Islander Posted February 27, 2010 Report Posted February 27, 2010 The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears soccer team cruised to a 5-0 road victory over the Bridge City Cardinals on Friday. The win improves the Bears' district record to 5-5 and keeps their playoff hopes alive. Bears Coach Jeremy Watzlavik was impressed with his team's dominating performance over the Cardinals on both offense and defense. "We dominated the game. We worked well together," said Watzlavik. The Bears out shot the Cardinals 21-7 in the first half and 18-4 in the second. The Bears' strong performance featured several stellar performances. Leading the way were forwards Scott Karasik and Leo De La Cruz with two goals each; while midfielder Garhett Bonneaux added a goal and an assist. Cristian Diaz earned a shutout for the Bears with his play at goalie. "Cristian did a great job, as usual. He had a couple of really good saves", noted Watzlavik. Tommy Jones' return to the sweeper position resulted in a marked improvement in the Bears' defense. "Our defense plays so much better when Tommy is on the field. We missed his play when he was out with an injury", said Watzlavik. Watzlavik was also pleased with the play of Mitchell Heil and Jordan King. "Mitchell did a great job. He is like the energizer bunny because he never gets tired." Watzlavik also commented that King "had a good game. He hustled all game long." Playing on a wet and sloppy field, the Bears' solid teamwork generated their first score just five minutes into the contest. Heil sent a nice pass to King near the Cardinal goal. King centered the ball to De La Cruz on the opposite side of the goal. De La Cruz handled the pass and kicked the ball for a goal and a 1-0 lead. The Bears scored three minutes later following a long through-ball from Derek George from the middle of the field to Karasik on the right side of the Cardinal goal. Karasik centered the ball to De La Cruz, who converted the pass for his second goal of the game. Karasik scored his first goal at the 10 minute mark with a hard charging break-away goal. After beating the Cardinal defense, Karasik shot a short ball past the Cardinal goalie. Bonneaux added a goal in the closing moments of the first half with a 25-yard goal that gave the Bears a 4-0 lead at halftime. The final score occurred six minutes into the 2nd half when Karasik added another goal. Bonneaux sent a through ball near midfield that Karasik quickly corralled and dribbled hard towards the goal. Karasik easily raced away from the defense and beat the goalie to give the Bears a 5-0 lead. The Bears host the Central Jaguars on Monday in an important contest to determine the district's final playoff spot. Watzlavik commented that "the game has major playoff implications. One team will make the playoffs and the other will not. We need to play our best game in order to beat Central".
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