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From page B1 to win against the No. 1 team.” Moncivais jumped up and knocked down a pass near midfield and a few touches later, created a one-on-one with the goalkeeper and scored. “Our defense did a great job,” said NEJ head coach Larry Johnson. “Ross Caver, Nathan West, Zach Davidson and Matthew Strickland held Laurel out.” “It was tough to open their defense up,” Martinez said. “They had three or four guys in front of the ball.” Laurel picked up the pace in the second half, as Chand Harlow dribbled a loose ball to the right then shot across the net to tie the game with 28 minutes to play. Three minutes later, Tyler Caldwell attacked from the left side, but was fouled in the box. Sam Sanderson attempted the penalty kick, and his shot skipped off the gloves of the Northeast goalie to put Laurel up 2-1. With 9 minutes left, the Tigers received a penalty kick just past midfield. The shot in the crowd in front of the goal bounded off Chris Monci vais’ head for a score. The contest went into over time, and with 2:30 left in the first overtime, Tomas Hill put Laurel on top with his game winning kick. Martinez said the overtime was good for his team. “It was good to see what kind of condition we were in,” Martinez said. “It is a good sign for all the work we did during the preseason.” “It came down to funda mentals,” Johnson said. “They were the better pass ing team and wanted it the most.” Laurel now owns a 14-3-1 record overall and 5-0 in Divi sion 5-4A play and Northeast falls to 2-10 overall and 1-5 in the division. The game was close, not only in the score but in shots and saves. Laurel edged NEJ with 18 shots on goal to 13, and Laurel keeper Brock Zadrosny made nine saves and the Tigers had seven saves. Lady Tigers 2, Lady Tornadoes 0 Northeast Jones clinched a playoff spot, scoring goals in each half to shut out Laurel 2- 0. The Lady Tigers’ Morgan Pace got loose, took a shot at the goal and Laurel keeper Kaley Ball deflected the shot, but Linzi Weems had the back post and chipped the ball in for the first score. In the second half, both team more than doubled their shots on goal, but only NEC’s Courtney Sumrall scored, as she picked up a loose ball from 25 yards out and put the ball into the upper right corner of the goal. “They earned it,” said Lau rel coach Rick Sager. “They just got after everything, they played fearless.” Northeast ended up with 24 shots on goal, 16 in the second half, while Laurel had 22 shots, 13 in the second half. Ball ended up with 12 saves and NE] keeper Monica Shoemake had 10 saves. “The defense stepped up and played hard,” said NEJ head coach Scott Tyson. “We have some of the girls banged up, but they just sucked it up and played. That showed a lot of character on the field.” Northeast Jones improves to 12-5 overall and 5-1 in divi sion play, with division con tests against West Jones and Wayne County left. Laurel falls to 7-6 overall, 2-3 in divi sion play.
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Laurel Leader Call
Laurel, Mississippi, US
Fri, Jan 12, 2007
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