Hornet Soccer shuts out Sullivan County
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | September 20, 2015
The Wellsboro Varsity Boys Soccer team remained undefeated with a 9-0 shut out over Sullivan County on Saturday, September 19.
The Hornets scored four first-half goals on their way to the home win. Senior Dawson Prough got the party started with 28:34 showing on the clock as he scored off an assist from junior Josiah Hill to go up 1-0. Hill made it 2-0 Hornets a minute later then assisted senior Tucker Worthington with 16:57 remaining to take a 3-0 lead.
The Hornets' fourth goal of the first half came with 4:15 remaining as sophomore Gabe Leach scored. The Hornets picked up where they left off in the first half as senior Nick Webster scored with 35:52 remaining to put the Hornets up 5-0. Sophomore Tanner Runyan scored with 27:36 on the clock off an assist from Prough to make it 6-0, and Hill scored his second goal off a Worthington assist with 25:48 left to make it 7-0, Hornets.
Wellsboro's final two goals came from younger members of the team. Freshman Brett Rudy found the back of the net with 12:35 to make it 8-0 and freshman Cam Tennis scored the game's final goal off an assist from sophomore Noah Fitch with 10:14 remaining to make it 9-0.
"The boys played really well today, their movement was tremendous," said head coach John Shaffer. "Some great attacking ideas. I was very happy at how the reserves played in the second half. There was not drop off in energy or play."
The Hornets took 28 shots on the day and 9 corner kicks. Junior Casey Hoover had a fairly easy day in goal as he saved the only shot attempt Sullivan Country took.
With the win, the Hornets improve to 5-0 (3-0 NTL). The team will be back in action on Tuesday, September 22 as they host Galeton.
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.
