Boys’ soccer rolls to 3-2-1 record

NORTH READING — The NRHS boys’ soccer team got off the snide as they picked up their first victory of the young season on September 15^th by a 2-0 margin over the Amesbury Indians. Brady Miller and senior captain Kiernan Schulz scored for NRHS.

Right off the opening kick-off, The Hornets started out hot; in the 6th minute freshman Max Gulino, in his first varsity start, got behind the defense on the left wing and slid a perfect pass across the face of the goal to Brady Miller who tapped in the goal.

In the 52nd minute, Junior defender Liam Rodger placed a perfect free kick into the penalty area 40 yards from the Indians goal. Senior captain Kiernan Schulz beat the goalkeeper to the ball and volleyed home the final goal of the game. NR kept control of the ball and the game the rest of the way.

The NR defense played its best game of the year so far. Senior captains Cody Cannalonga and Landon Phillips led a back line that only allowed one shot on goal for the entire game.

Gulino and junior midfielder Jason Emerson each had a good scoring chance in the second half, but it was turned away by the Amesbury ‘keeper.

Senior captain Kiernan Schulz broke a 1-1 deadlock in the in final two minutes to snatch a victory for the Hornets first away tilt of the season at Ipswich on September 20. Junior Brady Miller also scored for NR.

The Hornets came off the bus a bit sluggish and slogged through a scoreless first half.

The Hornets came out of halftime on fire and scored 1:23 into the half. Senior Jake Mikulski made a great turn and slid a pass through to junior Jason Emerson. Emerson then slipped a pass through to Miller for his third goal of the season.

Ipswich was still without a shot on goal when with less than 3 minutes from the final whistle the Tigers were awarded a penalty kick. Ipswich converted on the PK and It looked like they had snatched back a point but the Hornets weren’t finished yet. Immediately following the kick-off, they won a throw-in 35 yards from the goal. Schulz played a pass to Miller who crossed the ball to Mikulski who hit the crossbar with a half volley. The rebound came to Schulz who buried the left footed full volley to secure the win.

Schulz scored a hat trick to lead the Hornets to their 6-0 blowout victory over the Triton Vikings on September 22. Senior captain Alex Carpenter and Juniors Brodie Mann and Jason Emerson all added one goal apiece.

In the 6th minute, Carpenter got the scoring barrage started when he buried a long-range shot. Schulz closed the half with his first two goals and NRHS was off and running.

The second half was more of the same and 7 minutes into the second half, Schulz completed his hat trick on a free kick. The next chance that found the back of the net came from Mann in the 50th minute. The midfielder scored his first varsity goal on a well-placed shot in the top right corner of the goal. The final goal of the game was scored by Emerson who took a pass from Max Gulino beat a defender and slid the ball under the diving goalkeeper.

North Reading lost to Newburyport 1-0 on Monday. They play at Hamilton-Wenham today at 4:30 p.m.