Hornets open year at Towanda kickoff tournament
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | September 4, 2011
Wellsboro started off their season to a 0-1 defeat in double overtime to Sayre during the Towanda kick off tournament. Freshman Jessica Hickey scored the lone goal for Sayre in the 96:28 minute of the game. After a heartbreaking 2OT loss to Sayre, Wellsboro had to turn around a play Mansfield for the Consolation match. Wellsboro came out with a 2-1 victory over Mansfield.
Victoria Pearson found the back of the net with a quick direct kick on the outside of Mansfield's 18-yard line 5:42 into the game. Pearson put the ball into the back of the net again in the second half with an assist coming from teammate Taylor Acorn (52:21). Mansfield got on the scoreboard with a corner kick coming from Janie Ghods and then being headed in by a Wellsboro player.
Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
