MV-NP soccer

Impressive game tonight by New Palestine on the soccer field, one where NP held a lot of the possession, and scored three goals in an 11-minute first-half flurry to beat Mt. Vernon 4-0. Will Kramer made three saves to get the shutout in net, while Steve Selke continued his torrid early-season pace with two goals. Drew Dickerson opened the scoring just 9:01 into the game by hammering a loose ball that came to him in the box into the far-post netting. Selke added one on a quick turn after a cross from Aaron Pfeifer a hair over two minutes later. Zach Weaver drilled a long feed from Ty Fidler halfway through the first half, and Selke scored his second goal by converting a cross from Wes Fox midway through the second half. I was also very impressed with NP defenders Austin Timmerman and Fidler, who always seemed to be around the ball. Timmerman did a good job of slowing MV's attack on the left side repeatedly and then turning things the other way. Selke now has nine goals on the year, and has scored in all of the Dragons' five games.

It was a largely cleanly-played game in front of a standing-room-only crowd, and one the NP students celebrated by running across the field to greet their team after the postgame handshakes.

NP is now 5-0 (2-0 HHC), while MV is 3-2 (3-1 HHC). Dragons visit Guerin Catholic on Thursday, Marauders visit Anderson Thursday.

Next soccer broadcast is Thursday, Sept. 9's contest between Mt. Vernon and Greenfield-Central from MV. Airtime 6:30 p.m.