martinsville over roanoke catholic (bulletin)

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Bulldogs shut out Roanoke

By JOHNNY BUCK

Bulletin Sports Writer

 

Dominate.

 

If there's one word to describe Martinsville's performance in Monday night's boys soccer match against Roanoke Catholic, that's the one.

 

Dominate -- as in the final score, 5-0.

 

Dominate -- as in 23 shots on goal for the Bulldogs compared to zero for their opponents.

 

Dominate -- as in 17 corner kicks taken by head coach Pete Scouras's team compared to none by the boys from Roanoke.

 

"We had some success offensively and then, of course, we shut them out defensively," Scouras said afterward. "I was most impressed with the way we passed the ball around tonight, crossing it and finishing it, getting the ball on our head and winning the ball in the air. It was a good all-around game for us."

 

This one wasn't close for long. Senior Brent Collins put the Bulldogs on the board in the game's third minute with an unassisted goal, and then scored again at the seven-minute mark thanks to a nice assist from fellow senior Banks Cargill. These two played well together all night and continued to do so on the way to goal No. 3.

 

In the 23rd minute, Collins took a pass from the corner and quickly found Cargill in open space outside of the goal box's right corner. The midfielder had time to gather the pass, get his feet set and fire a laser at Catholic goalie Andy May, who tried to catch the shot. He was unsuccessful, however, as it ricocheted up and over his head, landing softly inside the goal.

 

The second half looked a lot like the first, as Martinsville continued its assault on Roanoke's net. Cargill scored his second goal of the night in the 42nd minute, when he found himself inside the goalie's box with just the keeper to beat. Cargill eased out to the right side, and when May began his close on the ball Cargill shot low to the opposite post, putting his team up by four.

 

Two minutes later Collins got fouled with the ball inside the goal box. Selected to take the penalty kick, senior forward Tyler Bassett converted with a blast that deflected off May's hands. Bassett's goal proved to be the final score of the game, as Martinsville began the regular season with a 1-0 record by virtue of the 5-0 shutout.

 

The more aggressive team all night, Martinsville seemed to gain every loose ball, something that Scouras said his team has worked on recently.

 

"We worked hard in practice on going for the ball and trying to win it," he said as his team left the field. "A lot of good things happen when you get throw-ins from the 15-yard line and corner kicks, and eventually the ball's going to leak through (for a goal)."

 

Martinsville 5

Roanoke 0

Roanoke 0 0 -- 0

Martinsville 3 2 -- 5

 

First half

B. Collins (3rd minute), B. Collins (T. Bassett, 8th minute), B. Cargill (B. Collins, 23rd minute).

 

Second half

B. Cargill (43rd minute), T. Bassett (45th minute, PK).

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That is amazing. Catholic usually has had a pretty strong team, must be an off year. Martinsville is definately one of the more dominant teams this year. But, it is hard to get past the BBD or BRD