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Boys’ Soccer Team Earns First Win of the Season

BY MONA STEINHAUER

Solanco’s boys’ soccer team earned its first win of the season when Brady Janssen took a throw in by Aidan Todd and scored in the 88th minute for what proved to be an overtime game-winner against Lebanon on Thursday, Oct. 6.

“That was a great game,” said head coach Remy Wright. “Both teams had about five opportunities to end the game at any time. It was truly a team effort and a wonderful game as a coach to watch.”

Solanco’s last victory came over a year ago, in the Hamburg Tournament.

In non-league action Saturday, Oct. 8, against Twin Valley, Janssen opened the scoring, taking a cross from Ayden Herr after a corner, in the 27th minute, giving the Mules the lead through the rest of the first half. The Raiders tied the game in the 47th minute and then recorded the game-winner with just three minutes left in the game.

“Both teams were awarded penalty kicks and both teams missed,” recalled Wright. “Our backup keeper Giovanni Piscitelli has been doing well lately. We all still have a lot to work on.”

GIRLS’ SOCCER

Looking to rebound from a 2-0 loss to Ephrata, the girls’ soccer team hosted Elizabethtown (7-2) on Saturday morning, Oct. 8, but lost a heartbreaker, 4-3, in overtime.

Solanco came out strong and set the tone early. Sarah Landis assisted Josie Janssen in the third minute of the game. The Bears returned the favor four minutes later. E-town scored again in the 21st minute and pushed the lead to 3-1 four minutes into the second half.

Solanco’s Alyssa Harpe made it 3-2 in the 49th minute when she headed home a corner kick by Sarah Landis. Then, seven minutes later, Landis made good on a direct kick from way out that tied the game. And that’s how the score remained through the rest of regulation and the first OT. The Bears scored the game-winner in the 92nd minute.

“That was a tough one,” said head coach Matt Jansen. “I thought we played well. The girls played hard to come back.”

The girls rebounded with two solid wins, dominating Pequea Valley 6-1 Oct. 10 followed by a 3-1 nod over Central the following night. Janssen’s Texas hat trick (4 goals) sparked the win over PV. Meg Bailey added two.

Emma Housekeeper, Bailey (1a) and Mia Daniel-Morales, with Landis dishing two assists, accounted for the scoring against the Barons.

The girls are currently ranked 11th in the AAA 16 team field.

GOLF

Solanco’s Logan Wagner and Anna Sexton continued post-season play at the PIAA District 3 AAA Golf Championships held at Briarwood Golf Club, Oct. 7-8.

Wagner, a senior, shot a 75 on day one, making the cut to day two where he finished with a 77 and a 152 total that left him tied for 14th place and a trip to states.

“Logan was fourth last year in Districts, shooting 73-77 at Honey Run,” recalled head coach Greg Minnich. “He becomes the second Solanco golfer in my 17 years two qualify for states twice. Connor Sheehan went in 2012 and 2013.”

Sexton, also a senior, opened with a 91, leaving her in a tie for 11th place and making the top 18 cut. In the second round she finished with an 88. She was just four strokes shy of qualifying for states.

“Both rounds were under her season average of 93.8 and her 88 score was her second-best career round, following her 85 which she shot in this year’s home tournament at Tanglewood,” Minnich noted.

VOLLEYBALL

Wednesday, Oct. 5, the volleyball team duked it out with Lebanon and escaped with a 3-2 thriller, their second win of the season. Despite dropping the third and fourth sets by just two points each, including an ‘overtime’, if you will, 29-27 fourth set, Solanco secured the win with a solid 15-11 final set. They opened the match with a 25-17 first set and dominated the second set 25-14.

Marissa Cannizzaro (20 digs) served up a season-high 7 aces while Alaina Herr put down 6 kills to help fuel the offense. Addison Boys (9 assists) and Emily Powl (2 blocks) also contributed.

One night later they faced Garden Spot and lost 25-14, 25-12, 25-11.

Martha Weaver and Herr recorded five kills each, but it wasn’t enough. Sophia Stoltzfus (10 assists), Cannizzaro (13 digs), Cheyenne Henry (2 aces) and Addison Boyd, Weaver, and Herr with one block each, led the way.

TENNIS

The tennis team competed in the L-L League Tournament over the last week though their trip to the finals fell short.

Grace Pursel (No. 3) opened with a 6-2, 7-5 win over AC’s Emma Lively but dropped a 6-3, 6-3 result in round two.

Ava Peiffer (No. 4) also worked a first-round win, outlasting AC’s Maddie Summers 1-6, 6-4, 12-10 before dropping her second round 6-2, 6-0.

At the top of the bracket, Destiny Langley faced fourth seed Jade Flores, who advanced with a 6-0, 6-0 result while Adrienne Dolan met up with Lampeter’s Rowan Kimmel who settled for a 6-1, 6-0 win.

In doubles play, Langley and Dolan earned a solid 6-4, 6-0 first round win over Cocalico’s Carlie Showalter and Hanna Weller but couldn’t get past CV’s Flores and Paula Valverde Gomez, bowing out 6-0, 6-2.

“They looked strong as a doubles team,” said head coach Annie Hammel. “Their serves were going in, they had solid returns and their net play was more in control. It was tough competition.”

Pursel and Peiffer competed in flight 2 where they dropped an 8-2 result to Etown’s Laszakovits and Mink while Caroline Lantz and Kiara Chmielecki fell 8-4 to CV’s Obeng and Tsai.

FOOTBALL

Two of the top teams in the district rankings met in Quarryville for a Section Three clash Friday, Oct. 7 and when the final buzzer sounded, only one undefeated team remained, Solanco. The top ranked Mules hung a 35-32 loss on Elizabethtown, handing the No. 4 seed Bears its first loss of the season. Solanco improved to 7-0.

“It was a great homecoming game win,” said head coach Tony Cox who also celebrated his 50th victory. “The kids played hard and never gave up and the sideline was very encouraging. Josiah Forren made it his mission to gain as many yards as he could with every carry and our defense made the plays they needed to,” he added.

E-town drew first-blood when Logan Lentz reached the endzone on a 20-yard carry. Solanco knotted the score on Forren’s one-yard plunge and took the lead early in the second frame with another Forren (70 yards, 12 carries, 12 tackles) TD, this one from five yards out. Carter Smith converted the twopoint conversion for a 14-6 lead.

photo by Mona Steinhauer

In Section Two action Saturday, October 6, Meg Bailey looks to change direction to get past Elizabethtown’s Erin Stoltzfus.

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Solanco’s Arianna Sieberlich throws the ball in from the sideline during a L-L League section game against visiting Elizabethtown Saturday, Oct. 8, morning.

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photo by Mona Steinhauer

In non-league action Saturday, October 8, against visiting Twin Valley, Solanco’s Brady Janssen carries the ball toward the goal.

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