Boys U9 Teams Clobber Westford

BU9-2 Tewksbury 5  Westford 1

The TYSL Boys U9-2 team won again to move to 3-0 on the season with a victory over visiting Westford. The team jumped out 1-0 in the opening minutes with a goal from Logan Teixeira, who later scored again. Justin Murphy got his first 2 goals of the season and Connor Moynihan got his first as well. For the 3^rd straight game James Ministeri was solid in the net not allowing a goal. He was supported by another strong defensive effort from Cole Duffett, Owen Griffin, Lucas McFadyen, and Benny Svendsen. Mihir Bagul and Drew Timmons helped to control the offense, setting up their teammates and Drew played well in net in the 2^nd half to secure the victory.

BU9-2 Tewksbury 2 Westford  1

The TYSL Boys U9-2 team moved to 4-0 with a hard fought 2-1 victory over visiting Westford in the 2^nd of back-to-back games. The team jumped out early again 1-0 with a goal from Mihir Bagul. Westford battled back to tie it up 1-1 by halftime despite strong goaltending by James Ministeri, who allowed his first goal of the season. Connor Moynihan and Logan Teixeira helped lead the offensive attack and Justin Murphy put in the game winner scoring his 3^rd goal in the last 2 games. The defense of Cole Duffett, Owen Griffin, Lucas McFadyen, and Benny Svendsen was solid again holding off a steady offensive attack and Drew Timmons played great in net not allowing a goal in the 2^nd half to seal the victory.

BU10-2 Tewksbury 3  Somerville 2

Jack Kenneally accounted for two goals, and Tyler Demers scored the other goal for Tewksbury, Evan Zonderman rounded out the starting line assisting on the goals. They were backed by solid defense from Alec Strangmen, Max Cummings, Sean Sears and Alec Solok. Greg Sencabaugh and Shawn Manson handled goaltending duties.

The second half of the game was a defensive struggle with no goals scored but several solid shots on goal from Chris Melo, Max Cummings and Evan Zonderman. It was a solid team effort to get the first win of the season, great job.

BU14-1  Tewksbury   4   Reading    0

The Tewksbury U14 division 1 boy’s soccer team continued their winning streak with a 4-0 victory over Reading. After warming up and then being forced to sit around for an hour, Tewksbury got off to a sluggish start and Reading had a couple of breakaways right off the bat, but talented goalie Nick McKeon was able to make some fantastic saves, to keep Reading from scoring. The Tewksbury offense began to come alive and started penetrating the Reading defense but was unable to get any shots on goal. Finally, Tewksbury defenseman, Alex Froment sent the ball flying up to Connor McLean, who drilled it into the net to put Tewksbury on the board 1-0 at the half.

 In the second half, Connor McLean dribbled his way around the Reading defense, passed to Joshua Cabral who drilled the ball into the back of the net. Tewksbury defensemen and mid fielders, put the brakes on the Reading offense and Reading spent very little time on the Tewksbury side of the field. Defensemen, Ryan Bain booted the ball to forward, Connor Blair, who was able to put the ball, in the left hand corner, just out of reach of the Reading goalie. Tewksbury did not let up and offensive midfielder, Josh Cabral, once again passed the ball up to Connor Blair, who drilled it into the net, for the 4^th goal.

Goalie Nick McKeon handed over the reins to Ryan Bain, and moved up to forward. Nick had a couple of great shots on goal but the Reading goalie made some tremendous saves and kept McKeon from scoring. When the final whistle blew, Tewksbury had their third win of the season and are looking forward to their matchup with Woburn next weekend.