High School Beat: Holy Halima!
Freshman sensation scoring goals at record pace for Brooklyn Friends
Still just a freshman on the Brooklyn Friends girls’ varsity soccer team, Halima Matthews is already the most prolific goal-scorer the Pearl Street private school has ever known.
With an eye-popping 58 goals in her first 23 games dating back to her eighth-grade season, when she scored 34 times in only 14 games, Matthews was a recent nominee for the coveted national NSCAA Soccer Player of the Week award for her outstanding performances on the pitch.
The young striker has lifted the Blue Pride Panthers into contention for their first-ever trip to the New York State Independent School Championships with a thus-far umblemished 7-0-3 mark through 10 games.