Final result
Frederick High School defeated Governor Thomas Johnson High School 2–1 — margin of 1.
Frederick High School defeated Governor Thomas Johnson High School 2–1 — margin of 1.
(Text chain with Sarah Modric) Gabby: OMG SARAH. I AM ACTUALLY CRYING TEARS. Sarah Modric: wait what happened?? are u ok?? Gabby: JOSH VENTURA JUST SCORED. I CAN'T EVEN. I LITERALLY CAN'T. Sarah Modric: VENTURA?? NO WAY!! HOW?? Gabby: IT WAS THE CRAZIEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN. HE WAS LIKE, OUTSIDE THE BOX AND DID THIS LIKE, FLIP KICK THINGY AND THE BALL WENT ZOOM AND THE GOALIE JUST FELL OVER. IT WAS LIKE A MOVIE. Sarah Modric: SHUT UP!!! A BICYCLE KICK??? Gabby: YEAH THAT!! MY MOM WAS WATCHING WITH ME AND SHE EVEN SCREAMED. I HAVE GOOSEBUMPS. LITERAL GOOSEBUMPS. Sarah Modric: WE HAVE TO MAKE A TIKTOK EDIT. RIGHT NOW. WITH THAT NEW SONG. Gabby: OBVI. I'M ALREADY SCREENRECORDING THE REPLAY. HE JUST RAN TO THE CORNER AND DID THE COOLEST CELEBRATION AND EVERYONE WAS JUMPING ON HIM. I THINK I'M IN LOVE WITH HIM FOR REAL THIS TIME. Sarah Modric: NOT YOU SAYING THAT AGAIN 😭 Gabby: I'M SERIOUS SARAH!! THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING. HE'S GOING TO BE FAMOUS. AND I WAS HERE FOR IT. Sarah Modric: ok ok calm down lol. send me the clip!! Gabby: SENDING IT RN. PREPARE TO HAVE YOUR MIND BLOWN. MY HANDS ARE STILL SHAKING I CAN BARELY TYPE. Sarah Modric: OMG OMG OKAY WAITING...
OMGGGG you guys. I literally cannot breathe right now. My hands are shaking so bad typing this. I just witnessed the most INSANE moment of my entire LIFE and I HAVE to word vomit it all out right now or I will actually explode. So. You all know I have season tickets. Row 12, right behind the home dugout. I see everything. But NOTHING could have prepared me for what happened tonight. It was the 89th minute. The game was tied 1-1. The energy was so tense, you could feel it in your teeth. And then... it happened. Josh Ventura gets the ball just past the halfway line. He starts running. And when I say running, I don't mean normal running. It was like he was gliding. The way he weaved through those two defenders... it was like they were moving in slow motion. My bestie Sarah literally GRABBED my arm and her nails are now permanently embedded in my skin, I don't even care. He gets to the edge of the box and this HUGE defender comes sliding in. It was a surefire foul. A penalty. But Josh... HE DIDN'T GO DOWN. I SWEAR ON MY LIFE. He just... jumped. But not a normal jump. He did this like, little hop and the ball just stuck to his foot. It was magic. ACTUAL MAGIC. He was in the air for like, a full three seconds, I'm not exaggerating. Time literally stopped. I could see the little specks of dirt flying up around his cleats. And then... the shot. It wasn't a kick. It was a whisper. It was so quiet. The ball just... curled. It curled like a rainbow, but faster than anything I've ever seen. It went around the goalie. Not over him. AROUND him. Like it had a mind of its own. The net didn't even ripple, it just sort of... accepted the ball. Like it was always meant to be there. There was this one second of complete, dead silence. Everyone's brains had to reboot. We all just saw the impossible. AND THEN THE STADIUM WENT ABSOLUTELY NUCLEAR. I WAS SCREAMING. SARAH WAS SCREAMING. The guy next to me who is usually so quiet was PICKING ME UP AND SHAKING ME. I was literally being hugged by strangers. It was pure, unfiltered chaos and it was BEAUTIFUL. And Josh? He just turned around. Didn't even smile. Just looked at the crowd with this calm, intense look in his eyes, like he knew it was going to happen all along. He just tapped his chest twice and pointed to the sky. THAT'S IT. I'M DECEASED. My phone is blowing up. My timeline is going insane. Everyone is posting the clip. I've already watched it back 47 times and it makes less sense every time. HOW DID HE DO THAT? Josh Ventura didn't just score a goal tonight. He created art. He bent reality. I will be telling my grandchildren about this. I am not okay. I will never be okay again. brb gonna go watch the replay 48 more times and sob. 😭💫⚽
| # | TEAM | RECORD | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urbana High School | 9-1-1 | .864 |
| 2 | Linganore High School | 10-2 | .833 |
| 3 | Tuscarora High School | 9-3-1 | .731 |
| 4 | Governor Thomas Johnson High School | 10-4 | .714 |
| 5 | Brunswick High School | 8-5 | .615 |
| 9 | Frederick High School | 4-8 | .333 |
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