Oswego Panthers Narrowly Beat Oswego Wolves in Girls Regional Soccer Match

It was a game seperated only by a single point throughout, but the Oswego Panthers girls soccer team will be advancing onto regionals after defeating the Oswego Wolves 2-1.

The Oswego High School Panthers (now 13-6-1) took on the Oswego East High School Wolves (6-8) Wednesday afternoon at Oswego High School in the first regional game and the second crosstown game of the season.

The game remained scoreless until only 2:20 left in the first half when Oswego midfielder Kelsey Kraft (#12) scored the first goal. 

The game went into half after 40 minutes with the Wolves trailing by one.

Head coach of the Wolves, Lauren Anderson, gave her team a pep talk during their huddle, telling them not to care about the score. "Keep doing what you're doing. It's going to go your way," she said. "You guys are doing a great job."

With 27:41 remaining in the second half, the Wolves senior midfielder, Brittany Brewer (#11) scored a goal to tie the game 1-1.

The Panthers retaliated when Kraft scored her second goal of the game with 18:21 remaining.

The rest of the game remained scoreless with good defense by both sides, with the Panthers winning the game 2-`1

"It was a great game," said Panthers Head Coach Jaime Bartkowiak. "All the girls played a great game."

"You guys want to know what team effort was all about? That's what that was," said Bartkowiak to her team. "You came out and fought as a team. I'm very proud of you."

Oswego High School will take on Plainfield North High School in the next regional game set for Friday, May 17 at 4:30 p.m. at the varsity field at Oswego High School.