A Charger Explosion!!!

On Saturday 9/10 afternoon the Chargers made the trek north to take on the Lions of Newaygo (4-3) and left 2 hours later with a 9-1 mercy game over the home team.

The Chargers got the scoring going early with three goals in the first five minutes of the game.  Carter Scholten put the Chargers on the scoreboard with a goal at the 37:56 mark assisted by Travis Holstege.  The Chargers wasted no time adding to the lead with goals at 35:36 by Caleb Decker with a solid strike from 25 yards out unassisted and Cody Scholten from Travis Holstege at 35:09.

Seven minutes later Carter scored goal #2 with Travis Holstege's third assist at 28:06.  Newaygo countered with their lone goal 4minutes later to make it 4-1.  The Chargers added goals in the 1st half by Aiden Cnossen with an assist by his cousin Derek Gritters (21:31), Tony VanOverloop assisted by Travis Holstege (1:10) and the hat-trick goal by Carter Scholten with an assist by Spencer Holstege to make it 7-1 at the half.

The second half found some Chargers playing different positions than normal but still allowed them to finish the game with a mercy.  The two Chargers that scored were Anthony Griess assisted by Travis Holstege (20:24) and Cody Scholten with a double assist by Travis Holstege and Tony VanOverloop(15:53) to make the final score 9-1. Travis Holstege ended the game with 6 assists.