Michael Bullock’s Girls’ Soccer Keystone picks
April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
1. Hershey…. Balanced side that can beat you many, many ways.
2. Lower Dauphin…. Alwine’s presence makes LD a legitimate threat.
3. Mechanicsburg…. Lougee’s newest Wildcats will add plenty of pop.
4. Gettysburg…. Williams fuels the O … Jacobs handles the D.
5. Palmyra…. New skipper has Cougars cranked up and rolling.
6. Middletown…. Last Keystone dance for Hunter’s Blue Raiders.
7. Northern…. Polar Bears figure to struggle offensively … again.
Mechanicsburg claws W-boro
April 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Mechanicsburg, Pa. -Waynesboro’s varsity girls soccer team continued its early season road trip with more struggles. The Maidens (2-2-1) were blasted by Mechanicsburg, 6-2, in a Mid-Penn crossover game on Monday.
The weather was a heavy mist for the entire game. Mechanicsburg scored its first goal of the night by utilizing quickness in beating the Waynesboro defense.
In the fourth minute, a ball was let through by the middle of the defense, and as Maiden keeper Camelia Montoy came out to play it, Megan Keiser touched the ball by her for the opening goal.
In the eighth minute, things looked the same but this time the Wildcat attack came from the right when Alex Brandt sent a ball down with Keiser touching it past a charging Montoy for her second of three goals on the night.
The Maidens didn’t quit, and rallied back in the 10th minute when Michal Sanders crossed the ball to a wide open Leann Sebald in the middle of the field. Sebald took the ball down into the box, one on one with Wildcat keeper Nicole Keiser, and scored low right.
Maidens tie
In the 24th minute, Sanders found herself down the left side of the field. After beating a couple defenders, she set herself for a shot and tied the score at 2-2.
Waynesboro’s aggressive play ended up hurting it twice before halftime. The first was a direct kick from Jodie Zelenky, slipping through the outstretched hand of Montoy in the 26th minute from 40 yards out.
The final goal of the half came as a foul was called with 10 seconds to play. The ball was cleared away but a new one was grabbed from the sideline, set down by Zelenky and shot from 25 yards out, finding the back of the net with three tenths left on the clock.
The play of the Maidens did pick up in the second half but to no avail. Waynesboro put one shot off the crossbar and another high on a one-on-one with the keeper from six yards out.
Mechanicsburg ended the game with two more goals; one by Ali Matisse on a header off a corner and another on Keiser’s third goal.
Montoy ended with eight saves for the Maidens, while N. Keiser had three for Mechanicsburg. Waynesboro had eight shots with five on goal and two corners to 25 shots, 15 on goal and seven corners for the Wildcats.
In the junior varsity game, Mechanicsburg won, 5-1. C.C. Hough scored Waynesboro’s only goal.
Waynesboro plays its first home game of the season, tonight against Mid-Penn Capital foe Boiling Springs. Varsity plays at 6:45 p.m. Jayvees play at 5:15 p.m.
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Wildcats pull away after half
March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
There’s a good chance that anyone involved with the Carlisle girls’ soccer team doesn’t think too kindly of the Keiser family after yesterday afternoon’s game.
After all, it was senior Megan Keiser and younger sister Nikki that plagued the Carlisle girls’ soccer team on both offense and defense Tuesday at Wilson Middle School.
The elder Keiser scored four goals for Mechanicsburg, Nikki nabbed 12 saves and the Wildcats turned a one-goal halftime lead into a 7-1 rout of the Thundering Herd.
“(Megan Keiser) obviously has great athleticism,” said Mechanicsburg head coach Tony Lougee. “She’s composed this year, she missed on her first breakaway but didn’t let it rattle her.”
After missing the goal wide-left on a break early in the first half, the senior forward received a pass from teammate Jodie Zelenky and beat Carlisle goalkeeper Amelia Bressler one-on-one with a nudge to the right corner to put the Wildcats on the board in the ninth minute.
With the wind at their backs, the Thundering Herd countered with a strong offensive series of their own. Less than five minutes after Mechanicsburg’s opening score, Carlisle senior Taylor Suskie connected on a waist-high cross from teammate Emily Martin to tie the game up at 1-1.
With seven first-half shots and two corners, the Herd’s offensive pressure helped keep the game close throughout the first 40 minutes. However, the Wildcats earned the 2-1 halftime advantage in the 32nd minute — Zelenky’s shot on an Alex Brandt pass hooked wide-left, but Megan Keiser deflected the errant shot into the lower left corner of the net for her second goal of the afternoon.
“I thought the second goal in the first half was (the most important),” said Lougee. “We came out and scored against the wind, that was huge.”
With the score still close at the break. Carlisle head coach Greg Clippinger was comfortable with his team’s effort. The offense had out-shot the Wildcats 7-4 and the game could easily have been tied if not for a leaping save by Nikki Keiser on a high ball from Herd senior Cassie Arnold.
“At halftime I thought we played a reasonably good game,” said Clippinger. “But they scored right away (in the second half)… we tried to adjust in the second half throughout the game.”
Maybe it was the field change, in which Mechanicsburg gained the second-half wind advantage. Maybe it was an increased sense of urgency to put the game away on the Wildcats’ part.
Maybe Megan Keiser’s two first-half goals were just a warm up.
Whatever the reason, Mechanicsburg didn’t waste any time taking the game away from Carlisle in the second half.
