Expand<\/a><\/p>\nDUNMORE \u2014 Johnley Jean struggled early, kicking the ball wide left on a penalty, and reaggravated an ankle injury late, having to hobble off the field for the last 4:56 of regulation.<\/p>\n
However, the senior forward was right where Dunmore needed him with the season on the line.<\/p>\n
Russell Toole sent a shot into the box, and Jean cleaned up the rebound to give the No. 4 Bucks a 2-1 victory in overtime against No. 5 Western Wayne on Saturday in the District 2 Class 2A boys soccer quarterfinals at Dunmore Veterans Memorial Stadium.<\/p>\n
After scoring, Jean raised his arms, as he and his teammates celebrated and ran toward the Bucks fans in the bleachers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just saw Russ. He shot the ball. It deflected off the kid and it slowed the ball down. I got it, and I kicked it in. I was just hyped,\u201d Jean said.<\/p>\n
Despite scoring the game-winning goal in an overtime thriller, Jean remains focused on the ultimate goal \u2014 winning a district title. Dunmore will travel to No. 1 Lake-Lehman for the semifinal matchup Tuesday at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt felt like we\u2019re still moving on,\u201d Jean said when asked how it felt to score the game-winning goal. \u201cThe job\u2019s not done. The job\u2019s not finished. That\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dunmore found itself in an early hole, when Jacob Wells has a nice pass into the box that Joey Tickner corralled and kicked into the left side of the net to give Western Wayne a 1-0 advantage 50 seconds into the game.<\/p>\n
About 14 minutes into the first, Dunmore pressure in the box ended with a Western Wayne hand ball, giving Jean a chance to tie the game. However, he missed the goal left.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen he missed the PK, I could tell that kind of shook his confidence a little bit,\u201d Dunmore coach Tom Clark said. \u201cI just told him to stay with it.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the 13:54, more Dunmore pressure resulted in another hand ball and penalty. This time, Toole buried it in the left side to tie the game at 1.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe obvious answer is I\u2019m very nervous stepping up there, but coach, the team, we practice those every day basically,\u201d Toole said. \u201cSo, I knew that I had to make it for my team to tie the score, give us a chance here and I just had to stay composed. I took a couple deep breaths, put it in, celebrated with the team.\u201d<\/p>\n
From there, neither team could break through, as Dunmore\u2019s Liam O\u2019Malley and Western Wayne\u2019s Garrett Malakin produced some great goalie play, saving 14 and 10 shots, respectively. When players got past the goalie, Dunmore\u2019s Lucas Vullo and Western Wayne\u2019s Graysen Valinski knocked the ball away to keep the score tied.<\/p>\n
With about five minutes left in regulation, Jean took a shot to the ankle and went down before limping to the sideline. However, Clark knew when he got back on the field he would make a play.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told him right before overtime, I said you just have to still be patient because you\u2019re going to score the game-winning goal,\u201d Clark said. \u201cTrust me, you\u2019re going to do it, and he did it. So, I\u2019m just glad that he just never gave up and he stayed with it. He battled, and I\u2019m proud of him for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Toole set up the goal with a great move inside and a left-footed kick that deflected off a Western Wayne defender and onto Jean\u2019s foot.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe feeling was amazing,\u201d Toole said. \u201cI had one of the plays early. I got past the guy on the roll. I knew I was going to get him, so I did it again. It\u2019s one of my favorite moves to do. It got past the guy on the roll. Unlucky, bouncing around the box and Johnley is just always there to finish it. It was a great play.\u201d<\/p>\n
The versatile Toole is a sophomore, and Clark is impressed with his growth.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s just really crafty, he sees the field very, very well,\u201d Clark said. \u201cHe\u2019s feisty, he\u2019s determined, he wants to win. He\u2019s got great control with the ball at his feet. \u2026 Calling upon a sophomore to make a big PK, too, I\u2019m really proud of him for that. \u2026 I\u2019m really proud of the way that he\u2019s improved as the season\u2019s gone along, and even though he\u2019s a younger kid, becoming a leader for these guys.\u201d<\/p>\n
First: WW \u2013 Tickner (Wells), :50. DUN \u2013 Toole (PK), 26:06; OT: DUN \u2013 Jean (Toole), 6:42; Shots-corners: DUN 13-10, WW 10-8; Saves: DUN (O\u2019Malley) 14, WW (Malakin) 10; Records: DUN 15-4, WW 13-4.<\/p>\n
Wilkes-Barre Area 3, Delaware Valley 1: At Wolfpack Stadium, Johnny Mendola scored twice, including the game-winner in the 47th minute, as Wilkes-Barre Area advanced to the Districts 2-4 Class 4A boys soccer final with a 3-1 win over No. 3 Delaware Valley.<\/p>\n
No. 2 WBA will face off with either Williamsport or Valley West in Tuesday\u2019s final.<\/p>\n
Mendola scored in the fourth minute, and added the game-winner in the 47th minute. Mauricio Mejia also scored and added two assists for the Wolfpack, while Eric Choi added an unassisted goal for Delaware Valley.<\/p>\n
First: WBA, Mendola (Mejia), 4:21. DV, Choi, 35:15; Second: WBA, Mendola (Mejia), 47:38. WBA, Mejia (Espinoza), 54:39; Shots-corners: DV 7-2, WBA 12-7; Saves: DV 9 (Kirk), WBA 6 (Parry); Records: WBA 12-6, DV 9-8-3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dunmore\u2019s Johnley Jean (9) and Western Wayne\u2019s Charlie Vinton (26) battle for possession in the second half Saturday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":{"0":"post-14960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-high-school-sports","9":"tag-scranton","10":"tag-scranton-headlines","11":"tag-scranton-news","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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