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Blue Devil Dispatch
The Blue Devils finished out their season on Monday at home against West Perry. They held on for much of the game but let up a second half goal to fall 2-1. The Devils came out strong and almost got on the board first on a Roxanne Dewalt shot but it was kicked out by the goalie. The Mustangs had a nice opportunity when a striker got behind the defense but keeper Tasha Musselman kicked the ball away keeping the score 0-0. West Perry continued to attack and found the cage less than eight minutes in on a shot from the top of the circle. Later in the half, Amanda Barnes made a key defensive stop on a Mustang drive. Greencastle held on to go into the half down 1- 0. The Blue Devils came out of the half with lots of intensity. Kristi Fisher rocketed a shot early in the half that was deflected off target. The Mustangs attacked getting deep in G-A territory and earned a few penalty corners. The defense did their job to eventually clear the ball and the Devils got the ball in West Perry territory.
The Devils just couldn't hold on however and gave up the winning goal just four minutes later on a penalty corner. G-A had a few more opportunities but couldn't tie it back up. With about five minutes to play, Sheena Koons got a shot off in a cluster of people in front of the cage but it was cleared out and the Mustangs started to drive. Rachel Statler and Barnes did a nice job on defense to break up the drive. Carlson made a nice stop on a cross near the cage about a minute later. Tamara Hade, second half keeper, made an amazing diving save to keep the Mustangs from scoring. G-A made one final drive in the last minute. However, they could not get a shot off and the ball was cleared to end the game 2-1.
In the junior varsity game, the Devils fell 3-1 to West Perry. Emily Henry scored in the first half to tie the game 1-1, but the Mustangs scored two goals in the second half to win 3-1. Soccer The Blue Devils traveled to play Milton Hershey on Monday. They clinched the Mid-Penn Capital Division title and a Mid-Penn tournament berth by knocking off the Spartans 5-0. The Devils scored two goals in the first two minutes and never looked back. Jai Courter put the first goal in on a pass from the outside from Jesse Herman just a minute into the game. Less than a minute later, Courter headed the ball through to Mac Frederick who found himself one-on-one with the goalie and put it away. Their next goal came about 13 minutes later from Frederick again, this time on Josh Higman's assist. The remainder of the half went scoreless and the Devils went into halftime with a 3-0 lead.
The Devils outshot the Spartans 36-10 and had a 9-0 advantage in corner kicks. Christian Hoover and Seth Sprague each recorded three saves in goal for the Devils. In the JV game, the Devils let up a second half goal to end in a 1-1 tie. Thursday's game against Waynesboro was cancelled because the Devils traveled to play in the Mid-Penn tournament at Central Dauphin against Red Land, the winner of the Commonwealth Division. Red Land proved to be too much for the Devils as G-A fell 5-0 in a game dominated by the Patriots. Red Land found the scoreboard seven minutes into the game on a left-footed shot to the corner by Deon Rehm. Rehm converted again in the 17th minute on a give-and-go pass that got him behind the defense and he slid it past Hoover to give Red Land an early 2-0 lead. After sticking around for much of the rest of the half, the Devils let up another goal with four minutes left in the half on a free kick from 20 yards out. The half ended and the Devils trailed 3-0 and only saw the opposing half of the field a couple of times in the half.
The Devils only forced the Red Land keeper to make two saves, while Hoover made eight saves in goal for G-A. Cross country The boys' and girls' teams traveled to Big Spring High School on Wednesday for the Mid-Penn Cross Country Championships. The top finisher for Greencastle in the boys' race was Jacob Leary, who finished at 107th in 19:25.30. Josh Phillips came in at 20:23.30, while Brandon Thrush was close behind at 20:26.07. Other finishers include Seth Martin (20:59.61), Gabe Martin (21:49.72), Mike Hohl (22:37.00), and Caleb Lougheed (23:11.27).
