Hornets top Southern Columbia in District IV quarterfinals
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | October 29, 2017
The Wellsboro Varsity Boys Soccer team opened the first round of the District IV playoffs with a 4-1 win over Southern Columbia on Saturday, October 28, 2017.
All five combined goals were scored in the first half.
Wellsboro scored the game's first 3 goals to put the Tigers away early. Junior Brett Rudy started things off on a goal with 33:29 remaining to put the Hornets up early. Rudy then assisted freshman Kaeden Mann to make it 2-0 with 25:35 remaining. A goal by senior Tanner Runyan, with an assist by senior Noah Fitch, put Wellsboro up 3-0 with 18:42 remaining before the Tigers' Gordon English scored to cut it to 3-1.
Wellsboro senior Johnny Rowland headed in a corner kick by senior Gabe Leach to put Wellsboro up for good, 4-1.
Both teams attempted 5 corner kick and the Hornets had 23 shots on goal. Junior Nate Redell made 3 saves in goal.
Next up for the Hornets (17-1-1) is a meeting with Benton, 3-1 winners over Meadowbrook Christian, at Loyalsock High School on Tuesday, October 31 at 8:00 p.m. in the District IV semi-finals.
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.
