ECS Sports Highlights
ECS Sports Highlights
Both Ellicottville Men’s and Women’s Varsity Soccer Teams advance to Regionals
Pictured: Audrey #4 and Mandy #5 Hurlburt wait for the ball to come out of the air.
The top-seeded Ellicottville Lady Eagles girls soccer team got goals from Brooke Butler, and sisters Audrey and Amanda Hurlburt to defeat the No. 2 seed North Collins Lady Eagles, 3-1, last Saturday, Oct. 30th in the Section VI Class D Championship match at the Eden Senior High School.
North Collins stifled the Ellicottville offensive attack in the first half and led the contest, 1-0, at halftime.
Brooke Butler’s booming goal early on in the second half knotted the score at 1-1, but more importantly, it was the wake-up call that coach Tammy Eddy’s offense sorely needed.
From that point through the end of regulation and into the first overtime period, Ellicottville dominated the attack with several prime scoring chances and finally scored the goal that their faithful fans believed would surely come.
Part-way through the first overtime period, Audrey Hurlburt used an absolutely masterful move to leave the North Collins defender standing by herself while Audrey scored the goal that ultimately made the Ellicottville Lady Eagles Section VI Champs for 2021.
Audrey’s sister, Mandy Hurlburt added an insurance goal later on to make the final score 3-1.
With the win, the (12-3) Lady Eagles advance to the Far-West Region title game at Caledonia-Mumford High School on Friday, Nov. 5th at 6:00pm.
Pictured: EVL goalie Evan Bauer makes epic save in the first half of the game.
Ellicottville High School boys soccer goalie Evan Bauer can’t say he broke his hand defending his family from a wild bear attack, although that would be a pretty impressive story.
What he will be able to tell folks when they ask about his injury is that he broke his hand defending his soccer family from the attack of a pretty ferocious ‘Eagle’ in the biggest match of their soccer lives.
With Bauer as their big-time backstop in goal, the Ellicottville Eagles downed the Eagles of North Collins by a 2-1 margin to win the Section VI Class D Championships last Saturday, Nov. 30th at the Eden Senior High School.
Bauer sustained his injury after getting kicked while he was lying on the ground and holding the ball in his arms after making a save from a shot on goal in the first half.
After the incident, the Eagle goalie stayed in goal, broken wing and all, until the horn sounded at the end of the game and his team had won a championship. He was credited with 12 saves in the win. That’s also a pretty impressive story, and it’s the way it really happened.
Aiden Privitera put the Ellicottville team on the board first and Sam Edwards’ tally in the second half extended the team’s lead to 2-0, but Derek Ebersole scored for the Eagles of North Collins and it was up to Bauer and the Ellicottville defense to hold the fort until the final horn.
With the win, the Section VI Champion Ellicottville team will travel to Williamsville South High School on Saturday, Nov. 6th for a 2:30pm matchup in the Far-West Region title game versus the Section V Champion.