Granite Bay Varsity Soccer Team defeats Whitney Wildcats in the season’s second game

The GBHS Varsity Soccer Team crushed the second game of the year with a 6-0 final score.

The game took place on the football field on Wednesday, September 1^st at 7:00 PM and was a great start for this season.

With the event of the Youth Soccer Night occurring the same evening, there was a large crowd of fans and younger soccer players cheering for them as they took on the Whitney High School Wildcats for the first time this year.

Before the start of the game, the players were escorted onto the field by Eureka Youth Soccer players, a tradition of Youth Soccer Night.

The first half of the game was slow, with a few strikes from both teams.  The Grizzlies had two very nice strikes in the first 20 minutes, one by Kendall Modiste (#10) and one by Connor Puhala (#22).

The Grizzlies played mostly on the offense, keeping the ball close to Whitney’s goal box. Lucas Schorer (#4) was a key member in defense, making sure the Wildcats could never get too close to Granite Bay’s goal. Kevin Hollingshead (#12) also did well as goalie, blocking any attempt at the goal by Whitney players.

Both Connor Puhala and Connor Hallisey (#7) were key players on offense, making several strikes and attacks.

The first half ended 0-0, but with great attempts from both teams.

After the half-time 10-minute game between the U-11 Boys Select Soccer teams, the second half of the game began and the Grizzlies took charge of the game from the very moment it started.

A few seconds into the second half, Tanner Thompson (#16) scored a swift goal.

10 minutes later, Tyler Thompson (#23) scored the second goal for the Grizzlies with Cody Giddings (#18) on assist.

Tyler Thompson also scored the third goal for Granite Bay as a result of the ball hitting the side pole of the goal box and bouncing in, making it his second goal of the game.

A few minutes later, Tanner Thompson made a penalty kick into the goal, making it his second goal of the game as well.

The fifth goal for Granite Bay was brought in by Kendall Modiste with Cody Giddings on assist.

Ben Steinher made the final goal of the game for the Grizzlies in the last two minutes, bringing the final score to 6-0 and defeating the Whitney High School Wildcats.