of defensive breakdowns but we are improving all around. Our passing and communication has improved since the Waverly game.”
West’s Coach Davis saw some positives in spite of the loss. “Team captains, Caleb Wolfe and Raven Idzakovich, have taken charge on the field and are keeping us in matches.”

Scoring:
Northwest: Chaise Hall (2), Tyler Estep (2), Mark Moore
West: Kevin Litchenfeld (3)

Thursday, August 28th

Waverly 10 New Boston 1

Waverly started off the scoring for the evening when Kennedy Roseberry scored the first goal at the 35:21 minute mark assisted by Drew Saunders. Cody DeWitt then scored at the 24:20 minute mark assisted by Tyler Halterman. Tyler Halterman assisted Chris Wiget on his goal at the 21:52 minute mark. Isaac Blanford scored an unassisted goal at the 19:13 minute mark to end the scoring for the first half.
New Boston scored first in the second half after a stunning shot from Steven Russell on an unassisted goal at the 37:07 minute mark.
A few minutes later, Kennedy Roseberry would score once again. He scored at the 34:14 minute mark assisted by Isaac Blanford. Evan Kittaka capped a pair of goals for the Tigers. The first goal took place at the 31:35 minute mark assisted by Drew Saunders. He then scored again at the 30:39 minute mark assisted by Isaac Blanford. Tyler Halterman scored at the 23:44 minute mark assisted by Harrision Martin. At the 15:11 minute mark, Davis Remy scored an unassisted goal. Isaac Blanford scored the final goal of the match at the 5:59 minute mark.
The Waverly Tigers are now 4-0-0 in regular season play. Nick Moore tended the goal for the Tigers and did an outstanding job recording three saves on four shots. The Tigers outshot New Boston 29 to 4.
"I was really impressed with the diversity in scoring tonight. The team utilized everyone on the field and worked well together to accomplish the victory," Coach Chris Murphy stated. "We look forward to our next contest and will work hard to continue to represent the Waverly community to the best of our ability. I would like to commend New Boston on playing hard for the entire match.”
(Submitted Article)

Scoring:
First Half:
Wv, 35:21 Kennedy Roseberry (Drew Saunders)
Wv, 24:20 Cody DeWitt (Tyler Halterman)
Wv, 21:52 Chris Wiget (Tyler Halterman)
Wv, 19:13 Isaac Blanford (-)
Second Half:
NB, 37:07 Steven Russell (-)
Wv, 34:14 Kennedy Roseberry (Isaac Blanford)
Wv, 31:35 Evan Kittaka (Drew Saunders)
Wv, 30:39 Evan Kittaka (Isaac Blanford)
Wv, 23:44 Tyler Halterman (Harrison Martin)
Wv, 15:11 David Remy (-)
Wv, 5:59 Isaac Blanford (-)

Ironton St. Joseph 6 Clay 1

Ironton St. Joseph led 4-0 at half time which was enough to win the game. The second half was closer with a 2-1 margin as the Flyers defeated the Clay Panthers, 6-1.
Alex Jordan had the only goal for the Panthers. In the second half, he hit a 30-yard direct kick into the net for the score.
“Holly Hempill played well in goal once more for us,” praised Coach Joe Conkel. “First year players, Aaron Crumm and Jared Ruby, our center fullbacks, played their best game so far this year.”

Wheelersburg 6 Valley 0

Wheelersburg pulled out a 6-0 win over the visiting Valley Indians. Taylor Ratcliff had the winning goal with 30:36 remaining in the first half. Aaron White, Ethan Fight and Kyle Brooks each had a first half goal. Brooks added a second goal early in the second half. Dillan Lewis scored the last goal. Kyle Brooks, Ethan Fight, Aaron White, Dillan Lewis and Cole Miller each picked up assists.
In the JV game, Wheelersburg picked up their second win with a 3-0 score. Seth Jordan scored twice and had an assist. Jamie Crowder scored once.
“Robert Robinson, the goalie, had a good game with this second shutout in three games.” Coach Paul Boll of Wheelersburg complimented. “In fact, the entire defense had an outstanding game. Overall, the team controlled the ball and allowed us to play our game.”
Boll continued. “Dave Groff has his young team playing pretty well. We knew this could be a tough game as Valley has had a couple of good games already this season. The kids were ready to play from the start.”

Scoring:
First Half:
30:36 Taylor Ratcliff (-)
25:51 Aaron White (Kyle Brooks)
21:54 Ethan Fight (Cole Miller)
15:04 Kyle Brooks (Dillan Lewis)
Second Half:
30:27 Kyle Brooks (Ethan Fight)
12:16 Dillan Lewis (Aaron White)

Minford Girls 2 Alexander 0

Alyssa Cyrus scored the winning goal with 17:06 left in the first half. Eden Clark had the assist as Minford downed the first-year team from Albany Alexander.
Emma Shoemaker added an insurance goal with 1:12 remaining in the first half.
“I started with the second group of kids in the game and then subbed in ten kids at a time. The first group was passing so well and controlling the game that when the first string came in they had less intensity than they usually would at the start of a game.” David Munion, coach of Minford, commented.
“The defense only gave up two shots total and one was a penalty kick. I had our back-up goalie in, Janelle Muck, and she was able to stop that.”
Munion continued. “Our midfield of Haley Figlestahler, Mariah Butcher, Amber Holbrook and Emma Shoemaker did good job of keeping pressure and on passing.”
“Alexander has a really good sweeper and goalkeeper who plays real nice.”

