This adventure began shortly before 7 p.m. on Wednesday and ended right 24 hours later at 6:45 pm. when the lead official whistled to end the match versus Patrick County.
The Cavaliers capped off the 24-hour window 🪟 with a convincing 5 – 1 victory over the Cougars, with multiple players finding the back of the net. Hess Mejia was in the press box for the 2-day victory, and the impressive young man added plenty of flavor and insight on both days. Mejia will be back on the pitch on Monday night when Glenvar hosts the Cavaliers.
The ceremony and the first 23 : 16 took place on Wednesday evening, but at 7:18 p.m., the match was postponed by lightning 🌩. Roughly one hour later, the decision was made to head home and start things back up at 5:30 on Thursday afternoon.
Carroll County led 1-0 (Aiden Puckett goal) when the game was halted, and that remained the score until 37 : 52 of the second half. Bradsel Martinez put the biscuit in the basket 🧺 after the Cavs were awarded their second penalty kick of the afternoon.
Ten minutes later, Cavs keeper Fernando Ruiz made the ultimate play in Soccer when he guessed correctly and stopped a PK by Solomen Reeder, protecting the 2-0 lead.
At 21: 33, Glenn Stovall did manage to get one past Ruiz to cut ✂️ the lead in half, but the Cavaliers responded by throwing it into overdrive for the final 20 minutes.
The defense tightened, and the offense found another gear ⚙️. At 12:04, Landon Jordan found a streaking Judah Collins, and in a flash, it was 3-1. Collins enjoyed the moment by doing a quick ” dab ” towards his bench.
The Cavaliers collected a few cards as if they were trying to open a Hallmark shop, but fortunately, they were all just yellow in color and came from the emotions of the match.
Speaking of emotions, the crowd loved it when Samuel Ibarra Casmiro buried a PK at 5:34 ! The lead was now at 4-1, but the Cavs weren’t finished yet. Evan (E.J.) Conner had been booming 💥 the soccer ⚽️ ball around with his powerful leg 🦵 and he set up for an out of bounds direct kick from the 35-yard line.
Both Gesnan and I told Lin right before the effort that she was going to enjoy this kick! 35 yards later, Conner had indeed bent it like Beckham, and the score was 5-1, and the celebration could begin.
The day began with a touching tribute, and 24 hours later, it ended with a celebration !
Can’t end without adding that Jeremy Puckett and his JV Cavaliers won 2-0 over Patrick just beforehand.