In the 42nd minute, Megan Keiser sent a close shot ringing off the crossbar. Before the Herd defense could even react — even before the crossbar itself had stopped ringing — Keiser put a head on her deflection and gave the Wildcats a two-goal cushion.
Less than three minutes later, Bressler’s block on Brandt’s shot deflected loosely in front of the Carlisle goal — a perfect opportunity for Megan Keiser to net her fourth straight goal and cap off a seven-goal, two-game performance to open the 2008 season.
“We’re two games in and I have seven goals, it’s kind of ridiculous,” said the senior forward. “We had the wind in the second half an I cleaned up some (shot deflections).
“I have my sister in goal, it’s nice to play with her and know we have a good goalie behind us.
”Sophomore goalkeeper Nikki Keiser gave her offensive counterparts plenty to feel comfortable about Tuesday. The younger Keiser saved 12 of Carlisle’s 13 total shots and, with the wind at her back in the second half, nearly sent a drop kick the length of the field.
Despite the 7-1 outcome, but coaches felt the scoring spread wasn’t an accurate representation of their teams’ relative abilities.
“I don’t think we’re seven goals better than Carlisle,” said Lougee. “I think it’s a good win but they’re better than that.”
“I think (the Wildcats) possess a little more athletic ability. We have to sort through some things, at times (today) were just tried to plug the dyke,” said Clippinger. “I think our girls will be alright.”
NOTES: Zelenky netted Mechanicsburg’s fifth goal on an assist from Brandt in the 48th minute… freshman midfielder Ali Matisse rounded out the Wildcats’ seven-goal afternoon with back-to-back scores — a header on a Zelenky assist in the 61st minute and on a Zelenky corner in the 65th minute… Zelenky finished with four assists and one goal and Brandt earned three assists… Mechanicsburg took 13 shots in the second half for a game-total 17… Bressler made eight total saves, six in the second half.
By Tom Ash; Sentinel Reporter; tash@cumberlink.comTo read article on Cumberlink.com click here.
Gifts for Gulu
March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment
The Mechanicsburg Girl’s soccer team and staff had an opportunity to give back. The girl’s and coaches participated in the second annual “Gifts for Gulu” day at Lynchburg College. The purpose of this event according to the Sports Outreach Institute which helps to put on the annual event, “is to assist traumatized children and individuals living in the war zones of Northern Uganda by Building A New Foundation that will provide for the urgent needs of these people.” The girls had the opportunity to participate in two scrimmages and donate old soccer uniforms which were no longer being worn. The coaches then had the opportunity to play in a benefit game between the Charlotte Eagles and the Lynchburg Area All-Stars.To view the Gifts for Gulu flyer click here.
Off-season Calendar
December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment
District III Consolation Game
November 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment
The Varsity Boys Soccer Team will be playing Central Dauphin in the District III Consolation Round on Saturday, November 3 at 7:30 p.m. The game will be played at Northeastern High School. Tickets prices as set by District III are $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for students.
Directions to Northeastern: Take I-83 South to Exit 24 (Emigsville Exit). Turn left at the traffic light at end of exit ramp and proceed to second traffic light making a left turn onto N. George Street (Rt. 181 North). Proceed straight ahead to the 5th traffic light at the square in Manchester and make a right turn onto Maple Street (HWY 921), go one block and make a left onto High Street. Travel approximately ½ mile to the high school.
Booster Club Meetings
September 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Booster club meeting dates:
- Oct 8
- Nov 12
- Jan 14
- Feb 11
- Mar 10
- Apr 14
- May 12
Week of 9/24
September 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Week of Sept 24th:
Sept 25th — Game: Mech vs Middletown at 5pm.
Concession Stand:
Be at concession by 4:45 if working Junior Varsity game, and immediately following JV game if working Varsity game.
Mulford, Murphy, Patton, Hutchison, Dutrow, Harvey, Holbert, Logan
Food: Patton, Dutrow, Mulford, Murphy, Harvey
Sept 26th — Game: Mech at Palmyra at 5:00pm.
Soccer is played at Palmyra High School - To the high school - from West on Rt. 322 E. Go past the Hershey Medical Center to Cambelltown. Left at light (Turkey Hill on right).
Sat. Sept 29th–Game: Mech vs. Northern at 5pm.
Concession Stand:
Be at concession by 4:45 if working Junior Varsity game, and immediately following JV game if working Varsity game.
Panuccio, Quigley, Steele, Bretz Marchi, Martz, McBride, Strausbaugh
Food: Panuccio, Marchi, McBride, Strausbaugh, Bretz
Week of 9/17
September 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Week of Sept 17th:
Sept 18th — Game: Mech vs Gettysburg at 5pm.
Concession Stand:
Be at concession by 4:45 if working Junior Varsity game, and immediately following JV game if working Varsity game.
Arnold-Steele, DeNicola, Foer, Bohn, Inderbitzen, Kalemnous, Duncan, Dunn
Food:Bohn, Dunn, Inderbitzen, Foer, Duncan
Sept 20th — Game: Mech at Hershey at 3:45pm — Varsity first.
Hershey Stadium: which is where it says the game is…at Hershey Park.
Sat. Sept 22nd–Game: Mech @ Carlisle at 5pm.
Soccer is played at Wilson Middle School - Take Trindle Road into Carlisle. Continue through the square and go through the next 5 lights. Turn right through the railroad underpass and continue straight through 3 stop signs and you will see the high school. Turn right onto West Penn Street and take your first left onto Bellaire Drive. Turn left at the end of the football stadium and continue to the school.
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