Indians Beat Bulldogs, Hearts Drop Soccer Match

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Published on September 25 2019 10:42 am
Last Updated on September 25 2019 10:42 am
Written by Millie Lange

ALTAMONT -- Altamont High School took the early lead and then tallied twice in the second half for a 3-1 soccer victory over Effingham St. Anthony Tuesday.

The Indians' Sebastin Thompson tallied a goal with 21 minutes left in the first half. St. Anthony's Trey Brummer scored with seven minutes in the first half on a header from a throw-in by Jack Elder to tie at 1-1.

In the second half, Altamont scored twice. The first goal was by Noah Klimpel with 31:00 and then Thompson picked up his second goal at the four minute mark.

Altamont had 23 shots, 17 on goal. Kenny Robbins tallied three saves.

St. Anthony had seven shots, four on goal and Ivan Dong had 14 saves.

Altamont improves to 4-8-2 on the season.

 

At Effingham

Effingham played host to Mahomet-Seymour and suffered a 7-1 loss Tuesday.

"Armando Estrada scored our only goal," said EHS Coach Weston Peno. "Our first half was really strong. Our team played really well and kept their heads up. A fast goal was scored by Mahomet, being quickly answered by us. After that, it was even play most of the time. Though Mahomet was able to put a few on in the first half, we really made them work for it. We had a few really good looks, but just could not finish.

"The second half was rough for us. Mahomet controlled the ball the majority of the time. Our conditioning was just not there and our bench was very shallow. With so many kids injured, we had to get creative in how we played. Unfortunately, we were unable to turn the tide in the second half and they controlled the game. This led to our defeat by such a large margin.

"Moving forward, we will focus on going back to the basics, field vision, soccer IQ, clean touches and most importantly, communication."