Telegraph Staff Writer
After a 1-3-2 start, the Keystone Heights High School soccer team has won four in a row, including an 8-0 victory over visiting Eastside on Dec. 6.
The Indians (5-3-2) have have outscored their opponents 29-5 in their last four matches.
Stats posted onto MaxPreps for the Eastside win aren’t accurate as they actually add up to nine goals (the mercy rule would’ve been enforced when the score reached 8-0). The Telegraph-Times-Monitor will present them as they were entered onto that website, crediting Ella Hutchins and Kiersten Shaw with four goals each, while Elizabeth Waughon was credited with one goal. Kendall Gagnon had two assists, while Hutchins and Shaw each had one.
On Nov. 30, Keystone hosted Baker County, getting two goals each from Gagnon, Hutchins and Shaw in a 6-2 win.
Shaw recorded three assists, while Lindsay Hovsepian had one.
Goalie Miranda Yow made six saves.
The Indians got five goals from Shaw in an 8-2 win at Palatka on Dec. 2.
Gagnon, Hutchins and Waughon each scored a goal as well, while Hovsepian and Shaw shared the team lead in assists with three each. Regan Hogg had an assist as well.
Keystone had a big second half on Dec. 3, scoring five goals in a 7-1 win over visiting Newberry.
Hovsepian scored both of the team’s first-half goals. The first came when she headed a Shaw corner kick into the net, while the second occurred with approximately 30 seconds remaining until halftime.
Hogg put the first goal on the board in the second half, gaining possession of the ball approximately 30 yards out from the Newberry goal and dribbling aggressively upfield before launching a successful shot.
Gagnon put the Indians ahead 4-0, receiving a Hovsepian pass and scoring from approximately 10 yards out.
Hovsepian finished with two assists in all.
Shaw added a successful penalty kick before the Panthers scored their only goal. Shaw then scored again off a Colaw assist, while Hutchins added the final goal.
Yow made five saves.
The Indians travel to play Williston on Thursday, Dec. 9, at 5:30 p.m. They return home to play Fort White on Monday, Dec. 13, at 6 p.m. before then traveling to play Middleburg on Tuesday, Dec. 14, at 7:20 p.m.
