Lower Merion edges Boyertown, 1-0, in District 1-AAA opener

By Thomas Nash

BOYERTOWN — Sometimes, the ball just doesn’t bounce the way it’s supposed to. No. 12 Boyertown found that out Thursday as it lost to No. 21 Lower Merion, 1-0, on a cold, windy evening in the opening round of the District 1-AAA playoffs at Memorial Stadium.

Off a corner kick which bounced around in front of the Bears’ net, Lower Merion sophomore Ryan Tillman headed it in to give the Aces the game’s lone goal.

“That’s just the way it goes sometimes,” said Boyertown head coach Scott Didyoung. “Sometimes the ball rolls your way, other times it doesn’t. Outside of that scoring play, they hardly had many other chances to score on us.”

With the victory, Lower Merion (12-6-1) travels to face No. 5 Plymouth Whitemarsh Saturday at a time to be determined.

“We’re really happy with how the team played tonight,” Lower Merion head coach Nico Severini said. “Being underdogs, we know that it’s just going to keep getting tougher the rest of the way. So at this point, we’re just taking it one game at a time.”

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