Byron-Bergen/Elba got a goal from Greyson Huntington just two minutes into the contest and made it hold up for a 1-0 boy’s soccer victory over Wheatland-Chili before the girl’s netted four in the first half and defeated C.G. Finney 4-1 in their senior night, weather shortened nightcap.
Huntington took a cross from the right wing by Kyle Foeller, cradled and shot into the top right corner of the net to stake the Bees to an early 1-0 lead.
They made that stand up and, for the final 20 minutes, won almost all of the 50-50 balls in securing the victory.
“We didn’t have our best game, but still out-numbered them,” Bees head coach Ken Rogoyski said about his New York State ranked 16th in Class C squad. “We’re a technical team. We need to keep the ball on the ground and pass well.”
The boys improved their record to 12-2 overall and 7-0 in division play.
After honoring senior girls Becca Johnson, Lydia Campbell and Holleyann Winder, the Bees netted four goals in the first half, including two just 25 seconds apart, in their 4-1 win over Finney.
Juniors Kelsey Fuller and Miriam Tardy continued their battle for the team scoring title as the former scored twice with one assists and the latter one goal with two assists. Both place among the top-16 in Section V in scoring with 43 (Fuller) and 42 (Tardy) points.
Fuller found the lower left corner in the fifth minute of the game after receiving a pass from Tardy at the top of the box to put the Bees ahead 1-0. She followed with an unassisted tally at 19:17.
In the 23rd minute, sophomore Zoey Chambry took a direct kick from 40 yards out where Tardy redirected a pass to a wide-open Juliana Amesbury for her third goal of the campaign.
25 seconds later it was Tardy feeding Fuller for the fourth Byron-Bergen goal before the game was halted for 30 minutes due to lightning.
Upon resumption, Finney scored at 44:28 in the second half for their only goal.
Sophomore goalkeeper Hope Hersom made four saves in the Bees net to earn the victory – their tenth of the season.
Byron-Bergen is chasing first place and undefeated Wheatland-Chili while trying to fend off Kendall in the Genesee County standings.
