Three space H.S. soccer groups are nonetheless alive and making ready for playoff video games on Friday – Lancaster Eagle-Gazette

LANCASTER — Three Lancaster-area highschool soccer groups are nonetheless alive within the playoffs and can play within the regional quarterfinals on Friday, Nov. 7.
In Division III, Area 11, No. 7 Bloom-Carroll (8-3) will journey to face No. 2 Licking Valley (10-0). No. 8 Fairfield Union (7-4) is at No. 1 New Lexington (9-1) in Division IV, Area 15, and in Division VII, Area 27, No. 3 Fisher Catholic (8-2) hosts No. 11 Danville (6-5) at Fulton Discipline.
This might be a repeat of final 12 months’s playoff recreation. The Panthers have been capable of decelerate the Bulldogs’ high-powered offense simply sufficient to return away with a victory at dwelling.
This season, Bloom-Carroll, which is led by senior linebacker Aidan Scholz, who has 139 tackles, depends on its protection. The Bulldogs have allowed 17 factors or fewer in all however one recreation. The Panthers earned a first-round bye, whereas Bloom-Carroll needed to rally for a 21-14 win in opposition to Linden McKinley in its first playoff recreation. Bloom-Carroll trailed 14-7 halfway by the fourth quarter earlier than scoring a pair of touchdowns, the primary approaching a 33-yard landing move from Matthew Cline to Evan Cardenas, and the game-winner was a landing run from Kyson Cline.
The Panthers are led by quarterback Brody Rodgers, who has accomplished an eye-popping 74 % of his passes for 1,674 yards and 18 touchdowns, whereas Donevin Ghiloni has rushed for 1,383 yards and 17 touchdowns.
This might be a rematch of Week 1 when the Falcons misplaced 26-6 to New Lexington. Fairfield Union has overcome a gradual begin after going simply 1-3 in its first 4 video games. Nonetheless, since then, the Falcons have gained six of their final seven video games and are at present on a five-game successful streak, together with a playoff-opening 22-3 win over Heath. The mixed opponents’ report of the Falcons’ 4 losses is 36-7.
The Falcons prefer to run the ball, and junior Dean Clark has had the new hand of late by dashing for over 300 yards and 6 touchdowns within the final two video games.
The Irish shocked many this season, and whereas they needed to overcome main accidents, they saved discovering methods to win. They earned a first-round bye, and it couldn’t have come at a greater time to hopefully get a few of their key gamers again.
Danville enters the sport with 5 losses, however the Blue Devils have a wealthy successful custom within the playoffs. They appear to have their offensive rhythm as a result of within the final two video games, they’ve scored a mixed 106 factors, beating rival East Knox 52-12, and within the opening spherical of playoffs, cruised previous Central Catholic 54-0.
Tom Wilson is a sports activities reporter for the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette. Contact him at 740-689-5150 or through e-mail at twilson@gannett.com for feedback or story suggestions. Observe him on X at twil2323.

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