MILLER, POST NET HAT TRICKS; ATHENS ROUTS TOWANDA, 9-1
By: Tim Birney | AthensWildcats.com | September 26, 2022 | Photo courtesy David Alliger
ATHENS — Junior Korey Miller had three goals and two assists, and senior
Brayden Post also had a hat trick to pace Athens in a 9-1 rout of
Towanda here Monday night in NTL boys soccer action at Alumni Stadium.
Post
scored an unassisted goal just 27 seconds into the contest to give the
Wildcats a 1-0 lead, then scored again, off a feed from Miller, about 20
1/2 minutes later to make it 2-0.
Miller notched his first goal,
off an assist from sophomore Marco Quiros, with 1:57 remaining in the
half to give the Wildcats a 3-0 lead, which it carried into the halftime
break.
Post, off a feed from Miller, scored just 81 seconds
after the intermission to finish off his hat trick and give Athens a 4-0
lead.
Miller scored off an assist from senior Levent VanHelden about 6 1/2 minutes later to extend the lead to 5-0.
Jack Wheaton put Towanda on the board with 28:34 remaining in the contest, closing the gap to 5-1.
Senior Caleb Hunsinger scored the first of his two goals two minutes later to make it 6-1.
Miller
finished off his hat trick with 14:22 left in the contest, and junior
Mitch Hamilton and Hunsinger capped the scoring in the final 5 1/2
minutes.
Athens had a 23-3 advantage in shots-on-goal, and a 9-1 edge in corner kicks.
Senior Grant Liechty had two saves in net for the Wildcats.
Athens, now 7-5, returns to action Wednesday at Williamson.
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