Jamesville-Dewitt 6, Scotia-Glenville 0
If you're an avid watcher of sports at any level, you realize that you'll get one of those games that you really can't believe what you're seeing on rare occasion. This game was that rare occasion. When one team fires on all cylinders from the opening minute and the other can never get out of 1st gear, beatdowns happen. Even when it's sectional champions battling each other. Jamesville-Dewitt, ranked #2 in the state in Class A, came out of the gates with guns a-blazin' and turned a hot start into a match that felt more like a beginner playing against the all-star rating on FIFA.
It didn't take long for J-D to get going, so I won't take long to get going either. Alex Catanzarite got them on the board in less time than the length of an average song. It was all speed from the striker, blowing by a Scotia defender to finish off against the sitting duck GK to put J-D up 1-0 2:40 into the game. They continued to put pressure on. Sherling in between the soccer & football crossbars. Sherling header just high. Kopp header just wide. Kopp shot just wide. So many close calls. Speed killed for their 2nd one as well though, when Amber Hyatt sped forward to get position against a Tartan defender on a run, and a long throw-in that took a couple hops went right to her feet. Hyatt bagged it, making it 2-0 with 29:26 left in the half. Scotia started to settle in after that - JD GK Maddy Frank saw the ball for the first time in the match a few minutes later. That changed though, and in a hurry. One goal, then another, then another, and wait.. this is a regional? Damn. Ali Durkin finished a ball from Erin Brinley, then Catanzarite had a pair of assists on Alex Epifani and Paige Sherling goals. Those 3, putting J-D up 5-0, took 3:34 to happen. Caroline Kopp finished off the half, dribbling through defenders like it was drill time and finishing at the end. That goal in the 39th minute made it 6-0. Scotia was a little more aggressive in the 2nd half - Dom Puglisi in particular was able to make some things happen running up the left side - but nothing materialized, and 6-0 it remained.
I unofficially gave J-D a 25-0 edge in shots. Maybe you could say Scotia had a shot, but ehh... it was a cross that kinda came close to the goal. 19 of those Red Ram shots came in the first half, along with 7 of their 9 corners. Maddy Frank only touched the ball a couple times. Not much to talk about with numbers besides 6-0. J-D was impressive. You can tell it's a team that had basically everyone back from a team that made it that far last year. They're fast defensively, plastering up holes quickly. They time runs so well - that can't be said enough. With a team that attacked that much, and all of their goals basically coming off good runs, how were they only offsides one time? And that one being someone running back on, for that matter? They're such a disciplined group, and certainly deserving of that #2 ranking in the state. Everyone always says 'this is our year'. This might be J-D's year.
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