Talawanda 9 Taylor 0

Scoring:

Ethan Coffin 29:12 1st  Assist Simon Miller

Ethan Saulnier 28:14 1st Assist Nick June

Aaron Kawamura 25:37 Assist Ethan Saulnier

JT Brown 21:54 1st  Assist Kelvin Reisenfeld

Thomas Jansson 5:52 1st   Assist JT Brown

Matt Wise 35:02 2nd Assis Ethan Coffin

Kelvin Reisenfeld 28:04 2nd  Assist Ethan Coffin

Thomas Jansson 11:44 2nd  Assist John Groom

Simon Miller 5:10 2nd  Assist JT Brown

Justin Brown 12 saves

The Braves have reached the official half way point of the season and improved their record to 3-3-2 after defeating the Taylor Yellow Jackets this afternoon 9 to nil.  Junior Ethan Coffin got the goal scoring started and added 2 assists in the second half.  The victory was a team effort with 8 different players finding the back of the net.  Finish All Star Thomas Johansson notched  the 'deuce.'  City leading goalie Justin Brown denied the Jackets with 12 saves and earned his third shutout of the season.

Braves 3 Knights 3

Varsity Scoring:

Thomas Jansson 1st;  assisted by Matt Wise

JT Brown 2nd; assisted by Kelvin Reisenfeld

Matt Wise 2nd; assisted by Aaron Kawamura

JV Scoring:

Kelvin Reisenfeld 1st  PK

Blake Cooke shutout

The Mens Soccer Team faced  the Nothwest Knights last night in a high scoring SWOC battle.  The Braves began their epic comeback with a goal from Finnish International Thomas Jansson.  JT Brown tied the game at 2 in the second half;  rebounding a post shot into the old onion bag. The Braves took the lead soon after; Junior Matt Wise heading a 30 yard free kick from Aaron Kawamura into the upper 90.  But a late goal from the Knights equalized. 

 Final score 3-3.

Earlier in the night the JV won 1 to nothing;  Kelvin Reisenfeld earning the PK. Freshman  Blake Cooke gets the shut out. The team travels to Taylor tomorrow.  Go Braves Soccer!

Braves 0. Harrison 0

Scoring:

none

In a battle for SWOC supremacy the Braves tied defending league champions Harrison nil-nil Thursday night and remain undefeated in league play.  Credit Seniors Aaron Kawamura and Justin Brown with the shut out.

The JV lost 2-1 in the early match; Talawanda's lone goal by Freshman forward  Nate Smith.  Kelvin Reisenfeld had the assist.

Talawanda 5 Mt. Healthy 1

Ethan Coffin 7:56 1st; assist Kelvin Reisenfeld

JT Brown 37:11 2nd; assist Ethan Coffin

John Groom 28:49 2nd; assist Thomas Jannson

Aaron Kawamura 19:50 2nd; assist Simon Miller

Aaron Kawamura 19:33 2nd; assist Chris Bowen

The Braves opened SWOC play dominating the Mt. Healthy Owls 5-1.  Junior Ethan Coffin got the scoring started in the first half, spinning at the top of the box and burying an 18 yard shot.  JT Brown, John Groom, and a pair of goals by Senior Aaron Kawamura added to the plus column in the second.  A lone PK late in the game was all that kept the Braves from earning the Clean Sheet.

Braves 1 Kings 3

Varsity Scoring

JT Brown 38:00 1st Assisted by Aaron Kawamura

JV Scoring

Nick June 1 min in the 2nd Assisted by Benji Robinson

JV tied Kings with less than a minute left!  Nick June gets the goal, a header off the corner from Benji Robinson.  1-1 final.

JT Brown gave the Varsity the early lead with a great volley off a free kick by Aaron Kawamura but ultimately the Braves fell 3-1 to Kings.  Justin Brown had 16 saves.

Braves vs. Princeton Vikings

The JV team suffered a 2-1 loss to the Vikings tonight; the lone Talawanda goal coming off a PK by Benji Robinson with a little under 2 minutes to play. 

The start of theVarsity game was delayed for over an hour until it was ultimately cancelled due to the weather.  

UPDATE:  GAME IS RESCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY 9/3 AT THS.  6:00 KICK

Braves 2 Middletown Madison 0

    

Varsity Scoring

 Kelvin Reisenfeld 19:05 2nd  Assisted by Matt Wise

Tim Robinson 10:05 2nd Assisted by Ethan Coffin

Clean Sheet Shutout:

Justin Brown, Aaron Kawamura, Brandon Cole, Chris Bowen, Nick Hines, Ryan Danielson

JV  4-1

Fisher Tobias 33:00 1st Assisted by Kelvin Reisenfeld

Kelvin Reisenfeld 24:45 1st Assisted by Ryan Danielson

Benji Robinson 5:20 1st Unassisted

Nick June 2:51 1st Assisted by Kelvin Reisenfeld and Benji Robinson (corner kick)

The Braves kicked off the regular season confidently after defeating Hamilton 1-0 in their final preseason scrimmage a week ago. With the scoreless first half behind them,  Freshman Kelvin Reisenfeld broke the nil-nil tie sliding into the box and redirecting a well played thru ball from Junior Matt Wise.  Tim Robinson nailed a deflection from Ethan Coffin to make it 2-0.  Senior Captain Justin Brown assured the shutout in goal.

The JV team scored early and scored often. Sophomore  Fisher Tobias headed home the inaugural goal of the season off a beautiful cross from Kelvin Reisenfeld.  Kelvin scored one of his own shortly after and then assisted another to Sophomore Nick June.  Benji Robinson added a goal and assist to make the final 4-1.