
By Robert Balajadia
The Harvest Eagles set the tone early with a goal in the opening four minutes of their semifinals game against the St. John’s Knights to begin the IIAAG Boys Soccer playoffs. The team rallied behind their quick goal from leading scorer in sophomore Levi Buckwalter to dethrone the Knights 4-2 at the Eagles field.
Buckwalter took a beauty of a pass from left wing teammate Christian Shinohara, using a header to net the first goal of the game in just the 4th minute of play.
“It was a beautiful ball and I knew I just couldn’t mess that up… Our team normally is not too intense in the beginning, but when we score one it really [gets us going],” said Buckwalter on his opening game goal.
The Knights answered not long after, getting a goal from freshman Justin Li to tie the game in the 16th minute.
Buckwalter would give his team the lead in the 32nd minute after benefitting from what would have been an overpass through ball if not making a complete stop in a puddle of water. The ball stopped perfectly for Levi to pick up his dribble for a one-on-one against Knight Miles Ganeb, netting the go-ahead goal for a 2-1 lead.
The Eagles added their third goal of the game in the 48th minute after another assist from Shinohara. After taking an outside pass from Buckwalter, Shinohara didn’t spend much time thinking about where he wanted to cross the ball to, finding teammate David Thompson who used one tap to get the ball through a tight closing window for a 3-1 lead.
“The ball just found it’s way to David somehow and it was a pretty small space. You have to give props to David for that,” said Christian.
The Knights added some late game drama in the 74th minute as Knight Isaac Phillips drew a penalty whistle inside the box to set up a penalty kick. Andrew Stenson made good on the penalty, pulling his team within a single goal down 3-2.
Harvest played calm, closing out the contest with a goal from Geonhee Lee in the 76th minute to deny the Knights a chance to defend their title.
“I was so confident that our team could play through that. It was a hard goal to take, but we got out there and got another one pretty fast. It could have been dangerous for us, but we turned it around nicely,” said Buckwalter on how the team responded.
The Eagles will play the undefeated Friars in the Championship game Saturday evening after FD had gotten past the Guam High Panthers in the other semifinals game.
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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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