Since Alfred Romano’s primary objective heading into his final high school season was collective success, Lewisburg’s talented senior playmaker had a rather simple offseason regimen: Work, more work and even more work.
There was a moment in her last high school soccer game, when Loren Gehret’s team was trailing by a goal.
Three Valley boys soccer players were named to the Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association All-State team, and 15 players were named first-team all-Heartland Athletic Conference selections.
MECHANICSBURG — Whether Southern Columbia was leading or trailing Friday — all the while attempting to solve the strong breezes that blew throughout the match — there were reasons why the ball frequently wound up on Loren Gehret’s skilled left foot.
I sometimes get so deeply sucked into football, especially at this time of the season with the playoffs, all-state nominations, my all-Daily Item team, and previews looming for the boys basketball season.
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS — It sounds trite, and it's probably no solace at all to the Lewisburg boys soccer team, but as winning coach Nate Hunsinger said on turf at North Schuylkill High School: "Awesome, awesome game. It's so unfortunate somebody had to lose this game."
MILTON — Southern Columbia's girls soccer team will get a chance to win its third consecutive state title, but it wasn't easy getting there.
LEWISBURG — Boys soccer teams at Lewisburg and Northwestern Lehigh are no strangers to the PIAA tournament. They are strangers to each other.
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MANCHESTER — Jonah Erb performed as if it was going to be his final contest in a Selinsgrove uniform.
MANCHESTER — Alfred Romano was determined not to see overtime.
Southern Columbia will get its shot to return to the state final, while also getting a rare shot at redemption.
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MIDDLEBURG — Despite a testy start to the season — and sporting a lineup featuring seven senior starters — Cory Fronk tried to put his East Juniata soccer program in position to mine as much gold as possible.
FLEETWOOD— Danville senior goalie Evan Haas had mixed emotions as he walked off a soccer field for the final time in his high school career.
BERNVILLE — There was a point during the first half of Tuesday's PIAA Class A boys soccer first-round matchup with the score knotted, that Northumberland Christian had a chance to stay in the game with District 3 champion Tulpehocken.
ALLENTOWN — Will Magee and Jake Keeney scored goals in the final 14 1/2 minutes to carry Selinsgrove past Southern Lehigh in a PIAA Class 3A boys first-round soccer match Tuesday.
When Shikellamy’s Lily Persing sniped a shot inside the near-post for the game-winner in the District 4 Class 3A soccer final, no one involved with the Braves’ program was surprised.
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DANVILLE — Ella Moore netted three goals — the last with 2:44 to play in overtime — as South Williamsport upended two-time defending champion Southern Columbia in the District 4 Class A girls soccer championship game Thursday night at Ironmen Stadium.
MILTON — Kayla Keefer scored all three goals in Central Columbia’s 3-0 win over Lewisburg in Thursday night’s District 4 Class 2A championship game.
DANVILLE — Although it took a while for a golden opportunity to materialize, the big body belonging to Jake Brackbill gave the East Juniata senior a chance to take advantage of a critical situation.
MILTON — In a battle of defending district champions, Lewisburg powered four goals past Danville to claim the District IV Class 2A boys’ soccer crown.
MILTON — Lily Persing is just a freshman on Shikellamy’s girls soccer team. She lacks the scars inflicted by their cross-river rivals over the course of recent postseason tournaments.
MILTON — It took nearly 50 minutes for Selinsgrove’s boys soccer team to break through on Wednesday but when the Seals did, they really did.
MILTON — Reese Dieffenderfer's footprints were all over Lewisburg’s win Tuesday as he scored one goal and added two assists.
DANVILLE — East Juniata scored three unanswered goals after falling behind, and knocked off Southern Columbia, 3-2, in the District 4 Class A semifinals on Tuesday night at Danville High School.
MILTON — Daniel Hartzell ended nearly two hours of scoreless soccer and extended Danville's season by at least two games with one swing of his foot Tuesday.
WILLIAMSPORT — Northumberland Christian took control of the game in the second half thanks to three Daniel Hayner goals, and the Warriors advanced to their first-ever District 4 Class A championship game with a 4-1 win over South Williamsport on Tuesday night at Loyalsock High School.
MILTON — Mikayla Long had already seen the version of Lewisburg's match with Montoursville where the Green Dragons lost in double-overtime.
DANVILLE — Henry McElroy scored seven of Northumberland Christian's 10 goals in their win over ACAA-foe Juniata Christian in the District 4 Class A quarterfinals.
MILTON — Abbigail Parise scored four goals to help Selinsgrove to a 7-2 win over Mifflinburg in the District 4 Class 3A semifinals at Alumni Stadium at Milton High School.
MILTON – While others may have been anxious as Shikellamy hustled toward its bench area for the halftime break with a one-goal lead, Elli Ronk wasn’t bothered as she caught a needed breather.
LOYALSOCK TWP. — It was a game-sealing moment when Joey Singley broke through and tucked the ball into the corner of the goal late in Saturday's district quarterfinal match.
MILTON — To say Nick Koontz left plenty on Milton’s Alumni Field Saturday afternoon would sound rather cliché, but Shikellamy’s senior outside midfielder was sporting a reddening strawberry on his left calf.
DANVILLE — Loren Gehret, Peyton Wisloski, and Ava Yansoskie all had goals in the opening ten minutes as Southern Columbia opened defense of its Class A state championship with a 7-2 victory over Muncy on Saturday afternoon at Danville High School.
MILTON — Behind three goals and two assists from Nick Ritter, Selinsgrove advances to the District 4 Class 3A championship game following its rout of Athens at Milton High School.
HEPBURNVILLE — With two goals each from Easton Erb and Owen Solomon, the sixth-seeded Midd-West had little problems with No. 3-seed Wellboro in a 5-1 victory over the Hornets on Saturday at the Balls Mills Complex in the District 4 Class 2A quarterfinals.
WILLIAMSPORT — Just about everything went according to plan for the Milton girls Wednesday, from battling Montoursville in a scoreless first half to giving themselves a chance in overtime.
DANVILLE — Lewisburg's offense was great during Wednesday night's District 4 Class 2A quarterfinal with Bloomsburg until it came time to unleash a shot.
DANVILLE — Kayla Kline scored three goals and assisted on a pair as top-seeded Central Columbia eliminated Warrior Run from the District 4 Class 2A girls soccer tournament by a 7-0 score Wednesday.
MILLERSBURG — Ava Matter's goal with 10 minutes to play was the difference for Millersburg in a 1-0 win over West Perry in Tuesday's District 3 Class 2A first-round girls soccer game.
MIDDLEBURG — Maura Woland wasn’t sure how the strike she uncorked managed to go in — yet it did.
MIDDLEBURG — Mark Ferster didn’t need to remind his Midd-West youngsters about where they stood, and what they needed to get done if they wanted to reach some of their season-long objectives.
MILTON — The Milton Black Panthers outshot the Williamson Warriors 38-5 in a dominant 4-0 win in the first round of the District 4 Class 2A girls soccer playoffs.
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DUNCANSVILLE — Carrie King and Eden Daku-Treas each finished with two goals for Northumberland Christian.
MOUNT CARMEL — Lexi Kane finished with two goals in the game for the Red Tornadoes.
