The Hill – Our Junior Varsity teams set the stage early on Thursday afternoon as both Jeremy Puckett and Brittany Kinney coached their teams to shut out victories over the Maroon Tide.
At Tommy Thompson Field, the JV Boys scored at 9:33 of the first half, and then the defense made the 1-0 lead stand up the rest of the way. Jovanni Hernandez found Joni Rosales on a direct kick, and Rosales put the biscuit in the basket for the home team !
Brittany Kinney and her Lady Cavaliers played at the same time over on the turf at Galax High School 🏫 and CCHS scored early and often.
The Varsity Girls 👧 struggled in the first half on the offensive end of the pitch but played strong 💪 on the defensive end, leaving them scoreless at the break.
The offense kicked ( Soccer ⚽️ term) it into gear in the final forty minutes, finishing the night with a 3-0 victory.
3-0 win!
1) Alisia goal – Callie assist
2) Callie goal – Alisia assist
3) Callie goal
Back on The Hill, Forrest Johnson and the Varsity Boys 👦 faced a significant challenge as Galax entered the night at 3-0 with a combined score of 16 – 1 in those matches.
E.J. Conner buried a direct kick from 30 yards out at 23 : 47 of the first half to give the Cavaliers the lead at 1-0. Conner was booming 💥 the ball on the long directs from start to finish, but now the question was, can CCHS make it stand up ?
Galax would eventually score the equalizer moments later with Giovany Hernandez feeding Mateo Pineda to tie 👔 the match at 1-1.
The second half was played at a high level, but neither squad could find the back of the net in the 40:00 minutes.
Sam Collins, recent graduate 🎓 and former Soccer player / State Wrestler, and personality stepped up for the Five Good Minutes conversation at the second break. Sam represented the Collins Family well !
One moment that took place in the JV match that stuck out happened when #25 for Galax, Carlos Rivas, was injured. When the young man needed assistance to return to the bench, it was CCHS #23 Jovanni Hernandez that offered his shoulder to lean on. Classy Moment !
Meeting with Francois Herbel before the match was a treat, and I should have known the young man would have ties to Marion Harris. That Harris fella might just be the Godfather of Soccer in Carroll County ???
Herbel ( pronounced Hair-Belt) is the Varsity Boys Coach for Galax after spending some time as the Girls Assistant Coach to Harris at CCHS before taking over the program after Harris retired.
Harris was at Galax keeping an eye 👁 on two of his three daughters, and he sent in a couple of pics 📸
Each of the coaches will have an opportunity to share their thoughts on their night 🌙 and we will welcome that when it happens.
Until then, know that we played hard across 280 minutes of soccer, and we scored 11 times while surrendering just one !
A.S.P.N on The Hill 