Lady Hornets roll past NEB
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | September 13, 2020
Four first period goals led the Wellsboro Varsity Girls Soccer team to an 8-1 season-opening win against Northeast Bradford on Saturday, September 12.
Midway through the period senior Kerrah Clymer scored the game's first goal unassisted to put Wellsboro in front, 1-0. Clymer later assisted senior Cara Tennis at 19:32 of the 1st, then Tennis returned the favor and assisted Clymer on back-to-back goals to put the Lady Hornets up 4-0 at the half.
12 minutes into the second period Wellsboro struck again. This time senior Jena Boyce headed in a Tennis corner kick to make it 5-0. After the Lady Panthers found the back of the net with 13 minutes remaining, Clymer scored Wellsboro's final two goals. NEB also had an own-goal.
Wellsboro out shot NEB 21-8 on the morning and had an 8-5 advantage in corner kicks. Junior Lilly Abadi made 7 saves in net.
The win starts out the Lady Hornets with a 1-0 record. The team will be back in action on Wednesday, September 16 against Athens.
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.
