BOYS SOCCER: Saturday's roundup, Fannett-Metal hands James Buchanan a 3-0 loss

MERCERSBURG >> Fannett-Metal's boys soccer team apparently enjoyed playing the wide-open spaces of James Buchanan's new soccer stadium on Saturday night.

The Tigers played one of their better games of the season and took a 3-0 non-league victory over the Rockets.

"We kind of circle this game on our schedule," F-M coach Greg Best said. "The stadium was great to play in. We applied some pressure to their defense and found some holes, and then we finished.

"I know they had played pretty well this week in close losses to Shippensburg and Greencastle, but our style is different and may have caught them off-guard. I was very pleased with our team effort."

Mikell McGee got Fannett-Metal (6-2) on the board in the first half. McGee scored again 10 minutes into the second half on a pass from Levi Brady, then Makayla O'Donel finished the scoring five minutes later. Jamie Birgfield made 11 saves to preserve the shutout, while Sean Martin made six for JB (0-11-1).

Best said, "I thought our defense played very well to get the shutout. They are fast up front, but our defense did well covering for each other and covering their marks."

Fannett-Metal 3, James Buchanan 0

Fannett-Metal12—3James Buchanan00—0

First half — (FM) Mikell McGee, 27th minute.

Second half — (FM) McGee, asst. Levi Brady, 50th, (FM) Makayla O'Donel, 55th.

Shots — FM 13, JB 19; Corner kicks — FM 0, JB 1; Saves — FM 11 (Jamie Birgfield), JB 6 (Sean Martin).

WAYNESBORO 1, SOUTH WESTERN 1 >> Wes Ocker scored in the opening minute of play for Waynesboro, but South Western tied it up late for a non-league draw.

Ocker scored for the Indians (3-7-1) on an unassisted tally just 30 seconds in. South Western's lone goal came in the 71st minute from Austin Latta.

James Barr had six saves for Waynesboro.

Waynesboro 1 South Western 1

Waynesboro10—1South Western01—1

First half — (W) Wes Ocker, 1st min.

Second half — (SW) Austin Latta, asst. Spencer Wells, 71st.

Shots — Way 6, SW 10; Corner kicks — Way 4, SW 4; Saves — Way 6 (James Barr), SW 5 (Matthew Maher).

JV score — Waynesboro 1, South Western 0.

BERLIN 4, SOUTHERN FULTON 1 >> Berlin scored the first two goals of the game and Southern Fulton never caught up in a non-league game Saturday.

The Indians (2-4) made the score 2-1 when Chase Varner passed to Benji Voight, who knocked in a goal. But goals by the Mountaineers with three minutes to go in each half sealed SF's fate.

Berlin 4, Southern Fulton 1

Berlin31—4Southern Fulton10—1

First half — (B) B.Brown, 5th minute, (B) Brown 23rd, (SF) Benji Voight, asst. Chase Varner, 27th, (B) B.Jenner, asst. Brown, 37th.