Hornets Top South Williamsport, 4-1
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | September 2, 2023 | Photo courtesy Chrissy Dean
The Wellsboro Varsity Boys Soccer team scored three second half goals en route to defeating South Williamsport 4-1 on Saturday, September 2.
"A solid performance all around," head coach Todd Fitch said. "We did a better job of keeping pressure on the ball as well as linking our passes. We had 4 different guys score goals. Overall, a good way to end the week."
Senior Noah Morey scored with 13:15 remaining in the first half on an assist from junior Lucas Cuneo to give Wellsboro the early lead. Senior Caden Smith put the Hornets up 2-0 just over 10 minutes into the second half as he converted a pass from junior Jack Bryant before the Mounties cut the lead back to down a goal midway through the half.
The Hornets then added a pair of goals to close out the victory, one from senior Jacob Abadi with 14:28 remaining and the other by junior Micaiah Fitch with just over a minute remaining. Senior Dillion Boyce assists on Abadi's goal and Smith setup Fitch's goal.
Wellsboro out shot South Williamsport 9-7 and had a 6-3 advantage in corner kicks. Senior Mitchell Butler made 7 stops in goal.
Wellsboro's JV team also won, 9-2 to improve to 2-0, to give the Hornets the sweep for the afternoon. Freshman Coen Tennis had 3 goals with freshman Mason Brill assisting on one, senior Nehemiah Burrous scored 2 goals with sophomore Karter Campbell assisting on one, freshman Kayden Rogers scored 2 goals with Jacob Smith freshman assisting one.
Brill also added a goal assisted by Tennis and Smith added one unassisted goal.
Wellsboro improves to 2-1 (1-1 NTL) on the season and return to play on Wednesday, September 6 at 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.
