St. A, T-town Play To 1-1 Tie, EHS Pounds Taylorville

"It was a big sloppy mud mess tonight at Bulldog Field," said St. Anthony Coach Eric Morales. "Temperatures were down and there was a cool brisk breeze blowing through the field. It was Senior Night, honering those who will be graduating from our soccer team. Those four seniors are Peter Keller, Thomas Stephens, Ben Esker and Sean Griffith. They played a great game this evening and they will be missed a great deal when they are gone.

"This game is always the biggest game of the year, every player has to be healthy and ready for this specific game. Game starts and it was much of what everyone expected, a battle of two great teams, ourselves and Teutopolis, each waiting for one or the other to make a simple mistake to contour on it. With only a few minutes into the game, James Kabbes had a nice throw in, then launched it right into the goal only to find Chandler Martelli and his forehead for a nice finish into the back of the net, putting us up 1-0 right away.

"T-town came back and played aggressive, but we held our own and kept them to no goal when the whistle was blown for the half. We discussed a few key points and strategy. T-town came out quick and ready for whatever we had for them. Eventually we broke them down and played the rest of the game to the best of our ability. With only minutes left, a loose ball came rumbling in our defense area. Our keeper tried to come out, Justin Deters got to the ball first and squeaked it in, making the score a 1-1 tie.

"All-in-all the game was amazing, and all the hard work that was put in to the Senior Night. Congratulations to our team and best of luck to all the seniors."

At Taylorville

Effingham High School came to play and pounded Taylorville to the tune of 9-2. The Hearts' Hendrik Bolter scored the first two goals of the contest. The first came at the 37:24 mark and was assisted by Sean Zerrusen. The second came on an assist by Andrew Bingham off a free kick with 25:25 left.

Then it was Michael Carie's turn as he connected on back-to-back goals. Carie hit at the 23:27 mark on an assist by Jacob Gadberry. The second came on an assist by Bingham with 21:49 left in the opening half.

Taylorville's Lane Ruppert brought the score to 4-1 with :24 left in the opening half.

Bolter connected to start the second half off in the right direction just like he did the opening half. Bolter scored an unassisted goal with 38:42. Then Carie scored an unassisted goal with 21:46. Ashton Hawthorne pushed the lead to 7-1 at the 19:15 mark. He wa assisted by Noah Mulheron.

Taylorville scored its second and final score at 15:55 on a goal by Mark Ninmer.

Effingham then tallied two more goals to finish out as Jared Minor hit on an assist by Bingham, a header off corner kick, with 10:31. Brady Scott then scored on an assist by Drake Hill with 8:02 left.

Frank Kasdorf had one save while Taylorville had nine saves. EHS took 18 shots on goal while the Tornadoes had three. The Hearts are now 3-1-4 in the Apollo Conference and 7-5-5 on the season.

In the junior varsity match, the Hearts won 5-0. Goals were scored by Hill, Brady Jackson, Mulheron, and two by Danny Hortenstine.