Clinton 6, Sherburne-Earlville 0
You wouldn't realize that Sherburne had a 7-3 record coming into today by looking at that score. Clinton is just as tough as I've said all along. The only CSC school that even gives them a game is CVA, another team I'm extremely high on. However, that's for another discussion. Time to talk about today, because we all took a ride on the Hannah Shankman train today.
Walked in just a few seconds after the first goal. It was Shankman about 7 minutes in. It took just a little while for Clinton to get another goal of cushion in the 1st half - and it was from an 8th grader. Jenna Devine has put through impressive goals in both Clinton games I've attended. This time, she made a couple nifty moves to get separation from a pair of defenders, and then struck a left-footed shot over the outstretched arms of S-E GK Maddy Fetzko with 21:20 left in the 1st half. It was easy to see that Sherburne wasn't a bad team - they did have some opportunities in the 1st, but it remained 2-0 at the break. It only got worse for the Marauders, or Wolves, or whatever they are now. They got Shanked.
Hannah scored a couple of her goals today off of hustle. This was the first of them - she scored her 2nd of the day on a putback off a Fetzko save. Maureen Lewis put a shot on goal that Fetzko deflected, but unfortunately toward Shank just a few yards away. That gave Clinton a 3-0 lead with 29:41 to go, and just over 7 minutes later, it became 4-0. Hannah got her hat trick by using her head. Sounds fitting, right? Another Maureen Lewis connection - she put up a cross that was headed through. And if that wasn't enough Hannah Shankman for ya, here's more. MVT drops Hannah Shankman's name more than TNT plays Shawshank Redemption. For good reason, though. I said it in the tweet and shall repeat it - her 4th goal was my favorite one I saw this season. She outhustled a defender who had a beat on the ball to make the ball loose again, then proceeded to do the same thing again.. and a 3rd time, progressively working towards goal each time. After the 3rd defender was outhustled, she got a foot on it and it went through the pipes. That made it 5-0 with 7:08 to go, which was when she was taken out for the day. They weren't done scoring though. With under 5 minutes left, youngin Nora Arancio scored as well to make it 6-0. Clinton is good. Maddy Fetzko was credited with 10 saves for Sherburne; Marissa Cornelius 5 for Clinton. I missed 7 minutes, but had less for both.
#ByTheNumbers - Sherburne didn't suck, but Clinton was really good. They were considerably better in every aspect, stat sheet and not stat sheet. They had 18 shots - scoring once in every 3 shots you take is a great percentage. They also got through 80 minutes without giving Marissa Cornelius much work - I had her for a couple saves, and she touched the ball 4 other times on top of that.
Shots - Clinton 18-6
Corners - Clinton 3-0
Saves - Sherburne 4-2
GK Touches - Sherburne 10-4
Goal Kicks - Sherburne 7-1
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