The Panthers scored an early goal but couldn’t hold on in a 2-1 loss to the Wolverines
It was only a few weeks ago that the South Medford boys’ soccer team saw what Willamette’s mighty offense could do at full speed.
The Wolverines’ trip to Spiegelberg Stadium turned out to be a different story.
South Medford set the tone early, taking the lead within three minutes, but Willamette pulled six minutes late in the first half en route to a 2–1 win over the Panthers in Southwest Conference action on Saturday afternoon. He recovered by scoring two goals in the span.
South Medford head coach Claudio Villa said: “Aside from a few missed goals, they were correctable mistakes and the game was very even in my opinion.” rice field. “I don’t think we lost because they played better than us, but it’s just some stupid mistakes we made.
“We knew we were going up against the highest scoring team in the conference, so we only held it 2-1, and at the end of this game, we pay tribute to the whole team speaking defensively. ”
Behind Ariel de Dios Cruz’s four-goal day, Willamette won the South 6–0 in the team’s first meeting on 24 September.
Willamette entered Saturday’s game as SWC’s highest-scoring team with 41 goals in 12 appearances. This is him one of his four teams in Class 6A for which he has scored over 40 goals so far this season.
But it was South Medford (6-6-1, 4-5-1 SWC) who hit first.
Senior forward Alex Rodriguez’s left-footed shot from outside the box was saved by the Willamette keeper, but the rebound wasn’t completely eliminated. It fell at the feet of his sophomore forward, Alexi Reyes. Reyes was able to track and slot the shot and put the Panthers ahead 1-0.
“I think whenever a team scores early in the game, it naturally gives you an extra boost mentally,” Villa said. It also pushed us further physically.”
Unsurprisingly, South’s emphasis was on the defensive end, much of the game playing as Villa would have liked.
“I said in chat that defense is the number one priority in this sport,” Villa said. “You have to play your part in defense. You can’t attack first and then try to defend. It doesn’t work that way. The nature of this sport is to defend first, and if you defend well, how do you do it?” It’s about figuring out if you can score a goal in your favor, and that’s been in my mind for the whole game, you have to defend first and then find a way to get an advantage later.”
The Wolverines, on a five-game winning streak, turned the score around with a quick attack.
Willamette equalized in the 30th minute when Papa Jansane headed in a corner kick. Less than six minutes later, Eli Brown ran down the right and sent a cross to De Dios Cruz. De Dios Cruz, like Janzane, got up and headed a cross to make it 2-1 for the Wolverines.
The Panthers created several chances in the second half to equalize but fell short.
South keeper Silvano Pineda made two big saves in the 1–1 situation in the second half as the Panthers moved forward to try to score the equalizing goal.
“The match was even,” said Villa. “We played well. We had a few kids coming back from illness and the boys did their best.”
Junior South’s Felix Valenzuela has played strongly in the defensive midfield role and has been a threat in both attacking and defensive stages, Villa said.
“He played a great game,” said the coach. “He was very disciplined when it came to the tactical part and put our attack and defense together. He was our glue today.”
Ashland 4, Churchill 0: At Ashland, freshman Luis Utov and junior Cash Cota scored two goals each, while junior Aiden Espinoza scored several heroic goals to keep a clean sheet in the Midwestern League match and sat on the bench. I got off from
Uthov snatched the ball from Churchill’s fullback and after both fell to the ground, the young grizzly was able to get up first and put a quick low shot into the left side of the net.
Ashland goalkeeper Matteo Moore saved a Lancers shot to keep it 1-0 until half-time, but was accused of fouling a Churchill player in a clash in the box in the 45th minute. I received a yellow card and had to finish the game. Espinoza came in and stopped a low left penalty kick as Moore had to come out to play.
The save breathed new life into Ashland (4-3-2, 2-0-1 MWL) and Espinoza as the Grizzlies closed the contest with an assist from Utov to a goal from Kota and teammates swapped roles. kept the goal. Another goal after a while.
Ashland closed out with a Cota goal in the 78th minute from a nice through ball from La Bigerero who teamed with Lupampas to control the Grizzlies’ midfield.
Tinaje Mambira contributed steadily in Churchill’s attack (5-7, 1-2).
Crater 2, North Eugene 1: In Eugene, Lucas Chacon scored a clinching goal in the 63rd minute with a header following a cross from Tucker Hopkins to lead Crater to a Midwestern League victory.
Gabe Grant scored at Crater (5-1-3, 2-0-1 MWL) in the first half with a pass-to-corner strike from Cooper Hopkins.
North Eugene (2-6-2, 0-3) answered with a cross in the 56th minute, but an error by the Comets center defender equalized.
Diego Estrada made four solid saves on goal to keep Crater’s winning chances alive.
Thurston 2, Eagle Point 1: At Springfield, Eagle Point scored first with a Moses Angel shot from outside the box in the 55th minute, but two scrambled goals soon after enabled Thurston to clinch the MWL victory.
Andre Ramirez and goaltender Trenton Sirani supported the Eagles’ strong defense (3-5, 0-2 MWL).
