After a rough day on the field it was great to come back to the island and see Coach Rom a and his family as they were finishing off the run for Roman fundraiser. What a amazing effort by an awesome family.
Nice team effort in 2-1 win over Nichols. Graham and Abi the goals. Kyto with an assist. Amato and Aiello led the defense. Great bounce back after a disappointing result yesterday vs St. Joe’s. First league game Tuesday vs KE.
Our four seniors. Small on numbers but big on heart.
Josh Hunt-All WNY overall
Sean Graham - GWG sectional semis
Sam Carpenter - All WNY Large school.
Joe Knight - All WNY Large schools
NFL champs
Sectional co-champs
GAME DAY PLAYOFFS!
The Buff News gave some bad info in the paper yesterday. We are in fact at home today (6PM) against Depew/Cleve Hill. We are NOT playing at 6:30 @ All High. We hope this does not cause any confusion for the 1000’s of fans expected to be in attendance tonight!
12 different players get points. 7 different scorers in 7-1 win over depew Cleve hill.
Brady Hofmeyer 1g 1a
Mark Steck 1g 1a
@Will_Soos
1g
@Austin_hogan_12
1g
Abi Selvakumar 1g
Joe Knight 1g
Alex Gottler 1g
Anthony Amato 1a
@colekramer12345
1a
@rrobinson9
1a
Amazing effort from the boys today. Every Viking that stepped on that field left everything they had out there. Controlled the first half but could not find the back of the net. Took a pk with three minutes left to beat us. Heads high vikes you deserved better.
Went from 3-8 to sectional finals. What a resilient group. Never gave up and definitely had our chances to keep going but the ball did not bounce our way. Disappointing ending but no matter what the result, we still had a great year.
Ken East played tight defensively but
@joshuahunt46
finally broke through with a header in overtime from assist machine Jonny Minton.
@SamuelDavidCar6
with the shutout.
@SamuelDavidCar6
was spectacular today in the Sectional Championship game vs Williamsville East! Here is his second PK save in regulation time. Yes, I said his second PK save.
@GIVSoccer
@GrandIslandCSD
Here is the link to watch a live stream of the Boys Varsity Soccer Championship Sectional game as
@GIVSoccer
faces Williamsville East! Tune in at 1:30 PM!
Austin Hogan with 2️⃣ unassisted goals is your man of the match tonight vs
@NTJacksSoccer
3-2 overtime win. Great all around effort by the boys, especially after falling behind twice.
@kencarterGI
with the other goal. Assist to
@colekramer12345
5 WWWWW ‘s in a row. Feeling good heading into sectional play. Kyle Vanderzell’s second of the game with three minutes left gives the boys the win against Lockport. Graer Howell and
@benny95defranks
with the 🍎
The boys have won four in a row with tonight’s 1-0 win over Lewport.
@AlexGottler
gets the only goal on an assist from SeanGraham.
@SamuelDavidCar6
gets his fourth straight shutout
Grand Island honored senior soccer players after their last NFL home matches. For
@GIVSoccer
: Sam Carpenter, Josh Hunt (3), Joe Knight (18) & Sean McMann (4); for
@GIVS_GIRLS
: Callie Sommer, Camille Burruano & Giuliana Congi. (Photos by
@LarrySidelines
)
@rrobinson9
with the gw in double ot. Kyle Vanderzell 1g and 1a. Nathan hunt with some giant saves in the 2-1 win. Vikings improve to 3-0 in ot this year. Strong effort from the D especially after losing Mike Marino on a brutal foul.
Win and advance. Your boys advance to the semis. 1-0 win over a very good Starpoint team. We win on the backs of a Brandon Farquharson goal with a brilliant assist to Noah Magee. Great team defense resulted in a clean sheet for Marcus Tittle.
@kencarterGI
scores four minutes into the game. Complete team defensive effort the rest of the way in front of Nathan Hunt who made some big stops in the shutout win. GI moving on to friday’s semifinal at tonawanda. 5pm
#nevillestrong
Where to begin? What a night! Your favorite soccer team upsets an extremely talented
#1
seed
@wshsmenssoccer
to advance to the class A finals. Gutsy performances and hard work all around by both teams. We were lucky enough to finish one more chance than they did!
