Cards Win Semi-Finals Against Hurricanes

Mitchell Lesh shooting the ball with hopes of scoring.

Rachel Sarge, Staffer

“What comeback not once but 2 times win Overtime. Very proud of the boys last night! Can’t wait for the final on Thursday night at 7.” States head coach Mark Wylie. In the first half of the game, Pine Grove had 14 shots on goal while Schuylkill Haven had 17 shots on goal. With 1 minute and 4 seconds into the game, Schuylkill Haven scores against Pine Grove, taking a 1-0 lead. Schuylkill Haven had 4 goal kicks while Pine Grove had 5 goal kicks. There was a total of 4 corner kicks in the first half, Pine Grove had 2 corner kicks and Schuylkill Haven had 2 corner kicks. Pine Grove had 5 stops by the goalkeeper and Schuylkill Haven had 6 stops by the goalkeeper. Pine Grove had 4 goal kicks and Schuylkill Haven had 4 goal kicks. Pine Grove had 4 free kicks while Schuylkill Haven had 5 free kicks. The score at the end of the half was 1-0 with Schuylkill Haven leading Pine Grove.

In the second half, Pine Grove had 17 shots on goal while Schuylkill Haven had 15 shots on goal. Then with 19 minutes and 14 seconds left in the half, Pine Grove’s #11 Mitchell Lesh scores with an assist by Ethan Hannevig. Pine Grove had 6 free kicks and Schuylkill Haven had 5 free kicks.Then with 10 minutes and 55 seconds Schuylkill Haven scores making the score 2-1. Pine Grove had 4 goal kicks and Schuylkill Haven had 5 goal kicks. Pine Grove had 1 corner kick while Schuylkill Haven had 2 corner kicks. Then with 38 seconds left, Pine Grove’s #13 Cody Griffthes scores by heading the ball into the goal. Pine Grove had 5 stops by the goalkeeper and Schuylkill Haven had 7 stops by the goalkeeper. The score at the end of regulation was 2-2. Since the score was tied, the game went into overtime. Overtime was 15 minutes and which team scores first win, if neither team scores then it goes into another overtime. Pine Grove had 5 goal kicks and 3 stops by the keeper in overtime . Schuylkill Haven had 1 goal kick and 2 stops by the keeper in overtime. Schuylkill Haven also had 2 corner kicks. Then with 2 minutes and 50 seconds left in overtime, Pine Grove’s #9 Ethan Hannevig scores and wins the game in overtime.

In the end, Schuylkill Haven was winning but Pine Grove got the win. The final score of the game was Pine Grove 3, Schuylkill Haven 2.