The Maroons took on their cross-town
rivals of the Holland Dutch on Wednesday, on what was sure to be an
intense match. In the last Holland Christian-Holland match the game
went into overtime and ended in a 1-1 tie. Holland came into
tonight's game with a #2 ranking in the state, behind only Unity
Christian.
Tonight's game was back and forth a
lot, both teams were able to have multiple scoring opportunities. The
Dutch were the first on the board, as they were able to capitalize on
a corner kick 15 minutes into the game to put them up by a score of
1-0. The Maroons had their fair share of opportunities as well.
Marcus Hoekstra had a shot that drilled the crossbar with 18 minutes
remaining in the game. Joe Spoelhof also had a great opportunity late
in the game, Spoelhof had a great shot but it was blocked by the
diving Holland keeper. With five minutes remaining in the game, the
Maroons were able to get on the board. Rilee Bouwkamp was able to get
a head on a ball off of a long Cody Machiela throw in, which ended up
in the back of the net to tie the game up 1-1. At the end of
regulation, Holland Christian was tied with Holland 1-1.
In overtime, Devan Hoekstra had a
perfect cross to the front of the net, where Marcus Hoekstra was able
to tap it in to the goal. However, the referee called the goal off
due to (Marcus) Hoekstra being offsides. The Dutch were able to
capitalize off of a shot with four minutes remaining in overtime, to
give the Dutch the 2-1 advantage. The time ran out, and the Dutch
finished on top by a score of 2-1.
“I'm proud of the way that you are
resilient...We just need to continue to build upon the things that
we've worked on. ” said Coach DeBoer to his team following the 2-1
loss to Holland. “Except for the first few minutes, we dictated the
tempo of the game in terms of style of play and possessing the ball.”
added DeBoer. The Maroons will be back in action on Monday, October
7, as they play Byron Center in their last home game of the season.
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