Story By Jeffery Gibert
West
Potomac Senior, DigitalSports Intern
Photos and Videos By Sam Briggs
West Potomac Sophomore, DigitalSports Intern
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Six Mount Vernon seniors scored as they trounced Stuart, 18-6, this past Thursday on Senior Night.
“Stuart on Senior Night [and] to win by so much … that’s just fun,” Major senior midfielder Brett Kitchen said.
The scoring got started very early in this slug fest. Mount Vernon senior midfield Brandon O’Clisham scored in the opening minute of the game to give his team a 1-0 lead, but Raider junior Ty Goodson tied the game less than a minute later.
Kitchen put the Majors back ahead by one with 5 minutes, 6 seconds to play in the first quarter, but again the Raiders quickly answered. At the 4:36 mark, Stuart freshman attacker Griffin Jones knotted the score again.
Kitchen scored the second of his four goals on the night at the 2:07 mark and senior attack Austin Myhre added another for Mount Vernon with just 0:32 left to put the Majors ahead, 4-2, after one quarter of play.
The margin could have been a lot larger if it wasn’t for Raider senior goalie Daniel Tran’s numerous spectacular saves.
“Four goals is fun,” Kitchen said. “That’s a career high for me.”
But Mount Vernon broke the game open in the second quarter, when six different Majors combined to post eight unanswered goals in a seven-minute span. Myhre and O’Clishman scored twice each during that span, while Kitchen, senior attacker Luis Callejas, senior midfielder Brian Green and junior attacker Brendan Doyle added one goal a piece.
“We dished the ball around and got some[reserves] that hardly ever score some points,” Kitchen said. “That made me feel good.”
In the third quarter, Doyle set the record for most assists in a game by a Mount Vernon player. He had eight on the night with the record-breaking assist coming on one of Myhre’s six goals in the game.
“The feeds were there all night, so it was pretty easy,” Doyle said. “It feels good. I’ll be in Mount Vernon history forever.”
Added Myhre: “I’ve never scored six goals before, so it was pretty special.”
The number 22 proved very hot in that third quarter. Players wearing No. 22 scored five of the seven goals in the quarter — three by Myhre and two by Raider sophomore midfielder C.J. Ludwig.
Callejas and senior attacker Scott Bauer also added goals for the Majors in the quarter.
Stuart did close the game out on a high note, as freshman attacker Joe Dubas helped the Raiders outscore the Majors, 2-1, in the final quarter. Mount Vernon’s goal was scored by Kitchen.
“Mount Vernon is a great team to be on,” senior attacker James Lamm said. “Werre hoping to take it to regionals this year.”
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