Adkins stops Lancers



SPENCERVILLE - Lincolnview scored off of the opening kickoff but would find themselves unable to do so for the rest of the game thanks to a brilliant performance in goal by Spencerville goal keeper Dominic Adkins on the way to a 3-1 Bearcat victory.

With only :41 seconds gone in the fifth all-time meeting between the two schools on the pitch, Lincolnview senior Clayton Leeth sliced his way through the Spencerville defense and fired a ball past Adkins to put the visitors on top 1-0.

Spencerville responded at 36:16 on a lead to sophomore forward Will Gallaspie to tie up the contest that triggered an eruption of applause from the Bearcat fans at Memorial Field on Tuesday evening.

Nearly eight minutes after his first goal tied things up, Gallaspie struck again this time as he redirected a shot from teammate Joel Van Gorder past Lancer keeper Davis Schwartz for a lead the Bearcats would never lose.

“We fought a much more experienced Lincolnview team tonight. I am immensely proud of our effort tonight, our leaders stepped up and our younger players provided energy at key moments” said Spencerville head coach Josh Van Gorder after the win.

Trailing 2-1 to open the second half the Lancers turned up the pressure on the Bearcats but were unable to slow down the youthful legs of the hosts and surrendered a goal to Joel Van Gorder at 24:46 left in the second half for the final tally of the evening.

Perhaps the biggest challenge of the evening for Dominic Adkins in goal came in the second half as he was tasked with stopping a straight on kick from Leeth that sailed through the goal posts and again as he redirected a pair of Lancer attacks just moments later to keep his team in front.

“Dom stepped up big time. We had a defensive blunder early that led to their goal but he became more vocal and commanded his box and made at least three huge saves” spoke Van Gorder of his keeper.

Though the goal scorers receive a lions share of the credit, Van Gorder was quick to point out that freshman defender Tyler Kaverman also had a big night “Tyler Kaverman stepped up for this team. He shut down Lincolnview’s biggest offensive threat and allowed our offense to counter. Without his effort we don’t take control, especially in the second half.”

Lincolnview falls to 1-2-3 on the season and will travel to Kalida to take on the Wildcats on Thursday evening while Spencerville improves to 2-1-1 and host WOSL rival New Knoxville at 7 P.M. at Memorial Field.

Goals:

1st half:

39:19 Lincolnview – Clayton Leeth

36:16 Spencerville – Will Gallaspie (1)

28:28 Spencerville – Will Gallaspie (2)

2nd half:

24:26 Spencerville – Joel Van Gorder

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