GHV soccer team ends season with Regional loss

by Michelle Watson

The season came to a close for the Garner-Hayfield-Ventura soccer team as they fell in the opening round of playoffs on Monday, May 20, at home.  The Cardinals didn’t go down without a fight, losing to Grundy Center/Gladbooke in double overtime, 2-1.

Austin Bahensky scored GHV’s lone goal on a penalty kick.

Recording shots on goal were Bahensky with three and Ty Abele, Kevin Meyers, Jace Pringnitz and Jared Graham all had one.

Landon Dalbeck was the starting goalkeeper for the game.

The team ended the season with a 6-9 record.  The team will say good-bye to eight seniors, Matthew Barrickman, Bahensky, Pringnitz, Dalton Hawe, Graham, Abele, Dakota Burress, Erik Goll and Dalbeck.

GHV 6, Charles City 1

The Garner-Hayfield-Ventura boys soccer team dominated Charles City on Monday, May 13, in a 6-1 victory.

The Cards started a bit slow, but got things rolling with a throw in goal in the first half.

“We struggled maintaining possession throughout the first half,” said Coach Joe Albertson.  “In the second half, we did a better job making more opportunities to take quality shots on goal, and it led to a few goals.  It was good to get back in the winning column.”

Jared Graham scored the first goal early in the game with an assist from Austin Bahensky.  Graham and Bahensky paired up again for the second goal less than a minute after the first goal.  Jared Shaw connected on one more goal in the first half.  He was assisted by Dakota Burress.

The Cardinals scored three more goals in the second half.  Graham connected on two goals, while Bahensky, with an assist from Evan Sloan, also scored.

Landon Dalbeck spent the majority of the game in goal.  He had two saves and one goal scored

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against him.  Nathan Roberts had 1:30 in the net.

Bahensky had seven shots on goal, while Graham had five and Shaw two.  Ben Furst and Isaac Knutson each had one shot on goal.

Webster City 1, GHV 0

The Cardinals came out on the losing end of a hard fought battle against Webster City on Tuesday, May 14.  The Lynx scored on a penalty kick for the 1-0 victory.

Starters included Landon Dalbeck, Ethan Kale, Jace Pringnitz, Isaac Knutson, Jared Graham, Ty Abele, Evan Sloan, Ryan Hackenmiller, Kevin Meyers, Jared Shaw and Austin Bahensky.  Also seeing playing time was Will Eastman, Jack Ermer, Dalton Graff, Ben Furst, Dakota Burress and Nathan Roberts.

Dalbeck spend most of the night in the net.  He had five saves and one goal scored against him,  Roberts played 1:30 minutes as goalkeeper.

Furst had two shots on goal, while Hackenmiller, Meyers, Knutson, Graham and Bahensky all had one shot on goal.

“We had some great chances, and we probably could have had a few more if we could have kept the ball in the scoring third of the field,” said Coach Albertson.

Denver 3, GHV 1

The Cardinals moved their record to 6-8 with a loss to Denver on Thursday, May 16.

“The amount of games this week, long bus rides, heat, and lack of starters playing could have affected us, but the reality was that we did not come ready to play,” said coach Albertson.  “Kevin Meyers did a nice job setting us up for a go ahead score, but it was downhill after that.”

Graham scored GHV’s lone goal on a penalty kick.

Graham had three shots on goal.  Shaw, Abele and Furst all had one shot on goal.

Dalbeck spent 75 minutes in goal and had three goals scored against him.  Roberts was in the net for 15 minutes.

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