Volleyball The Blue Devils traveled to Shippensburg Monday night to defeat them in four games. The scores were 25-17, 22-25, 25-14, and 25-21. Katie Lutz led for the Devils compiling 19 kills and four blocks while senior teammate Beth Berger added nine kills and five blocks. Kortney Eshleman chipped in with 38 assists and eight kills, and Julia Stein had eight kills and two blocks. Rochelle Christman contributed seven kills and three blocks, while Megan George added 15 digs.
In the JV match, the Devils feel two Shippensburg 2-1. The scores were 20-25, 25-14 and 12-15. On Tuesday afternoon, the Devils traveled to West Perry to sweep them 3-0 with scores of 25-9, 25-7, 25-16. Lutz led the Devils again contributing six kills and six aces, while Christman also had six kills. Kortney Eshleman made four kills and 17 assists, while Katy Bobbit chipped in with four aces. The junior varsity team defeated West Perry 2-0 by scores of 25-14 and 25-10. The Blue Devils bombarded Steel-High in three games on Thursday in preparation for Chambersburg on Friday. They won by scores of 25-2, 25-7, and 25-8 to finish undefeated in Mid-Penn Capital Division play. The Devils dominated game one allowing just two points from Steel-High. They picked up right where they left off in game two. Eshleman had a tip followed by a set to Christman, then a spike on Christman's pass to end the game 25-7. In game three, the Devils made it 10-0 before Steel-High found the score board. After getting to 15- 5, freshman Erin Garns scored five of the next six points on aces in a 9-0 run by the Devils. Eshelman led for the Devils with six kills and 10 aces, while Garns had seven aces. Lutz had five kills and nine aces, Stein chipped in with four kills and five aces, and Christman had four kills. Th JV team defeated Steel- High 25-2 and 25-11. The Devils traveled to Chambersburg on Friday to play their fourth game in five days against the Trojans, winner of the Commonwealth division. After getting off to a 2-0 lead, the Devils dropped the last three games to fall 3-2 to Chambersburg in front of a large croud. With the game tied 23-23 in game one, Eshelman faked a set and tipped it over into an empty spot followed by a kill from Lutz to win the first game 25-23. After the point that gave Chambersburg an 18-17 lead, starting G-A setter Eshleman immediately dropped to the floor grabbing her ankle. She was slow to get up and spent the rest of the night on the bench. After gaining a 24-21 lead, the Devils lost three consecutive points to allow the Trojans to tie the game 24-24. After each team gave up a point, Beth Berger had a spike followed by a Chambersburg net violation allowing the Devils to hang on and win 27-25. The Devils were forced to move their lineup around without Eshleman trying freshman Garns and libero George in at setter. The Devils never lead in game three as Chambersburg jumped out to a 12-5 start. The Trojans served for six straight points giving them a 24-10 lead followed by four G-A points before a service error gave the Trojans a 25-14 victory. In game four, the Devils got out to a 15-10 lead, but Chambersburg rallied for 10 straight points making it 20-15. Lutz had a kill to end the rally but Chambersburg served five more points to win game four 25-16. The Devils hung tough in game five but never found themselves in the lead. Chambersburg made a nice dink on their 14th point and the game ended on a net violation as Greencastle fell 15-11. Lutz ended with 13 kills, three kills, and three aces. Christman added nine kills and two blocks. Berger had seven kills and three blocks, while Eshleman chipped in with four kills and 14 assists. George contributed 10 assists and 15 digs, while Garns added eight kills and one ace. The JV team defeated the Trojans 2-1 by scores of 9-25, 25-20, and 15-8. Middle School Field Hockey The Blue Devils hosted Boiling Springs in a game that ended 5-1 in favor of Greencastle. Brooke Daley started the scoring seven minutes into the game. Jenna Lehman added a goal on a pass from Madeleine Gleason five minutes later. Boiling Springs scored their only goal with 11:39 remaining in the half. The rest of the half went scoreless as the Devils went in to the half leading 2-1. The action slowed down in the second half as no scoring occured until midway through the half when Jenna Crunkleton