Off To A Great Start

Southridge played their first league game of the year on Saturday, against a rival team that the Suns lost two close games against last year. Hanford has league MVP candidate Dino Ramic who is a dangerous playmaking midfielder. The daunting task of shutting him down was placed on Sophomore Jared Brisbin’s wide shoulders. Jared played him so tough that he was yellow carded 25 minutes into the game. No matter though with Jared’s man marking and the stellar defense played by Jesse Keen, Nick Johnson, and Phil Vorheis neither Ramic nor any other Hanford player even managed a shot on goal. Goalkeeper Brandon Hale was quoted saying “It was the easiest shutout of my life” Freshmen Bill Landefeld got his first career goal in the 57th minute off an assist from Reice Byrd. Reice played well pressuring the opposing defense all day and not committing any fouls. It’s only one game but it sure is nice to see Southridge on top of the league standings. Make sure all families and friends are in attendance for this Wednesday’s “away” game vs. Kamiakin at Lampson Stadium. The suns have never beaten Kamiakin in soccer and this just maybe our year.

JV note: The Junior Varsity Squad earned their first win of the year with a 3-1 victory.