Warriors blank Huskies, 2-0
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LEWISTOWN -- Mifflin County girls soccer welcomed in the Gettysburg Warriors for an evening matchup just before the sun went down at Donald M. Chapman Stadium on Monday.
The Warriors drew first blood on a goal from Allison Scheungrab to give Gettysburg an early 1-0 advantage over the Huskies. Mifflin County would play from behind early and often but still felt like they were in the game, only trailing the Warriors 1-0 at the half.
When it came to shots on goal Mifflin County was limited in part because of the Warriors stingy defense. But, with a couple minutes remaining in the first half, Mackenzie Peachey made a crossover pass to Abigail Anderson for a shot on goal but came up short to keep the advantage with Gettysburg.
Huskies coach Barrett Knepp said, "Gettysburg is a really good team and we just have to start pressing together. If we can press our unit and start playing as a unit more, getting everybody to go up together. We can start putting more pressure on their back line.That’s where we need to be."
When asked about coming out flat footed to start the second half and allowing a lot of shots on goal, Knepp noted, "That’s something we actually talked about before the game as well.That’s been kind of our one big nemesis is early on in season here, so far we tend to give them up early in the half and then we settle and play well but its too little too late.Once you’ve given a goal up it’s got to kind of change the way you play a little bit so we have to step up the urgency."
Mifflin County showed grit on the defensive end as Liberty Cook made some key saves despite the loss in a game where there were a lot of shots on goal with a lot of good saves by Cook. The Huskies would give up another goal late on a play where Cook made the great save but was late getting to the goal the next time as Simone Shelton would cash it in to take a 2-0 lead that would be all the Warriors would need to get the win over the Huskies.
Mifflin County will host State College on Saturday hoping for better fortune.
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GOLF
Huskies battle at Colonial
Both Mifflin County boys and girls golf competed Monday. The MC boys were at Colonial County Club, the home of Bishop McDevitt. MC went 0-6 on the day. MC was led on the day by Evan Breon with an 89, which placed tied for 23rd.
Caleb Bubb added a 90 which placed 25th. Jude Zook shot 100, which was 32nd place, and Chase Krepps rounded out the scoring with a 104 which placed him tied for 33rd with teammate Thad Gerwick.
MC now stands at 1-38 on the season and 0-36 in the Mid-Penn Keystone Division. MC boys are back in action Wednesday at Valley Green golf course, the home of Cedar Cliff.
MC girls competed at Rich Valley Golf Course, the home of Cumberland Valley. MC was led on the day by Lily Breon who shot a 99, which placed her tied for 27th. Emma Norman shot a 107, which was good for a tie for 34th place. MC girls are back in action today at Manada Golf Course, the home of Lower Dauphin.
GIRLS TENNIS
Colts storm past Huskies, 5-0
CAMP HILL -- Cedar Cliff tennis defeated Mifflin County on Monday, 5-0.
Keira Goodling beat Maddy Clinard, 6-4, 6-2. Samantha Shoop bested Ava Kelly, 6-0, 6-0. Jackelyn McCarren downed Marcella McKee in singles play, 6-1, 6-1.
In doubles play, Annabelle Cole and Madelyn Dunkle topped Huskies Delaynie Newlen and Alexis Allen, 6-4, 6-0. Rian Turner and Taylor James beat Huskies Gladrielle Leonard and Ellie Hartzler, 6-0, 6-0.
BOYS SOCCER
Tigers maul WolfPack, 4-0
COCOLAMUS -- East Juniata got a hat-trick from Wrett Smith during a 4-0 win against St. Joe's on Monday.
Jaiden May tacked on a goal for the victors.
Trent Price had two assists for EJ. May and Meyer Ramsey each had one assist.
EJ goalie Kelton Bonnell tallied six saves.
Huskies sunk by Warriors
GETTYSBURG -- Gettysburg defeated Mifflin County Monday, 2-1.
Gettysburg outshot MC, 13-7.
Each team had four corners.
The Huskies had 11 saves as the Warriors tallied six.
Brayden Benfer scored the Huskies' lone goal.
JV Huskies lost to the home team, 3-0.
VOLLEYBALL
EJ falls in straight sets
East Juniata volleyball lost to Millersburg in three sets on Monday. The scores were 8-25, 22-25, and 8-25.
Tigers' Kennedy Seigler-Lewis, senior setter, had 14 digs.
FIELD HOCKEY
Polar Bears sink Huskies, 5-2
DILLSBURG -- The Mifflin County field hockey team traveled to Dillsburg for a Mid-Penn Conference game against the Northern York Polar Bears on Monday.
After several opportunities to score during limited breakaways, the Huskies were unable to make a comeback versus the Polar Bears.
The Polar Bears scored early on in the first quarter to take the lead. The Huskies kept them from scoring any other goals for the remainder of the first half of the game. During the second half of the game, the Polar Bears kicked it into gear and began scoring several goals on the Huskies. Most of the Polar Bear goals were scored on heavily loaded offense corners. The Huskies tried to catch up but failed to earn many penalty corners. On the Huskies last offensive corner of the game, they were finally able to earn their first goal. Jayda Kanagy offered a pass to Brynn Rowe to get the Huskies on the scoreboard. The next goal for the Huskies was made by a breakaway from a defensive penalty corner. Bailey Neff took advantage of the limited defense and knocked one more in the goal. Aubree Dobson helped her defense again by earning another defensive save.
The Huskies JV team won 3-2 with 11 seconds left in the game. The goal scorers were Khloe Stitt with one goal, and Maddie Clark had two goals.