Badgers deal heavy blow to Orifino
Sally Balcaen | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 9 years, 3 months AGO
<p>Elijah Price hustles bast an Orifino defender last Saturday.</p>
The Bonners Ferry boys soccer team dealt Orofino a heavy blow in a home league game with a 7-to-1 victory. "It was an easy game," said Coach Wayne Wilkerson, "It was against the team struggling with numbers." Orofino doesn't have a complete boys team; several girls play on the team as well. Wilkerson decided to use the opportunity to have all his players practice. "We tried to make it a challenge for ourselves," said Wilkerson, "We limited ourselves in different ways."
Scoring was well divided between the Badgers as several players contributed a goal to the overall score. Scoring for the Badgers was senior Tristin Howell, junior Mason McGinnis, sophmore Malachi Rivkin and senior Caleb Blackmore.
Junior Daniel Streube scored twice for Bonners. Senior Elijah Price, sophmore Raul Fernandez, and Pacen Pluid each had one assist. Streube had two assists. Throughout the game, a much weaker Orofino team struggled to organize and move past the Badger defense. The Maniacs only managed one goal; Nathan Drubish scored for Orofino with only 12 minutes left in the game. Such a lead also let Wilkerson allow the younger players to have more time on the field than usual. "We had some really good play, we worked a lot on stuff that we needed to perfect," said Wilkerson.
The Bonners Ferry boys have districts at Lakeland on Oct. 10.
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