Perryville Panthers Shut Out The Golden Elks

By Megan Steimer

ELKTON, MD - The Elkton

Golden Elks and Perryville Panthers boys’ soccer teams kicked off their 2022 season this past Thursday in Elkton. The Panthers came away with a 4-0 win on the road to start their season 1-0 while the Elks fall to 0-1. “I was super proud with the way that my boys held possession of the ball and controlled the pace of the game” Perryville coach Chris Tome said. “I love the fact that my team is understanding that they need to immediately work to win the ball back when they lose it.” With a total of 27 shots on goal, Panthers senior Anthony Thompson and sophomore Dylan Sayer each recorded a goal while freshman James Abrams tallied two in his varsity debut. “I was super excited that a freshman kid that works as hard as James Abrams, got after it and scored two goals today” Tome said of his midfielder. The Elks’ head coach Andrew Fetterolf remained optimistic despite an early lineup change due to injury. “I think we started well, but we gave up a penalty early so that was kind of rough. While trying to bounce back from that, our

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center back got hurt, so that changed how we moved personnel around. From there, it was just tough to come back from.” With several freshmen in the lineup, Elkton was heavily reliant on their upperclassmen to pace the game. “We had four freshmen starting… for them having to step into these roles last minute, they did a great job” Fetterolf remarked. Elkton goalkeeper Matthew Destefano had seven saves on the night, including a penalty save while Panthers’ goalkeeper Finnegan Tome recorded 12 saves in the shutout win. “Perryville looked great today. Chris and Steve have improved that program a lot over the last year or two” Fetterolf remarked, “I’m looking forward to playing them again.”