Jason Menicheschi made his triumphant return to the pitch on Tuesday night to join his fellow JPLers as they took on the Jesters at Twin Ponds in Mechanicsburg. After missing the first few games of the season, Menicheschi’s arrival was greeted with high-fives and excitement by all. In the 2006 season, Jason led Team JPL to two wins and secured the team’s scoring title.

“It’s good to be back in the line up,” said Menicheschi before the game. “I’m excited to play and help out the team!”

Menicheschi’s made his impact late in the game when he received a great pass from “Dancin’” Lena Penn and then assisted Nick Buckwalter for JPL’s second goal of the match.

Down But Not Out

The Jesters started the scoring with a quick goal within the first few minutes of the game and followed with 3 additional goals to take a 4-0 lead early. Determined not to fall down too far, JPL’s defense made some great plays to help feed the offense. Lead by Kim Quigley, Micah Jacobs, Leah Bergey and Anthony (AJ) Jenks, JPL’s “D” held strong for the remainder of the game.

JPL was down but not out. During a set piece, Joe Tertel’s corner kick found Nick Buckwalter for a blast from 10 yards out. The shot was blocked by the goalie, but the rebound found Jenny McClean who made a fancy pass to a crashing Joe Tertel for the first goal of the game and Tertel’s first goal of the season. The Tertel, Buckwalter, McClean line did it again later in the game as Buckwalter found the net for his second goal of the game to knot the game at 5-3.

A Photo Finish

As time expired, JPL found themselves down two goals. “We played a great game against one of the elite teams in the league. JPLers never give up!” exclaimed Kurt “Kdot-Adot” Allen, who not only played great on both sides of the ball, but also played videographer for the night. “We got some great footage to go back and study. We’ll review for this game, fix our mistakes and get a win next week!”

Next Week

JPL takes on the number one ranked team, Johnny Drama, at 8:45pm next Tuesday.

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