Rocky River High School 2011 Boys Soccer Season Press & Media Articles
This book is a compilation of the news and media stories that were published about the 2011 Rocky River Boys High School soccer team throughout the season.
If you discover any mistakes or discover other stories, please contact Coach Zerbey ([email protected] or Kent Klodnick ( [email protected] ) with your information. Revised 7/19/14
Westshore Sports Fanatic - News: Soccer: Mistakes cost Eagles, Demon girls force tie Page 1 of 2
Soccer: Mistakes cost Eagles, Demon girls force tie
By Jim Horvath
It was a rough opening night for the North Olmsted boys soccer team.
The Eagles were outshot 20-5 and made key defensive errors in a 3-0 loss at Twinsburg to open the 2011 season.
“They were the better team, but but we made some mistakes that helped them on all three of their goals,” said Eagles head coach Chris Marsh, whose team travels to Olmsted Falls Wednesday night to open Southwestern Conference play.
“We’ve got to be more stingy defensively, especially against teams of that caliber,” he said. “They put a lot of pressure on us, and overall I thought we handled it well. But the mistakes were costly.”
North Olmsted keeper Alec DeAnna registered 13 saves, while Evan Saunders came in and had one save.
Rocky River boys win opener
Matt Siwkiewicz scored the game-winner in the 60th minute as Rocky River edged Fairview on the road, 2-1, in the inaugural Rockport Cup.
The Pirate stopper was moved up front by head coach Kevin Zerbey before the midway point of the second half. Siwkiewicz, off an assist from Mark Moskwa, made the move pay dividends and nailed a shot to the far corner.
In the first half, the Warriors took a quick 1-0 lead in the second minute of the game. River responded in the 15th minute as Sutton Klodnick and Trent Newby assisted the tying goal from Connor Turk.
Pirate keeper Dominic Liva had a pair of saves as River held on down the stretch to claim the victory.
http://www.beafanatic.com/news.php?readmore=41&desc=Soccer 8/ 23/ 2011
Westshore Sports Fanatic - News: Soccer: River girls win; Demon girls fall short Page 1 of 3
Soccer: River girls win; Demon girls fall short
By Jim Horvath
Despite being up 1-0 early in the first half, Rocky River head coach Patrick Hopkins was hoping something would spark his Pirates on to bigger and better things.
Then it happened.
A goal from visiting Olmsted Falls not only tied the game, it ignited a fire under the Pirates. They answered quickly with a pair of goals and maintained the lead the rest of the way in a 3-1 win over the Bulldogs Monday night.
“It was as if we were waiting for somebody to do something,” Hopkins said of his team’s performance early on. “We weren’t going to the goal. We needed to do a lot more in the attacking third and put more pressure on their keeper.
“When Falls scored, our intensity picked up. People started talking and we started to increase the pressure by going to the goal,” he added.
The result was a pair of goals by Hallie McCue off assists from Grace Bennett, giving River a 3-1 lead at the half. The offensive pressure continued, with several shots off the post and one hitting the crossbar. Despite not scoring another goal, Hopkins was pleased with his team’s aggressiveness.
“We regained the lead about two minutes after they tied it,” Hopkins said. I think for the first time this season, we played to our potential and showed people what we can do.”
Stephanie Davis scored River’s first goal 10 minutes into the game off an assist from McKenna Klodnick.
With the win, the Pirates moved to 3-0-1 on the season. Last Saturday, River got its second win of the season with a 4-0 win over St. Joseph Academy. Sarah Molina, Hallie and Hannah McCue and Davis scored the Pirate goal, while Kim Leitch had six saves for her 24th career shutout.
Westlake girls fall short a