Boyd clips Tigers 1-0
The Boyd Broncos soccer team improved their District 8-A record to 2-0 Thursday with a win over the DeKalb County Tigers.
First-year team DeKalb County proved to be a very tough opponent with speed and physical play. But Boyd used its athletic advantage to score early in the first half.
Clint Patterson ran the middle of the field with just seven minutes off the clock when Austin Cleek shot a pass from the left side hitting Patterson. Patterson fired from 15 yards out giving Boyd a 1-0 lead. In the first half the Broncos stayed in an offensive attack keeping the Tigers on defense. DeKalb found an open shot with four minutes left in the half but goalie Jay Medley turned the Tigers away sending Boyd into the half with a 1-0 advantage.
DeKalb tried to come out in the second half more aggressive on offense. But Medley saved two shots in the first five minutes of play to shut down any offensive threat. Boyd went back on the offensive attack as the game became more physical. The Broncos continued to fire on the DeKalb County goal but came up short 10 times in the second half.
The Tigers never really challenged Boyd’s goal late in the half. Boyd took several more shots from Eric Phillips and Casey Hertwig but time expired giving Boyd the narrow margin of victory.
The Broncos had 19 shots at goal with Jay Medley picking up 8 saves. Hertwig had eight attempts, Patterson had five, Phillips had four and Tyler Hall and John Watson had one attempt each.
“DeKalb is a very quick team and did a real good job for a first year team,” said coach Keri Hertwig. “The game got very physical and that worked to our advantage. The team did a good job on defense but we have to take more shots at goal and work on our shot selection. We played a very good game today and I’m proud of how hard these kids worked this afternoon.”