Pennsylvania High School Soccer - Mars knocks off Armstrong
September 1, 2022: Kittanning, PA 16201 The Armstrong River Hawks soccer team (Kittanning, PA), was overwhelmed 6-1 in Thursday's league outing with the visiting Mars Fightin' Planets (Mars, PA)
With the win, Mars advances its record to 1-3 on the campaign. The Fightin' Planets host Taylor Allderdice (Pittsburgh, PA) to battle the Dragons in a non-league outing on Saturday, September 3. The Dragons go into the outing with a record of 2-1. Taylor Allderdice lost 5-2 in their recent non-league outing against Peters Township (McMurray, PA)
In their next game, the River Hawks battle the Shaler Area Titans (Pittsburgh, PA) in a non-league outing, on Saturday, September 3. Armstrong will attempt to advance on its 0-1 season record. The Titans go into the outing with a 1-2 record after their 2-1 non-league win over Central Catholic (Pittsburgh, PA).
Game Summary
First game of the season against Mars, one of the best teams in the WPIAL, if not the state. Our 'Hawks played valiantly in both the JV and the Varsity games, but ended up losing both (JV 3-0, Varsity 6-1). Both of our goaltenders (Caden Smail-V and Brendan Savinda-JV) made some brilliant saves and our defense played tough all around.
Tyler Sanders scored our lone goal (unassisted), which had two big accomplishments: it was Tyler's first regular season Varsity goal and it was the first goal Armstrong scored against Mars in 7 years. Hopefully our young men will build on today as we move forward.