blasted a long outside shot into the cage. Sarah Gipe made a nice cross in front of the cage with less than five minutes left in the game and Brooke Strait got her stick on it pushing it into the cage. With just 56 seconds ramaining in the game, Tache Smothers scored on another assist from Gipe to give the Devils the 5-1 victory. Emiley Maiorana made two saves for the devils in cage. The JV team won 4-1 after playing to a 0-0 tie earlier in the season. The Devils traveled to Shippensburg attempting to avenge their only loss earlier in their season to Ship 2-1. The Devils were successful as they won 4-0. The game went scoreless until 18:23 left in the half when Daley scored on an assist from Smothers. This goal got the Devils rolling as they scored again three minutes later. Strait found herself 1-on-1 with the keeper and she dribbled into the circle and launched a shot into the cage. The Devils went into halftime with a 2-0 lead. About nine minutes into the second half, Gipe took a shot that deflected off the goalie right to Strait who put away her second goal. Gipe scored a goal of her own three minutes later to give G-A a 4-0 lead that they held on to for the rest of the game. Maiorana made five key saves in cage for the Devils to hold on to the shutout. Greencastle also won the junior varsity match by a score of 2- 0, thanks to two goals from Ashton Rockwell. Greencastle met Big Spring in their final game of the season. The Devils let up two second half goals but held on to win 3-2. Rachel Kline scored the first goal on an assist from Brachelle Zimmer. Ema Bobbit followed with a goal on an assist from Gipe. Both Kline and Bobbit normally play on defense but played on the front line at the beginning of the game. Lehman found the cage with 1:20 remaining in the half to give G-A a 3-0 lead. Big Spring came out strong in the second half holding the Blue Devils scoreless. Big Spring scored twice in the half taking advantage of the corner plays to come within one of the Devils. Gipe had a hard shot the bounced off the goalie that appeared to cross the line for a goal but the referee was not close enough to make the call and G-A was awarded a corner instead. The Devils held on to win 3-2. Maiorana tallied four saves in goal for the Devils. After finding themselves down 2-0 at half, the junior varsity came back to tie Big Spring 2-2. Greencastle finished the season with just one loss and a record of 10-1-2, while the junior varsity team earned a record of 8-1-4 on the season. Football The Blue Devils overcame East Pennsboro by a score of 42- 14 on Wednesday night. After the defense made a stop, Tyler Szaflarski capped their first drive off with a 15- yard touchdown run. The twopoint conversion was run in by Joe Dominic giving G-A an early 8-0 lead. East Penn broke loose shortly after for a 50-yard touchdown run followed by a two-point conversion to tie the game 8-8. The Devils regained the lead on a 45-yard touchdown run by Jake Statler. Szaflarski ran the two-point conversion in to give the Devils a 16-8 lead. East Penn came back again in the second quarter on a touchdown pass for 14 yards. However they failed the two-point conversion and still trailed by two. Szaflarski made another touchdown run, this time for four yards followed by a failed twopoint conversion. Devin Schaeffer made a 45-yard pass to Szaflarski for a touchdown and Szaflarski converted for two points to give G-A a 30-14 halftime lead. In the third quarter, Statler returned a kick off for 76 yards and the touchdown but they failed on the two-point conversion. Statler capped off the scoring with a nine-yard run. They were unsuccessful again on the two-point conversion but went on to win 42-14. Szaflarski ended with 92 yards on just seven carries, while Statler ran for 78 yards on nine carries. Schaeffer had three rushes for 34 yards as G-A added up 218 total rushing yards. Scaeffer threw for 72 yards going 3-6 with one touchdown. Denton Ensminger led on defense for the Devils with six tackles. Gerardo Jaurez played a nice game adding five tackles. Szaflarski, Jordon Koons, and Josh Pluta each had four tackles. "We seem to have all phases of the game going in the right direction now. With one more game to go, we are beginning to peak," said head coach Don Chlebowski. |
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