FROSTBURG — Zach Saylor scored an unassisted goal with 2:08 left in the first overtime Thursday evening to send Mountain Ridge to the Maryland 1A West Region finals with a 2-1 win over Allegany on a snowy night in Frostburg.
Saylor’s goal came off of a direct kick, and bounded off of the goal into the net. It came after a long scoreless stretch that included the final 15 minutes of the first half and the entire second.
Justin Winebrenner got the first goal when Chris Ranker assisted him 6:30 deep in the half. Allegany needed almost 20 minutes to respond, but tied the score on an unassisted goal from Adam Boor.
The score was influenced by the weather conditions that consisted of rain, wind and snow.
The Miners held a 18-10 advantage in shots taken, and got seven saves from Conner Eberly. Allegany got nine saves from Ryan Marchini. Each team took six corner kicks.
“It was a great match between two evenly matched teams,” Miners Coach Tim Nightengale said. “The kids on both sides battled all the way, and we were playing in some pretty horrible weather conditions. I commend Allegany for its excellent play, and congratulate our players for persevering and play the game to its end.”
The Miners (13-2-1) will play the winner of tonight’s Fort Hill/Williamsport match on Tuesday in Frostburg.
Allegany ends its season 10-4-2.
Williamsport 1
Fort Hill 0
CUMBERLAND — Fort Hill held big leads in shots taken and corner kicks, but it was a Bryan Whittmore goal midway through the second half that sent Williamsport to a win over the Sentinels in the Maryland 1A West Region Semifinals.
Fort Hill, which finishes the season 10-5-1, attempted 18 shots to seven from the Wildcats and held a 7-0 edge in corner kicks. Whittmore scored his goal off of a penalty kick that came with 22:53 left in the second half.
Sentinel goalie Daniel Johnson made five saves, and Alex Aleshire had 12 in the win.
“These players really took to the team concept, and played very much like a family,” said Fort Hill Head Coach Jim Hott. “We had a lot of players that had to learn different positions, and they all did what they had to. The 12 seniors on the team have put in a great four years at Fort Hill and will be sorely missed next season. They really helped the team to gel this year and deserved better than the outcome.”
Boys Soccer
MR beats Alco in OT, 2-1
Williamsport ends FH’s season, 1-0
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League champ Allegany places six on All-City team
Allegany, which won a pair of one-goal games and rallied for a tie in its Homecoming game with Fort Hill to win the City League championship, had six players named to the All-City boys soccer team, which was chosen by the league’s head coaches.
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Mtn. Ridge’s Martha Mauzy, Tim Nightengale soccer coaches of year
Mountain Ridge’s Tim Nightengale and Martha Mauzy, whose teams dominated area play and marched all the way to the state finals in record-setting fashion, were named the Pepsi-Cola High School Soccer Coaches of the Year.
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FH’s Moyer voted player of year
When it comes to scoring goals, no one did it better or more often this year than Fort Hill’s Michael Moyer.
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Mountain Ridge boys win it all
Opportunity knocked, Zach Norris answered, and the Mountain Ridge Miners celebrated, all in a matter of minutes Saturday afternoon at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County’s Retriever Stadium.
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Miners hoping to strike gold today at UMBC
CATONSVILLE — The Mountain Ridge soccer teams have seen a lot of each other throughout the playoffs.
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Ranker’s pair helps Miners return to state tournament
Chris Ranker scored the first goal unassisted with only 19.2 seconds left in the first half to give the Mountain Ridge boys soccer team the momentum that carried over to a dominating second half as the top-seeded Miners defeated second-seeded Clear Spring 3-1 for the Maryland Class 1A West Region championship on Tuesday night at Mountain Ridge Stadium.
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Mountain Ridge tops Williamsport
Nothing comes easily in the playoffs, but the wins keep piling up for the Mountain Ridge boys soccer team.
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Maryland playoff quarterfinals tonight
FROSTBURG — Maryland high school soccer playoffs hit full stride today, with Class 1A West Region doubleheaders scheduled at Mountain Ridge and Greenway Avenue Stadium.
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Alco booters blank Southern
CUMBERLAND — Matt Class, Sam Dusenbery and Jaron Lutton scored first-half goals and the defense did the rest as second-ranked Allegany topped Southern, 3-0, in high school boys soccer Wednesday night at Greenway Avenue Stadium.
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Goretti beats BW for Maryland title
HAGERSTOWN — St. Maria Goretti’s Thomas Blake scored off a deflection early in the second half and the Gaels held on the rest of the way to beat Bishop Walsh, 1-0, in the Maryland Private Schools State Championship game Sunday at the Hagerstown Soccer Complex.
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