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Foley, AL - The luck
of the Irish was not with Foley High School Friday night as the
Fairhope Pirates boys and girls varsity teams combined for
convincing wins at Foley Stadium. The lassies found the back of the
net six times and the laddies pounded Foley as six Pirates found the net on the way to a
9-1 victory.
Senior
co-captain Jordan Sinclair scored first in the 3rd
minute off of co-captain Ryan Strachan's through-ball. Two minutes later Strachan was mugged in the box and Sinclair converted the PK. (No
arrest warrants were sworn-out as of press-time.)
 In
the 14th minute Tim Canarela connected a through-ball to junior Drew
Dolan (right) for the score. Five minutes later junior Stanton Lee
found Strachan for some juk and jive and net. Count to 120 and the
Pirates ring up another on a Brian
Keyser-to-Lee-to-Strachan-to-keeper-to-Strachan ping-pong score. The
first half ended with Fairhope on top 5-0 and reserves holding down
the fort.
The second half opened with the same mostly-reserves squad on the
pitch for the Pirates. Reserve keeper Steven Ard make a leaping save
to deflect a hard shot off of the cross bar, only to have an alert
Foley striker chip the ball into the goal. The deflection appeared
to many Fairhope faithful to also have deflected off of the
pointy-ball cross bar 18" above the true-football cross bar, but
none of the equine-striped officials agreed, and the goal stood.
 That
play ignited the Pirates and in the 26th minute Sam Nokovich (left)
passed to Lee who danced through two defenders before burying the
ball in the net. Count again, this time to 180 and Drew Barnet
played what may have been the best pass of the night through
defenders to hit a streaking Lee who dodged, shot, and
scored.
Three minutes before
full time Nokovich found Barnett for the point and with 60 ticks on
the clock Allen crossed to Ricky Harris to close out the scoring.
The Pirate defense
was a virtual lion cage with strong play from senior sweeper Ben
Kuyk, junior defenders Sam Miller and David Anderson and freshman
stopper Nathan Haywood. Starting keeper Steven Pearson was not
challenged.
Fairhope is now tied with Robertsdale for the lead in the 6A
Section 2 race with three wins and no losses. The Pirates face Montgomery’s #4
ranked Trinity Presbyterian’s Wildcats at noon on Saturday at W.C. Majors Field
at Fairhope Municipal Stadium.
Boys game photos
here.
Girls game photos
here.
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