Pennsylvania High School Soccer - Delone Catholic nudges Littlestown
September 18, 2021: Littlestown, PA 17340 The Littlestown Thunderbolts soccer team (Littlestown, PA), was nipped 2-1 in Saturday's league outing with the visiting Delone Catholic Squires (McSherrystown, PA)
With the win, Delone Catholic advances its record to 1-3 on the campaign. The Squires host Dover (Dover, PA) to play the Eagles in a non-league outing on Monday, September 20. The Eagles go into the outing with a record of 0-4. Dover lost 6-0 in their recent league outing against Northeastern (Manchester, PA)
In their next game, the Thunderbolts play the Biglerville Canners (Biglerville, PA) in a York-Adams 4 outing, on Tuesday, September 21. Littlestown will attempt to advance on its 3-2 season record. The Canners go into the outing with a 6-0 record after their 8-0 non-league win over James Buchanan (Mercersburg, PA).
Game Summary
Great offensive and defensive effort. Competitive game especially the first half. Squires were down 0-1 18 minutes into the half with a goal for Littlestown off an indirect kick. But the Squires quickly came back with a throw-in from Andrew Gervasi #5 (senior) to Aidan Groves #53 (junior) who flicked it in the air to the foot of Angello Salazar #33 (freshman) for the tying goal! Later in the second half, the Squires defender William DiDio #2 (senior) had a long run from the middle of the field passing it to Aidan Groves #53 (junior) with a beautiful give-and-go back to DiDio for the game-winning goal with 8 minutes left. The Squires played a strong game with every player contributing to this victory. Player of the game is William DiDio #2.
