Soccer, Field Hockey Teams Rain On Oxford's Homecoming Parade

Two convincing wins by Octorara teams at Oxford's Homecoming weekend as reported by the Daily Local News sports wrap this morning:

Boys Soccer:

Octorara 4, Oxford 0: Keegan Wilson scored a pair of goals and assisted on another to lead Octorara in the nonleague meeting.

Nestor Zavala and Ian Byerly tacked on goals, while John Muchow, Daulton Rutter and Ben Makansi were other standouts for the Braves (6-2).

Octorara 1 3 — 4

Oxford 0 0 — 0

Octorara goals: Wilson 2, Byerly, Zavala.

Goalie saves: Jones (OC) 4, Muchow (OC) 1; Gomez (OX) 8.

Field Hockey

Octorara 4, Oxford 1: Melanie Lowry netted three goals, one on a penalty stroke, to power Octorara in the nonleague match.

Taylor Markward also scored a goal for Octorara.

Ashlie Pilotti netted the goal for Oxford (4-3).

Octorara 1 3 — 4

Oxford 0 1 — 1

Octorara goals: Lowry 3, Markward.

Oxford goal: Pilotti.

Goalie saves: Morlando (OC) 9; Biddle (OX) 14.

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Octorara Boys Soccer Shutout Sun Valley

This quick summary of yesterday's game from the Daily Local News:

Octorara 2, Sun Valley 0: Jesse Simpson and Ian Byerly scored goals for the Braves (2-2, 5-2) in the Ches-Mont victory.

Ryan Kane, Jack Wishneski and John Muchow were solid on defense.

Sun Valley fell to 0-4 in the Ches-Mont.

Sun Valley 0 0 — 0

Octorara 1 1 — 2

Octorara goals: Byerly, Simpson.

Goalie saves: Skwirut (SV) 8; Jones (O) 1.

Boys Soccer: Octorara Defense Pitches Shutout Against Devon Prep

By Jack Mariano

Octorara boys soccer team defeated Devon Prep this morning 4-0 in a game played on Octorara's home field.

The Braves were paced by three goals by Ian Byerly who had the natural hat trick. Ian scored his first goal with 31:15 remaining in the first half and never looked back.

Octorara (1-2 League; 3-2 overall) protected their lead with a strong defensive effort by fullback Jack Wishneski who turned back a number of shots before they reached the goal area.

The few plays that found their way through were stopped by Octorara's junior goaltender, Dan Jones.

The Tide, whom Octorara faced many times in the old Southern Chester County League and are now a part of the Bicentennial Athletic League, missed a chance for a goal when they were awarded a penalty kick about 20 yards from Octorara’s goal but the shot sailed wide to the right.

The Braves scoring assault was completed by a nifty shot off the foot of Keegan Wilson midway through the second half.

After the game, coach Derek Smith said “Today was a good win for us, we needed this”. Octorara also received strong efforts from John Muchow, Daulton Rutter and Ben Makanski.

Octorara New Soccer Coach Looks Back, Forward

West Chester's Daily Local News surveys Chester County's high school soccer scene and takes note of the 5 new coaches including Derek Smith, Octorara's new field general.

Coach Derek Smith

Money quote from Smith:

The new man in charge at Octorara was a player on the school's most successful team.

"I was part of their state championship team back in 1999. I was a junior that year," said Smith. "I'm thrilled to be back coaching at Octorara.

"Things were a lot different when I played -- they were still a member of the Southern Chester County League. It's definitely more of a challenge for us now being in the Ches-Mont as a AA school, where we are going out and playing the bigger schools each and every day."

Another article in the same paper profiled this year's boys soccer team.

OCTORARA

Head Coach: Derek Smith (1st year)

Last Season: 9-7-3 overall, 5-6-2 league

Key Players: John Muchow (Jr., defense); Jack Wishenski (Sr., defense); Daulton Rutter (Sr., midfielder); Ben Makansi (Sr., midfielder); Ian Byerly (Jr., forward).

Outlook: The Braves return 14 seniors from a squad that made it all the way to the District 1 Class AA semifinals last season. Leadership will be a big strength of the team for first-year coach Smith, who hopes to see his group contend for the American Division title.

Both articles can be found here and here.