JDHS boys pitched 7-1 by West Anchorage

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The Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé boys soccer team did not respond as heartily Saturday as West Anchorage after both sides played to a 1-1 tie Friday at Adair Kennedy Memorial Park, and the Crimson Bears suffered a 7-1 loss to the Eagles.

“It came crashing down,” JDHS coach Gary Lehnhart said. “When things are going well it is pretty easy to be happy and energetic…but some things bounced the other way and we didn’t respond. In fact, we did worse than that.”

West were the aggressors from the start and JDHS country wise email marketing list played back on their heels.

Eagles junior Adoum Abakar put the first shot on frame and Crimson Bears sophomore keeper Erik Thompson covered it but soon after Eagles junior Musa Marrah scored for a 1-0 lead.

Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé junior Noah Ault (3) marks West Anchorage junior Musa Marrah (9) during the Crimson Bears’ 7-1 loss to the Eagles on Saturday at Adair Kennedy Memorial Park. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé junior Noah Ault (3) marks West Anchorage junior Musa Marrah (9) during the Crimson Bears’ 7-1 loss to the Eagles on Saturday at Adair Kennedy Memorial Park. (Klas Stolpe / Juneau Empire)

West junior Zane Larsen hit a corner that JDHS senior Ahmir Parker headed clear. That started a small Crimson Bears run that ended with senior Kai Ciambor rocketing a shot off a defender resulting in a JDHS corner, and then a JDHS throw-in and a shot high by senior Owen Rumsey.

West junior Luca Driscoll would hit inside the netting to the right of the JDHS keeper from 15 yards out for a 2-0 lead.

A JDHS free kick opportunity from Parker was shut down by West, and they would carry the next four attacking moments with a shot by Marrah and corners by Larsen and Abakar and another score from five yards out by Driscoll in a scrum pushed the lead to 3-0.

“It was a hard game,” West’s Driscoll said. “They were talking a lot of smack at some points so we just had to stay in it and hold our own, and we did a great job scoring seven goals. Our intensity was there the whole game, everyone was really trying…We are all just playing the game so it’s all for fun. I mean, yeah, it’s good to have it be competitive, but at the end of the day we are all just competing out there so we all have to be a little bit nice to each other and supportive…This road trip was hard. We flew out on Tuesday night and have played every day.”