DANVERS — Soccer runs in Georgia Prouty’s blood.
“We’ve had a lot of really good players,” mentioned Danvers coach Jimmy Hinchion. “We’ve had an All-American, we’ve had a lot of All-New Englands, girls that have gone on to play Div. 1 … Georgia’s as good as all of them. She’s an extremely, extremely talented athlete.”
The Boston University commit has utterly taken the Northeastern Conference by storm.
Her father, Doug, performed at Syracuse University. Her brother Chase was a member of St. John’s Prep’s Div. 1 championship roster in 2022.
Coaches started to note that Prouty had distinctive abilities early on. It definitely helped that her future highschool mentor was educating bodily training at close by Highlands Elementary School, the place Hinchion rapidly noticed the soon-to-be star.
“I had her K through (fifth grade),” Hinchion laughed. “You could just see that she had athletic ability that most kids her age didn’t possess yet. Her quickness, her strength, her knowledge of spatial awareness. It was pretty evident.”
In her freshman 12 months at Danvers, Prouty was beginning briefly order, and instantly grew to become a frightening presence for opponents.
“She’s been a strong goal scorer for the last two years as a freshman and a sophomore,” mentioned Hinchion. “But she has kind of taken it to another level this year.”
Prouty has emerged as one of many high scoring threats (29 factors) in Eastern Massachusetts, already with 14 targets and 15 assists.
The monitor star has transferred these expertise to the pitch.
“I really like to use my speed,” Prouty mentioned. “I usually dribble down the line, cross it in. I’ll start by doing that for the first half, see how well that works out. If that doesn’t work, then I’ll usually dribble through the middle and do one to two passes with my teammates.”
Lila Doucette (six targets, 5 assists) and Liv. St. Pierre (10 assists, two targets) have additionally stepped up for the Falcons. Not to say, Danvers has additionally developed gifted snipers with Brooke Wynott and Emma Sutherland (5 targets apiece).
The Falcons (7-2-1) discover themselves within the thick of the race for the NEC title with packages like Masconomet on the midpoint of the autumn season. So far, the Falcons have outscored opponents 44-11.
“The ball sticks to her foot too,” mentioned Hinchion. “She gets into even the tiniest bit of space, and her quickness and her speed combined with her skill is just a lethal combination.”
As of Friday, Danvers was slotted thirteenth total within the MIAA’s Div. 3 women soccer energy rankings. The Falcons hope they’ll clinch a playoff berth within the close to future, then flip their consideration at making an prolonged run through the postseason.
“Everyone plays their hardest every single game,” Prouty mentioned. “We never give up. We really just have a good environment on our team, where we’re able to finish and put the ball in the back of the net.”
Concord-Carlisle boys eye long term
After a scorching scorching begin to the 12 months, the Concord-Carlisle boys stood undefeated (7-0-0) Friday morning, atop the MIAA’s energy rankings.
“Obviously, we’re doing something right,” mentioned Concord-Carlisle coach Ray Pavlik. “But honestly, I don’t put much stock into it with all the equations. Like I said, it’s nice, it’s a recognition that we’re doing something well… but right now it’s based on an equation that doesn’t have a lot of data… I don’t think we spent too much time thinking about it. We talked about the fact that many years from now, no one is going to talk about who was ranked number one the first week of October. We’re just trying to focus on getting better. If in another seven weeks, we’re still ranked number one? Then it’s something we’ll think about.”
So far, Concord-Carlisle has blazed by way of its common season slate, with touted wins over fellow Div. 1 contenders such Algonquin (a 3-1 victory Sept. 9) and Lincoln-Sudbury (4-0 on Sept. 23). The most memorable sport got here throughout this system’s “Kicks For Cancer” showcase, when the Patriots knocked off Framingham in a 3-0 shutout Oct. 2.
After lacking a lot of final season with a hamstring damage, senior striker Brady Poor has returned with power for the Patriots this fall with 12 factors (seven targets, 5 assists) to his credit score. Senior midfielder Sean Fernandez-Davila (4 targets, 5 assists) has additionally taken on a key management function.
However, the schedule doesn’t ease up for Concord-Carlisle, which enters the gauntlet higher referred to as its Dual County League slate. The Patriots can even play an out-of-conference sport with Div. 2 heavyweight Oliver Ames to shut out the common season.
“Right now, we’re just trying to focus on getting better everyday,” mentioned Pavlik. “Our first goal is to win the league, and we’ve got some really good teams in our league to battle with. So, it’s about trying to be consistent. Trying to block out the other noise, the ranking. Try to focus on ourselves, and try to get better.”
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