Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007

Thunderhawks Stay Perfect In GMC

By Bret Sims

The Lakota East Thunderhawks remained perfect in the GMC in boys' soccer with a 1-0 victory over the winless Oak Hill Highlanders at Hopewell Stadium.

The 'Hawks wasted no time in scoring the only goal of the game which came with less than two minutes gone by in the first half on a free kick from just outside the 18-yard mark by senior midfielder Chris Haught-Thompson.

Oak Hill’s goal keeper Sean Teepen misplayed the ball as he dove towards the near post while the ball took an odd bounce and found the back of the net on the opposite side.

Lakota East clearly had the game in hand through the entire match and were never really challenged until late in the second half when the Highlanders managed to get off a couple of shots on East’s goal.

East would end the game with 27 shots on goal compared to only seven for Oak Hills.  Oak Hills could only muster one shot on goal the entire first half as the Thunderhawks’ offense kept the ball at the Oak Hills end of the field for most of the half.

The lone bright spot for the Highlanders was junior goal keeper Sean Teepen who had eight saves, most of them being impressive saves and he went airborne, stretching out and preventing several goals from being scored.

The road for Lakota East is a tough one with Mason, Colerain and Lakota West still on their schedule and undefeated in the GMC as well.

East improves to 5-3 overall and 3-0 in the GMC. Oak Hills drops to 0-8 overall and 0-3 in the GMC.