Blue Dragons roll to win
In their seventh game of the season, the East Windsor Blue Dragons played the fast Hazlet Heat where the score went back and forth, but ultimately the Dragons prevailed on Friday, May 20, to win 3-2.
Hazlet scored the first goal early in a scramble downfield and a rugby-style scrum in front of goalie Dylan Stables. The teams traded breakaway runs and Stables made a flying, full-body block to deny Hazlet its second score.
The Blue Dragons offense kicked into high gear and Alexander Garcia broke away from defenders at midfield and went all the way to tie the game at 1-1. Minutes later, Stables blocked another Hazlet shot. East Windsor rebounded down the field with Zachary Banegas passing to Alexander Garcia for a well-placed shot that arched over the keeper’s head into the high corner of the net to make it 2-1 at the end of the first half.
Jayden Baffoe-Bonnie played in goal the second half and Hazlet broke through and scored again to tie the game at 2-2. The Blue Dragons tightened their defense and controlled the ball the rest of the game with several attempts at a goal. Lionel Aguilar, Eydan Coronel, and Jace Feyas managed to keep the Heat down with their impressive defensive plays. Finally, with a minute left to play, Alexander Garcia managed to outpace all the defenders and got his third goal of game making it a hat trick for the striker.
Blue Dragons defeat Hamilton
The East Windsor Blue Dragons increased their record to 8-0 on Sunday, May 22, defeating Hamilton 3-1. Jayden Baffoe-Bonnie defended the Dragons net in the first half and kept the opposing team scoreless. East Windsor and Hamilton traded shots on goal and each team had break-a-way runs, but the game remained scoreless at the half.
Dylan Stables took over as goalie in the second half. The East Windsor offense dominated in the second half and its defense remained tough. Alexander Garcia made several attempts on goal and early in the second half he shot a quick ball past the Hamilton goal keeper to make it 1-0. Sharp passing by the Dragons led to many failed shots on goal. At last, Alexander Garcia had a break-a-way run from mid-field and a strong shot that sailed past the Hamilton goalie.
Hamilton stormed back and scored its first goal to drive the score to 2-1. Ilias Bettendorf came in as goalie and Stables moved to defense. Jace Feyas blocked a hard-kicked ball right in front of the East Windsor goalie and saved a potential score. Jayden Baffoe-Bonnie had several break-a-way runs and with the time clock running down, he drove a hard kick past the Hamilton keeper to up the score to 3-1.
