Surging 'Cats
Plymouth's soccer team stays red-hot, outlasts Canton, 3-1

  The final seven minutes of Tuesday night's Canton-Plymouth soccer match were crazy.

  Crazy-good for the Wildcats.

  Plymouth's momentum-building surge through the mid-section of its schedule continued with a 3-1 victory over the Chiefs as three of the game's four goals were scored with under 16 minutes to play.

  The win upped the Wildcats' record to 7-4-1 while the Chiefs slipped to 6-4-2.

  Plymouth struck first a few minutes into the contest when Joe Klonowski headed a perfect corner kick from Vin Nguyen into the back of the net to stake the 'Cats to a 1-0 advantage.

  The ultimate game-winning blow was delivered by the right foot of Plymouth's Danny Jasewicz, who scorched a direct kick from 28 yards out past the outstretched arms of Canton goal-keeper Kai Walther to make it 2-0 with 6:49 to play.

  "I was aiming for the far post," Jasewicz said, "But I got it with the outside of my foot and the ball was wet so it had a lot of spin on it. It didn't go exactly where I had planned, but it ended up good."

  The Chiefs cut their deficit in half just over three minutes later when, after a Chief was fouled in the box, Bobby Budlong ripped a penalty kick past Plymouth goalie Kyle Brindza to make it 2-1.

  Just when it appeared the Chiefs had re-secured the momentum, Plymouth iced the game 40 seconds later when Nick Russ made a scintillating move through the 18-yard box and deftly pushed the ball past Walther to make it 3-1.

  "We hung in there and won a lot of the 50/50 balls," said Plymouth coach Jeff Neschich. "The guys played good, smart soccer.

  "I thought Dan Jasewicz and Steve Jahn played well and Nick Russ did a good job up top for us."