Scoring:
First Half:
17:06 Alyssa Cyrus (Eden Clark)
1:12 Emma Shoemaker (-)

Minford 9 West 0

Cody Warren scored four goals and Zach Barney had four assists as the Minford Falcons defeated West 9-0. Jake Hackworth, Kyle Newsome, Jake Blackburn, Christian Nielson and Justin Aeh each record a goal in the shut out.
“Our keeper, Duncan Jordan, was hurt early in the game but he toughed it out,” praised Theresa Havens, coach of Minford. “My defense is really coming together and communicating well.”
She continued, “West is going to be a force to be reckoned with as they are more aggressive to the ball and showed some good passing and defense.”
West’s Coach Davis had several players hurt in the game. “Three of West’s starters, Adam Marasek, Ryan Middleton and Kevin Litchenfeld, were injured and will be out for a few games, but Junior Aaron Martin stepped up and kept the fire in the team and did not quit. We are very proud of our kids.”

Scoring:
First Half:
31:54 Cody Warren (Zach Barney)
22:27 Cody Warren (Zach Barney)
15:31 Cody Warren (-)
19:14 Jake Hackworth (-)
16:39 Kyle Newsome (-)
39:23 Jake Blackburn (Zach Barney)
31:47 Cody Warren (Zach Barney)
8:03 Christian Nielson (-)
5:51 Justin Aeh (-)

South Webster 5 Northwest 2

South Webster led only 2-0 at half time but continued to build in the second half to a 5-0 lead before Northwest narrowed it to the final margin of 5-2.
Braden Ruth got the scoring started in the first half off a pass from Adam Rice with only 6:50 off the clock. Less than two minutes later, Matt Malone scored an unassisted goal.
The score remained 2-0 until early in the second half when Brice Patterson scored. Five minutes later, Billy Thurmer added a goal with Matt Malone picking up the assist. Three minutes after that, Matt Malone had his second assist as he found Brice Patterson for the final Jeep score and a 5-0 lead.
Within ten minutes, Chaise Hall of Northwest had scored twice to cut the lead to the final margin. Neither team scored in the last 18 minutes of the game.
“We played a decent game,” commented Craig Havens of Northwest. “South Webster is young but talented. We had a good half, just a couple of defensive break downs. But our young kids on defense, Trevor Hall and Joseph Koenig are making progress and continuing to improve.”
“On Thursday the field conditions seemed to be worse than the day it rained.” Corey Claxon of South Webster explained. “Our guys were making excuses about the field and we found ourselves up only 2-0 at the half in spite of many shots on goal. We extended the lead to five in the 2nd half and then let our reserves play. That's when they scored two on us to make it 5-2. I think it's important to let the young players play when there is an opportunity. That will have to help us in the years to come.”
“After two conference wins this week, I feel like we're back on track.”

Shots on goal: SW 14, NW 7
Shot attempts: SW 31, NW 11
Saves: Wes Loop (SW) 4, Zane Smith (SW) 1, Hank Leslie (NW) 9

Scoring:
First half:
SW, 33:10, Braden Ruth (Adam Rice)
SW, 31:28, Matt Malone (-)
Second Half:
SW, 36:20, Brice Patterson (-)
SW, 31:52, Billy Thurmer (Matt Malone)
SW, 28:23, Brice Patterson (Matt Malone)
NW, 25:08, Chaise Hall (-)
NW, 18:27, Chaise Hall (-)

Saturday, August 30th

Waverly 6 Unioto 3

Tied 2-2 at half time, the Waverly Tigers were able to pull out the 6-3 win over the Unioto Shermans on Saturday.
Unioto scored first in the 24:19 minute mark when Lopez scored an unassisted goal. Minutes later at the 19:09 mark, Waverly Tigers Isaac Blanford scored an unassisted goal tying the match. Unioto would then strike again 8:19 minute mark when Lowe would score assisted by Markins. At 6:45 minute mark, the Tigers tied Unioto once again with a goal from Evan Kittaka assisted by Isaac Blanford. At the end of the first half, Waverly 2 and Unioto 2.

