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Rich Murawski phots & article from The Progress, 9-30-22, used with permission.
Our thanks to Progress Sports Editor Jaclyn Yingling for the cooperation.
Our thanks to Progress Sports Editor Jaclyn Yingling for the cooperation.
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Smith nets career goal No. 150 in Clearfield's win over P-O
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Clearfield’s Elle Smith works between a pair of Philipsburg-Osceola defenders
during the first half of Thursday’s game. Smith scored four goals to lead the
Lady Bison to an 8-0 victory while also reaching the 150 career goal mark.
during the first half of Thursday’s game. Smith scored four goals to lead the
Lady Bison to an 8-0 victory while also reaching the 150 career goal mark.
Photo by Rich Murawski
Clearfield’s Alayna Winters controls the ball in front of Philipsburg-
Osceola’s Ellie Slogosky during Thursday’s game.
Winters had two goals and an assist in the 8-0 victory.
Photo by Rich Murawski
Osceola’s Ellie Slogosky during Thursday’s game.
Winters had two goals and an assist in the 8-0 victory.
Photo by Rich Murawski
P-O’s Alivia Bizzarri battles Clearfield’s Emily McCracken for position
during Thursday’s game at Mountaineer Stadium. The Lady Bison won 8-0. Photo by Rich Murawski
during Thursday’s game at Mountaineer Stadium. The Lady Bison won 8-0. Photo by Rich Murawski
By Rich Murawski
PHILIPSBURG — After outscoring its opponents 45-4 over
the first eight games of the 2022 campaign, the Clearfield girls
soccer team ran into a few bumps in the road earlier this week,
suffering its first loss of the season 3-1 to DuBois and winning
atight 3-2 contest at Penns Valley. But Thursday at Mountaineer
Stadium, the Lady Bison broke out of their funk with an 8-0
victory over host Philipsburg- Osceola. The win was keyed by senior Elle Smith, who scored four goals and added an assist as she surpassed the 150 goal milestone for her career. “It was a good performance tonight. The girls did well,” Clearfield head coach Todd Winters said. “We went over some stuff in practice that we haven’t been doing in games. We made some adjustments and it definitely played into our hands.
“We definitely turned things around. We had a lot better
possession. Our passing was crisp. And this is a beautiful facility and our girls really like playing here.” That certainly showed from the onset as the Lady Bison immediately put pressure on the P-O net and forced four corner kicks in the
first few minutes of play. The Lady Bison converted one just
64 seconds into the game when Riley Ryen played the corner into the box where Smith was able to get a head on it and
redirect it into the P-O goal.
Ryen and Smith teamed up for another converted corner kick at
33:10, which made the score 2-0.
In between, the Lady Bison dominated possession and Smith
scored two more goals — both unassisted. Smith scored 24 goals in her eight games against P-O in her varsity career.
PHILIPSBURG — After outscoring its opponents 45-4 over
the first eight games of the 2022 campaign, the Clearfield girls
soccer team ran into a few bumps in the road earlier this week,
suffering its first loss of the season 3-1 to DuBois and winning
atight 3-2 contest at Penns Valley. But Thursday at Mountaineer
Stadium, the Lady Bison broke out of their funk with an 8-0
victory over host Philipsburg- Osceola. The win was keyed by senior Elle Smith, who scored four goals and added an assist as she surpassed the 150 goal milestone for her career. “It was a good performance tonight. The girls did well,” Clearfield head coach Todd Winters said. “We went over some stuff in practice that we haven’t been doing in games. We made some adjustments and it definitely played into our hands.
“We definitely turned things around. We had a lot better
possession. Our passing was crisp. And this is a beautiful facility and our girls really like playing here.” That certainly showed from the onset as the Lady Bison immediately put pressure on the P-O net and forced four corner kicks in the
first few minutes of play. The Lady Bison converted one just
64 seconds into the game when Riley Ryen played the corner into the box where Smith was able to get a head on it and
redirect it into the P-O goal.
Ryen and Smith teamed up for another converted corner kick at
33:10, which made the score 2-0.
In between, the Lady Bison dominated possession and Smith
scored two more goals — both unassisted. Smith scored 24 goals in her eight games against P-O in her varsity career.
“Fundamentally Clearfield is just a better team,” P-O head coach Joe Matson said. “I’m glad we don’t have to see Elle Smith again. We
have six games left and we’re just going to try to improve each game and see what we can do. Smith scored at 19:57 on a great individual effort where she weaved in between defenders and was able to get an open look at the net and boot it past Kinley Bender to make it 2-0.
Her milestone 150th goal came at 31:18 and was eerily similar to the one prior.
“No one really talks about getting to 150,” Smith said. “But I think it’s good to keep track. It feels really good to get it and keep moving forward with my team.” Smith said it felt good to hit the milestone goal on a day when the team was at its best. “It was pretty special,” she
said. “We’ve kind of been down a little bit. We lost to DuBois and we haven’t been playing our best. So it felt really good to feel like ourselves again.”
With 151 goals, Smith continues to add to her school and Progress-
land record and continues to climb the ranks in District 9. She is believed to be fourth on the all-time D-9 goals list behind Karns City’s Brittni Grenninger (194) and Lesley Ann Barnhart (186) and Brockway’s Channelle Britten (164). “She puts in so much work in the offseason,” Winters said. “We tell our girls if we don’t have practice
for two days we still expect them to be touching the ball, and she does. She sets such a good example for the other girls with her work ethic.”
Clearfield continued to possess the ball and get quality shots in the second half. Ryen scored at 47:00 as she was set up at the 6 by an Alayna Winters cross. Abby Ryan got into the act at 50:20, making a run right down the center of the field and sending a good shot past Bender after a setup from Smith, who left the field after the goal, at 50:20.
have six games left and we’re just going to try to improve each game and see what we can do. Smith scored at 19:57 on a great individual effort where she weaved in between defenders and was able to get an open look at the net and boot it past Kinley Bender to make it 2-0.
Her milestone 150th goal came at 31:18 and was eerily similar to the one prior.
“No one really talks about getting to 150,” Smith said. “But I think it’s good to keep track. It feels really good to get it and keep moving forward with my team.” Smith said it felt good to hit the milestone goal on a day when the team was at its best. “It was pretty special,” she
said. “We’ve kind of been down a little bit. We lost to DuBois and we haven’t been playing our best. So it felt really good to feel like ourselves again.”
With 151 goals, Smith continues to add to her school and Progress-
land record and continues to climb the ranks in District 9. She is believed to be fourth on the all-time D-9 goals list behind Karns City’s Brittni Grenninger (194) and Lesley Ann Barnhart (186) and Brockway’s Channelle Britten (164). “She puts in so much work in the offseason,” Winters said. “We tell our girls if we don’t have practice
for two days we still expect them to be touching the ball, and she does. She sets such a good example for the other girls with her work ethic.”
Clearfield continued to possess the ball and get quality shots in the second half. Ryen scored at 47:00 as she was set up at the 6 by an Alayna Winters cross. Abby Ryan got into the act at 50:20, making a run right down the center of the field and sending a good shot past Bender after a setup from Smith, who left the field after the goal, at 50:20.