ONONDAGA COUNTY – While always rivals of one another, the girls soccer teams of Cicero-North Syracuse and Liverpool don’t allow it to get in the way of doing good things.
So when the two teams met each other last Tuesday night at Bragman Stadium, they both chose the occasion to have the “Going for Gold Give Back Night”.
Wearing white and black T-shirts with gold letters during warm-ups, the two teams took all of the game’s proceeds and gave them to Griffin’s Guardians, a charity benefiting families with children battling pediatric cancer.
As to the game, C-NS won it 3-0, grabbing a first-half goal and then pulling away in the latter stages to overcome a superb effort from Liverpool goalkeeper Gracie Sleeth, who had 14 saves.
Alexa Belknap led the Northstars with a pair of assists, while Abby Mackey had a goal and assist, the other goals going to Katalina Lawrence and Emery Kozdemba.
Another big test awaited C-NS Friday night against Baldwinsville, but in this instance, it was the Bees who would contain the Northstars start to finish in a 2-0 defeat.
Having learned from a 3-2 loss to C-NS earlier this season, B’ville emphasized defense and gave up just five shots, all of them stopped by Abby DeSimone, while Audra Salvagni carried the offense, netting one goal and assisting on the other by Madison Polky.
Liverpool, who dropped a 2-1 decision to Fayetteville-Manlius on Oct. 5, has its own game with B’ville in the last week of the regular season.
