SPRING MILLS — Penns Valley and Bald Eagle Area girls soccer teams battled back and forth until PV’s Ellie Romig scored at the 76:29 mark of a tied game to lift the Lady Rams to a 5-4 win on Sept. 8.
Romig scored two goals, as did teammate Ellie Dinges. BEA’s Addison Tice also scored two goals and assisted on goals by Savanna Albright and Madison Donley goal. Penns Valley’s Kiersten Fetterolf scored a goal.
Penns Valley’s Emma Marks made nine saves, while BEA freshman Cami Walker had 18 stops. The Rams had a 23-13 edge in shots on target.
“The game was back and forth for the first 10 minutes, but we had some defensive breakdowns that cost us and we were down 4-2 at one point,” BEA coach Jared Moore said.
“Cami Walker was outstanding between the pipes, making five or six diving saves, including saving a breakaway. In the end, too many defensive miscues and trouble clearing the ball hurt us, as well as the speed of the Penns Valley forwards.”
BEA captured its first win, 2-1, at Chestnut Ridge on Sept. 4 – two days after the Lady Eagles lost to Westmont Hilltop, 1-0, at home.
Tice scored both goals against Chestnut Ridge, notching the eventual game winner off an assist from Albright at the 74:44 mark. Tice scored her first goal in a scoreless game after getting the dish from Ariana Mayes at 52:09.
Ridge’s Kirsten Kohler tied the game at 61:50. It was the only boot that got by Walker, who made six saves. The Lady Eagles had a 21-7 edge in shots on target.
“We controlled possession well tonight,” Moore said. “We created a ton of scoring chances. The defense was great tonight.
“Addie Tice and Savanna Albright led the charge. They connected well and Savanna fed two great balls that Addie finished perfectly. Just a total team victory tonight. I was very proud of them for pulling out the win after Chestnut Ridge tied it up.”
BEA sophomore goalkeeper Emily Steffan had 12 saves against Westmont Hilltop.
Penns Valley went 0-2 in its two other games during the week, including a 2-1 overtime loss at Central Cambria on Sept. 4. The Lady Rams also lost to Bedford, 8-0, on Sept. 2 at home.
Romig scored in the second half against Central Cambria, who won with a goal from Kaydence Sinclair with 1:44 left in overtime.
BELLEFONTE GIRLS SOCCER
The Bellefonte girls team (3-2) earned its third straight shutout, 4-0, over Penn Cambria on Sept. 2 at home, but the Lady Red Raiders ran into a buzzsaw in a 12-1 loss at Bedford on Sept. 4 and lost at Bishop Guilfoyle, 5-0, on Sept. 8.
Against Penn Cambria, freshman Norah Davis scored two goals – the third and fourth goals of the game. Senior Brooke Whitman scored a goal and assisted on the first goal by Davis. Bellefonte’s Laila Packer scored the first goal of the game.
Bellefonte goalkeeper Ronni Spotts made three saves in the shutout.
Spotts made 15 saves against BG, which scored three goals in the first half.
STATE COLLEGE BOYS
Four different players scored as the State College boys team won at Central Mountain, 4-1, on Sept. 6.
The win came three days after the Little Lions tied with Central Dauphin, 2-2, in two overtimes.
Against Central Mountain, State College (2-1-2) got a goal and an assist from Lucas Caceres. Caceres assisted on a goal from Marcus Auvillian. James Sheehan booted in a goal off of an assist from Alex Zlupko. Ryan Hulek scored a goal off an assist by Jack Snyder.
Lennon Wong scored a goal against Central Dauphin off an assist from Tommy Brucker. Sheehan scored State College’s second goal, with the assist going to River Alves.
BALD EAGLE AREA BOYS
The Bald Eagle Area boys team split its two games, winning at Chestnut Ridge, 4-0, on Sept. 4 and losing to Westmont Hilltop, 1-0, on Sept. 2 at home.
Connor Maney scored two goals and assisted on a Parker Dubbs goal for the fourth goal. Kayson Tice made the score 3-0 with a goal off an assist from Easton Grimes. Tice assisted on Maney’s second goal. Grimes assisted on two goals.
Goalkeeper Henry Bacon made six saves in the shutout for BEA (3-1).
“That is our first shutout of the season. I’m happy about that,” BEA coach Jason Bair said. “We are proud of how the guys played tonight, especially the second half. They played an outstanding second half and held possession well, and we had many, many scoring opportunities.”
The only goal scored in the Westmont game was a Luke Wesner goal at 41:56. Bacon made three saves.
“It was a hard-fought physical game,” Bair said. “We were able to outshoot them 8-6, but we were not able to put one in the back of the net. The team played hard.”
BELLEFONTE BOYS
The Bellefonte boys team went 1-1, hammering Penn Cambria, 8-1, on Sept. 2 at home before losing at Bedford, 3-0, on Sept. 4.
Connell Stabinger had a big game against Penn Cambria, getting the hat trick with three goals. John Servant, Wesley Cooke, Gage Rankin, Jamin Ondrasik and Oliver Thornburg also scored.
Goalkeeper Eli Davis made six saves for Bellefonte (3-1).
PENNS VALLEY BOYS
The Penns Valley boys team split its games, earning a 1-0 win at Central Cambria on Sept. 4 and losing to Bedford, 2-1, on Sept. 2.
Finnegan Quigley scored a goal with 2:40 left in the game on a header to lift the Rams (2-3) over Central Cambria. Penns Valley goalkeeper Owen Robb earned the shutout.
Kyus Kimler scored the Rams’ only goal against Bedford.
ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC ACADEMY BOYS
Chase Luckovich scored an unassisted goal 3 minutes into the second overtime to lift the St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy boys team to a 3-2 win over Greenwood on Sept. 3 at home.
The WolfPack (2-2) were beaten at Juniata, 8-3, on Sept. 8.
Luckovich scored two goals against Greenwood, including an unassisted goal in the 80th minute, and assisted on Isaiah Crispen’s goal in the fourth minute.
PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA BOYS
The Philipsburg-Osceola boys team (0-4) suffered respective 3-0 losses to Somerset on Sept. 2 at home and at Westmont Hilltop on Sept. 4.
Westmont’s Luke Wesner scored two goals, and teammate Kaden Weidlein had a goal, but P-O goalkeeper Matthew Thompson had 14 saves. Westmont goalkeeper Alex Mondick had five saves.
Somerset’s Alex Smith and Rodney Garwood were the goal scorers.
WEEK OF SEPT. 8 SOCCER SCHEDULE
SEPT. 11
BOYS
Huntingdon at Bald Eagle Area
Hollidaysburg at Bellefonte
Bishop Guilfoyle at Penns Valley
Philipsburg-Osceola at Central
DuBois at State College
GIRLS
State College at Altoona
SEPT. 13
BOYS
State College at Lewisburg
St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy at Penns Valley
