Thank you for saying you saw tin The Rare Reminder 11/6/14 by Dave Buraham Pordand High School wat the scene of a Halloween night teat for fans of the ‘Gromvell High Schoolboys soccer tan. ‘There was po ricking the Panthers (143-1) ss thay boat top seeded O14yme in atl Ing 2-1 overtime victory to win the Shore- line Conference championship final in cold, tain conditions. “it was am amazing game.” sid Pane thers head coach Jonathan Harder “Both teams jst gave it heir al I was one ofthe ‘most competive games I've been involved in, Overtime was a wild 20 minutes, abate ‘of will Asa cach in these types of game Sous become smother specs andy 0 Enjoy the ie "The ride was a wild on. Senior Dylan Davis opened the sering for Crome ith the first sho ofthe game after 10 nites of the frat al. The Wilda ted the game 10 tines nto the scond hal bak oa goal ffom Alex Clippinger, ‘Old Lyme pressed hard fra winner but ran nts one-man roadblock inthe shape of Panthers goalkesper Ryan Murph. "The Wildcus. attack peppered. the {Cromwell geal but mighty Murphy stood tal and put his body i font of everything that came his way ‘A the gate went fo overtime, both teams traded scoring chances, Ait Sistov iad rocket oF ashot saved by OW Lyme goalkeeper Brian Winters, olloted by Na than Peduzzi being denied by Murphy, who ‘made 10 saves inthe pe ‘With [0 lett inthe ist overtime pe ‘od, Jared Grant sored Crome second foal to give the #2-seoded Panhers thie Second SLC tie of Harder’ tenure 3nd ‘hei ints nigh view. “Ryan Murphy Was just plain stella Harder said. “He's a huge eompetior and ‘wae MVP in the state cumament last yoo He loves big games end he loves sopping sats “One ofthe playes joked oa the bus Fide home that he wanted Ryan Morphy %0 Irve fis babies, which should explain host ‘mh his team mates appreciate his leader Ship He's a humble Kid anda eee com eto. He inspires the team oases evel fis" continued Harder “We've been Jered eae (ce oles sn) ard he {Da Buran eset onesie ‘shot in 80 games this year sod they were both against Ol Lyme. They realy cut us apart the Bist half abd we were fortunate to go into hale wp 1-0. In retrospect ‘seemed like oly tater of time before they would knot the seore, but we made some adjustments that allowed ws to soe them doum and mon consistent atic to keep them honest. By overtime everyone ‘was spe, but once we Scored we could Just focus on destoying what OM Lyme man- ‘ged to muster” “The Panes move onto defend thei CIAC Class state championship this week. Cromell, seeded #4, as a bye in ound one followed by a home clash with either Old Saybrook or St. Paul Casoic ‘Thursday, No.6 "We'll cover fom thes tough games ans work to pep for our opponent” ta (ed Harder. "We've played beth teams this Season so there will be no surptes eter ‘way. We us need work on our game and [Eve it everything when the whistle blows ‘Thor are some good teams in Class $ and the rankings don't mate. If we focus on What makes ws good, we'll have as good 8 chance as any Team make te ls”