Manchester Kickers Sweep WhitkoNORTH MANCHESTER – For Manchester’s boys and girls soccer teams, it was a great night at Good Field. For visiting Whitko, not so much. In the girls match, the Lady Squires had goals from Lotte VanderVen in the first half, and Carsyn Howard in the second half to beat Whitko 2-0. On the boys side, the Squires held the Wildcats without a shot on goal in a 3-0 win. Both contests were in Three Rivers Conference play. VanderVen’s goal was the first in her varsity career, and came assisted by Melissa Saucedo. Howard’s goal came off an assist by Olivia Dockter shortly after halftime. Fermin Guerrero and Nathan Self opened the Squire scoring with unassisted goals. Jevon Rhoades scored on a header off a pass from Noah Beck. The Lady Squires improved to 6-4-1, 2-0 in the TRC, and will travel to Rochester for a conference match Monday. Whitko will host North Miami in a TRC match at 10 a.m. Saturday. Manchester’s boys improved to 3-2-1 overall, and is unbeaten in three TRC matches. The Squires will travel to IPFW on Saturday to take on Fort Wayne Snider. Whitko will host North Miami in TRC play at noon Saturday.
