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Franklin
Monroe sophomore Jacob Shellabarger works the ball against a
Bethel defender Thursday night at Franklin Monroe. Shellabarger scored
the first goal of the night as the Jets popped the Bees, 5-1. CNO
Photos by George Starks
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Jets take control in conference race
Bees no match for
Franklin Monroe
By George Starks
PITSBURG - “Life is good; soccer makes it better.”
Those were the words of Franklin Monroe soccer coach Danny Diceanu
Thursday after his Jets rolled to a convincing 5-1 victory over Bethel.
Now 5-0-2 overall and 4-0 in the Cross County Conference, the Jets are
in control of the conference title, having posted a 4-1 win over Newton
and now a win over Bethel.
It didn’t take long for the Jets to get on the board as sophomore Jacob
Shellabarger found the back of the goal at the 37:30 mark of the
opening half.
With only 2:30 into the game, Diceanu was concerned with the play of
his team at the half.
The goal by Shellabarger was the only score of the opening 40 minutes.
“I think we created a lot of good chances,” said the Jet coach. “”After
we scored that goal so early, I though they actually outplayed us in
the first half. Sometimes scoring early sets the tone of the game, but
not in the right way. Sometimes it makes you relax and I thought after
that goal they took it to us a little bit.”
Bethel had its chances, but the biggest was an open shot midway through
the half that sailed over the goal, missing the mark by at least 10
yards.
“We dodged a big bullet on that shot,” said Diceanu. “I think Mathew
(Poe) did a nice job in goal on their free kicks. Every free kick was
in the crossbar range and he did a nice job clearing it. So that was a
big part of our success.”
With a 1-0 lead at the break, Diceanu re-grouped the troops.
“I told them I thought Bethel was out-hustling us,” said Diceanu. “I
told them we had to get back to playing our game, and not their game
and their style. I thought we did that in the second half, even though
we came out and scored a fairly early goal.”
With just 1:11 having elapsed of the second half clock, senior
Brian Robison put the Jets up 2-0.
Carlos Anzardi got the Bees on the board on a kick that caught Poe
leaning to his left as the ball went right at straight over the goal
with 33:44 left in the game.
With 30:19 remaining in the game, sophomore Dallas Arnett scored ,and
22 seconds later Robison connected, leaving the Jets up by a 4-1 count.
Junior Britt Bolin put the final touches on the game at the 13:59 mark
and a 5-1 lead.
“I think they got a lucky bounce when one of my guys tried to clear it
on that short corner, and they put it in the back of the net,” said
Diceanu. “Give their guys credit for being in the right place at the
right time. Then we started opening up the game and doing some things
in the second half that we weren’t doing in the first half.”
With only two more conference games left on the schedule (Tri-County
North and Twin Valley South), the Jets are in control of their own
destiny.
Franklin Monroe will play at Greenview today in a 3 pm start.
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Junior
Britt Bolin gets control of the ball as two Bethel defenders
come
against him. Bolin scored the final goal of the game for the Jets.
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