Blue Jays Tackle Tigers
The Blue Jays came home with a fourth place finish from the Liberator Classic, Saturday. They lost to New Covenant 0-3. But, the results were markedly different last night, when the Jays took the Willard Tiger’s by the tail.
The Jay’s journeyed to the Tiger’s home pitch to do battle against the Willard team. The Tiger’s drew first blood in the first half of the game. But, before the half was over, the Jay’s returned fire with a goal off the foot of Ethan Replogle, the assist from Ethan Jernigan. The score stayed 1-1 at halftime.
The second half was a tough fight through it’s entirety. There were a few fouls called on both sides and the play was intense for both teams. Finally, in the last 2 minutes stoppage time, the Jay’s Ethan Jernigan put one in the back of the box with an assist from Robert Martin. This gave the Jay’s a victory and put their record at 5-6 for the season.
The JV team played after the varsity due to weather conditions. The Jay’s came out strong and scored when Drew Thomas put one in the box ,with the assist of Colton Harden, with 28 minutes left in the half. The JV team scored a total of 4 goals, with Drew Thomas getting another unassisted goal. Then Eddie Lovan scored with the assist from Thomas. Cory Dotsun also got a goal of his own from a PK.
The Willard JV team rallied to come from behind and tie the game in the second half. The final score was 4-4.
The Blue Jays will host Springfield Central at home, Thursday, Sept., 27th at 4:40. GO JAYS!!
