Braveheart Soccer......Historical Records

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Central had five different players score and 4 others get assists. Sophomore Kevin Ebert scored his first varsity goal on a nice pass from Jeff Gannon as the Raiders opened up a 1-0 lead at the 12 minute mark of the first half. One minute later Tri-captain Joe Mead scored off a pass from Jon Kasper to make the score 2-0. Another Tri-Captain, Justin Waitt, megged the goalie to get the Raiders third goal. Jon Kasper notched anothe rpoint as he scored the final first half goal for the Raiders on a pass from Ryan McCarthy, his first varsity assist. In the second half, Mike MacDonald scored a nice goal on a pass from Steve Perry to close out the Raider scoring. John McGinness got the shouout in goal, his third of the season. The Raider record is now 6-2-1 overall and 5-1 in MVC play. The Central squad next take on Methuen at Greater Lawrence Tech on Tuesday, October 3, in a non-league contest.

Central Catholic went into Haverhill Stadium knowing that they needed to score in order to stay with upset minded Haverhill. Haverhill, who is having its best season in recent history, has been scoring a ton lately so the Raiders tried to take care of business early. Knowing that Haverhill plays a four man front with lots of scoring punch, Central was able to attack their defense and score early as Steve Perry continues his hot touch with a goal at the 3 minute mark of the first half. Joe Mead and Jason Rourke provided the assists. Jeff Gannon scored at the 20 minute mark as Rourke once again was the playmaker. Perry and Gannon combined for the third goal at the 25 minute mark and Mike MacDonald took a Pass from Ryan Veith and beat the goalie with a nifty left footer from 25 yards out. The second half was a completely different game as Haverhill came out stormin'. They dominated play for 25 minutes but were only able to convert on one opportunity, a dead ball goal by Henry Marin, at the 52 minute mark of the contest. Although they were able to keep up the pressure Central responded with a solid finish. Jay Rourke took a pass from Ross Tremblay at the 68 minute mark and beat the keeper. Jeff Gannon Closed out the scoring on a dead ball goal at the 84th minute. Alex deSorgo was big in net for the Raiders with 9 saves. Central is now 5-2-1 and plays Lawrence on Thursday, 9-28, at the South Lawrence East School at 3:30 PM.

Central's Raiders extended their season opening string to four games without a loss as they defeated Methuen's Rangers 3-0. The Raiders are now 3-0-1 overall and 3-0 in MVC play. Central opened the scoring early as Joe Mead took a crisp pass from Jason Rourke and tucked it past Methuen's goalie at the three minute mark of the first half. Shortly thereafter Joe Mead assisted Jeff Gannon on his first goal of the season at the fifteen minute mark. Methuen came out strong in the second half but Justin Waitt and his defensive crew were up to the task as they shut down a swarming Methuen offense. Methuen had only 5 shots on goal for the night and John McGinness recorded his second shutout of the young season. Jeff Gannon had his second goal of the game at the 38 minute mark of the second half on a nice pass from Mike MacDonald.

Please email Coach Flaherty so he can update this column with info from alumni. Soccer news, school news etc. Anything will do. Where Are They Now? Here is where the last FEW year's soccer players are going to school. I know I have missed many so let me know. Class of 2008 Brendan Slein Univ. of NH Sean Bakhtiari Bentley Garrett Amaru Providence Mike Zappala Boston College KB Oshodi Drexel University Mukena Mbiye Bentley Marc Teal Roger Williams Ryan Emery Roger Williams Jay Smith Southeastern Mass University Anthony Tringale Gerry Gagnon Class of 2007 John Bernat Merrimack Corey Highfield Babson Tommy Folinus Florida James Bizeur Umass Lowell Jonathan Machado Mark McComiskey Conor Hillman Syracuse Class of 2006 Sean Bakhtiari Providence...varsity soccer as well... Evan McGee..Merrimack Nate Bartlett..Merrimack Jason Sarbanis....Bryant Troy Rurak....MIT CLASS OF 2005 BEN KIELEY...UNH CHRIS VALENCE...BRYANT Class of 2004 Mike Nimerowski...Bentley Steve Elia...UMASS Lowell Chris Carrozza...American International College made Varsity as starter..way to go Chris! Matt Guessetto...Merrimack College Mike Napolitano...Merrimack College Peter Dolan.... Bryce Taft... Justin Lafond... Patrick Veale... Peter Rojas...UMASS, Amherst Class of 2003 Sean Burkhart...University of Richmond Kevin Ebert...University OF NH Ryan McCarthy...Bentley College...Varsity team Matt Venus...Bentley College Kevin Towler...Georgetown Alan Pepin...Merrimack College Alex deSorgo....University of Massachusetts Lowell Court Hillman...Boston College Anthony Trovato...Bentley College Bill Watkins... Josh Bartlett...University of NH Ok I am sure I missed someone..... Class of 2002 John McGinness...Boston College Ryan Veith...University of Kentucky Mark Ebert..Univ. of St Louis, Missouri Mike MacDonald..University of New Hampshire Mike Casale..Villanova University..Pennsylvania Tim Bourque..University of New Hampshire Jon Kasper..Villanova University, Pennsylvania Mike Coyne...Providence College, Rhode Island Jeff Gannon...Northeastern Iniversity, Varsity Team Ross Tremblay..SouthEastern Massachusetts University Class of 2001 Tim Woitkun....Hofstra, New York Rich Crowley...Providence College, Rhode Island Jason Rourke...University of New Hampshire Joe Mead.....Univ. of Notre Dame, Indianna Matt Moccia....University of New Hampshire Mike MacDonald..University of New Hampshire Class of 2000 Colin Smith.....Cornell, New York Matt Sarbanis...Univ. Of Notre Dame, Indiana (graduated..masters program at Univ of Notre Dame, graduated) DJ Gwizdak......UConn, Connecticut Paul Giarrantano.Georgetown, DC Sean Thomann....Cornell, New York Class of 1999 Justin Bendezewicz..Keene State, New Hamp. Rich Sweeney....Boston College, Massachusetts Kevin Salvo...Stonehill, Massachusetts Brandon Newhouse...St Anselms, New Hampshire