Thurston/Mohawk (3-5-2, 1-1) scored on a mirror image effort after a long throw-in into the box. The first goal came in the 60th minute, followed soon after by the opening goal.
st. Mary’s 4, Brookings Harbor 0: Jose Mondesi scored in the fifth minute with an assist from Konrad Aretz and St. Mary’s cruised from there to remain unbeaten in their District 5 game at L&D Fields.
In the 19th minute, Leandro Cronk collected a deflected pass to score and a Chris Cranenberg free-kick from just outside the 18-yard box gave the Crusaders (10-1, 10-0 Dist. Take the -0 lead and break it.
In the second half Kronk was brought down in the box and scored a penalty kick fired into the back of the net by Ben Lee.
Davis Jones and Dan Nguyen crossed goals to shut out the game.
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South Medford 4, Willamette 2: In Eugene, South Medford junior Brooke Fairbanks and sophomore Avery Zhanizer scored two goals each as the Panthers bounced back from a 3-2 loss to No. 7 Sheldon in less than 24 hours, picking up an assist. Did.
After Willamette took an early lead, Fairbanks scored in the 25th minute with a Zarnizer assist for South Medford (8-4-1, 5-4-1 SWC).
After the Wolverines (6-5-2, 4-5-2) scored again to take a 2-1 lead at half-time, South Medford stirred it up with a dominant play in the second half, resulting in , Zahanizer scored the equalizing goal from goal. Fairbanks provided an assist in the 48th minute, and back-to-back goals for the Panther duo with assists from Mia Carina in the 65th and 66th minutes.
On Friday night, South Medford drew 2-1 with league leaders Ireland (10-1-1, 8-1-1) with goals from Zarnizer and Anga Tahna, but Sheldon took the lead in the final three games. I scored a goal. minute of play.
Ashland 4, Churchill 0: For Ashland, Lena Caballero Utov scored two goals and Ashland recorded yet another shutout to take their second straight win in the Midwestern League.
Caballero Utov gave Ashland (7-0-1, 2-0-1 MWL) a 1-0 lead with a goal from Briana Gibbs’ assist. The Grizzlies doubled their lead with a Churchill own goal eight minutes before him at halftime (2-10, 1-2).
In the 61st minute, Caballero Utov received a pass from Jane Cruz and scored his second goal of the day to put the Grizzlies ahead 3–0.
Cruz added Ashland’s fourth with less than two minutes remaining.
Ashland beat Churchill 19-5, and Grizzlies keeper Esme Barnes made just two saves in the team’s seventh shutout of the season.
North Eugene 4, Crater 0: In Eugene, fifth-placed North Eugene scored 23 seconds into the game to catch up with Crater. The Comets were unable to capitalize on some of the opportunities created by the Midwestern League loss.
With Addison Dippel down with injury and fellow starter Harisen Poe also mostly sidelined due to injury, sophomore Curry Michaelis stepped up to the role of centre-back, proving himself to be a player in the Craters match. Certified (3-7-1, 0-3 MWL).
Kamdin-Johnson made two good efforts in goal for the Comets, one from a one-touch drive following a corner kick by Autumn Jackson and Kelsey Sakuraida, who anchored the backline.
North Eugene/Triangle Lake improved to 7-3-1 overall and 2-0-1 in the league.
Thurston 8, Eagle Point 0: In Springfield, the Midwest league leader Thurston dominated, ranking sixth in the 5A coaches’ poll, improving to 8-2 overall and 2-2 league play. .
Eagle points fell to 2-3-1 and 0-2 in MWL play.
Klamath Union 3, Phoenix 1: At Klamath Falls, Phoenix sophomore Kirsin Gallegos hit a beautiful 30-yard shot just under the crossbar to give his team a 1-0 lead in the 8th minute, but the Pirates did it in a Skyline Conference play. could not be maintained.
Klamath Union (6-5, 2-3 Skyline) were initially ruled foul and then allowed to play against Phoenix (3-8, 1-5) in a confused moment before half-time. We tied the game. They pulled away with two goals in the second half.
South Medford’s Alexi Reyes and Willamette’s Danny Cifuentes will battle for the ball in the first half at Medford’s Spiegelberg Stadium on Saturday. [Andy Atkinson / Mail Tribune].
South Medford’s Felix Valenzuela and Willamette’s Roy Arroyo had an aerial duel at Medford’s Spiegelberg Stadium on Saturday. [Andy Atkinson / Mail Tribune].
South Medford’s Alexi Reyes celebrates after scoring in the first half at Medford’s Spiegelberg Stadium on Saturday. [Andy Atkinson / Mail Tribune].
South Medford’s Eloy Saucedo will shoot the ball in the first half against Willamette at Medford’s Spiegelberg Stadium on Saturday. [Andy Atkinson / Mail Tribune].
South Medford’s Alexi Reyes will control the ball in the first half against Willamette at Medford’s Spiegelberg Stadium on Saturday. [Andy Atkinson / Mail Tribune].
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