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Mariner soccer outlasts Beacon 2-1

Members of the Mariner and Beacon soccer teams get together after their yearly rivalry game at Cape Henlopen’s Legends Stadium. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Dan Cook
November 3, 2022

Bragging rights were on the line Nov. 1, as the Beacon and Mariner soccer squads squared off on the turf of Legends Stadium. When the final horn sounded, Mariner had taken the 2-1 intra-district victory back to Milton.

Seth Benjamin scored for Beacon on a 40-yard boot off a pass from teammate Keagan McMahon.

Austin Tyndall scored both goals for Mariner. 

“We had a great group of kids,” said Mariner coach Collin Brady. “We can go 1-9 during the season as long as that one win is over Beacon.”

Mariner finished 7-3 on the season.

Beacon finishes its season 6-3-1.

Beacon head coach Chip Wilt congratulated and wished good luck to all the eighth-grade soccer players who played their last middle school soccer game, including McMahon, Benjamin, Jacob Panyko, Kayden Holt, Owen Sponaugle, Hugh Jack, Colton Donovan, Ryan Miller and Samay Kumar.

Mariner eighth-graders include Tyndall, Anderson Puac-Escalante, Dilan Velasquez-Bravo, Cesar Gomez-Mazariegos, Benno Pons, Jeremiah Heck, Bradley Perez Garcia, Alan Hernandez-Becerra, Anthoni Jimenez, Roany Flores-Lares and Zuriel Ramos-Ramirez. 

 

Mariner’s Austin Tyndall blocks off Beacon’s Kihara Ngido. Tyndall scored both Mariner goals.
Beacon’s Seth Benjamin, left, battles Mariner’s Dilan Velasquez-Bravo.
Mariner’s Logan Nichols sold his World Series tickets so he could stay and play in the intra-district match.
Logan Cartijo moves the ball up the sideline for the Beacon squad.
Ike Beam makes a save for the Mariner team.
Colton Donovan boots a clear for the Beacon squad.
Mariner’s Austin Tyndall, left, battles in the midfield with Beacon’s Liam Durand.
Mariner’s Anthoni Jimenez moves the ball upfield.
Beacon’s Anthony Brittingham controls the ball on the sideline with Mariner’s Kellan Adams on defense.
Mariner’s Alan Hernandez-Becerra drives a pass upfield.
Beacon’s Seth Benjamin moves the ball into the Mariner defensive zone.
Logan Nichols controls the ball for Mariner.
Beacon’s Seth Benjamin scores and gets a congratulatory hug from teammate Oscar Ventura Velasquez.
Beacon goalie Jacob Panyko clears the ball after a save.
Mariner’s Anthoni Jimenez gets a close-up of the ball on a high bouncer.
Mariner’s Rylan Esparza, left, gets major air to congratulate Austin Tyndall on his second goal.
Beacon’s Anthony Brittingham battles for a 50/50 ball with Mariner’s Kellan Adams.
Beacon’s Keagan McMahon gets major air for a header.
Seth Benjamin takes a shot for Beacon.
Charlie Perlingiero boots a shot for Mariner.
Mariner’s Logan Nichols battles with Beacon’s Seth Benjamin.
Kihara Ngido moves the ball up the sideline for Beacon.
Bradley Perez Garcia moves the ball up the center of the field.
Bradley Perez Garcia controls the ball for Mariner.
Jacob Panyko drives a clear for Beacon.
Mariner’s William Petrone battles for possession with Beacon’s Noah Flechier.

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Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs. 

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