In the second half, the Waverly Tigers came out on fire and highly motivated to win the match. Within one minute of the second half, Kennedy Roseberry scored at the 39:04 mark assisted by Cody DeWitt giving the Tigers a one goal lead. Kennedy Roseberry would score again at the 16:13 minute mark assisted this time by Harrison Martin. Chris Wiget would score an unassisted goal at the 6:54 minute mark. At this point in the contest, the Tigers were winning by a score of 5-2. McClure, for Unioto, would score Unioto's goal with 5:39 left in the match and he was assisted by Lopez. The final goal of the evening at with 2:25 left on the clock when Evan Kittaka scored for the Waverly Tigers.
The Tigers outshot the Tanks 19 to 15. The Waverly Tigers record is now 5-0-0 on the season.
"Unioto started out extremely quick. There ball movement was very fast and fluid and they caught us on our heels," Coach Chris Murphy said. "We had to make a few adjustments in the first half and regain our composer. I was proud of our team and how well they handled the pressure and their ability to handle the quick adjustments that were made on the field in the first half." Coach Chris Murphy also commented that the Tigers took ownership the second half. "In our team discussion at half time, the team took ownership for their actions and stated that they were going to work harder and smarter the second half and they did just that."
"I would like to compliment Unioto on a well fought match and wish them the best of luck with the rest of their season."

Scoring:
First Half:
U, 24:19 Darian Lopez (-)
Wv, 19:09 Isaac Blanford (-)
U, 8:19 Preston Lowe (Markens)
Wv, 6:45 Evan Kittaka (Isaac Blanford)
Second Half:
Wv, 39:04 Kennedy Roseberry (Chris DeWitt)
Wv, 16:13 Kennedy Roseberry
Wv, 6:54 Chris Wiget (-)
U, 5:39 McClure (Darian Lopez)
Wv, 2:25 Evan Kittaka (-)

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from what i hear the daily times is extremely understaffed with sports.... So when you take weak coverage and make it weaker, this is what you get

[drrabbit]

Ignert1--it would not have been in yesterday's paper anyway. It was part of the first week's article as posted above. Unfortunately, with the layout program that they have, one thing can cover up part of another article if you are not careful. Mark demonstated it to me when it happened before on my articles. He lays in the one article and then when he drops a (in this case I believe it was the football composite schedule) table--anything that it covers up on his screen disappears and unless he is really aware of it he doesn't realize that part of the article is missing. Luckily it does not happen often.

But since the article in its entirety will be on the CD at the end of the season, I am not going to try to get a game run this late that happened two weeks ago. But it will be there on the kids' keepsakes.

[ssusoccer]

from what i hear the daily times is extremely understaffed with sports.... So when you take weak coverage and make it weaker, this is what you get

They are still covering football every week. If they are understaffed then maybe they need to run a "featured game of the week" to at least cover the kids at some point and time. Call the schools, get a schedule and cover the games.
Where's "Fletch" when you need him! lol

[opie7]

What is up with the PDT not covering soccer games. I don't know if the coaches are not calling the games in or they just are not reporting on them. I can only think of one game that was covered since the season opener. Waverly/ Whbg game last week wasn't even mentioned. I get the Scioto Voice and at least they are covering most of the local games. I know after many calls and complaints about their first week of football games they picked up their coverage in week two and did a much better job. Maybe it is time for the soccer, and volleyball parents to speak up and ask why are our kids being forgotten. They seem to have plenty of space for OSU football. If I want to read about OSU football I will buy the Columbus Dispatch. At the very time when the PDT has stated they are no longer printing national or international news to cover more local events, they have the exact opposite coverage on sports.

I agree...the PTD is horrible. We've got to have the only town, where their newspaper would rather cover sports 100 miles from here instead of covering local high school sports. Your right, if I want to know about OSU, the Dispatch is the way to go.

[WhiteWhiskers]

What do you expect from a second rate paper? In some of the news stories in PDT that I know the facts are not correct they never correct. Just makes me wonder how much of what is in that paper if factual. No one at that paper from the top down takes any pride in their product and what they put out to the readers. As I said it's a second rate paper for a second rate town and IMO neither is going to improve.

[yabbadabbadoo]

Once again, SSU takes center stage on something around here when there might 3-4 kids from the area playing. When is the PDT going to get it. People around here could give a hill of beans what they are doing, seing how the majority of the players on SSU sports teams are from out of the area.


I will give the PDT credit in that the gameday portion for football was much better in today's paper, but what is up with that crap on page 3 of the sports page? Plus, you had all of that local High school action in the area last night and what is on the front page, 3 AP stories, one on the Buckeyes, one on the Reds and one on the friggin' Columbus Crew. Are you serious!!!!!!!!! The Columbus Crew. I would venture to guess there might be 5 people around here who gives a rats behind about the Crew. Pathethic!!!!!!!!

I just told my wife to go ahead and cancel our subscription to the times. it is not worth the money.

[Sports_Tracker]

Scioto Voice is the way to go! I am getting a year of it TODAY!
Hey yabbadabbadoo, I do care about the Crew so I am one of the five. But, I watched the game on TV. LOL. Good post by the way.

[ssusoccer]

FYI, yabbadabbadoo, The following is a list of LOCAL schools in which we have had LOCAL players on SSU mens soccer roster for 2008:
Wheelersburg-3
Minford-3
South Webster-1
Clay-2
Next time use another team for an example on the lack of high school soccer coverage.