HS SOCCER ROUNDUP: Pirates, Cardinals battle to 1-1 tie

Belfry’s Jasper McCoy scored on a penalty kick in the 51st minute to pull the Pirates even at 1-all with host Martin County and the match played at The Rock which ended in a tie on Thursday night.

Martin County had taken a 1-0 halftime lead on Bobby Hale’s goal in the 18th minute off an assist from Evan Mills.

The Cardinals, now 3-3-1, took 14 shots on goal. Belfry goalkeeper Makaden Maynard finished with eight saves.

Belfry, which dropped to 2-4-2, had 13 shots on goal. Cardinal goalie Ethan Frey recorded seven saves.

Johnson Central…6

Letcher Central…..3

Johnson Central’s Nathaniel Narendrakumar scored a pair of goals to help lead the Golden Eagles to a 6-3 victory over Letcher Central in a match played at Eagle Field on Thursday night.

Sawyer Crum added two goals and one assists while Braydon Staniford and Shawn Arms added one goal each.

Goalkeeper Tate Cox had 11 saves as the Golden Eagles improved to 4-3-1.

Javier Polly, Joseph Campbell, and Hayden Bentley each had one goal for the Cougars, now 2-6-1.

In other boys matches:

Paintsville shutout Jackson City, 1-0.

GIRLS

Martin County…8

Belfry………..….4

Martin County’s Julia Pinson scored in the 42nd minute to snap a 3-all tie and the Lady Cardinals went on to double up Belfry, 8-4, in a match played at The Rock on Thursday.

Pinson and Sophia McCoy finished with three goals each as Martin County moved to 6-3. Lena Hale added two.

Kinzie Jackson had two goals and Zoey Caudill added one. Belfry’s fourth goal came when it went off a Martin County player and into the goal.

Belfry (2-7) goalkeeper Jazzy Cline had 13 saves as the Lady Cardinals had 32 shots on goal.

Boyd County….3

Prestonsburg…….1

Boyd County handed Prestonsburg its third straight loss in a 3-1 outcome played at StoneCrest Soccer Complex on Thursday night.

Madeline Stambough scored the long Lady Blackcats goal. Lauren Johnson had one assist.

Goalkeeper Alivia Slone had 14 saves in the loss.

Lawrence Co…2

Rowan County..1

Lawrence County’s Ellie Webb and Brylee Blair scored one goal each as the Lady Bulldogs edged Rowan County, 2-1, in a match played at the Dawg House on Thursday night.

Jasmine Justice had one assist and goalkeeper Alyssa Moore had 18 saves in the win.

Lawrence County is now 6-2.

Paintsville…..6

Pikeville……..1

Paintsville’s Camryn Helton finished with a hat trick as the Lady Tigers rolled to a 6-1 victory over Pikeville in a match played at Bob Amos Soccer Complex on Thursday night.

Ava Hyden added two goals and assisted on three others as the Lady Tigers moved to 4-4.

Chloe Fleming scored one goal and added one assist.

Emilea Preece had four saves.

Pikeville dropped to 2-7.

Johnson Central defeated Letcher Central, 3-1.

WEDNESDAY

Johnson Central….6

Paintsville…………..0

Johnson Central improved to 7-0-1 with a shutout win over host Paintsville on Wednesday night.

Kelci Blair and Konstance McCarty had two goals and assisted on one other each as the Lady Eagles rolled to a 6-0 victory. Brooklyn Ousley and Abigail Williams had one each.

Haley Lykins had two assists while goalkeeper Chloe Dyer had three saves.