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THE OBSERVER,
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1988
Soccer Knights repeat as CCC South champs
NEWINGTON -- The Southlngton
Blue Knights Lk ys Soecer Te.am, now 13-
1-1, edged Plata on Friday, 2-1, and then
shelled Newington 7-3 on Monday, capluring
their fourth straight CCC South
Overall the Knights have won seven
division titles, one in 1974 and six sirtce
1980.
The Plait Panthers of Mcrlden provided
the opposition as a cold October
rain played havoc with the field and footing.
The Knights were an offensive terror
in the first half. taking 19 shots on goal
and 10 comer kicks. Chuck Smith of the
Panthers came through with 13 saves in
the Platt goal and held the Knights scoreless
in the first half.
The Panthers never advanced the ball
offensively and were content being deadlocked.at
0-0, ready to start the second
half.
The Blue Knights came out storming
in the final 40 minutes, as Gian Massaro
charged down the right wing drilling a
hard shot fen goal that deflected offa Platt
defender and into the comer of the net,
giving the Knights a 1-0 lead at the 2:30
mark of the second half.
The crowd, consisting mostly of
Southingtonfans, might have been thinking
that now the goals would be a deluge
as sure as the falfing rain, but the rain
stopped.
The Panthers began their first offensive
drive ofthe game. It wasn't the lassic
breakaway, ending up one-on-one in
confrontation with the goafie. Instead it
was a routine boot from far away that
rolled into and right back out o.fthe hands
of Southington's goalie Dave Mikoss.
Tying the score at one on their first shot of
the final stanza, there still remained 31
minutes left to play.
Plata was now fired up, IXtt so too were
the Knights as they controlled the ball
and the field position. The tension was
building, and flare-ups between opposi-
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Leading the way
SHS Kul qsts no. 13 Keith Ralnes 8rid
Pat Carmody lead the wsy over Plata.
tlon players occurred. The officials
handed out a yellow card to the Knights
and the personal fouls abated to an acceptable
level.
A sloppy defensive play by the Knights
allowed the Panthers a second scoring
opportunity with a comer kick. Platt was
unable to capitalize on the play and lost
possession of the ball to Southingion.
The third and last offensive drive by
the Pantherb was a breakaway that got as
far as the 19-yard mark before a Knight
defender fouled Steve Lespier of the Panthers.
Because the foul was outside the 18yard
penalty area, the officials could not
allow a penalW kick. Instead, the Panthers
were allotted a direct kick that
sailed over the goal. The official who was
closest to the Plait bench was taking alot
of.verbal abuse bt :ause Plata had w nted
a penalty kick and felt cheated. At the
insistence of one bystander, the official
gave Ray Sweetland a yellow card for"
Jumping up and down in trying to distract
a throw-in by the Platt player.
With less than sixminutes left to play,
the Knights put together the combination
that would seal this win for Coach Dan
Murawski. Mike K trzewa scored the
winning goal with an assist from Scott
Roberge and Jason Matthews.
Coach Bob Melzmuf of the Panthers
was very happy with the way his team
performed. They were determined to do
better than the 7-0 loss they suffered at
home to Southlngton earlier in the sea-
Coach Murawski of the Knights said
that his team had "escaped" and praised
the way the Knights hung in there, play-
Ing under such sloppy condiUor s.
The Wegtegton drub
The Blue Knights traveled to Newington
onTuesday for their last regular game
of the season. Newington, 8-6-I, played
the Knights close in their last meeting in
another physical foul-plagued game.
The first dispute of the contest was
the objection ofthe Newington coach that
three Blue Knight players were wearing
gloves. After several minutes of arguing,
Rick Mooney won his ease and the
Knights had them removed.
If this was a tactic of some sort, it
backfired.
The Knights owned this game. especially
in the first half. Jason Matthews
scored on a breakaway then got his second
after Keith Raines rocketed a direct
kick from 40 yards out to set up the goal.
Paul indomenlco scored the third
Knight goal on a backwar bicycle-style
maneuver that sailed high into the net.
Another Haines kick this time to Mike
Kostrzewa was passed over to Dave Gulll
for the Knights" fourth goal. GUIlt to Indomenico
for number six and Gulfi alone
from 30 yards out accounted for the
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Second victory for SHS in field hockey
by Jim 8ueas
for The Observer
The Southington Field Hockey Team
defeated the Glastonbu y Tomahawks 2-
1 on Friday afternoon as the Knights
doubled their win output from last season.
The Lady Knights improved th s
season's mark to 2-12-0 while the Tomahawks
slipped to 3-5-5.
With coach Lois Busa's team beginning
to look like a team capable ofscoring
more goals, future victories are predicted.
Their confidence seems to be growing
with each game.
Friday was not a typical day for play-
Ing field hockey. The weather started
deteriorating Just before game tlme and
got worse as the day went on. With the
cold rain coming down in steady unrelenting
sheets, both teatns were waiting
on the sidelines as the officials debated
whether to play.
The decision by the referee to play was
not in vain.
Southington opened with a tenacious
offense that pushed and fought Its way to
the Glastonbury goal. Krlston Blake tallied
the first goal of the game, putting the
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State bound for SHS harriers
for The Observer
It' back to Wlckham Park for the
Southmgton High Cross Country team.
• d this time tt's for all the marbles:
a chance at a state championship. The
Knights. who finished second at theWickham
Park event Oct. 24. prepared for the
States y taking part in the Class 11 event
last Fr/day.
The team's 236 points placed them
seventh In the match. Taking home first
T o-time winners!
The SouthinL on Sohonl Lady Kntghte hockey team seined
decision over Glastonbmy last week. tvinJ ,the 8irl8 their second vietety of the
season. On the left, going after the is no. M Rachel llazdy, and on the right
is Krlata Leach.
wasXavier, while Stapleswas the
up. Manchester, who won the Wickham
Park meet, finished third.
SHS top three of Dave Kochol, Tom
Blake, and Scott Parrish in the Wickham
Park event also repeated their performances
in the LLs.
Kochol was 12th overall in a time of
17:18, two seconds faster than 14th place
Blake. Parrlsh's time of 18:10 brought
him home in 42nd: Rounding out the top
five were Pat Huntley, 84th at 18:49, and
Jared Tebo. 101st in 19:01.
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Newington scares soccer Lady Knights
It's been a major factor in the success
of the Southlngton High School girls soccer
team.
The seven-goal, five-assist season of
Elaine 0amber has helped pace the team
to a 9-6 record on the year. But when this
an facet of the Lady Knights is taken
away, It glve the o.ppo,slUon a chance to
do some damage.
On Italloween afternoon, It was Newington
who provided the treats as they
se ed the opporturdty of tricking the
Lady Kn/ghts, including Gamber.
HS, who beat Southlnglon 4-0 in
theirfirst meeting ofthe season, defended
against Gamber and pulled offa 2-0 declalon.
That gave them a 13-1-I record and
a CCC South Divislon record of II-0-I.
The Lady Indians, who captured the CCC
South title Friday, had the lone deadloclt
over Brlatol Rastem. ,
"They 'e come a long way and the
defense ff playing wefi." Newington coach
Pard Maffia as/d, "Gamber has a very
dangerous rl ht foot and the fullback
fo 'ed her to make the plays earlier than
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