IMS soccer - Williamsburg

The IMS soccer team traveled to Williamsburg to take on the Raiders on a windy and soggy Friday evening and came away with a 4-0 win. Play opened with IMS heading into the wind. Williamsburg came out strong and attempted to deny midfielders Vince Rhodes and Brian Miller the ball. Truman Shetler and Jacob Yoder worked hard at their forward spots to create some chances abut crossing the ball into the wind was difficult and with the wet conditions it took some time to get used to the ball skipping in unpredictable ways. In the meantime the back line of Kyle Miller, John Nicholson, Chris Perez and Marshall Schrock did a great job of keeping the Raiders from mounting many strong chances.

Play was back and forth through much of the first half until with eight minutes on the clock, Brian Miller sent a ball from the midfield to a streaking Jacob Yoder who struck the ball strategically into the net for the 1-0 halftime lead.

With the wind at their backs in the second half the IMS players came out strong in the second half. Three minutes into the half Jacob Yoder beat his defender down the right side of the goal before sending it across the box where Truman Shetler was waiting to turn the ball into the net. Ten minutes later Chris Perez cleared a ball from his back line sending it to Brian Miller who flicked it on to Vince Rhodes who burst through the back line, gathered in the ball, dribbled into the box and when the goalie made his move, struck it to the left corner of the goal. A few minutes later Brian Miller sent a ball into the box where Shetler’s hard work paid off as he beat the goalie to the ball at the far post and poked it into the goal.

This game was a good challenge as Williamsburg was a physically strong team and coupled with the weather conditions it made for a difficult game. The guys did a good job of adjusting to the play and overcoming the weather conditions. IMS moves to 7-0 overall and 5-0 in the conference.

JV
IMS 5, Williamsburg 1

The IMS JV continued to improve as they notched a 5-1 win over Williamsburg. Justin Boller scored three times on assists from Malachi Bontrager, Joel Shetler, and Matt Libby. Tommy Rhodes scored on an assist from Peyton Thompson. The other goal was considered an “own goal,” after Nathan Peters sent a beautiful cross into the box. In an attempt to clear the ball a Williamsburg defender accidentally knocked the ball into his own goal. Peyton Thompson, Dillon Bender, Levi Schrock and Jesse Shetler did a good job defensively. Ben Brenneman allowed no goals in the first half while Joel Shetler played well in goal the second half allowing just one goal.