What a difference a year makes...KICK OFF

Welcome back everyone...After a fantastic summer vacation the BLOG is back...The boys and girls soccer teams and the XC team has been in full practice mode for about two and a half weeks now and last night the boys had their first game of the 2010 Fall season (the girls open up Saturday at Stowe at 11am, and XC opens up Saturday as well at the Essex Invitational at 9am).

The boys opened up against Rice at home last night and much to the large crowd's delight came away with a 3-2 victory (see picture above) in double overtime. Rice opened up the scoring in the first half, but with 37 seconds left in the first half, senior RM played a ball over the top to sophomore striker OF and he finished beautifully to knot the game at 1. Half way through the second half OF took a shot on goal that was saved by the Rice keeper, but bounced to the foot of senior striker HK and he shot it past vthe Rice keeper for the go-ahead goal. Ten minutes later Rice evened the score and the teams played to a 2-2 tie after regulation. The first overtime was riddled with chances for both teams, but neither could capitalize. The second overtime was played pretty even until about 3 minutes left when the boys really started pressuring hard. After two corner kicks failed to produce a goal, Rice had a goal kick. The Rice keeper kicked the ball low and hard but right to sophomore striker DG, who had been pestering the Rice defenders all game with his hustle, touch, and tenacity. DG controlled the ball, dribbled into the 18 and fired a shot that was deflected wide by the Rice keeper. OF jumped on the rebound and buried the game winner with 1:33 left in the second OT. The boys play at Hazen Saturday with an 11am start. The boys JV won handily yesterday 12-0.

The upper deck varsity field went through a major face lift this summer with many community members donating resources to the cause. The field has never looked or felt better thanks to an aggressive seeding, fertilizing, mowing, and watering regiment, and with the help of a grant from the Vermont Dairy Council, PA Boosters, Morrisville Youth Soccer, and many other community members we have a brand new Daktronics scoreboard to keep the time and score for the varsity teams for years to come.

The next home game is the 9/17 as the boys take on Spaulding at 4:30.