NTL GIRLS SOCCER: LANE, ARNOLD POWER ATHENS IN 5-0 WIN OVER NEB (17 PHOTOS) (October 8, 2019)

Valley Sports Report
LERAYSVILLE "" Senior Aaron Lane scored one goal and had three assists, and senior Luke Arnold scored twice to lead first-place Athens to a 5-0 win over Northeast Bradford here Tuesday afternoon in NTL boys soccer action.

The Wildcats, now 12-1 overall, remain unbeaten in NTL play, and lead Wellsboro (9-1 in league play) by one game with two league games remaining. Athens travels to Wellsboro Thursday.

Lane, off an assist from sophomore Nate Quinn, scored a little more than 3 minutes into the contest to give Athens a 1-0 lead.

Junior Asher Ellis made it 2-0 when he cleaned up a Lane rebound, and deposited it into the net with 17:02 remaining in the first half.

Four minutes later, senior Luke Arnold, off a feed from Lane, scored to give the Wildcats a 3-0 lead, which it carried into the halftime intermission.

The tandem of Arnold and Lane hooked up again five minutes into the second half, with Arnold driving a shot into the net to make it 4-0.

Midway through the second half, freshman Jared Ammerman finished off the scoring off an assist from senior David Sheftic.

Athens outshot NEB 36-2, and had a 9-3 advantage in corner kicks.

Senior keeper Joel Maslin recorded four saves in net for Athens.

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IN PHOTO: Athens senior Jesse Sumner. ... PHOTOS COURTESY OF JAN VOSBURG.