Warren’s Reme Fairbanks maneuvers with the ball between Gallia Academy’s Easton Staats (11) and Ashton Neill (20) throughout the Warriors’ 1-0 Division III district semifinal loss on Tuesday at Logan’s Chieftain Stadium. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)
LOGAN — Warren saved knocking on the door, however Gallia Academy keeper Maddux Delaney registered a shutout right here Tuesday because the Blue Devils edged the Warriors 1-0 in a Division III district semifinal at Chieftain Stadium.
Following a foul simply exterior the field the Blue Devils of head coach Cory Camden, who tied with the Warriors 1-1 again on Aug. 23 in Gallipolis, had a main alternative to dent the scoreboard.
With simply 10 seconds left in the thirtieth minute, Logen Drummond took the free kick and blistered a shot that went inside the fitting submit for what proved to be the match winner.
“Against Fairland this year they had a little gap in the wall and I exploited that, and they did too. I found the gap and put it in the back of the net,” Drummond admitted of his tenth tally of the marketing campaign.
Coach Camden knew it was going to be a tricky process on Tuesday, however his squad saved their season alive and improved to 16-2-1.
Warren’s Zack Holman and Gallia Academy’s Beckett Camden go after the ball throughout the Warriors’ 1-0 Division III district semifinal loss on Tuesday at Logan’s Chieftain Stadium. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)
“Just seeing them play here lately they’ve been playing with four really deep center backs holding the ball and trying to possess and we really wanted to disrupt that, and I’m not going to lie to you, try to make it a little sloppy,” coach Camden mentioned. “I assumed we actually saved the ball on our facet, particularly the primary half.
“In the second half they started opening us up a little bit and they started finding the gaps. They are well coached, great kids and understand the game very well. The wall had a crack in it and then when they jumped the crack opened up and he put it right between.”
Beckett Camden, who entered the fray with team-highs of 28 objectives and 14 assists, was denied by Warrior keeper Jonah Hollis in the twelfth minute. Hollis additionally made a save on a header try by Colton Reed in the 71st.
“A poor start in the first half giving away such a bad goal. It never should be getting through the wall and then still struggling not to keep the ball,” admitted WHS second-year boss Ben Atkinson. “Same factor in opposition to Athens. We allow them to type of dominate us and we weren’t maintaining the ball. We weren’t composed after which as soon as we lastly will we’re enjoying down.
“You miss your chances, multiple, over and over and over. Some teams get fortunate. Some teams get unlucky. At the end of the day you start slow and you don’t compete the entire game, you can’t really say you deserve to be there. The most disappointing part is we should be dominating and competing from start to finish, not from second half to finish like we did against Athens.”
Warren’s Ashton Barrow pursues Gallia Academy’s Beckett Camden throughout the Warriors’ 1-0 Division III district semifinal loss on Tuesday at Logan’s Chieftain Stadium. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)
Delaney had a leaping save with two minutes left in the opening half to deny Warrior Ian Gardner his eighth aim of the season. The Blue Devil keeper additionally stopped a laser off the foot of Zack Holman in the 66th minute and one other one from Gardner in the 78th.
The Warriors had bother mounting a constant assault in the opening 40 minutes. Liam Grosselin received the ball to Kyle Anthony in the eleventh minute, which led to a shot by Reme Fairbanks, however he couldn’t put it on body.
Warren had a 35-yard free kick in the twenty fourth minute by Jackson Perdue, nevertheless it sailed excessive.
In the 52nd, Warrior Shawn Adams had the ball in the field, however received sealed off by Drummond and Luke Sisson. Perdue tried a shot from close to the tip line a minute later, however Delaney dove out to seize it. Although he bobbled it initially, there was no different Warrior shut sufficient to try a shot.
At the tip of the 57th, Fairbanks received the ball to Grosselin in the field, however his shot was huge proper.
Warren keeper Jonah Hollis makes a save throughout the Warriors’ 1-0 Division III district semifinal loss to Gallia Academy on Tuesday at Logan’s Chieftain Stadium. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)
Perdue had an honest look in the 62nd not far out of the field, however was unable to put in on body. The theme continued in the sixty fifth when Perdue made a cross to Anthony deep in the field, however his contact went excessive and it was the identical on the finish of the seventieth when Ashton Barrow’s 26-yard free kick went huge proper.
In a match the place each groups had 5 nook kick possibilities, the Warriors had two late, however failed to rating. Barrow’s try in the 71st was cleared by Blue Devil Jaxon Myers. WHS additionally had an opportunity to tie it in the 76th, however Grosselin’s try was off the mark.
“I couldn’t be prouder of the seniors,” added coach Atkinson, whose membership completed 11-5-2. “Plenty of them have handled accidents, handled adversity. We simply hope we can provide them the soccer expertise that some gamers are robbed of. I hope they loved it. I’m certain they did. I’m certain this one stings. It stings for me, however they’re the beginning of one thing new.
“Hopefully, that’s the goal right? To be the start of a winning program, not a program that only wins six games every year like the two years before. Two seasons, both seasons with 10-plus wins, minimal losses, barely any goals conceded, but it still sucks because we should have more to show for it.”
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Gallia Academy’s Owen Nourse shields Warren’s Gabe Gandee from the ball whereas teammate Logen Drummond appears on. Drummond scored the one aim of the match on a free kick in the thirtieth minute to carry the Blue Devils to a 1-0 victory in Tuesday’s Division III district semifinal at Logan’s Chieftain Stadium. (Photo by Jay W. Bennett)