ROBERT CRANDALL
Olean Star
Ellicottville Girls Soccer Goalkeeper Courtney Marsh continued her excellent play in goal as the Eagles picked up a 1-1 tie vs always strong Randolph and then shutout a tough Salamanca team 4-0. During that two game stretch Marsh turned away a total of 27 of the 28 shots she faced. Addie John assisted Jayden Doutt for the Eagles lone goal in Tuesday’s tie vs the Cardinals.
On Thursday Ellicottville hosted the Warriors in a game that saw good defensive play from both teams in the first half as the Eagles took a 1-0 lead into halftime on a lone goal by Doutt with a little more than 5 minutes remaining. The Eagles added an insurance goal 18 minutes into the second half on a shot by John and added two more, one from Julianna O’Connell and the final on a corner kick by Drew Ficek. Doutt picked up two assists for the Eagles.
The 4-0-1 Eagles play host to Franklinville on Saturday.
Grace Gariepy poured in 7 Goals as Portville back to back 10-0 wins over Cattaraugus/Little Valley and Franklinville. Gariepy had 4 goals on Tuesday against the Timberwolves and then had another hat-trick with 3 more against Franklinville. Allie Bray added another 3 for the Portville Panthers in Thursday win over Franklinville.
Cattaraugus/Little Valley rebounded from their game against Portville by picking up their first win of the season 2-1 over Pine Valley/Gowanda on Thursday. Talon Bremer scored both goals for the Timberwolves and Kierra Knoblock was stellar in goal turning away 18 of the 19 shots she faced.
The Olean Huskies lost a tough one to Fredonia 1-2 as Leea Koppp scored Olean’s lone goal. Huskie goalkeeper Emma Edwards kept Olean in the game as she made 14 saves on the 16 shots she faced. Olean hosts Randolph tonight to round out the week.
