Crisfield Lands A State Championship Spot

The Crisfield Crabbers have made their way through the state tournament with ease, but next up was a team from across the bridge as they took on Allegany in a big state semi-final match up on Saturday evening.

For the first time in program history, the Campers made an appearance in the state tournament, but for the Crabbers – this was their 6th state tournament appearance. However, it had been since 1977 that Crisfield played in a Maryland state tournament championship game, and they looked to changed that on Saturday. The first half was an even battle between both teams as each had their own opportunities to score goals, but the first half would end of scoreless 0-0.

The second half is where things began to pick up and Crisfield started things off just three minutes into the half. In the 43rd minute, Johnny Taylor split two defenders and found the near post scoring his 18th goal of the season to help the Crabbers take a 1 – 0 lead. Crisfield continued to hold onto that lead for the next 30 minutes of the game and that was a lot in part to goalkeeper Charlie Elliot who had a phenomenal game in the net.

With 5:36 left in the game, the Crabbers took a 2-0 lead over the Campers afterOzzy Zetina broke through three defenders scored in his 16th goal of the season and gave Crisfield a little bit of cushion to sit on for the remainder of the game. The most dangerous lead and soccer is 2-0 and that’s because it’s easier for other teams to get back in the game, but Crisfield was not going to let that happen. However with less than two minutes left in the game, Giuseppe Dearcangelis put away the Campers only goal of the game to make it 2-1 and put his team back within state championship sight.

Crisfield played with everything they had and they left it on the field and the results showed exactly that as they got the win 2-1 and are headed to the state championship game next week against North Carroll.