
By Robert Balajadia
Harvest Eagles Marlon Evans played way ahead of his normal position against the Southern Dolphins, though that didn’t stop him from scoring a hat-trick (3 goals) in their big 6-0 victory over the defending champions who are in the process of rebuilding.
“I usually play a different position, against my own goal instead of going against the opponents goal. One of our players, Ricky Katsumata, is representing Guam right now as a part of Matao in Taipei. I don’t do it as good as him, but I’m just trying to do my job and whatever it takes,” said the humble Evans.
Evans scored his first goal early midway through the first half as he put on an array of fancy footwork against the Dolphins defense at the top of the goal box, eventually getting a solid leg in to the left corner of the post to put the Eagles up 2-0.
Harvest got their first score from Takumi Ito as he controlled the ball from the top of the goal box, slamming a shot to the right corner to begin their run.

Evans scores his third goal of the evening after putting moves on the Dolphins defense. (photo by Robert Balajadia)
Right before the half ended, Eagles forward Anthony Dungca snuck past the defense after a great assists from the midfield as he quickly put Harvest up 3-0, taking all momentum away.
Keeping their foot on the gas pedal, Evans scored two goals in the first 15 minutes of the second half, showing again his impressive footwork and ability to dance around the defense.
“It was a really different feeling out there today,” said Evans on playing forward. “I have such good teammates who were able to get the me ball and because of them, I was able to perform well today.”
Harvest then got a break away goal in the closing 10 minutes from James Jeong as the Eagle defense cleared the ball giving James a one-on-one with the Dolphins goalie for the score.
Southern appeared to have scored a goal in the first half off a bomb from midfield, but the ball took a fortunate Eagles bounce after appearing to hit the net making it seem as if it went off the post instead.

After appearing to hit the net, the ball bounced back to the Eagles erasing a possible Dolphins goal. (photo by Robert Balajadia)
The refs never saw the ball before the Harvest goalie could snatch it out of the air preventing the Dolphins from attaining possible a 1-0 lead within the first 10 minutes of action.
The Eagles are soaring to a 2-0 start while the Dolphins drop to 0-2, giving six goals in each other their losses. This is very much a rebuilding year for Southern after being one of the top boys soccer schools for the past few years.
“Even though we are coming off two wins our goals from the beginning of the season hasn’t changed. There hasn’t been a huge shift of motivation because we’ve been motivated from the start,” said Evans.
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GPS Sports Calendar
February 2023
- SU
- MO
- TU
- WE
- TH
- FR
- SA
Events for January
1st
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
2nd
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
Events for February
3rd
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
TRITONS BASEBALL INVITATIONAL PLAYOFFS
Events for February
4th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Events for February
6th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
7th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
8th
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
9th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
Events for February
10th
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
TRITONS BASEBALL INVITATIONAL FINALS
Events for February
11th
Events for February
13th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
14th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
15th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
Events for February
16th
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
Events for February
17th
ISA TRACK & FIELD MEET
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
Events for February
18th
World Athletics Cross Country Championships
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
Events for February
19th
SPRINT TRIATHLON, PACIFIC GAMES QUALIFIER
MONSTER ENERGY MOTOCROSS ROUND 2
Events for February
20th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
21st
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
22nd
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL
Events for February
23rd
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
Events for February
24th
ISA GIRLS SOCCER
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL QUARTERFINALS
Events for February
24th
Events for February
25th
Events for February
27th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
ISA BOYS BASKETBALL SEMIFINALS
ISA GIRLS SOCCER SEMIFINALS
Events for February
28th
IIAAG BEACH VOLLEYBALL FINALS
ISA BASEBALL LEAGUE SEMIFINALS
IIAAG TENNIS LEAGUE
IIAAG BOYS BASKETBALL SEMIFINALS

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