2010 St. Thomas Aquinas Boys Soccer

Pelham Game


The Saints hosted the Pelham High School Pythons.

The Saints started with the kick off.  Jeff King started as the lone striker.  The midfield was Nik Karamourtopoulos, Mike Fort, Ed Conroy, Jon DiPietro and Dan Perreault.  The Defense was Jon Kiskinis, Mike Kubiczki, Noah Schwaegerle and David Ham.  Seldon Cook started between the pipes for the Saints.

St. Thomas vs Pelham 2010

At the 5 minute mark Jon Nartiff went in at the Striker position.

St. Thomas vs Pelham 2010

At the 10 minute mark Connor Bailey and Andrew Civiello went in at outside midfield.

St. Thomas vs Pelham 2010

At the 17 minute mark King took a through ball and raced the Python defense to the goal line.  He turned and sent a pass back across the box to a trailing Karamourtopoulos who buried the shot into the net.  While the team started to celebrate the ref blew the whistle and called Karamourtopoulos offsides.  Everyone was even more shocked when the ball was put back at midfield and the kick given to Pelham.

St. Thomas vs Pelham 2010

This only added more determination to the Saints attack.  4 minutes later at 21:29 Nartiff sent a quick one touch pass to Fort who went in on the Python Keeper and beat him to the lower right corner to put the Saints on the board.

St. Thomas vs Pelham 2010

Sebastian Olsen went in at Midfield to give the central trio a breather.

St. Thomas vs Pelham 2010


At 30:04 the Saints were awarded a corner kick that was taken by DiPietro.  The high arcing cross was coming down on the penalty mark as the Pelham keeper came out to collect it, Kiskinis ran on and headed it into the right side of the net to make it 2-0.

St. Thomas vs Pelham 2010

The game started to get more physical as the Pythons worked to get back in the game.  Conroy was kicked in the ankle so hard he came off the field and ended up leaving for x-rays before the game was even over.

St. Thomas vs Pelham 2010

At Halftime the Saints were up 2-0 and feeling pretty much in control.

St. Thomas vs Pelham 2010

The saints worked even harder in the second half to control play and get another goal.

St. Thomas vs Pelham 2010

Players were working hard to keep playing the ball and ignore the fouls from the frustrated Python players.

St. Thomas vs Pelham 2010

Jon DeWolfe saw time up top as striker trying to get his shot on goal.  He came close a few times.

St. Thomas vs Pelham 2010

Kiskinis moved from defense to midfield for Conroy.

St. Thomas vs Pelham 2010

Nartiff and King kept alternating and making runs on the Pelham defense.

St. Thomas vs Pelham 2010

The game continued to get more physical with Pelham getting called for numerous fouls.

St. Thomas vs Pelham 2010

Evan Surprenant, Mike Dupont, JJ Brunelle, Cam Latimer and Tapley Taylor all saw time in the second half at outside mid and striker positions.

At the final whistle Saints win 2-0 and Seldon Cook makes a total of 7 saves to earn his 6th shut-out.

St. Thomas Hosts Oyster River on Friday in the final regular season game.

From Portsmouth Herald:

BOYS SOCCER

St. Thomas 2

Pelham 0

DOVER Mike Fort and Jon Kiskinis each scored a goal for St, Thomas Aquinas in this Division II contest. Jon Nartiff and Jon DiPietro each had an assist for the Saints, while goalie Seldon Cook had seven saves. St. Thomas is now 11-4.

 

From Foster's: BOYS SOCCER

High school roundup: STA boys beat Pelham

FROM STAFF REPORTS
Thursday, October 21, 2010

DOVER The St. Thomas Aquinas boys soccer team was a 2-0 winner over Pelham (9-5-1) in Division II action Wednesday.

Mike Fort and Jon Kiskinis scored for the Saints with assistance from Jon Nartiff and Jon DiPietro. Seldon Cook made seven saves for his sixth shutout.

St. Thomas (11-4) hosts Oyster River on Friday.

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