Janesville Craig soccer ties; Parker falls in double OT
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Janesville Craig’s Odain White (8) and a Beloit Memorial player chase after the ball in the first half of their nonconference soccer game Tuesday night. The Cougars and Purple Knights played to a 1-1 tie in double overtime.
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Beloit Memorial’s Patrick Gathof, left, and Janesville Craig’s Mo McCrone (4) try to gain control of the ball in the first half on Tuesday night. The teams played to a 1-1 tie.
Janesville Craig High School and visiting Beloit Memorial played a 1-1 thriller in nonconference boys soccer Tuesday at Craig.
The Purple Knights’ Misael Rivas scored at 27 minutes of the first half, and Craig’s Tom Kitching tied it with a free kick, his second of the season, at 58 minutes in the second half.
“You couldn’t ask for a better game,” Craig coach Charly Friedrich said.
Friedrich praised Craig goalkeeper Max Niedermeier’s 23-save performance.
“Max had three game-breaking saves,” Friedrich said. “He did a fantastic job.’’
Friedrich said Beloit is a quality program and all he asked the Cougars was to stay close and look for a chance to win.
Craig’s Jessie Davila had a near-miss in the second half. With 13 seconds remaining in the second overtime, Mo McCrone won the ball from just outside the box and saved it from going out of bounds, but as the ball rolled across the goal, the Cougars were unable to recover to take shot as time expired.
“You could hear a pin drop,” Friedrich said as the ball rolled away.
Craig is 1-0-1 for the season and gains a point in the Two City Tournament. Craig has four points, Beloit one and Parker none.
“You couldn’t ask for more from both teams,” Friedrich said.
CRAIG 1, BELOIT 1 (2 OT)
Beloit 1 0 0 0—1
Craig 0 1 0 0—1
First half
B—Misael Rivas (Marco Garcia), 27:00.
Second half
JC—Tom Kitching (free kick), 58:00.
Saves—Luis Gonzalez (BM) 15, Max Niedermeier 23.
Columbus tips Parker
Janesville Parker battled Columbus to a 1-0 double overtime loss in nonconference boys soccer Tuesday.
The Vikings (0-3) had 15 shots but couldn’t score.
“We just couldn’t find the goal,” Parker coach Andy Holmes said. “We still have five starters out, but the guys who took their place did everything right.”
Windsor Molnar scored an unassisted goal on a breakaway at 94 minutes for Columbus.
Parker plays at Lake Mills at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
COLUMBUS 1, PARKER 0 (2 OT)
Janesville Parker 0 0 0 0—0
Columbus 0 0 0 1—1
Second overtime
C—Windsor Molnar (unassisted), 94:00.
Saves—Kaleb Williams, 10. Eli Weichert, 15.
Aug 26, 2009 at 12:54 p.m.
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I am not sure Coach Holmes is in any position to turn any player away. Every school has players with academic issues. It is tough enough to compete with teams in the Madison area already. The more able bodies, the better. If Parker has 5 starters out due to grades then it certainly does have an impact on the game. I assume that these kids are WIAA suspensions and will miss three weeks? I do not know if the Janesville School District has more severe grading requirements like Beloit Memorial has. Tough position to be in, that is for sure!
Aug 26, 2009 at 9:18 a.m.
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Great job battling, its too bad someone ends up losing a game like that. My question is for Coach Holmes, maybe its time to look at your standards of why you have 5 players out with acidemic ineligibility, is winning that important that taking kids that can't even stay eligibible is priority. Kind of a slap in the face to the kids that busted their butts to keep emphasizing you lost without 5 starters. I know Coach holmes has never been able to get his teams in the right direction but maybe he should start with getting student athletes instead of athletes that will never see the field.
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