Marshfield Blue Jays Soccer

SPRINGFIELD – Tonight the Marshfield Blue Jays traveled to Springfield to face the Springfield Catholic Irish. In a game that many were waiting to watch two of the best goalies in the area – Sophomore Sensation, Nic Yonter, for Marshfield and the Irish’s Junior Keeper, Levi Millsap – the younger keeper impressed the most. For most of the first twenty minutes, the ball was on the Blue Jay half of the field. As Catholic kept shooting, the ball ended up being cleared by the great defensive play of Kyle Cary, Jacob Twaddle, Evan Barth, and especially, Koty Jones. A point blank shot with 16:55 left found nothing but the goalie. When the Irish did manage to get past the defense, Keeper Nic Yonter ended up with the ball. The Jays offense did create some good chances. With 11:07 left in the half, Robert Martin’s shot narrowly missed the top of the goal. In the 30th minute, a free kick by Koty Jones was exciting, but unsuccessful. These first 36 scoreless minutes of the game were actually a very accurate representation of the contest. Finally, with 3:14 left in the half, Catholic’s Nick Kofron found the back of the net with a solid shot: 0-1. This was also the half time score. Keeper Nic Yonter set a school record with 21 saves in the first half.

As the second half started, the Jays defense kept pushing back the Irish attack, just like the first half. However, with 20:26 left in the game, David Bailey, with an assist from Taylor Arens, was able to squeeze one past the keeper. Two minutes later, a call by the refs resulted in a penalty kick, which was taken successfully by David Bailey for a 3-0 Catholic lead. With less than 2 minutes left in the game, another penalty kick was awarded on a handball in the box and taken by Reid Harbach to make it 4-0, Catholic. Then after the time had completely ended for the game, the refs allowed the Irish to shoot yet another penalty kick, which Taylor Arens took to make the final 5-0. Keeper Nic Yonter set another school record with a total of 36 saves for the game.

Although the game was a tough one, the defense played excellent against one of the best teams in the state (third place in state class 1 last year). The game was much, much, much closer than the score would suggest. Our record is now 6-6. Let’s get ready for our next game against Camdenton on Monday, October 5th, at 4:30 p.m. at HOME.

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