Boyd blanked at home

A winless regular season came to an end for the Boyd high school soccer team Tuesday, as they were handed an 8-0 defeat by Marshall County at Pistole Park.

The youthful Bronco squad struggled to control the ball throughout the game, and Marshall County?s Tigers took advantage, keeping Boyd busy on the defensive end of the pitch and scoring their first goal just one minute into the contest, when freshman Christian Ibarra fired a shot past BCS keeper Austin Young.

Ten minutes later Ibarra fought his way through a line of Boyd defenders and fired a 10-yard shot past Young, giving his team a 2-0 lead, and the freshman came through again a dozen minutes later, once again controlling the ball as he worked his way through a pack of Broncos and completing the hat trick with another point-blank shot.

Sam Estes caught Young off-balance on the right side of the goal in the game?s 27th minute, with his shot trickling past the scoring line for a 4-0 Tiger lead, and just four minutes later Carlos Galvan sent a crossing shot from the right side which went just out of Young?s reach for a 5-0 lead.

Boyd had three solid opportunities to erase its goose-egg in the first half, with a pair of free kicks and a corner kick which bounced off two Broncos before being deflected away by Tiger keeper Ethan Stewmon.

A high shot by Mariano Vega gave MCHS a 6-0 halftime lead, and goals by Nathan Dumser and Austin Childress in the second half provided the Tigers with their final margin of victory.

The Tigers finished with a decided offensive advantage, firing 30 shots at the Bronco goal, including 21 in the first half. Young recorded 13 saves. On the other side of the field Boyd attempted seven shots, all of which were either off the mark or collected by Tiger keepers Stewmon and Cody White.

The Broncos were scheduled to begin play in the District 9-A tournament this weekend.