Hatters edge Trojans in OT

Ryan locks down middle at Hatboro-Horsham claims SOL American victory

LOWER GWYNEDD >> Cam Ryan isn’t the biggest or tallest player on a soccer field, but she usually plays like she is.

The Hatboro-Horsham senior is in purest terms, a ball-winner in the center of the field and has been described as the engine of her team multiple times. Wednesday, on a sweltering afternoon and her team down a goal, Ryan was told she was on her own in the middle.

Ryan took care of it and the Hatters scratched out a 2-1 overtime win at Wissahickon.

“We just have to take this as another win and look at the next game,” Ryan said. “It was pretty hectic in there, it was a big win and should get our energy up with some important games coming up.”

With conditions more resembling a preseason game than one contested in early October, the Trojans and Hatters had to battle high temperatures but also an inconsistent whistle on one half of the field. Hatboro-Horsham started very sluggish coming off a 1-1-1 week where they had scored just one goal.

Wissahickon was able to generate three early corners and when Carly Amato rang the crossbar on a shot, it seemed the Hatters slow start would hurt them. Instead, the Trojans couldn’t put anything away and the game played at a slow pace until the final minutes of the first half.

“I think we just went in a slump,” Ryan said. “The loss to (Plymouth Whitemarsh) really put us down, then we tied Upper Dublin but our practice last Friday showed us we needed to win Saturday (against Downingtown West) and if we did that, we’d be back on top.”

The host side stole the momen

ANDREW ROBINSON — MEDIANEWS GROUP Hatboro-Horsham’s Cam Ryan wins a header over Wissahickon’s Alexis Hobson during their game Wednesday.