Palmyra’s Ella Longenecker had a highschool subject hockey senior night time to recollect.
She scored within the Cougars’ second to final dwelling sport of the season. She was assisted by senior Bri Eckenroth.
“I scored the primary purpose of the sport within the first quarter,” Longenecker mentioned after the sport. “Bri handed me the ball throughout cage. I don’t actually keep in mind. I used to be on the submit. I used to be doing my job.”
Palmyra gained 2-0 in opposition to Bishop McDevitt. Palmyra is 11-3 on the season and play at this time in opposition to Boiling Springs. And, then the Cougars play Decrease Dauphin on Monday. Bishop McDevitt is 8-8 and play Mifflin County on Monday and Central Dauphin East on Wednesday.
Bishop McDevitt was within the sport for all 60 minutes. They held Palmyra to no targets within the second and third quarters. And, their pace proved to be a troublesome problem for Palmyra.
Senior Hadley Hoffsmith was among the many gamers who helped the Cougars transfer the ball into the 25 yard line by utilizing no-look passes. The Crusaders, nevertheless, stepped up from the backfield swiftly intercepting each different ball that was handed into scoring place.
Palmyra had eight penalty corners and took 9 pictures. It took quite a bit circle motion for them to attain the second purpose.
“I scored the second purpose of the sport within the fourth quarter,” Mallory Hudson mentioned. “We received our first purpose within the first quarter. Ella Longenecker scored that superbly on the submit. After which the remainder of the sport, we have been simply not in a position to end within the circle. We had quite a lot of good entries into the circle. We simply couldn’t end up on the cage. I feel our final quarter break, earlier than the fourth quarter, we actually targeted on speaking about simply ensuring we’re getting the suitable angle into the circle after which being there to complete it. We entered low on the baseline, crossed it, and I simply tipped it in.”
Hudson, who recovered from a stress harm on her shin earlier within the season, mentioned she’s glad to be again within the sport. And, that in her time sidelined, she had a “birds-eye view” of watching her teammates.
“I feel the start of the season, we have been simply getting used to at least one one other,” Hudson mentioned. “We misplaced quite a lot of seniors. however we’re actually, like, connecting now much more with our communication and simply connecting our passes. I feel, we’ve additionally been shifting round folks in numerous positions, which helps, too, to maintain the opposite crew guessing. We’re nonetheless in a position to join and rating.”
Palmyra head coach Kent Harshman mentioned they’re nonetheless engaged on timing and environment friendly passing.
“We managed quite a lot of the play between the 25 yard strains due to our talent, however we’re having hassle after we get contained in the 25 yard line scoring,” Harshman mentioned. “And, that’s an issue. Hats off to [Bishop McDevitt]. They performed good protection, there’s little doubt about it. Their goalkeeper is superb. We all know all of that. However, we’ve received to determine a method to rating after we get the ball within the circle that many instances and have that many alternatives. We will’t afford to allow them to get away from us.”
He continued: “Our youngsters are relentless. Execution may not all the time be there, however our effort is all the time there. What we’re going to attempt to do is refine a few of that within the post-season.”
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Employees Photograph: Palmyra’s Mallory Hudson, Bob Benscoter, 2024
