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Bohemia Manor’s Eagles flying high after big win against North East Indians

By Kevin Phillips

NORTH EAST–With time running low in Bohemia Manor’s UCBAC girls’ soccer battle with host North East, Eagle freshman Tipper Mitchell visualized that she was going to score on an upcoming scoring chance.

Mitchell’s visualization proved to be correct as she scored the eventual game winning goal in the 76th minute to give Bo Manor 2-1 victory over the Indians Wednesday afternoon.

“Actually, before- hand, I was going to take the shot, and I’m going to score … in my mind,” Mitchell said. “And then, the ball just came to me, and I was like ‘I’m just going to shoot it,’ and it went in.”

Prior to Mitchell’s goal, the Eagles controlled possession and created several scoring chances, but North East goalkeeper Keira Morton kept the score tied at 1-1 with several big saves.

Eventually, the Eagle pressure paid off when continued on C-2

GOLDEN ELKS GET FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON 2-0 OVER JOPPATOWNE

By Kevin Phillips

ELKTON–Elkton controlled possession and generated several quality scoring chances in its UCBAC boys’ soccer contest against visiting Joppatowne en route to taking 15 shots.

The Golden Elks took advantage on a pair of their opportunities as they defeated the Mariners 2-0 to pick up their first victory of the season, but they felt like they could have played better with their possession.

“Honestly, I don’t think it was our best performance,” Elkton’s Trey Giv- ens, who had a goal and an assist, said. “We kept the ball well. That’s what we should be doing. I think we could have a lot more success if we worked harder.”

Immediately after the opening whistle, the Golden Elks quickly tilted the action to their attacking half of the field, creating seven scoring chances in the first half.

However, Elkton struggled to convert those chances into higher quality chances, and according to Golden Elk head coach

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continued from C-1 the ball found the foot of Mitchell, who deposited a shot over Morton’s outstretched arms for the goahead goal to make it 2-1, and Bo Manor prevented the Indians from creating chances over the final four minutes to hold on to the victory.

“It’s amazing. It’s my first year, but it is a great way to get started,” Mitchell said.

The Indians controlled the game for the first 15-20 minutes as they generated three strong scoring chances, but it was the Eagles who scored first when Hallie Stansfield timed her run perfectly, received a Madison McKew through ball and deposited a shot into the net in the 20th minute.

Even though Bo Manor controlled the action for the remainder of the half, North East equalized in the final minute of the first half when Maddie Krasman won a foot race to the ball before chipping in a shot to make it 1-1, and Eagle head coach Lissy Dean told her team at halftime to use the break as a reset.

“We’re right back where we started. It’s a shorter game. We got 40 minutes, and it’s 0-0,” Dean said. “We put together the first half, and whatever happens in the second half, we’ll expect full effort. I think they gave me that.”

Morton stopped six shots for the Indians, and head coach Tom Decker said that Morton played within herself.

“She did a good job, and she played well within her abilities and what her expectations were,” Decker said. “She played a really good game.”

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Andrew Fetterof, that was a result of the team rushing when they worked the ball down the field.

“We had possession of the ball, but I don’t think we played possession very well. We worked on moving the ball quickly and lots of short passes when going through the midfield,” Fetterof said. “I think we did it for 2-3 passes, but then, we forced the ball after that. I would have felt better if we were patient with the ball, working up to 7-8-9 passes until the middle or seams opened up. We weren’t patient enough for that today.”

Elkton finally broke through in the 34th minute when Omar Villegas broke past the Mariner defense on a free kick and used a back heel kick to put the ball into the net, and Villegas said he used a fake to get himself free on his run towards the net.

“I could have stayed behind the whole line of the defense to make them think I was offsides, but at the last second when my teammate was about to hit it in, I moved back in the line to be onside,” Villegas described what he did on the run up to his goal. “I moved to where the ball was, and I used the opportunity to shoot.”

The Golden Elks scored in the 43rd when a deep cross from the attacking left found the foot of Cayden Hathaway, who slid a pass to Givens, and Givens put the ball in the net to make it 2-0.

That would be the final goal of the game as Elkton continued to possess the ball and limit Joppatowne’s ability to maintain possession, eventually holding on the victory.

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Photos by Duane Goldsmith

"I am so proud of this group. They display the understanding that when you have the ball, you make the field as big as possible and when you don't have the ball, you make the field as small as possible. I have waited for years to have a group that truly understands the game and I am lucky to have this group. Being a soccer family and playing for your teammates is what it is about."