Once upon a time in Ada
By Leland Crouse
October 1992
The Ada Crunch soccer team finished with a prefect 11-0 record thanks to a dominating final game 12-0 win over Riverdale’s Rangers.
Scoring for Ada: Justin Craig, three goals, two assists; Nate Ulrey, two goals and one assist; Jeff Keifer, Luke Dearth and Jeremy Parkins, two goals each: Shaun Hood, one goal, one assist; Jared Wolf, Matt Nichols and Garrett Birchfield with one assist each.
This is a young team, with nine out of the 14 players being first year U-12’s.
Some interesting stats provided by Coach Jim Ulrey: 72 goals made against opponents’ seven; 53 assists, 13 different scorers.
Average of 23 shots on goal to five for opponents, with 252 total shots to only 51 for opponents.
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