Carroll County High School Soccer celebrated Ronnie Collins Night at the Pitch with a pair of dominant performances against the Cougars of Alleghany High School. Varsity won 4-0 after the Junior Varsity won 2-0 to open the night.
Head Coach Jeremy Puckett sent his 11 out in hopes of setting the tone for the evening and his Cavaliers did just that from the First Touch.
After a scoreless fourteen minutes, Aden Puckett found the back of the net at 15:28 in what would prove to be the match winning goal. Fernando Ruiz was stellar in Goal, teaming up with the backline defense to keep the Cougars off the score sheet.
Christian Solis Ruiz and Alex Silva teamed up for the lone second half goal with 12:43 remaining in the contest. Carroll County continued to attack throughout the rest of the night but Trystan Hannah (GK) kept the visitors from being run out of the match.
Carroll County JV Boys Soccer will return to the Pitch at Tommy Thompson Field on Thursday night 🌙.
In the nightcap, Forrest Johnson turned his horses 🐎 loose on one end and Christian Hernandez was doing his best Tim Howard impersonation on the other end.
Daniel Torres – Lopez had himself a night to remember as the Senior forward had a foot in all four goals. Landon Puckett was electric with his passes in the first half and Judah Collins flexed his muscles as well.
Muscles is a key 🔑 word when it comes to describing the Cougars. Alleghany has six players that are head and shoulders bigger than the Cavaliers ( and some College teams), putting an emphasis on ball handling.
Just 4:01 was gone from the clock when Puckett fed a textbook pass to Torres – Lopez and DT-L took it from there. The early goal made it 1-0 and more importantly energized the team.
Hernandez made his first ridiculous stop at 30:45 to protect the 1-0 lead and then a trio of Cavaliers teamed up to score the second goal.
Puckett led Torres – Lopez with a perfect pass and then the ball was placed just as well to the foot of Collins and the Sophomore took care of business at 28:51.
The rest of the first half was all about Hernandez and Thomas Payne. Payne surrendered himself with his forehead to block an absolute rocket 🚀 shot of the foot of Mason Hale on a direct kick.
Carroll County doubled up the effort in the second half by adding two more goals over the final forty minutes and watching Hernandez stand on his head.
Torres – Lopez pushed the lead to 3-0 just one minute into the second half. Ronnie Collins was still in the press box and got to announce the goal. The Hat 👒 Trick was completed with 11:56 remaining in the match after Collins fed Torres – Lopez a picturesque pass to make it 4-0.
Nine minutes remained when Hernandez was facing a direct kick from Kevin Worley. Worley didn’t hold anything back on the attempt yet Hernandez guessed correctly and made the save.
Carroll County Varsity Soccer ⚽️ returns to The Hill on Thursday night and then holds Senior Night on May 5th.
A.S.P.N on The Hill 