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The score on Tuesday didn’t fully
capture the scale of Central’s domi
nance. The Bulldogs controlled a wide
majority of possession and had most of
the chances on goal, with multiple near
misses. With nine minutes left in regula
tion, Allie Hildebrandt ripped a strike
towards the upper right portion of the
goal that was deflected out for a corner
kick, and Callie Fagan had a solid look
at a header off the corner.
“It was a bit gut-wrenching, watching
the ball bounce around in the back like
that,” Bulldogs head coach Angela
Camp said. “We’ve got to do a better job
of finishing.”
The goal that finally put Central up
was on the clearest chance of the game.
Callie Fagan took the ball into the right
side of the box less than a minute into
the first extra time period, and when it
bounced free, it landed with Uldrich,
who was alone on the left side.
“We have a problem with not keeping
our head down when we shoot the ball,”
Uldrich said. “And all I kept doing was
(thinking), ‘Keep my head down, keep
my head down, so that it would go in
the net, and it did.”
Central’s vanquishing of opponents it
had little chance against in the past mer
its some context: South and West were
hit hard by the establishment of the girls
Development Academy, a new level of
club soccer that has taken many of the
county’s most talented players away
from high school teams. The War Eagles
lost six players to DA teams, and the
Wolverines lost three. Central lost none.
So while Central (6-2-1, 3-1 Region
5-7 A) has gotten better, but the playing
field has also been leveled. That hasn’t
changed how Camp sees this season’s
success, though.
“We all work hard,” Camp said.
“They’re working hard, we’re working
hard. It is what it is.”
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“We’re excited to be 4-0,” Wolverines
head coach John Laden said. “We’ve got
a lot of big lacrosse games in front of
us.”
The Wolverines imposed their offense
at will, scoring four straight goals to
start the first half and three to start the
second, out-shooting Central 47-21.
Five different West players put shots in
the net. Four of them did it more than
once, while Sam Tuck and Josh Bell
each had hat tricks and then some.
“We try to be as team-like as we can,”
Laden said. “The more versatility we
can provide on offense, the better, so
we're pleased with a lot of people get
ting some touches and goals. It’s a good
thing.”
Bell led the West offense with nine
shots, scoring on four of them, while
_Tuck finished his night with a spectacu
lar five goals on seven.
“Everything’s been working for me
lately at practice with the sidearm and
the overhand,” Tuck said. “It was sort of
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fortunate to come out of here with a 2-0
win.” .
Both South teams took early leads,
with freshman Patrick Kelly scoring
within the first three minutes for the
boys, while sophomore Lauren Murray
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Ben Hendren For the Forsyth County News
West Forsyth’s Parker Campbell shoots against Forsyth Central on Tuesday. Campbell later scored the winning
penalty kick to give the Wolverines their first victory of the season.
West fell to 2-5-1, 2-2 with the loss.
West boys 1, Central 1 (West
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The Wolverines came away with their
first win of the season on Tuesddy night,
but they had to sustain more twists than
some teams endure in a whole month to
get the victory.
West first fell behind nine minutes
into the game, when Central’s Gavin
Mitchell headed in a free kick. The
Wolverines responded with two quick
goals at the end of the half, though, as
a little bit of a mix today. The goalie
was saving everything low, which
(meant) was everything was open com
ing on the top, so everything that was
high was going in.”
Sophomore Richie Mohr was an
essential part of West’s offensive suc
cess, winning 18 of 23 face-offs and
constantly giving control of the ball to
his offense. The Wolverines scored
goals immediately after face-offs on six
different occasions, while four of
Mohr’s five losses were due to penalties.
“It was more about being quick off
the face,” Mohr said. “All I really had to
focus on was the power, sliding down
the line and focusing on my left hook on
the way down.”
With two out-of-area losses, the
Wolverines are eagerly anticipating
upcoming matchups with both Milton
and Lambert.
“I have really high expectations,” Bell
said. “I think we can go through the rest
of the (area) games undefeated, go to
the playoffs, grab that one or two seed
and finish strong just like last year.”
“I’'m looking forward to getting
revenge on Milton from last year,” Mohr
said.
for the girls scored her game’s only goal
around 16 minutes in, on a high, lofted
shot from 30 yards out with the sun
behind her. ;
“I’m gonna be honest, I didn’t think it
was going in,” Murray said. “I just shot
the ball, and I thought it was kind of
going past corner. I think it was all luck.
I don’t think the keeper saw it coming.”
Despite South dominating the scoring
opportunities, the North girls threatened
to tie numerous times in the second half,
Parker Campbell fired in a long strike
that the goalkeeper mishandled, and
Carlos Reyes gathered a pass down the
right side and finished to the far post.
The Wolverines went down a man
when Aiden Mienert received a red card
early in the second half, though, and
Mitchell scored again when he con
trolled a ball in the box and fired it
home. West’s defenders had pulled up
on the play, assuming Mitchell would be
called offsides. .
Despite the disadvantage in numbers,
West (1-7, 1-3 Region 5-7 A) pushed
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West Forsyth’s James Brockman surveys the Forsyth Central defense on
Wednesday.
one attempt resulting in a sliding save
by goalkeeper Anna Montgomery who
took a cleat to the face in the process
and left the game. Olivia Woodison fin
ished the game for the War Eagles after
also starting the first half.
“She’s coming off basketball, and
she’s very athletic,” Bruan said on
Woodison. “Every day she’s been out
here she’s getting better and better so
we’re confident she can do the job.”
The South boys outshot the Raiders
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forward, and Reyes put the Wolverines
ahead with a left-footed strike with just
under five minutes to play. The Bulldogs
(4-4-1, 1-3-0) equalized quickly,
though, with Uriel Romero scoring on a
header after a long pass into the box.
The two periods of extra time passed
without a goal. West fell behind in the
penalty kick shootout, with Central con
verting its first kick and the Wolverines
missing their first two, but West made
its next three, while the Bulldogs missed
all of theirs. Parker Campbell scored the
clincher for the Wolverines.
21-3, led by Andrew Shah and. Chris
Mendelson with four apiece and with
Mendelson’s finding the net in the final
minute of the first half.
“Tonight wasn’t my night, but luckily
my buddy Chris here got one in,” Shah
said.
“We just set the bar high for our
selves,” Mendelson said. “We just need
to be more ¢linical, and I think that will
come.”
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