Northland Pines Soccer Kicks Past Antigo
The game started as we planned one to two touches and playing the ball wide and getting their back four to run around and chase. We struggled to understand that when we draw the defender out of the middle we need to communicate and get rid of the ball and find players in the middle. Antigo has a strong and very fast defender that cleaned up a great deal of attacks. The ball however moves faster than any player. Our success would come down to ball movement. It took 16 minutes to open up the goal-scoring when Ava Gaetano passed the ball over across the attacking defender and Zoe Anderson found the back of the net. One minute later Zoe Anderson repaid the favor and slid the ball over to Ava for a score. The duo would not be finished when in the 25-minute when Ava Gaetano once again hooked up with Zoe Anderson for a 3-0 lead. Zoe was not finished when she tapped the ball behind the Antigo defender out racing the defender and finishing the run with her hatrick. The half would not be complete without Ava adding to her number by taking a nicely slide-over ball from Senior Mallory Schmidt. First half Pines 5 Antigo 0. The last part of the half consisted of giving younger players much-needed time and forcing the experienced girls to lead and step up their game.
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David Keech is a retired teacher and works as a sportswriter, sports official and as an educational consultant. He has reported on amateur sports since 2011, known as 'KeechDaVoice.' David can be reached at [email protected]
