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12 - PENNYSAVER - Garden Spot Edition - October 7, 2020
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Spot Booters Fall to Barons, Top Bears BY ARA GRIGORIAN
The Garden Spot boys’ soccer team opened the week with a Section Two match at Manheim Central. The Spartans took a 1-1 score into halftime with Thomas Andress scoring the equalizer in the 32nd minute off a Jordan Martin assist. The Barons’ Connor Caterbone scored 14 minutes into the second half to give the home team a 2-1 edge, which held up as the margin of victory. “It was a back-and-forth game,” said first year head coach Ken Herr. “We’ve been good at scoring off set pieces, which was how we scored the equalizer. They scored off a corner kick.” Nate Reed gave Central a 1-0 lead 17 minutes into the match. Garden Spot junior goalie Samuel Armbruster registered six saves as the team fell to 0-1-1. Garden Spot hosted Elizabethtown in another LancasterLebanon League game on Wednesday, winning 3-0. Herr was asked about the importance of getting that first win after a close loss. “It felt great,” he replied. “We had played two Section One teams in scrimmages with a win and a tie. So we started the season with confidence.” On a corner kick 38 minutes into the match Martin put Spot ahead 1-0. “It was deflected and it came back to him,” Herr explained. “He kept his composure, as a senior should, and did what he was supposed to do.” Late in the second half, George Rohrbaugh doubled the lead thanks to continued pressure on
the E-town goalie. “He missed on his clearance attempt,” Herr explained. “George, who had put a lot of pressure on the keeper, was able to capitalize.” Gage Bills added a third goal on a penalty kick with 30 seconds to play. Armbruster registered a shutout. “Our defense is something really special,” Herr said. “We nominate a ‘man of the match’ and in our first three matches they’ve all been defenders.” Martin is the defensive midfielder. The back four are Jack Bruggerman, Nick Gleanson, Max Leininger and Chris Wehn. GIRLS’ SOCCER The girls’ match on Monday was an overtime heartbreaker with Central’s Hannah Adair scoring her second goal of the game in the 96th minute. Goalie Lindsey Watkins had seven saves in the match. Trailing 1-0, the Spartans evened the score in the 67th minute on Taylor Soehner’s goal off an assist by senior Britney Esh. Soehner had the lone goal in Wednesday’s loss to Elizabethtown. Ahead 1-0 at the half, Etown scored six times in the second half for a 7-1 win. The Spartans fell to 0-4 (0-3 league). CROSS COUNTRY The Garden Spot girls raced Section Two foes Columbia and Annville-Cleona at Columbia on Monday. The Dutchmen, by taking the top two overall places, won the race, slipping past Spot 25-30. Garden Spot and A-C both dominated Columbia 15-50. Nicole Kelch claimed third place for the Spartans (1-3) with
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The Spartans’ Luke Steiner wins a head ball over Manheim Central’s Tyler Snavely during Garden Spot’s 2-1 loss in last Monday’s Section Two match in Manheim.
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Garden Spot’s Joseph Sharp fends off Manheim Central’s Gabe Redcay during the Spartans’ 2-1, Section loss to the host Barons last Monday.
a time of 25:21. Amanda Coblentz’s 25:59 was good for fourth while Cloe Martin (27:06) took sixth. Also among the top-10 were Miryam Ambiz (9th, 28:42) and Bevalee Tshudy (10th, 28:43). The boys’ squad improved to 2-2 with outstanding finishes at Columbia. The Spartans topped A-C 20-43 and beat Columbia 2039. With Cleona’s Vince Krall winning the race and the Dutchmen placing five of the top-10, it was imperative that the Spartan runners come through. Josiah Martin, Alex McFalls, Zane Kauffman and Finn Wenrich earned second through fifth on the day. Sophomore Alan Krock finished 15th. FOOTBALL In their Section Three clash at Ephrata on Friday, September 25, the Spartans saw the Mountaineers slowly climb up in the second half en route to a 21-10 win. The loss dropped Spot to 0-2 (0-1 in L-L League). Ephrata improved to 1-1 (1-0). Jesse Martin’s three-yard rushing touchdown and Walker Martin’s PAT kick gave the Spartans a 7-0 lead in the second stanza. Before the half, the Mounts tied it on Joe Gunzehauser’s 25-yard TD toss to Brock Boyer. In the third quarter, Photo by Thom Swarr Gunzenhauser’s second TD pass Thomas Andress heads the ball for the Spartans during their 2-1, of the game made it 14-7. Walker Martin’s bionic leg Section Two loss at Manheim Central last Monday.
came through with a 46-yard field goal to make it 14-10. That was as close as Garden Spot came. Jesse Martin ran for 56 yards and completed 10 passes for 71 yards. Joel Martin caught five of those passes for 42 yards. John Dykie rushed for 51 yards on 14 carries. VOLLEYBALL Three matches into the girls’ volleyball season, Garden Spot finds itself in a familiar spot first place. Spot won its third Section Two match with a 3-0 shutout of Elizabethtown on Tuesday evening. The night before at LampeterStrasburg, the Spartans won 3-0. The Spartans downed Elizabethtown 25-14, 25-15 and 2521. Logan Martin led with 14 kills and five aces. Abby O’Neill put up 29 assists. Trinity Xiong added six digs and Julia Ellsworth registered three blocks. Against L-S, Garden Spot won 25-5, 25-9, 25-22. Hannah Williams recorded four kills and five assists. Anya Myers and Brooke Smith each had four digs. Jenna Hoover and Alexis Moran each notched one block. Riley Stoltzfus served up one ace. FIELD HOCKEY In a Tuesday Section Three match at home, the Spartans suffered a 3-1 loss to Elco. The Raiders stayed unbeaten (3-0) in the L-L League while the Spar-
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Garden Spot’s Gage Bills controls the ball during the Spartans’ Section Two match at Manheim Central last Monday.
tans fell to 2-1. Thanks to an Erin Gonzalez goal, Garden Spot held a 1-0 halftime lead. She scored at the 5:33 mark of the second quarter. Third-quarter goals by Molly Gray and Ashley Yoh gave Elco the lead for good. Spot was coming off a 4-0 win in its previous game - Friday, September 25. Gonzalez netted two goals in that contest while Lauren Esh and Katherine Swatski each added one. Swatski, Melanie Esh, and Brianna Hynson each provided an assist. Goalie Bryna
Kelly earned a shutout. TENNIS The Spartans claimed their first win on Friday, September 25, defeating Lebanon 5-2 on the road. Arwyn Robbins and Daniela Holder provided an 8-1 win at first doubles while Erika Chernovsky and Natalie Wirta added an 8-2 triumph at No. 2. Robbins bounced back from a 6-1 setback in her opening set at number one singles to win 7-6, 11-9. Chernovsky (6-1, 6-1) and Wirta (6-0, 6-1) cruised to singles wins.
