Delaware H.S. Girls Soccer Finals Are Set

June 2, 2016 Posted by Matt Pencek Featured Sports, Local Sports

Delaware’s High School Girls Soccer Player of the Year has one more game in her Indian River career. Brooke Beam scored what would be the eventual game winning goal in a 2-1 win over Delaware Military Academy Wednesday in the semifinal round at Smyrna.

Friday, the Indians head back to Smyrna for a date with Caravel for the Division II state championship. It provides Indian River with the opportunity for payback. Caravel took the 2015 title with a 3-1 win over the Indians. Beam scored the lone goal for Indian River.

Indian River Girls Soccer will play for the 2016 Division II Delaware State Championship.

The Division I Championship will be decided in the second match of the night at Smyrna. Caesar Rodney also looking for some payback. The Riders face Padua, the only school to defeat Caesar Rodney this season. The Riders advanced to the finals with a 2-1 win over Middletown.

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Matt joined WBOC in October 2015 as a Sports Broadcast Journalist. He is a native of Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. Matt graduated from Penn State where he received a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He started his broadcast career as the news/sports director of WEMR AM 1460 in his hometown of Tunkhannock. Matt held that same position for WALI/WROG radio in Cumberland, MD. His first television position was as the weekend sports anchor at WHAG-TV in Hagerstown, MD where he eventually became the Sports Director. Matt then moved to Florence, SC to become a sports reporter/anchor for WPDE-TV In 2011 along with his brother David, Matt co-authored The Great Book of Penn State Sports Lists. From 2012 – 2015 he was the lead radio play-by-play voice for The Friday Night High School Football Game of the Week for DE FOX Sports 1290 in Wilmington, DE. The last 2 years at the radio station Matt was the studio host during the University of Delaware Football radio broadcasts. He has also called the action for the both the Blue Hens men’s and women’s basketball teams. Outside of work, Matt is married to his wife Shannon and has two sons; Jack and Connor. E-mail Matt Pencek at mpencek@wboc.com and follow him on Twitter @mattpencek_wboc. Check out all stories by Matt.

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