Boys Soccer Districts 2012

High school soccer districts started last week in Michigan. Calvary got a good draw for it. We got a bye and would play the winner of North Muskegon vs. Ravenna. North Muskegon won 8 to 0 so the matchup was set for Thursday, October 18. Our team knew they would be a tough team to beat but also knew we could beat them. We had respect for their talent but also had the right confidence that we could play with these guys.

The weather started off not bad. We came out playing hard. I don’t think North Muskegon expected us to start off so good. We were working harder. We were winning balls in the air. We were talking. They didn’t even get many shots of in the first half. Even with the lack of calls on them we played solid.

Towards the end of the first half Drew Maine scored. A nice high shot that the goalie couldn’t get to. That got us even more excited. So going into half time we had the one goal advantage. But it was a tale of two halves.

They came out of the half desperate and wanting to tie the game. And then the weather changed. It started raining and the wind kicked in. so we had the disadvantage of the 30 mph wind going against us. That makes it harder to clear the ball out of our zone and its easier for them to possess the ball.

They scored a goal that we just couldn’t clear in time. Our defense was trying hard but all the momentum was on their side. They got another similar goal in a little bit later. The offense gave a last ditch effort to score a goal to put it into overtime but could not quite put one in.



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So the Norse ended up winning 2 to 1 in a close tough game. Our team was disappointed that we didn’t win but we knew that we played hard and gave North Muskegon a good run.

The Calvary soccer team came a long way this year. We started 1 and 7 and ended up 8 and 10. That shows how much we improved this year. Thank you to all the soccer players who worked hard and made the soccer season

- Michael Warren, Junior