AUGUST 25TH SARNIA VS WALLACEBURG IN THE SEMIS
AT THE DANTE CLUB
Sarnia played a spectacular game
on Wednesday, facing the fourth place
Wallaceburg team for a berth in the finals.
Each team played a strong game,
with the score staying close enough to have
coaches, fans, and players anxiously watching
the "nail biting" action on the field. Sarnia
scored first with Patrick Gagliardi making a
beautiful head shot from a perfect pass of the
foot of Anthony Fazzalari. Neither team managed
to score again during the first half.
During the second half,
Wallaceburg scored twice rather quickly, and
Sarnia found themselves on the losing end of the
game for a brief period. Some of the spectators
moved off the bleachers, stepping up the fence
and gripping the prongs of the wire mesh waiting
for the next big move to be made. Each time
Sarnia made a move in their favour, the praise
from parents and fans was quick to come. With
fifteen minutes left, Nick Vozza was able to
take a penalty kick, and deaked the goalie, who
went one way while the ball went the other.
Fury players ran to Nick, tackling him to the
ground and cheering his efforts to put them back
in the game. Clinching the game was a second
goal from Nick Vozza, made with only ninety
seconds left, saving the keepers from a dreaded
shootout to break the tie. Nick's goal played
out as follows: Anthony Fazzalari sent a corner
throw to Corey Soden. With nowhere else to put
it, Corey quickly sent it back to Anthony.
Anthony's aim found Nick Vozza out in front of
the Wallaceburg keeper's box, where he again
managed to outsmart the goalie. The rest of the
clock ran out, the spectators were pressed
against the fence making noise right up till the
last second, and when the time ran out everyone
cheered the Fury's win.
This was not an easy game, as
each team was fiercely defending their keeper's
turf, and quickly moving the ball. The Fury
players used their heads, their chests, their
backs, and every other legal part of their
bodies to stop the ball from reigning down on
Nick Speed. Every child tried their best, and
as such deserves credit for the win.
Way to go Fury! Now on to the
finals against Petrolia on August 31st, 6:30 pm,
at the Dante Club.
