July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Patriots stumble in final 4 (08/23/04)
JCHS girls soccer
Patriots stumble in final 4 (08/23/04)
PORTLAND — The scoreboard looked good to the Patriots for most of the game Saturday — except when it really counted.
Jay County’s girls soccer team scored midway through the half against the Huntington North Vikings, and held the advantage for more than 50 minutes. But, the visiting Vikings put tallies on the board twice in the final four minutes to swipe a 2-1 victory.
“I think they finally built up enough intensity,” said Huntington North coach Ryan Hosler. “We played well (in the first half), but we just didn’t have that fire. We woke up in the second half and we found it.”
While the Vikings were catching fire in the second half, Jay County coach Sue Rager said her team looked winded.
“I think they were tired,” she said. “We were short on subs today with the JV game.
“We’re just not in good condition.”
Jay County (0-2) was in good shape for most of the game, carrying a lead thanks to Sarah Garringer’s first-half goal. It limited Huntington North’s shots, but as time ran down Colleen Knox finally broke through.
Knox, who was the No. 1 offensive weapon for the Vikings, had taken four unsuccessful shots in the first half. She made her only one of the second half count.
As the four-minute mark passed, the junior striker busted through the middle of the Jay County defense. Left essentially alone against goalie Chelsea DeBoy, she flipped a shot into the right corner of the net to tie the game with just 3:41 to play.
The Patriots chose to go for the victory, bringing an extra player up to try for the score. But, Huntington North made them pay.
The Vikings got the ball in front of the net, and it bounced around through a mob of players. It finally came to rest at the feet of sophomore Katie Hoff, who again went to the right corner of the net for the game winner with 46 seconds to go.
“We tried pressing Renee (Laux) up at the end there, trying to capitalize on her foot and get a goal, and they caught us short on the defense,” said Rager. “Our defense broke down a couple of times. They capitalized on the opportunities they had, because we had more opportunities than them throughout the game.”
Jay County outshot Huntington North 14-11 for the game, but Hosler said he felt his team made the most of its second half attempts. Knox led the team with five shots on goal, and Lydia Bradford followed with a pair.
“It just took a while for us to wake up,” said Hosler. “I liked how we were playing. We were thinking a lot of the right thoughts, we were just hanging onto the ball way too long.
“Jay County just wasn’t giving us that kind of time. They were aggressive.”
The Patriots had a lot of scoring tries early in the contest, and finally broke through just inside of the 20-minute mark.
Junior Kristie Burke picked up the ball on the left side and sent a pass in to Garringer. Garringer took the pass just inside the 18-yard box, dribbled slightly to her right and then shot back across the goal to the left and well out of the reach of goalie Miranda Louthan.
It was Garringer’s lone shot of the game as seven different players accounted for Jay County’s 14 shots. Senior Angie Hilgeford and freshman Abby Loy shared the team lead with three shots apiece.
Jamie Bruggeman, Brittany Logue and Jessica Heitkamp each took two shots.
“The passing was there,” said Rager. “The opportunities to score were there. We had lots of opportunities to score.”
The Patriots will look for their first win when they visit Connersville Tuesday at 5 p.m.
Junior varsity
Jay County won the first junior varsity game in the history of the girls soccer program, dominating Huntington North for a 7-0 victory.
Three different Patriot players scored two goals in the contest.
Amy Knapke scored the first JV goal in Jay County history, putting the ball in the net from the left side with 26:03 on the clock in the first half. She also scored the final goal of the game.
Freshman Tequila Guntle scored the Patriots’ first two goals of the second half, and junior Abby Schiesing followed with a pair of her own. Freshman Dana Horn also scored once in the first half.[[In-content Ad]]
Jay County’s girls soccer team scored midway through the half against the Huntington North Vikings, and held the advantage for more than 50 minutes. But, the visiting Vikings put tallies on the board twice in the final four minutes to swipe a 2-1 victory.
“I think they finally built up enough intensity,” said Huntington North coach Ryan Hosler. “We played well (in the first half), but we just didn’t have that fire. We woke up in the second half and we found it.”
While the Vikings were catching fire in the second half, Jay County coach Sue Rager said her team looked winded.
“I think they were tired,” she said. “We were short on subs today with the JV game.
“We’re just not in good condition.”
Jay County (0-2) was in good shape for most of the game, carrying a lead thanks to Sarah Garringer’s first-half goal. It limited Huntington North’s shots, but as time ran down Colleen Knox finally broke through.
Knox, who was the No. 1 offensive weapon for the Vikings, had taken four unsuccessful shots in the first half. She made her only one of the second half count.
As the four-minute mark passed, the junior striker busted through the middle of the Jay County defense. Left essentially alone against goalie Chelsea DeBoy, she flipped a shot into the right corner of the net to tie the game with just 3:41 to play.
The Patriots chose to go for the victory, bringing an extra player up to try for the score. But, Huntington North made them pay.
The Vikings got the ball in front of the net, and it bounced around through a mob of players. It finally came to rest at the feet of sophomore Katie Hoff, who again went to the right corner of the net for the game winner with 46 seconds to go.
“We tried pressing Renee (Laux) up at the end there, trying to capitalize on her foot and get a goal, and they caught us short on the defense,” said Rager. “Our defense broke down a couple of times. They capitalized on the opportunities they had, because we had more opportunities than them throughout the game.”
Jay County outshot Huntington North 14-11 for the game, but Hosler said he felt his team made the most of its second half attempts. Knox led the team with five shots on goal, and Lydia Bradford followed with a pair.
“It just took a while for us to wake up,” said Hosler. “I liked how we were playing. We were thinking a lot of the right thoughts, we were just hanging onto the ball way too long.
“Jay County just wasn’t giving us that kind of time. They were aggressive.”
The Patriots had a lot of scoring tries early in the contest, and finally broke through just inside of the 20-minute mark.
Junior Kristie Burke picked up the ball on the left side and sent a pass in to Garringer. Garringer took the pass just inside the 18-yard box, dribbled slightly to her right and then shot back across the goal to the left and well out of the reach of goalie Miranda Louthan.
It was Garringer’s lone shot of the game as seven different players accounted for Jay County’s 14 shots. Senior Angie Hilgeford and freshman Abby Loy shared the team lead with three shots apiece.
Jamie Bruggeman, Brittany Logue and Jessica Heitkamp each took two shots.
“The passing was there,” said Rager. “The opportunities to score were there. We had lots of opportunities to score.”
The Patriots will look for their first win when they visit Connersville Tuesday at 5 p.m.
Junior varsity
Jay County won the first junior varsity game in the history of the girls soccer program, dominating Huntington North for a 7-0 victory.
Three different Patriot players scored two goals in the contest.
Amy Knapke scored the first JV goal in Jay County history, putting the ball in the net from the left side with 26:03 on the clock in the first half. She also scored the final goal of the game.
Freshman Tequila Guntle scored the Patriots’ first two goals of the second half, and junior Abby Schiesing followed with a pair of her own. Freshman Dana Horn also scored once in the first half.[[In-content Ad]]
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