The pandas put up 4 in the first half. One in the first 7 minutes then 3 after a 50 minute lightning/rain delay. The game was called very tight, I think 5 yellow cards total on the night. 

6 minutes ago, Legacy26 said:

The pandas put up 4 in the first half. One in the first 7 minutes then 3 after a 50 minute lightning/rain delay. The game was called very tight, I think 5 yellow cards total on the night. 

Crazy. Didn’t see that many yellows. 
Nice season Cru. Good luck seniors. 

7 minutes ago, 1992Rebel said:

Crazy. Didn’t see that many yellows. 
Nice season Cru. Good luck seniors. 

3 on St Henry, 2 on NDA

Overall it was a good game, clearly better from the NDA fan perspective that the Cru. Both teams and fan bases brought a ton of energy at the start. The lightning delay at the 27 minute mark did dampen (pun intended) the crowd, mainly in numbers. Robertson scored first for NDA about 6 minutes in. She played a nice ball out of the air from just inside the box and made a nice turn to create space for the shot. Greenwell scored the second at about the 20 minute mark from the right corner of the box, great left footed shot that hit the far post and ricocheted in. I believe the third was an own goal, a shot by Greenwell bounced off of a Cru defender into the net. Last NDA goal came with about 4 minutes left, great shot by Kirtley from just outside the box pretty much dead center of the field. The second half was fairly back and forth, Mandy Schlueter capped off one of the great season in NKY soccer history with a goal with 4 minutes left. The Pandas definitely “harassed” Mandy all night.
 

On to the Birds on Saturday. 

Congrats to the Cru seniors, a great group of girls that I have been blessed to watch compete in various sports for nearly a decade. Particular congrats to Mandy on a great season. I’ve watched her play soccer, basketball and volleyball for many years, she is truly an exceptional athlete and, at risk of being cliche, she is an even better person. Definitely a young lady that I was always happy to have my daughters look up to. 

The Cru will definitely miss Schlueter next year, and will need many players to step up to have that talent to find the back of the net the way she does. They also will need to fill the surrounding players that fed Schlueter with Keipert, McMain, and Cline in the senior class. Trapp was a great center back for them as well. Pandas played well, as always. Good luck to the Birds and Pandas! Dixie and St. Henry had a nice run at it.