Boys Soccer heating up

After getting off to somewhat of a slow start, the E-town soccer team is starting to heat up, cranking out two straight wins, both against Section One opponents.

The Bears got a thrilling 2-1 win in overtime against Warwick, as Sean Strangeway scored early in the overtime period to give the Bears their first win of the year. After the game, Strangeway called the win "season changing", and I think he might be right. E-town played pretty well in its first two games, but had only a tie and a loss against section opponents to show for it. And against Warwick, the Bears were frustrated offensively and fell behind 1-0 before Brian Savage (more on him in a minute) sent it to OT with a beautiful goal with eight minutes to play.

E-town carried the momentum into yesterday's game with a dominating 4-0 win over Cedar Crest – E-town's highest scoring output of the season. And E-town will look to continue its roll tomorrow afternoon when it hosts Manheim Township. The Bears battled the Streaks in a great game in the L-L playoffs last year, taking them into double OT I believe, before Township ultimately prevailed. E-town is on a roll, though, and they'll give Township a run tomorrow. It should be an excellent game.

Losing all-state player Peter Davis to graduation was certainly a blow to the E-town offense this year, but they did get Savage back. He missed all of last season with a knee injury and has been one of the best players on the team so far. He's got a motor that doesn't stop and he plays a very physical style of soccer, something that can help a team scratch and claw to get goals and ultimately win a lot of games. With Savage's return and the emergence of Strangeway, Josh Reem, Ryan Sostack and Kevin Romanauskas, something tells me that E-town has a great chance of repeating as Section Two champs and will be headed back to the L-L and District Three playoffs.

If they can keep finishing plays with goals, the Bears are going to be tough for anyone to beat.