Bellefonte picks up 3-1 win against Central in boys soccer
TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Bellefonte competes against Central during Monday's boys soccer game in Bellefonte. The Red Raiders won, 3-1.
TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Bellefonte competes against Central during Monday's boys soccer game in Bellefonte. The Red Raiders won, 3-1.
TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Bellefonte competes against Central during Monday's boys soccer game in Bellefonte. The Red Raiders won, 3-1.
TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Bellefonte competes against Central during Monday's boys soccer game in Bellefonte. The Red Raiders won, 3-1.
TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Bellefonte competes against Central during Monday's boys soccer game in Bellefonte. The Red Raiders won, 3-1.
TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Bellefonte competes against Central during Monday's boys soccer game in Bellefonte. The Red Raiders won, 3-1.
TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Bellefonte competes against Central during Monday's boys soccer game in Bellefonte. The Red Raiders won, 3-1.
TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Bellefonte competes against Central during Monday's boys soccer game in Bellefonte. The Red Raiders won, 3-1.
TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Bellefonte competes against Central during Monday's boys soccer game in Bellefonte. The Red Raiders won, 3-1.
TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Bellefonte competes against Central during Monday's boys soccer game in Bellefonte. The Red Raiders won, 3-1.
TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Bellefonte competes against Central during Monday's boys soccer game in Bellefonte. The Red Raiders won, 3-1.
TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Bellefonte competes against Central during Monday's boys soccer game in Bellefonte. The Red Raiders won, 3-1.
TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Bellefonte competes against Central during Monday's boys soccer game in Bellefonte. The Red Raiders won, 3-1.
TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Bellefonte competes against Central during Monday's boys soccer game in Bellefonte. The Red Raiders won, 3-1.
TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Bellefonte competes against Central during Monday's boys soccer game in Bellefonte. The Red Raiders won, 3-1.
TIM WEIGHT/For The Express Bellefonte competes against Central during Monday's boys soccer game in Bellefonte. The Red Raiders won, 3-1.
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BELLEFONTE -- Under less than ideal conditions, the Bellefonte boys soccer team had a rain filled contest to celebrate their seniors on senior night.
Going up against a fiesty Central team Monday, the Raiders got a hat trick from Seth Caton to give the die hard fans something to celebrate as Bellefonte won, 3-1.
Central got an inspirational effort from goalie Mason Robison. Robison knocked away numerous shots that needed extreme efforts to get to to keep the Dragons within scoring range the entire evening.
"I give credit to Central. They came out; they were scrappy. They played hard," said Bellefonte coach Scott Martz.
"And especially the first half, I thought that I would hustle us a couple balls and all," Martz continued. "We were peppering their keeper. He made some beautiful saves."'
Bellefonte opened the game and went right to work. Offensively, the Raiders pushed the ball and pressed the Central defense and started to fire away at the goal.
Defensively, the Raiders were able to cut down the outside running lanes keeping the speedy Owen Huber in check.
The shots were fast and furious at the Central goal, Bellefonte posted 18 shots in the first half. Time after time the Raiders attack the goal and each time they would go back empty handed.
"A couple of them, I have no idea how he made it, but he made some beautiful stops tonight," Martz said. "We just got persevering. They only got the first one in, and then that second one came in for us, and we got battling back and forth, but yeah, tough conditions tonight."
But as the first half started to wind down, the Red Raiders found an opening and took advantage of it.
Cole Stabinger found an open Caton and he blasted a shot that slid past the goalie, giving Bellefonte up 1-0 with 6:35 left in the half.
Before the Dragons defense was able to settle in, Caton used his speed to get behind the Central back line and picked up goal number two. The goal came less than one minute later.
"It’s nice to see him getting back in the swing of things again. The guys were feeding him the balls, and he had some great shots on the goal," said Martz. "You could tell, he got a little frustrated in the first half, and then he’s just started settling down and finished his shots off tonight for us. Getting that hat trick was nice."
Through the second half, the Raiders continued to shut down the running lanes of the Dragons, leaving them frustrated.
The Dragons cut the Bellefonte lead to just one when Jacob Heuston slid a bullet past the Red Raiders goalie to cut the lead to 2-1 at 27:58. But the Raiders were not going to be denied on this night.
At 21:04, Caton notched his third goal.
Despite the rain increasing, neither team could find the back of the net as Bellefonte went onto the victory. Bellefonte will be back in action against rival Bald Eagle on Wednesday.
Bellefonte 3 , Central 1
B--Seth Caton (Coletta Stabinger), 6:35. B--Caton, 5:28. C--Jacob Hueston, 27:58. B--Caton, 21:04.
Shots: C 8, B 21. Corners: C 2, B 7. Saves: C 7 (Mason Robison), B 5 (Gavin Merrill).