The final score of the George Wythe and Carroll County Girls Varsity Soccer ⚽️ was 1-1 but the story within the story is that the match was help on the Pitch at Tommy Thompson Field Wednesday night.
The incredible upgrade to the facility is still waiting for the final nuts and bolts 🔩 so the crowd was all on the visitors side but it was a HOME game for the Lady Cavaliers!
Carroll County (4-2-1) traded possessions with the Maroons for the opening 40 minutes. Each team just missed on an early look as GWHS hit the cross bar at 31:37 and Callie Harris recorded a shot on goal four minutes later.
Harris found Ahliyah Riffey streaking down the middle and the Senior found the back of the net with 2:54 remaining in the first half. CCHS took the 1-0 advantage into the break.
Keeper Alexis Sheffey was the star 🌟 of the show in the opening minutes of the second half as the Maroons turned up the pressure in search of the equalizer.
After coming up with a number of saves on point blank shots, George Wythe finally found a way to sneak one in at 29:47. Reese Patton tied the match during a flurry of movement in a crowded box.
Carroll County regained control over the final 15 minutes and came up just short of the winning goal. At 13:22 Junior Savannah Swecker fired a shot on goal and the team held the upper hand from there. Harris looked like Mia Hamm ( photo below) when she struck a direct kick from 30 yards out inside of the final 2:00 of regulation.
The shot was perfectly struck and appeared to go in, with many in the crowd believing it had, but dropped just over the cross bar.
Harris and Swecker teamed up for the most exciting play in the two five minute overtime periods. Harris threaded a pass to Swecker who raced through the line of defenders but the pass was just a fraction too long.
The final horn sounded and the large crowd headed home after watching two teams play hard for 90 minutes.
Head Coach Adrienne Harris took the time to acknowledge both the crowd and the effort she received from her team.
” We also had an awesome turnout for our first home game!!! It was so great to see the bleachers full of people supporting us!! We definitely could hear the crowd throughout the game!!”
” Tonight was a hard fought game for 90 minutes. The girls played well and tough against the physical and experienced George Wythe team who has 10 seniors. In the first half Ahliyah Riffey found the back of the net off of a rebound from the goalkeeper. Callie Harris took a shot from well outside of the 18 yard box and the goalie gave up a rebound. Ahliyah Riffey did a great job of following the ball all the way in which allowed her to finish the rebound from the goalie with a pass into the back of the net!! The team battled and a handful of chances that were very close to putting us up one but George Wythe also had some very close chances as well. Overall, I feel like the girls battled and fought hard for 90 minutes and we were able to get a point added to our record with the tie. Now we move on to Patrick County tomorrow!!”
George Wythe Co-Ed Junior Varsity edged Carroll County 1-0 in the opening game of the night.
Both of the Girls teams will be heading over to Patrick County Thursday night to face the Cougars
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