In an exciting opening weekend of local soccer, Benjamin Logan’s boys team outlasted Calvary Christian in a penalty kick shootout Saturday night to win Ben Logan’s annual Quest Cup tournament.
The two teams were tied 1-1 at the end of regulation time. Carter Lyden deflected a Landon Stoodt throw-in to give Ben Logan a 1-0 lead eight minutes into the game.
Calvary tied the score 10 minutes before halftime and neither team was able to score again. In the penalty kick shootout, Aiden Todd made the first attempt for Ben Logan and Liam Sweeney recorded a save to give the Raiders a 1-0 lead. Ethan Miller then converted his kick for the Raiders and Calvary matched that to make it 2-1.
Eric Hughes followed for the Raiders by putting his kick into the back of the net, while Sweeney recorded another save to put BL up 3-1.
Carter Lyden added a successful penalty kick for the Raiders. Officially the game will go down as a tie, but the penalty kick win for BL gave the Raiders their second straight Quest Cup title.
“I was really happy to see us step up and go four for four on penalty kick and Liam made two great saves so it’s nice to get the title,” said BL head coach Jamie Hughes. “However, not to take anything away from Calvary because they played very well in my opinion, but I really think we could have won the game in regulation to avoid the drama. We had a couple of really good opportunities that we didn’t convert and we made a few too many mistakes that gave Calvary the opportunity for the result. We have to be better in the final third
but we will continue to work and we look forward to traveling to Kenton next Thursday.”
QUEST CUP SEMIFINALS
Raiders blank Jackson Center
In the opening round of the Quest Cup on Friday, Ben Logan won 3-0 over Jackson Center.
After a scoreless first half, Carter Lyden put the Raiders on the scoreboard with a goal at the 28-minute mark of the second half when he headed in a Landon Stoodt free kick.
Aiden Todd then scored a goal on a pass from Eric Hughes and Ethan Miller added a third goal for BL when he scored off an assist by Landen Simon.
Liam Sweeney recorded the shutout in goal. He had one save.
Calvary zaps Jets
Calvary Christian rolled past Fairlawn 7-0 in a semifinal game of the Quest Cup on Friday. Nehemiah Dillon scored three goals for Calvary.
Calvary JV team beats Dayton Christian
Calvary Christian’s junior varsity soccer team defeated Dayton Christian 4-1 on Saturday.
Seth Palmer opened the scoring for the Spartans off an assist from Aiden Keller. Xavier Church then scored off a pass from Cale Buchenroth. Keller scored another goal in the second half on a corner kick by Buchenroth. Church added the final goal.
Brody Prall had six saves in goal.
GIRLS SOCCER
Indian Lake tops SE
Indian Lake’s girls soccer team beat Southeastern 4-1 on Monday in the season opener.
Olivia Hurley and Harly Kinninger each had two goals for the Lakers. Cambria Tuttle and Brylee Buyer each had one assist.
Lady Tigers fall to Legacy Christian in opener
West Liberty-Salem’s girls soccer team lost to Legacy Christian 6-1 in the season opener Saturday at Athletes in Action Sports Complex.
Arianna Weaver scored the lone goal for the Tigers. Ava Johnson had the assist. Audrey Collins recorded 21 saves in goal for WL-S.