Portage Central's JV A team started their season out with a victory against the Rockford Rams winning 4-1. Mike Loeks scored the first goal assisted by Ko Yamamoto. Central took a 2-0 lead on a goal by Mike Voss (Assist: Eric Lowry). Rockford came back to score just before the first half ended making the score 2-1. John Nguyen, who played keeper the first half, switched with Mike Voss for the second half. Loeks and Yamamoto teamed up again for Mikes second goal of the night giving Central a 3-1 lead. By this time, Central had taken control of the game continually putting pressure on the Ram's defense. To finish off the game, Colin Norman assisted on a goal by Nick Wester to finish off the game 4 to 1.

The JV traveled to Grand Rapids Forest Hills for their second game of the season. FH opened the scoring early in the first half but the Mustangs battled back with a goal by Nick Wester on a nice assist by Brent Zeitler. The first half ended in a 1-1 tie. Both teams battle evenly until the middle of the second half when Mike Louks crossed the ball over a defender's head to Iain Walker who scored to give the JV a 2-1 lead. PC put the game away just minutes later when Colin Norman, on a throw-in from the right sideline, delivered the ball perfectly to Jason Brown on the left side of the field. Brown scored on a crisp shot pass the GK to cap the scoring at 3-1. The victory gives PC JV 2-0 record. Next game is Tuesday 9/2 at BC Central.

The JV traveled to Battle Creek to take on BC Central and proceed to overwhelm the Bearcats by a score of 15-0. Six players (Yamamota-2, Zeitler-2, Louks, Murray, Wester & Glass) scored in the first half that ended at 8-0 while seven players (Perry, Voss, Lemmermen, Norman, Nguyen, Standiford & Flynn) scored in the second half. The Mustangs also dominated the defense end giving up only 4 shot on goal. The victory improves the JV record to 3-0.

The JV fought back late in the game Thursday night to settle for a 2-2 tie with a surprisingly good Northern JV team. Northern's Matt Hecker scored the first half's only goal to give Northern a 1-0 lead at half. Nick Wester scored quickly in the second half for Central on an assist by Ko Yamamoto. Midway through the second half, Northern's Matt Toepper dribbled through several Central defenders to score an unassisted goal from outside the box. That goal put Northern ahead 2-1 and created a sense of urgency in Central as they looked at their first loss of the season. Central picked up the pace applying solid pressure to a stingy Northern defense. With less than two minutes left, Wester deflected a cross from Blake Glass to score the tying goal. Central's JV record stands at 3-0-1. Next Game: West Ottawa at home Saturday 9-6.

The JV Mustangs again dominated their opponents both offensively and defensively. They scored the first goal against West Ottawa just 5 minutes into the game on shot from Eric Lowery assisted by Mike Louks. Blake Glass increased the lead to 2-0 when he score on a beautiful unassisted hooking corner kick. Then with less than 2 minutes remaining in the first half, the JV Mustangs scored again on a nice Mike Murray to Mike Voss to Nick Wester goal to make the score 3-0. The great defensive effort lead by Sam Lopez, Will Perry, Jared Lemmermen and Colin Norman which did no allow a first half shot on goal and only gave up 2 for the entire game, help secure another Mustang shutout. The victory improves their record to 4-0-1. The next game is Tuesday again Loy Norrix

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