Archive - Oct 6, 2011 - Sports Article
CULVER — There’s always a bigger dog. Or Eagle.
Four days after winning its 15th straight Bremen Sectional title, Plymouth ran into regional rival Culver Military Academy. For the sixth straight year, the Eagles eliminated the Pilgrims from the state tourney with a 4-1 defeat for a repeat regional championship in their first year hosting the tournament stage at the Gable Tennis Complex Wednesday.
CULVER — It took giving up a goal to wake the Lions up. Once they did, they took control.
After Kyle Vlach’s solo goal in the 45th minute cut Bremen’s lead to 2-1, the Lions went to work. Josh Brenneman scored on a penalty kick in the 57th minute, then assisted on a Danny Reynoso strike less than a minute later to put Bremen over the top, 4-1 in a semifinal win at the Culver Community Boys Soccer Sectional Wednesday.
Bremen moves on to play Argos, which beat Winamac 10-0 Wednesday, in the championship Saturday at 6 p.m.
CULVER — There are shutouts, and then there are shutouts.
Argos out-possessed Winamac at every turn to hold the Warriors without a single shot on goal while putting up 10 goals from seven different players in a 10-0 rout at the Culver Community Boys Soccer Sectional Wednesday.
The Dragons move on to face Bremen, which topped host Culver 4-1 in Wednesday’s other semifinal, in the sectional championship at 6 p.m. Saturday.
LAKEVILLE — LaVille boys soccer head coach Kevin Christy needed just two words to sum up his team’s sectional loss Wednesday – backside goals.
Mishawaka Marian senior Sheehan Probst scored three of them – the game-winner in the 74th minute – to eliminate the host Lancers, 3-2, from Class A Sectional 36 competition at Newton Park.
With the victory, the Knights advance to Saturday’s championship tilt against Bethany Christian, itself an 8-2 victor over John Glenn Wednesday.
Boys soccer
NorthWood wins, CMA loses at Warsaw semis
NorthWood beat Wawasee 2-0, while Culver Military Academy fell 5-0 to ISCA Class 2A No. 5 host Warsaw in a pair of semifinal shutouts at the Warsaw Boys Soccer Sectional Wednesday.
The championship is slated for 7 p.m. Saturday.
Taylor Wegemiller tallied a quick pair of goals in the 45th and 46th minutes for the Panthers, who out-shot Wawasee 7-4 for the win. Joshua Ailes and Connor Beckwith assisted Wegemiller’s two strikes.
