24 hours after their win over Oak Hill, Marion faced another tough test against the Fishers Tigers, and while they were ultimately defeated 3-2, the Giants gave it their all from beginning to end.
Fishers opened the scoring in the 3rd minute, but Jonas Reed, who consistently plays bigger than he is, tied the game up just four minutes later off an assist from Devante Boyd.
Reed was also instrumental in Marion’s second goal of the game. He drew a penalty in the goal box for a penalty kick, and moments later, Tyler Anger knocked it home to give Marion a 2-1 lead.
Berry was impressed with Reed’s play throughout the evening.
“He’s fearless, and he understand what I want from him”, Berry said. “I know that he is going to compete every time [he’s on the field].”
Just like Marion responded to Fishers’ first goal, the Tigers returned the favor two minutes after Anger’s tally to knot the score up at two heading into halftime.
The game was back and forth the rest of the way until Fishers scored with less than eight minutes left to take a 3-2 lead and ultimately secure the victory.
Even in defeat, Berry was proud of his team competed the opening kick to the final horn.
“We didn’t quit and we kept [competing],” Berry said. “That was very encouraging [to see] because they could said ‘okay we’re done, let’s just quit,’ but they didn’t do that.”
