JV wins friendly with Superior Frost

 

On Monday night the JV Spartans played host to a friendly match with the Superior Frost team.  This fall a new league has started in the Twin Ports area for players who don't make JV/varsity rosters at their high school or if they are in middle school.  The Superior Frost team is playing in this league and includes many 8th graders that will be joining our program next year, some 7th graders that we may see in a couple years, and a few high schoolers from other Wisconsin schools that don't offer soccer.  The Frost team also includes our Superior Spartans managers (both 8th graders) - Cade and Isaiah.  It was going to be a fun match for all involved.

Even though the Frost team was outmatched in size and age, they came out firing and hustling to every ball.  You could tell this game meant a lot to them and that they wanted to compete - and win!  The Frost opened up the scoring on a nice combination of passes and a blast past freshman goalie Liam Perrault.  The Spartans were a little bit on their heels, but they kept their heads.  Just a few minutes later, freshman Rylan Sumption sent a long free kick into the penalty area that was headed on and past the Frost goalie by senior Griffin Dallum to tie the game 1-1.  The rest of the first half had opportunities for both teams, even some close ones, but the game remained deadlocked at halftime.

The first 10-15 minutes of the second half was the same.  Chances for both teams and the intensity was high.  Finally the Spartans broke through when senior Jayson Hutchins sent a ball ahead to freshman Maxx Brown who had a great finish into the corner of the goal to give Superior a 2-1 lead.  Minutes later it was sophomore Demion Campbell finishing a breakaway with the assist going to freshman Sawyer Plafcan to make the game 3-1.  The Frost team kept at it, but eventually the speed of the Spartans prevailed.  Once again Campbell broke through on a breakaway and finished neatly to make it 4-1 with just a few minutes left to play, this time the assist went to senior Mason Specht.  That's the way the game ended.  Perrault finished with 9 saves on the day and was steady all night.

The teams shook hands, the coaches hugged, the parents smiled and both teams can look forward to the future - things are going to continue to be bright with Superior soccer.  We are can't wait to add those boys to our program next year.  GO SPARTANS!