The Unadilla Valley Boys Soccer Club sported pink jerseys for Friday’s game against Norwich. The “Kick for a Cure” game saw the Storm take a 4-1 victory over the Tornado. On the back of each player’s jersey, there is a name of someone the athlete knows that has either fought cancer or is currently battling the disease. The fundraising event raisied $600 that will be donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. (Submitted Photo)

NEW BERLIN – Friday night saw Unadilla Valley’s Dylan Nichols inch even closer to the school’s scoring record as he put two into the back of the net in the Storm’s 4-1 win over inter-county foe, the Norwich Purple Tornado.

Wearing the pink jersey’s under the lights for the “Kick for the Cure” annual game, UV was held scoreless in the first half while Norwich scored the first goal of the 2019 season as Gabe Sutton fired a corner kick into the box for the Tornado. Getting a head on it was teammate Cooper Burton, who nearly put the ball into the goal over the reaching Brandon Kneale of the Storm.

As the ball bounced off the crossbar after Burton’s header, Norwich stayed with the play and Andrew Mullen tapped it into the net for the 1-0 advantage with 25 minutes remaining in the first half.

Down 1-0 at home at halftime, the Storm head coach Ryan Houck and his team went back to the drawing board. Following the intermission, UV made adjustments and it was visible the home team was a different squad in the second half.

Just three minutes in, Nichols took a Brandon Kneale punt for the one-on-one situation with the Tornado’s young keeper Athen Genute and recorded his first goal, tying the game.

15 minutes later, the Storm scored the goal head goal as a long free kick by defender Cameron Osborne found Geordan Keach, who turned and knocked the ball home.

Nichols scored again with seven minutes to go after tapping in an insurance goal from a Devon Fairchild pass.

The final goal for the Storm soccer club was scored by Fairchild as he sent a header into the goal as Osborne served in corner kick.

Genute finished the game with four saves for Norwich while Kneale, who saw many shots from the Tornado in the first half, ended with six.