Crimson Bears girls flip the pitch against Wolfpack

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The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears girls soccer team flipped the pitch against Railbelt Conference foe West Valley at Adair Kennedy Park, topping the visiting Wolfpack from Fairbanks 2-1. JDHS had lost 5-2 on Friday.

“Yesterday West Valley won the 50-50s and put pressure on the ball right away,” JDHS coach Matt Dusenberry said. “But we found a little bit of success for ourselves today by matching that, winning more balls. That gave us more time to then go create things for ourselves.”

JDHS started with a flurry of possession with shots on goal and junior Peyton Wheeler put he first goal in from 15 yards out.

“I saw Natalie (Travis) play the perfect ball over to me and I knew the goalie was going to come out but I didn’t think she was going to come at me,” Wheeler said. “I just took a touch right over her and saw it go in…The win is really big for us. That’s what we need to win our conference to potentially make it to state. But it feels really good as country wise email marketing list a team to know that we can come back and fight really hard.”

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé freshman defender Zoe Tagsip (17) stops a shot by West Valley sophomore forward Charlee Stanford (20) as JDHS junior keeper Alba Muir protects the net during the Crimson Bears’ 2-1 win over the Wolfpack on Saturday at Adair Kennedy Park. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire).
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé freshman defender Zoe Tagsip (17) stops a shot by West Valley sophomore forward Charlee Stanford (20) as JDHS junior keeper Alba Muir protects the net during the Crimson Bears’ 2-1 win over the Wolfpack on Saturday at Adair Kennedy Park. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire).

Senior two-time all-state center back Travis was moved this game to holding mid, a position she played as a freshman.

“I thought she can read the game very well and can also clip a ball into space quite well so,” coach Dusenberry said. “You saw that on the first goal that Peyton had. Natalie won it and she put just enough on it to put it past the mess, and Peyton came and picked it up and put it in on frame to the back of the net.”