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YHW, KH SUoYHG uS Wo WKH WDsN, UHJLsWHULnJ 12 sDYHs and sweating out shot after shot from the Cards as the RDPs GHIHDWHG USSHU DuEOLn, 2-1.

)oU WKH RDPs, LW wDs WKH SUoJUDP’s fiUsW GLsWULFW SODyoII YLFWoUy. TKH WHDP Ls now 15-5-1 on WKH sHDson.

TKH nuPEHU Ln SSULnJ)oUG’s IDYoU wDs WKH 2-1 finDO sFoUH. TKH onH WKDW OHDnHG WowDUG USSHU DuEOLn wDs WKH nuPEHU oI sKoWs WDNHn Ds WKH CDUGs WooN 24 sKoWs Wo MusW fiYH IoU WKH RDPs.

fn the second half, after S-F took a 2-0 lead in the 42nG PLnuWH, WKH CDUGs wHnW on KySHU-DWWDFN PoGH. TKHy would not go away.

“f know these guys and HYHn Ln WKDW sLWuDWLon, WKHy DUH noW JoLnJ Wo EDFN oII,” USSHU DuEOLn FoDFK RLFN Schmidt said. “And they GLGn’W EDFN oII DW DOO. ,I Dnything, they got a little angry and started pushing forward.

“TKH oSSoUWunLWLHs wHUH there, the shots were there. TKH NHHSHU PDGH D FouSOH GHFHnW sDYHs. ,W’s MusW WKH way it plays out.”

TKH onOy JoDO WKH CDUGs (14-2-2 oYHUDOO UHFoUG) sFoUHG on SwDUWz FDPH on D SHnDOWy kick as Brian Schaefer went low and right to get Upper DuEOLn on WKH EoDUG wLWK 29:11 sKowLnJ on WKH sHFonGKDOI FOoFN. 2YHU WKosH nHxW 29 PLnuWHs, WKH CDUGs wHUH MusW teeing off, taking a shot at any opportunity.

“RHDOOy, , MusW SODyHG Py game and stayed focused EDFN WKHUH,” SwDUWz sDLG.

hole iyons got Spring)oUG WKH OHDG wLWK 28 PLnuWHs Wo Jo Ln WKH fiUsW KDOI when his long kick from nHDU PLGfiHOG IounG WKH KLJK EDFN oI WKH nHW.

“TKDW JDYH us D KuJH MuPSsWDUW,” Lyons sDLG oI WKH goal. “We came out kind of sOow, EuW LW JoW us HnHUJLzHG, got us some life.”

iess than two minutes into WKH sHFonG KDOI, S-) GouEOHG its margin when Miles hehs sent a long kick toward the nHW DnG DDn DLLLEHUWo SuW LW into goal.

After that, though, the RDPs wHUH on WKHLU KHHOs IoU nearly the entire remainder oI WKH HYHnLnJ.

For Montgomery Media / MARK C. PSORAS Gwynedd Mercy Academy’s Taylor Caparo works the ball past Lower Moreland’s Kristen Wolfgang during Wednesday’s District One Class AA playoff action.