10/15/2008 Districts 2nd Round Ludington
Ludington 3-0
10/13/2008 Districts 1st Round Sparta
Fremont 3-2
10/10/2008 Whitehall
Whitehall 5-2
By Connie Llewellyn
The Fremont High School varsity soccer team defeated Sparta in the first round of
district tournament competition, but lost to Ludington in the next round.
The first round game at Sparta on Monday, Oct. 13, went to double overtime
before the Packers defeated the host team by 3 to 2.
Fremont was losing at halftime and did not appear to get much going until, with
13 minutes left in the match; Keith Marek passed the ball to Reed Luchies, who scored
Fremont’s first goal. The second goal came just 15 seconds later on a crossed
ball by Luchies to Dylan Graves.
The first overtime was scoreless, with Sparta getting the better scoring opportunities.
Adam Hawes was in net for the Packers for the last 20 minutes of regulation and
both overtimes, and made several impressive saves.
With 7:54 left in the second overtime, Luchies received a ball from Tony Chandonnet,
beat the keeper to the ball and placed it past his hands for the game-winner.
Graves made 12 saves in net and Hawes made six saves for the Packers.
Playing in their second round game on Wednesday, Oct. 15 in Sparta, the Packers
lost to Ludington in a 3-0 shutout. Ludington led by 2-0 at the half and scored
the final goal with two minutes left in the match. The Packers were outshot by 4
to 12. Graves made two saves and Hawes made seven.
In their final regular season match on Friday, Oct. 10, the Packers lost to Whitehall
by 5 to 2. Luchies assisted Chandonnet on both goals. Whitehall outshot Fremont
by 11 to 9. Graves made six saves.
Overall, the Packers ended their season with a 12-7-2 record.
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