Nate Scisco plays with a lot of confidence, and as he stepped back from the ball after placing it on the penalty kick spot, he glared at opposing goalkeeper Jame Miller. He already knew what he was going to do.
“Breathe,” said the Barnegat sophomore, after the boys soccer team edged Pinelands Regional, 3-2 on Sept. 12. “It was just a matter of staying composed, make my move and watch the keeper, and go whichever way he didn’t go.”
Scisco buried the penalty kick with 24:44 to go in the second half, and the Bengals held on from there, courtesy of…
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