September 14, 2018 at 12:57 a.m.
No. 3 Bellmont blasts Jay
JCHS girls soccer
No. 3 Bellmont blasts Jay
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The Patriots knew they had their work cut out for them with one of the top-ranked teams in the state coming to visit.
Being short a few key players surely didn’t help the cause.
Jay County High School’s girls soccer team surrendered a goal 91 seconds into the contest and allowed the most goals of the season on Thursday in a 10-3 setback to the Class 2A Bellmont.
“It never bothers us,” JCHS coach Giles Laux said of giving up the early goal. “Even when we’re down 2-0 at half in some games, we know there’s 80 minutes of soccer.
“But watching how the first 15-20 minutes of the game went we knew we had our hands full. We knew a lot of our players were going to run out of gas, especially in this (warmer) weather.”
Jay County (5-2-1) was without key defender Klarisa Hemmelgarn and midfielder Mikele Suman — both seniors have leg injuries — and their absence was felt early on.
Kristen Harvey, a Bellmont senior who entered the game with 13 goals, got the ball at the top of the 18-yard box, walked it in toward JCHS goalkeeper Shelby Caldwell and notched the first of her four goals just 91 seconds into the contest.
In the seventh minute, Riley Velez, who also had a four-goal game, put Bellmont (9-0-1) ahead 2-0.
Bellmont, which reached semi-state last year, never flinched after JCHS senior Kendra Muhlenkamp cut the deficit in half with her 16th goal of the season. She beat Bellmont’s MacKenzie McMahon for a 50/50 ball near midfield and raced through the center of the Bellmont defense before rifling a shot past goalkeeper Sarah Enterline.
Jay County had trouble keeping possession for most of the rest of the game, getting few touches while Bellmont executed its passing nearly flawlessly to find open players and get space.
“They did some great passing,” Laux said. “Their passing was spot on.”
Goals from Jessalyn Akers, Isabel Wilson and Harvey made it 5-1 before halftime.
Harvey added two more goals — one in the 60th minute and another in the 68th — before BHS coach Steve Lee emptied his bench.
But that’s when the Patriots struck back as Karlie Bullard scored twice, her fourth and fifth goals respectively, in the span of 66 seconds.
Entering the game, Bellmont had only allowed two goals all season and pitched seven seven shutouts. The quick tallies against his reserves forced Lee to put his primary players back in.
Lee later apologized to his team after the game for the mass substitution rather than doing it gradually.
From there, Velez scored three straight goals, one with just 41 seconds remaining on the clock, for Bellmont’s second 10-goal game of the season.
It’s been a difficult stretch for Jay County, which travels to Centerville on Saturday, after it started the year 4-0.
The Patriots got humbled with an 8-1 loss to Celina Aug. 23, and five days later had to score four second half goals against South Adams to win 4-2 and clinch a fourth straight conference championship.
Two days after that a pair of goals after intermission gave them a tough 2-1 over Norwell, and Sept. 6 they played to a scoreless draw with Oak Hill in one half of play before storms hit.
“It’s making us a tougher team … These games make us better, plain and simple,” Laux said.
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The Patriots knew they had their work cut out for them with one of the top-ranked teams in the state coming to visit.
Being short a few key players surely didn’t help the cause.
Jay County High School’s girls soccer team surrendered a goal 91 seconds into the contest and allowed the most goals of the season on Thursday in a 10-3 setback to the Class 2A Bellmont.
“It never bothers us,” JCHS coach Giles Laux said of giving up the early goal. “Even when we’re down 2-0 at half in some games, we know there’s 80 minutes of soccer.
“But watching how the first 15-20 minutes of the game went we knew we had our hands full. We knew a lot of our players were going to run out of gas, especially in this (warmer) weather.”
Jay County (5-2-1) was without key defender Klarisa Hemmelgarn and midfielder Mikele Suman — both seniors have leg injuries — and their absence was felt early on.
Kristen Harvey, a Bellmont senior who entered the game with 13 goals, got the ball at the top of the 18-yard box, walked it in toward JCHS goalkeeper Shelby Caldwell and notched the first of her four goals just 91 seconds into the contest.
In the seventh minute, Riley Velez, who also had a four-goal game, put Bellmont (9-0-1) ahead 2-0.
Bellmont, which reached semi-state last year, never flinched after JCHS senior Kendra Muhlenkamp cut the deficit in half with her 16th goal of the season. She beat Bellmont’s MacKenzie McMahon for a 50/50 ball near midfield and raced through the center of the Bellmont defense before rifling a shot past goalkeeper Sarah Enterline.
Jay County had trouble keeping possession for most of the rest of the game, getting few touches while Bellmont executed its passing nearly flawlessly to find open players and get space.
“They did some great passing,” Laux said. “Their passing was spot on.”
Goals from Jessalyn Akers, Isabel Wilson and Harvey made it 5-1 before halftime.
Harvey added two more goals — one in the 60th minute and another in the 68th — before BHS coach Steve Lee emptied his bench.
But that’s when the Patriots struck back as Karlie Bullard scored twice, her fourth and fifth goals respectively, in the span of 66 seconds.
Entering the game, Bellmont had only allowed two goals all season and pitched seven seven shutouts. The quick tallies against his reserves forced Lee to put his primary players back in.
Lee later apologized to his team after the game for the mass substitution rather than doing it gradually.
From there, Velez scored three straight goals, one with just 41 seconds remaining on the clock, for Bellmont’s second 10-goal game of the season.
It’s been a difficult stretch for Jay County, which travels to Centerville on Saturday, after it started the year 4-0.
The Patriots got humbled with an 8-1 loss to Celina Aug. 23, and five days later had to score four second half goals against South Adams to win 4-2 and clinch a fourth straight conference championship.
Two days after that a pair of goals after intermission gave them a tough 2-1 over Norwell, and Sept. 6 they played to a scoreless draw with Oak Hill in one half of play before storms hit.
“It’s making us a tougher team … These games make us better, plain and simple,” Laux said.
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