Flames Consume Covenant

The Flames dominated the varsity soccer game against Covenant yesterday afternoon, jump starting the season with a 6-0 victory.

"We dominated the whole time," said forward Mitchell Leap. "We're solid in all the positions." As a sign of the depth of the team, two of the six goals were scored by Sophomore Daude Teel, one of which was a beautiful diving header. The other goals were scored by Senior Mitchell Leap (2), Sophomore Matt Blauch (1), and Senior Kevin Chico (1).

Last season, EMHS played against Covenant three times, beating them each time. One of the three games had the same score as yesterday's match, while the other two were more narrow wins, 1-0 and 3-0.

Among other essential players, the team graduated defender Julian Sider. They seem to have done a good job replacing him though for the defense is solid in their 3-5-2 formation made up of Sophomore Matt Blauch, Junior Ryan Eshleman and Senior Brad Gunden. When asked how the defense performed, Mitchell Leap responded, "They played very well together. Covenant really didn't have any chances because our defense was solid."

Starting in the middle was Sophomore Diogo Durante, Senior Kevin Chico and Senior Bryce Shank. On the left wing was Senior Zach Stolzfus and the right was occupied by Senior Matt Zook. In the top two positions were Seniors Mitchell Leap and Lucas Shrock-Hurst.

A surprising number of fans turned out for the Flames' opening match. Soccer always has a slightly better turnout than the other sports because there is no football team at this small school, so going to the soccer games is the "thing to do."

The next home game for the EMHS Flames is on Tuesday, September 4th, at 4:30pm against Grace Christian school.

- Kara Lofton

Uberfan Steven                                   The Team at halftime

(Photos by Ashton Pease)

To see the Daily News Record story on the game, click here.

Comments

[Mrs. Johnson]

Great article, Kara. Thanks.