SOCCER SHOCKER AT TILLAMOOK
Tillamook boys soccer coach Brian Reynolds believed his team could compete with Astoria, despite two previous losses to the unbeaten Fishermen. Yesterday he was proved right.
The fledgling Cheesemakers, in their first year of varsity boys soccer, upset the top-ranked Fishermen by playing Astoria to a 3-3 draw at Tillamook Monday. It was only the second blemish on Astoria's record this season, with one other tie coming to second-ranked Hidden Valley.
"Not one of our best efforts for sure," said Astoria head coach Jerry Boisvert, whose Fishermen clinched the league title two weeks ago and may have lacked the necessary urgency, "but we played with a lot of heart and desire. They did come back from deficits twice."
The last deficit came in the final ten minutes of play, when Tillamook forward Juan Aguilar, a dangerous scorer who was out of the lineup with an ankle injury when the teams last met, controlled and Astoria goal kick, worked past two defenders and scored in the 72nd minute.
Astoria didn't stay on the ropes for long, as the Fishermen countered just two minutes later on a free kick. In a melee in front of the goal, the ball deflected in to tie the score at 3-3, which held to the final whistle.
It was a physical match, with each team whistled for ten fouls. Astoria outshot Tillamook 11-8, a much closer game than the last meeting at Astoria, when the Fishermen had a 35-7 edge in shots in a 4-1 victory.
German exchange student Christoph Mundt scored the first goal of the game for Astoria, but the Cheesemakers countered with two scores, the second coming on a penalty kick in the 31st minute of play.
Down 2-1 at the half, Kyle McMullen levelled the match with a pretty goal, taking a feed from Ryan Putnam, working past the defense to set up a one-on-one situtation with the Cheesemaker goalkeeper before putting it away. Putman also assisted on Mundt's goal.
The Fishermen, now 10-0-1 in Cowapa League and 11-0-2 overall, finish the regular season against Seaside at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow night. Seniors from both teams will be honored prior to kickoff, which is expected to be more like 6:15 p.m.
The fledgling Cheesemakers, in their first year of varsity boys soccer, upset the top-ranked Fishermen by playing Astoria to a 3-3 draw at Tillamook Monday. It was only the second blemish on Astoria's record this season, with one other tie coming to second-ranked Hidden Valley.
"Not one of our best efforts for sure," said Astoria head coach Jerry Boisvert, whose Fishermen clinched the league title two weeks ago and may have lacked the necessary urgency, "but we played with a lot of heart and desire. They did come back from deficits twice."
The last deficit came in the final ten minutes of play, when Tillamook forward Juan Aguilar, a dangerous scorer who was out of the lineup with an ankle injury when the teams last met, controlled and Astoria goal kick, worked past two defenders and scored in the 72nd minute.
Astoria didn't stay on the ropes for long, as the Fishermen countered just two minutes later on a free kick. In a melee in front of the goal, the ball deflected in to tie the score at 3-3, which held to the final whistle.
It was a physical match, with each team whistled for ten fouls. Astoria outshot Tillamook 11-8, a much closer game than the last meeting at Astoria, when the Fishermen had a 35-7 edge in shots in a 4-1 victory.
German exchange student Christoph Mundt scored the first goal of the game for Astoria, but the Cheesemakers countered with two scores, the second coming on a penalty kick in the 31st minute of play.
Down 2-1 at the half, Kyle McMullen levelled the match with a pretty goal, taking a feed from Ryan Putnam, working past the defense to set up a one-on-one situtation with the Cheesemaker goalkeeper before putting it away. Putman also assisted on Mundt's goal.
The Fishermen, now 10-0-1 in Cowapa League and 11-0-2 overall, finish the regular season against Seaside at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow night. Seniors from both teams will be honored prior to kickoff, which is expected to be more like 6:15 p.m.
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