Boys’ soccer wrap-up

Forest City

The Forest City boys’ soccer team faced its first loss of the season to Carbondale on Friday, 4-2, after it took a 5-0 shutout win over Old Forge in a home game on Tuesday afternoon.

On Friday, Carbondale scored first only 20 seconds into the first half, before Forest City’s David Cavalieri knocked in a goal at 26:45 to even the score at one apiece.

In the second half, Carbondale scored a 48:18 and 57:26 to make it a 3-1 game, however, Cavalieri would score with an assist from Ryan Long at 61:40 to make it 3-2.

But, Carbondale proved stronger as they scored again at 68:59 to take the 4-2 win.

Forest City had 10 shots on goal and nine corners while goalie Zack Sosnowski picked up 10 saves.

Facing Old Forge in the first half, Cavalieri scored a goal with an assist from Mitchell Goben at 3:25 before Long would add a second goal with an assist from Cavalieri at 38:29 to make it 2-0.

In the second half Cavalieri scored at 41:09 before Kevin Swartz would add a fourth Forester goal at 55:31.

Wayde Loomis capped off the Forester victory at 61:24.

Forest City had 21 shots on goal and two corners while Sosnowski had eight saves.

Elk Lake

The Elk Lake boys’ soccer team tied a game with Valley view on Saturday as the team’s battled through two overtimes to a 1-1 stalemate.

Elk Lake took a double-overtime win at home over St. Gregory’s a day prior, 2-1.

Against Valley View, scoring was silent in the first half before the Warriors scored at 40 minutes in the second half with an unassisted goal from Cody Fransen.

Valley View’s Brandon Jackson then tied up the game at 64 minutes to send it into overtime where neither team would score through two extra periods.

Elk Lake had seven shots on goal and three corners while goalie Nick Dudock had 10 saves in the net.

On Friday, Elk Lake’s Joe Woolcock put the Warriors on the board with a goal at 28:55 in the first half.

The game then went silent until St. Gregory’s scored at 76:51 in the second half to tie the game up.

That’s where a double-overtime goal from Warrior Thurn Thanomthin with an assist from Tory Newhart propelled Elk Lake to victory.

The warriors had 23 shots on goal and two corners while Dudock had 14 saves.

Blue Ridge

Blue Ridge’s boys’ soccer team played to a 0-0 tie at Riverside on Tuesday afternoon after two scoreless overtime periods.

Mountain View

Mountain View’s boys’ soccer team took a 3-2 loss from Honesdale on Saturday after it faced a 4-1 loss to Abington Heights at home on Tuesday afternoon.

On Saturday, Honesdale scored first at 11:06, before Mountain View’s Joe Jarrow scored with an assist from Colby Mikioche at 13:41.

Honsdale took back the lead at 29:09 in the first to make it 2-1 at halftime.

In the second half, Mountain View tied things up with a goal from Dylan Thomas at 48:32, but Honesdale struck at 55:39 to take the win.

Mountain View had six shots on goal and four corners while goalie Chris Herman picked up two saves.

Abington struck first at 27:56 in the first half, before Mountain View held the Comets scoreless through the rest of the half.

Mountain View’s Colby Thomas tied the game up at 51:32 in the second half with an assist from D. Thomas.

However, Abington scored three consecutive unanswered goals at 54:35, 69:30 and 76:53 to cap off the victory.

Mountain View had 11 shots on goal and three corners while Hermann had 22 saves.

Montrose

The Montrose boys’ soccer team defeated West Scranton on the road Thursday, 3-2, in overtime after it took a 1-0 loss at St. Gregory’s on Tuesday.

Facing West Scranton, the Invaders got on the board first with a first half goal at 7:47, before Montrose’s Ryan Ochse would score off an assist from Cory Adams at 15:32 to make it a 1-1 game.

West Scranton pulled ahead again with a goal off a penalty kick at 18:05 in the first half.

Montrose’s Mike Mard then tied up the game with a goal at 34:02 in the first half with an assist from Danny Simonds to make it 2-2 at halftime.

After the second half went scoreless, the game went into overtime, where Simonds knocked in an unassisted goal to lift the Meteors to the win.

Montrose had 17 shots on goal and seven corners while Simonds had two saves on goal.

St. Gregory’s scored a 39:05 in the first half, and the team held Montrose scoreless throughout the rest of the game.

Montrose had six shots on goal and four corners while goalie Danny Simonds picked up seven saves on the day.

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