Losing 2 key starters did not help our cause tonight but we have to hand it to
@wshsmenssoccer
. They came to work tonight. Best of luck the rest of the way. Thank you to our 13 seniors for all their work over the years. It will be tough to replace this group.
Hope we aren’t jinxing ourselves by letting everyone know this, but your Vikings are 5-0 in the coin toss this year.
#undefeated
we will also take on any challengers in RPS.
Your favorite team opened the season with a bunch of goals. 9 different players with goals or assists. Check out the highlights-
@GNN_Sports_
@WNYAthletics
🎥 Cred:
@BrianSGraham
A couple schools nominated us to post a goal celebration. Has us reminiscing and watching old highlights from our state tournament runs in 16 and 17. What great teams. Here’s two goals in first five mins of far west regional.
You can’t stop Kyto, you can only hope to contain him. Kyto Magee plays the hero role with a goal in overtime against
@KenWest_soccer
Assist from Sean Graham on a play created by the hustle of Graer Howell. Great back and forth game that could have gone either way.
Way too soon. You will be missed Coach! Great accomplishments over the years but the way he treated people and the life lessons he taught extended his reach way beyond the soccer field. A tweet could never sum up everything he meant to the Island. RIP
@TonawandaCSD
Peter Kuehne coached boys soccer for Grand Island Central Schools from 1986 to 2009. He was named Niagara Frontier League Coach of the Year in 1998. In 2018, he was named the Niagara Frontier League Cornerstone Award recipient of GI for his lifetime contributions to GI soccer.
Your 2020 Niagara Frontier League boys soccer champions: Grand Island High School.
@GIVSoccer
were 2-1 winners over Lockport at Niagara-Wheatfield last night in the
@NiagaraLeague
crossover championship match. Goals by Josh Hunt and Abi Selvakumar. (Photo by
@LarrySidelines
)
Almost impossible to pick one so here we go ➡️Men of the match a thread…
Marcus Tittle- too many big saves to count including a pk stop. (His third of the season) The only shot that beats him was another pk.
Injuries have hit your Vikings hard this opening week of the season. 5 starters out or limited. Showed flashes of good play in big losses to Clarence and Lancaster. Looking forward to getting our guys healthy this weekend and showing some improved play heading into league play
Down 2 starters and lost 2 more during the game, your Vikings jumped to an early 2-0 lead but ran out of gas in the second half. A penalty given up with 3 minutes left gave
@clarence_soccer
a 3-2 win. Exciting game. Good luck to Clarence the rest of the way.
3 games this week. Three shutouts. Four in a row. Strong defense and goaltending have us at 9 wins in a row. 7-0 in league play. 12 different scorers. 16 players with points.
#bythenumbers
Great possession leads to a 2-0 win over the lumberjacks. The win clinched first place in our division. Senior night Friday against lewport to close out the regular season.
We were only ahead for 17seconds tonight, but it was the right 17 seconds to be ahead.
@JacobJayme
with the game winner off a scrum in the box that had at least 17 players in there.
@joshuahunt46
got the other goal. Sean Graham with two assists.
1-1 tie on senior night Friday against Lew Port. Your Vikings finish league play undefeated heading into the NFL championship game Thursday against Niagara Wheatfield. 7pm neutral site North Tonawanda
Saturday afternoon at Masters Field, a cross from
@GIVSoccer
Angelo Aiello is just out of reach of Kenmore West GK Noah Birkemeier, & Sean Graham redirects it for a 2-0 lead in the 11'. GI won 2-1 to clinch a spot in the NFL crossover title match. (Photos by
@LarrySidelines
)
It’s gameday! The ‘yoffs run continues tonight:
◾️A1 semifinal.
A quick check of the records shows the Vikings have been in the semis for 7 straight years
🆚 Williamsville East
📍Tonawanda HS.
⏰5:00 pm
#RollVikes