Penn beat Merrillville 21-6 in Freshmen Football with scores from Nate Ehmer, Brook Jones, and Kyle Riffel.

The defense also made some big plays with Aiden Jones raking up two fumble recoveries.

Tye Zahner and Dale Hazen each added an interception.

The Penn Girls Soccer Team, ranked No. 1 in the Nation, beat the No. 2 ranked team in Kentucky, Simon Kenton, 2-0, and tied the No. 3 team in Indiana, Carmel, 1-1, on Saturday, Sept. 2, in the power-packed Zionsville Invitational.

Brooke VanDyck put the Kingsmen on the board in the 30th minute against Simon Kenton off an assist from Kristina Lynch.

Lynch scored in the 78th minute off of an assist from VanDyck to wrap up the 2-0 victory.

Carmel, the No. 25 team in the nation, took a 1-0 lead on Penn in the 20th minute.

Lynch fired in a goal unassisted in the 26th minute to tie the score.

Penn star Kristina Lynch, a Florida State University recruit, scored her 100th career goal to highlight Penn’s 5-0 victory against Elkhart Central on Thursday, Aug. 31.

Lynch scored three goals in the game.

Maya Lacognato and Lauren Cernak also scored goals for the Kingsmen.

Notre Dame recruit Brooke VanDyck delivered three assists. Lynch had one assist.

Brooke Fuller and Allison Yergler scored two goals each as Penn beat South Bend Clay 9-0 on Tuesday, Aug. 29.

Allison Funk, Marissa Million, Brooke Neal, Isabella Costa and Isabella Bumbaca scored one goal each.

Abbie Clay and Isabella Costa shared the shutout in goal.

Kristina Lynch scored two goals to lead the No. 1-ranked Penn Kingsmen to a 2-0 victory against Munster on Saturday, Aug. 26.

Mackenzie Wood earned the shutout in goal.

Penn overpowered archrival Mishawaka, 9-0, in girls soccer action.

Penn started strong in the first minute with a goal from Brooke Van Dyck off an assist from Sydney Egendoerfer.

Allie Lankowicz scored off an assist from Brooke Van Dyck to push the Kingsmen lead to 2-0.

Not long after that, the Kingsmen established a dominant lead at 3-0, thanks a goal from Florida State commit Kristina Lynch, with an assist from Kelsi Carrico.

With confidence levels high, the Kingsmen continued to show teamwork.

Maya Lacognato contributed an unassisted goal and two assist. Mary Kaczynski had two assists. McKenzie Blankenbaker, Carly Todd, Allie Lankowicz, and Mackenzie Wood scored goals as the Kingsmen built an 8-0 lead.

Penn finished off the 9-0 victory in the 78th minute as Regan Hart assisted Haylee Shahan for the final goal.

Sammy Atkins punched in two goals to lead the Penn Kingsmen to a 3-0 victory against Northern Lake Conference power Goshen on Saturday, Sept. 2.

Dorian Clayton also scored a goal for the Kingsmen.

Hayden Hurn contributed two assists to the Kingsmen attack, and Atkins had one assist.

Evan Mercurio earned the shutout in goal. Mercurio’s effort included a brilliant save on a penalty kick.

By ATHAN McKENZIE

On Wednesday, August 30th the Penn Boys Soccer took on Elkhart Central at home and battled into extra time before locking up a 2-1 victory.

The Northern Indiana Conference game brought out many Kingsmen supporters as the game is always a close match. For the majority of the first half, the game was fairly even with both teams creating multiple chances.

In the 25th minute, Dorian Clayton scored off of a breakaway to give the Kingsmen a 1-0 lead.

The game continued to be close through the rest of the first half and most of the second. Toward the end of the second half Central managed to sneak in a goal to tie the game up 1-1.

Being a conference game, the match continued into overtime with a pair of seven-minute halves, and then a penalty shootout if the score remained a tie. Both teams retook the field and continued to play very physical wanting to come out with the win.

The first half of overtime the score remained the same with both teams being determined to get the victory, then late in the second half of OT a hand ball in the box by a Central defender lead to a penalty kick being rewarded.

Micah Craig drilled in the game-winning kick from the spot which gave the team a 2-1 lead, and ultimately a well deserved victory.

Jeffrey Harper scored three goals to lead the Penn Boys Soccer Team to a 10-0 victory against South Bend Clay on Monday, Aug. 28.

Micah Craig, Dorian Clayton, Philip Hartland, Kyle Van Ooteghem, Colin Stahl, Ryan Hague and Alex Karamitsos also scored goals for the Kingsmen.

Penn Boys Soccer played against Northern Lakes Conference Warsaw last Saturday and the Kingsmen were able to come away with a convincing 3-0 win.

Micah Craig scored two goals, and Sammy Atkins scored one goal.

The Kingsmen dominated the second half and were able to come away with a win as well as a shutout.