Emmaus High School Boys Soccer

The Emmaus Boys Soccer Team defeated the visiting Dieruff Boys Soccer Team by a score of 7-0 on Wednesday September 18. The Huskies, winless in 2019, showed poise and courage in defeat. Although unable to create a shot on goal, the Dieruff field players demonstrated effort, hustle, and sportsmanship, often offering a hand up when a Hornet was on the ground, and never seemed to show signs of quitting. No player showed more courage than the Huskies’ keeper who faced 26 shots on goal, yet repelled a multitude of shots by his athleticism, sacrificing his body to absorb a shot or charging hard to take away the angle from a Hornet attacker. Congratulations to these young men whose grace in defeat represents the ideal of high school sports and sportsmanship.
The Hornets scored 5 in the first half. Senior forward Andrew Gaines had two assists early, the first a ball to senior forward Jake Groh who put a one-touch shot into goal, and the second a bounding ball to junior midfielder Marco Silva who made a nimble half-volley from near the 18. Junior forward Holden Brown scored next, taking a pass from junior midfielder Pat Walsh and driving it inside the far post. Groh scored again from the front of the net from an assist from junior forward Hudson Peck. The first half scoring closed with Gaines driving in a rebound after the Dieruff keeper made two great saves of rockets off the foot of Walsh but couldn’t save a third.
The second half gave the underclassmen an opportunity to shine. Peck hit a corner to junior defender Alexzander Toto who struck home a header. Sophomore midfielder Brian Flor passed to sophomore forward Jack Lawrence who drove a ball low inside the near post to close out the scoring. The Hornets record stands at 10-0-0 after the win.

The Emmaus JV Team beat Dieruff JV by a score of 10-0. Scorers included sophomores Bryan Flor (2), Logan Mains (2), Robbie Machado, Brydon Crawford, and Carlos Morales, and freshmen Ty Sommer, Aivan Delgado, and Max McGrath. The JV Hornets, outscoring their last 3 opponents by a combined 27-0, improved their season record to 6-2-2.