Karns City Girls Soccer Plays to 1-1 Tie Against Deer Lakes on Emotional Evening; North Clarion Freshman Abby Hastings Wins Another Cross Country Meet

KARNS CITY, Pa. (EYT/D9) — It was the first home sporting event at Diehl Stadium since Karns City senior football player Mason Martin collapsed during the third quarter of a game there on Friday night.

The Gremlin girls soccer team hosted Deer Lakes and played to a 1-1 draw with Hanna Dailey scoring on the lone goal for Karns City on a penalty kick.

Karns City players wore cleats with #2Strong and Jeremiah 29:11 — Martin’s favorite passage from the Bible.

They also wore white wristbands with MasonStrong and Jeremiah 29:11 written on them.

Deer Lakes players also paid tribute to Martin, who is fighting for his life with a brain injury in a Pittsburgh hospital.

The Lancers arrived donned in purple and draped a “MasonStrong” shirt with his uniform No. 2 in gold over the shelter of their bench.

“It was emotional,” said Karns City girls soccer coach Tracy Dailey. “Deer Lakes came in shirts and had signs. It was awesome.”

CROSS COUNTRY

North Clarion freshman Abby Hastings won the girls race with a time of 24 minutes, 29.57 seconds in a home meet against Karns City.

There was no score as the Wolves didn’t have enough runners.

Karns City’s Dillon Stroup won the boys race, finishing in 19:40.46. Teammate Noah Weiland was second at 19:42.48.

North Clarion’s Aiden Thomas was third at 19:49.21.

Ethan Hastings set a course record in the junior high race for the Wolves, finishing in 14:50.46.