Memorable Moments: Those That Weren't

Starting sometime soon (hopefully tomorrow), I'll start counting down the 15 most memorable moments as determined by you, the fans. But before we look at those, here are a few more moments that didn't make the list.

August 18: Gerig opens season with goals
Taylor Christophel scored the Bruin girls soccer team's first goal of 2009, only 21 seconds into the game against a South Bend Riley squad that would finish 1-10-1. But 24 minutes later, Emma Gerig scored the team's second. Bethany added another before the intermission to make the score 3-0, but then Gerig tallied three goals in twelve minutes from the 52nd to the 64th. That hat trick plus one, part of a seven-goal Bethany onslaught, started Gerig on her way to the 12th-highest goal-scoring season in school history; Bethany scored 50 goals in 2009, the most since they played in the Crown Point semi-state in 2010.

October 1: Lincoln shocks the Bruins
A goal from Matt Weaver gave Bethany a 1-0 lead over NorthWood five minutes after halftime in Bethany's quest for a thirteenth win. But with mere seconds remaining on a rainy Thursday night at Bodiker Field, the ball slipped away from the feet of an unknown Bruin midfielder; NorthWood's Ryan Lincoln put it in the back of the net as NorthWood snatched a draw from the jaws of defeat.


January 21: Jordan beats the buzzer
Despite Seth Kauffman's 25 points that gave Bethany a ten-point lead with just over five minutes top lay, the final thunder in a matchup of two top-20 teams went to Canterbury's Jason Jordan. The 6'2", dreadlocked junior drove the lane and hit a 10-foot floating jump shot with 16 seconds remaining to give the Cavaliers a 55-54 lead. After a Bethany timeout, Seth Kauffman missed a layup and Hamilton Thorne erred on the put-back attempt and Canterbury escaped the Menno Lands with a victory.