Milestone for Medley: Boyd keeper honored for 1,000th save

By DALE STUBBLEFIELD / Staff Reporter for the Southern Standard

Boyd Christian School goalkeeper Jay Medley poses with the special soccer ball he received Tuesday for recording 1,000 saves during his career with the Broncos. (Dale Stubblefield photo)

The Boyd Broncos soccer team took on Middle Tennessee Christian Tuesday at home with the game ending in a 0-0 tie. Boyd’s record now stands at 6-2-2 on the year.

The big story of the day, however, was senior goalie Jay Medley. Coming into Tuesday’s game Medley needed nine saves to reach 1000 saves in his career with the Broncos.

Medley had four saves in the first half and then broke the 1,000 mark midway in the second half as he collected 13 on the day.

In his freshman year he had 293 saves in 11 games. averaging 26.7 saves per game. His sophomore year he had 286 in 13 games, a 22 saves per game average.

In his junior year he saved 295 shots in 13 games and in his senior year so far has 130 saves in nine games, giving him a total of 1,004.

Medley was presented a game ball which had a breakdown of his accomplishments over his four years with the Broncos.