Sayre soccer defeats Elkland
Published: October 18, 2009
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share thisThe Sayre Redskins got three goals from Taylor Skerpon and two from Josh Burlingame as they defeated Elkland 9-2 in a boys' soccer game Saturday.
Sayre opened the scoring just 12 seconds into the game as Burlingame scored on a diving shot off a Skerpon assist.
Skerpon then scored with 38:24 left in the half off assist from Dan Weber and Scott Beeman to make it 2-0.
At 20:31 Trey Hildebrandt scored off an assist from Skerpon and Skerpon made it 4-0 at 17:22 with an assist to Terence Meeker.
Breeman scored the final goal of the half with 10:50 left off a set play from Meeker to make it 5-0 at the break.
In the second half Burlingame again got the Redskins off and running as she scored off a Meeker assist and Meeker scored at 33:10 to make it 7-0.
Alex Preston scored off a hard shot for Elkland at 28:56 to make it 7-1 and Ryane Ramesy gave Elkland their second goal at 26:30.
Sayre got the last two goals as Spencer Ward scored at 25:19 and Skerpon scored at 23:37.
Sayre had 39 shots and two corner kicks and Elkland had eight shots and no corner kicks. Riley Card finished with four saves and Brad Graham had 13 saves for Elkland.
Elkland hosts Northern Potter on Monday and Sayre hosts Liberty on Thursday in their regular-season finale.
Tioga 0, Spencer Van-Etten 0
The Tigers got 20 shots and Spencer Van-Etten had 21 shots, but the goalie came up big as the game ended in a scoreless tie.
"This was a fantastic game for our parent's recognition day," Tioga coach Jim Howey said. "The day was cold, but the field and stands were very energetic. This game had a lot of nice passing, good tactics and exciting moments. I am very happy with my team. Earlier in the season we went to Spencer and lost 6-0.
"You can see both teams had their opportunities to score, but were either thwarted by the goalkeepers, defensemen or conditions."
The seniors Tioga recognized on Saturday were Jake Martin, Dan Layman, Adam Stewart, Nate Lounsbury and Tyler Hills.
The tie creates a one-game playoff for the South Division small-school championship between Spencer VAn-Etten and Odessa-Montour.
"This game is indicative of the level of play we expect to meet in the postseason," Howey said.
The Section IV playoffs begin in two weeks for Tioga.
Donnie VanDuesn had 14 saves for Tioga and Keith Nelson finished with 12 saves for Spencer Van-Etten.
Spencer had seven corner kicks and Tioga had three corner kicks.
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